The Viterra Championship is the

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men's provincial

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championship. The tournament is run by

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, the provincial curling association. The winner represents Manitoba at the

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, the Canadian men's championship. The tournament was previously known as the Safeway Championship (2008–2015), Safeway Select (1995–2007); the Labatt Tankard (1980–1994); the British Consols (1937–1979) and the Macdonald Brier Trophy event winner at the MCA Bonspiel (1925-1936).

Qualification

32 teams qualify. The distribution of berths changes from year to year but is generally composed of the following: *Winners of Regional Zone Playdowns *Winners of a "Berth Bonspiel" *Brandon Men's

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winner *Defending champion * Manitoba Curling Tour champion *Top team(s) from the Manitoba Curling Tour Rankings *Top Manitoba team(s) on the CTRS rankings *Top teams from the Manitoba Curling Association Bonspiel

Winners

Listed below are the provincial champion skips for each year. Manitoba did not participate in the 1927 Brier. Brier champions in bold.

Other Manitoba teams at the Brier

Beginning in 2015, the defending Brier champion automatically earned a berth for the following years' national championship as "Team Canada". A team from Manitoba has yet to play as "Team Canada" at the Brier. A Wildcard entry was added in 2018, which was expanded to three entries in 2021. Two of these entries became prequalifying entries in 2024.

Notes

References

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