The Canadian Team Ranking System (CTRS) is a point system used by

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to rank men's and women's

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teams across

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. They are determined through points earned in various curling

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s held worldwide throughout the season. CTRS points are the basis of the

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's Order of Merit and are also used as criteria in identifying teams that qualify for the

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. Beginning in 2018, the top two CTRS teams that do not otherwise qualify for the

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will earn the right to compete in a

play-in game A play-in gameTh ...

for a

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berth in those tournaments. The following lists the top 25 teams in the CTRS standings for each curling season beginning in 2003–04.

Records

2003–04

2004–05

2005–06

2006–07

2007–08

2008–09

2009–10

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2011–12

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. ...

2013–14

2014–15

2015–16

2016–17

2017–18

2018–19

2019–20

2021–22

No ranking was calculated for the 2020–21 curling season due to the

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Jason Gunnlaugson Jason Gunnlaugson is a Canadian curler currently living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Gunnlaugson is known for having been hired by the Russian Curling Federation (RCF) to represent the country at the 2014 Winter Olympics. The deal which was announce ...

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Glenn Howard Glenn William Howard (born July 17, 1962) is a Canadian curler who is one of the most decorated curlers of all time. He has won four world championships, four Briers and 17 Ontario provincial championships, including a record eight straight, ...

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Matt Dunstone Matthew Dunstone, nicknamed "the Sheriff" (born June 25, 1995) is a Canadian curler from Kamloops, British Columbia. Career Dunstone won the Canadian Junior Curling Championships in 2013. He represented Canada at the 2013 World Junior Curlin ...

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Colton Flasch Colton Flasch (born February 27, 1991) is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He currently plays third on Team Mike McEwen. Career Juniors After having curled with the Mike Armstrong junior rink, Flasch joined the Braeden Moskowy ...

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John Epping John Allan Epping (born March 20, 1983) is a Canadian curler from Toronto, Ontario. He currently skips his own team out of the Leaside Curling Club in East York, Toronto. Career Born in Peterborough, Ontario, Epping was a top junior curler, h ...

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Paul Flemming Paul Flemming (born October 8, 1968, in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian curler. He currently skips his own team out of Halifax. Curling career Flemming's junior team was successful yet failed to ever win the Nova Scotia Junior Men's Ch ...

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Jeremy Harty Jeremy Harty (born May 22, 1995) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. He currently plays third for Team Aaron Sluchinski. Career Harty competed in the 2016 Alberta Junior Curling Championships with his team of Kyler Kleibrink, Joel Ber ...

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

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Rachel Homan Rachel Catherine Homan (born April 5, 1989) is a Canadian international curler. Homan is a former Canadian junior champion, a three-time Canadian national champion, and the 2017 world champion, all as a skip. She was also the skip of the Can ...

, , 237.375 , - , , , Laura Walker , , 183.644 , - , , , Chelsea Carey , , 171.371 , - , , , Mackenzie Zacharias , , 165.854 , - , , ,

Krista McCarville Krista Lee McCarville (born Krista Lee Scharf on November 10, 1982) is a Canadian curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. McCarville is a four-time Northern Ontario junior champion, the 2003 Winter Universiade silver medallist, a four-time Ontario ...

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Hollie Duncan Hollie Duncan (born January 6, 1987 in Toronto, Ontario as Hollie Nicol) is a Canadian curler. She currently skips her own team on the World Curling Tour. Career Juniors As a bantam-aged curler, Duncan skipped her Unionville Curling Club rink ...

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Christina Black Christina Black (born October 21, 1987) is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia. She currently skips her own team out of the Dartmouth Curling Club in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Career Black joined Team Mary-Anne Arsenault for the 2014� ...

, , 134.517 , - , , , Penny Barker , , 134.152 , - , , , Casey Scheidegger , , 130.544 , - , , , Kerry Galusha , , 125.798 , - , , , Andrea Crawford , , 122.848 , - , , , Selena Sturmay , , 113.910 , - , , , Kristy Watling , , 105.740 , - , , ,

Amber Holland Amber Holland (born July 10, 1974) is a Canadian curler from Loreburn, Saskatchewan. Holland skipped Saskatchewan's team to a national women's championship in 2011 by defeating defending champion Jennifer Jones in the Scotties Tournament o ...

, , 102.829 , - , , , Corryn Brown , , 98.669 , - , , , Robyn Silvernagle , , 92.442 , - , , ,

Michelle Englot Michelle Englot (born January 22, 1964 in Montmartre, Saskatchewan; formerly known as Michelle Ridgway and Michelle Schneider); is a Canadian curler from Regina, Saskatchewan. She currently plays second on Team Brooklyn Stevenson. She is a nine ...

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References

External links

Canadian Team Ranking System (CTRS)
Curling in Canada