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. The event was held in a round robin format for the first time since

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Qualification

The top 15 ranked men's and women's teams on the

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's world team rankings as of December 18, 2023, qualified for the event. The Grand Slam of Curling may fill one spot in each division as a sponsor's exemption. In the event that a team declines their invitation, the next-ranked team on the world team ranking is invited until the field is complete. The sixteenth spots were filled by the 2023 Tour Challenge Tier 2 champions. On January 14, two days before the event began, Team

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of Italy withdrew for medical reasons. Their spot was filled by the highest ranked Alberta women's team as of the December 18 cutoff, which was Team

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. The schedule was unchanged.

Men

Top world team ranking men's teams: #

Joël Retornaz Joël Thierry Retornaz (born 30 September 1983 in Chêne-Bougeries, Genève, Switzerland) is an Italian curler from Cembra. He was the skip of the Italian men's Olympic curling team in 2006, 2018, and 2022. Retornaz gained sudden renown in It ...

Brendan Bottcher Brendan Michael Bottcher (born December 19, 1991) is a Canadian curler from Spruce Grove, Alberta. Bottcher is a three-time provincial men's champion, and was the skip of the 2021 Canadian men's championship team, having led Alberta to victory ...

Yannick Schwaller Yannick Schwaller (born 31 March 1995 in Solothurn) is a Swiss curler from Recherswil. He currently skips his own team out of Geneva. Career Juniors Schwaller skipped the Swiss junior men's team at three straight World Junior Curling Champi ...

Bruce Mouat Bruce Mouat (; born 27 August 1994 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish curler from Stirling. He currently skips his own team out of the Gogar Park Curling Club. Mouat has led his team to two world championship titles in and , four European championsh ...

Niklas Edin Johan Niklas Edin (born 6 July 1985) is a Swedish curler. He holds several sport distinctions. He is the first and the only skip in World Curling Federation (WCF) history to win three Olympic medals – gold (2022), silver (2018), and bronze ( ...

Brad Gushue Bradley Raymond Gushue, ONL ( ; born June 16, 1980) is a Canadian curler from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 ...

# Ross Whyte # Matt Dunstone #

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# Magnus Ramsfjell #

Reid Carruthers Reid Carruthers (born December 30, 1984) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Carruthers was the 2011 world champion—winning gold as a second on Jeff Stoughton's team—as well as an eight-time provincial champion, the 2003 junior p ...

Korey Dropkin Korey Dropkin (born June 11, 1995) is an American curler originally from Southborough, Massachusetts. He currently skips his own team out of Duluth, Minnesota. Curling career Juniors As a junior curler, Dropkin won three United States Juni ...

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# Mike McEwen # Michael Brunner

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Tier 2 champion: * Daniel Casper

Women

Top world team ranking women's teams: #

Silvana Tirinzoni Silvana Petra Tirinzoni (born 25 June 1979) is a Swiss curler from Zurich. She is a four-time women's world champion skip (, , , ) and five-time Grand Slam champion. She is a former world junior champion and reigning European champion. Tirinzo ...

Rachel Homan Rachel Catherine Homan (born April 5, 1989) is a Canadian international curling, curler and the reigning women's world champion. Homan is a former 2010 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Canadian junior champion, a five-time Scotties Tourna ...

# Gim Eun-ji #

Kerri Einarson Kerri Einarson (; born Kerri Flett; October 3, 1987) is a Canadian Métis curler from Camp Morton, Manitoba, in the Rural Municipality of Gimli. Einarson is a four-time women's national champion in curling, skipping her team to victory in the , , ...

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Anna Hasselborg Anna Ellinor Hasselborg (born 5 May 1989) is a Swedish curler who is the 2018 Olympic Champion in women's curling and a former World Junior Champion skip. In November 2019, she became the first curler in history to reign as the simultaneous hol ...

# Isabella Wranå # Satsuki Fujisawa # Stefania Constantini Stefania Constantini (born 15 April 1999) is an Italian curler from Cortina d'Ampezzo. She currently skips the Italian National Women's Curling Team. She has played in five World Women's Championships, four World Mixed Doubles Championships an ...
# ~~Kim Eun-jung~~ #

Kaitlyn Lawes Lesley Kaitlyn Lawes (born December 16, 1988) is a Canadian curler. Lawes was the long time third for the Jennifer Jones team that represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics where they won the gold medal. They were the first women's team to ...

Tabitha Peterson Tabitha Skelly Peterson (born March 6, 1989) is an American curler from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was a bronze medalist at the 2010 World Junior Championships and is a three-time women's national champion. She currently is skip of her own t ...

# Rebecca Morrison # ~~Marianne Rørvik~~ # Kate Cameron # Delaney Strouse

Tier 2 champion: * Kim Eun-jung Sponsor's Exemption: *

Jolene Campbell Jolene Campbell (born Jolene McIvor on August 12, 1981) is a Canadian curler from Regina, Saskatchewan. She currently skips her own team out of Regina. Curling career Junior career Born in Saskatoon, Campbell won a provincial junior title in ...

Emergency Replacement: *

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in

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( UTC−07:00).

Draw 1

''Tuesday, January 16, 8:00 am''

Draw 3

''Tuesday, January 16, 3:00 pm''

Draw 6

''Wednesday, January 17, 12:00 pm''

Draw 8

''Wednesday, January 17, 8:00 pm''

Draw 10

''Thursday, January 18, 12:00 pm''

Draw 12

''Thursday, January 18, 8:00 pm''

Draw 13

''Friday, January 19, 8:30 am''

Draw 15

''Friday, January 19, 4:00 pm''

Tiebreaker

''Saturday, January 20, 8:30 am''

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

''Saturday, January 20, 12:00 pm''

Semifinals

''Saturday, January 20, 8:00 pm''

Final

''Sunday, January 21, 10:30 am''

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in

( UTC−07:00).

Draw 2

''Tuesday, January 16, 11:30 am''

Draw 4

''Tuesday, January 16, 6:30 pm''

Draw 5

''Wednesday, January 17, 8:30 am''

Draw 7

''Wednesday, January 17, 4:00 pm''

Draw 9

''Thursday, January 18, 8:30 am''

Draw 11

''Thursday, January 18, 4:00 pm''

Draw 14

''Friday, January 19, 12:00 pm''

Draw 16

''Friday, January 19, 8:00 pm''

Tiebreaker

''Saturday, January 20, 8:30 am''

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

''Saturday, January 20, 4:00 pm''

Semifinals

''Saturday, January 20, 8:00 pm''

Final

''Sunday, January 21, 3:00 pm''

Notes

References

External links

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