Grand Slam of Curling event
The 2026 Crown Royal Players' Championship was held from January 6 to 11 at the Southeast Event Centre in Steinbach , Manitoba .[1] It was the fifth and final Grand Slam event of the 2025–26 curling season .
In a change of timing from previous seasons, the Players' Championship was moved from April to January to close out the Grand Slam season ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics .[2] The Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto , which usually hosts the event, will instead host the inaugural season of the Rock League April 6–12.[3]
Qualification
The top 12 ranked men's and women's teams on World Curling 's Year-to-Date rankings as of December 15, 2025, qualified for the event. 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.[4]
Men
Top Year-to-Date men's teams:[5]
Bruce Mouat
Matt Dunstone
Brad Jacobs
Yannick Schwaller
Daniel Casper
Joël Retornaz
John Epping
Ross Whyte
Niklas Edin
John Shuster
Kyle Waddell
Evan van Amsterdam
Mike McEwen
Xu Xiaoming
Women
Top Year-to-Date women's teams:[6]
Rachel Homan
Silvana Tirinzoni
Gim Eun-ji
Xenia Schwaller
Ha Seung-youn
Anna Hasselborg
Sayaka Yoshimura
Momoha Tabata
Kang Bo-bae
Tabitha Peterson
Satsuki Fujisawa
Kerri Einarson
Ikue Kitazawa
Rebecca Morrison
Isabella Wranå
Men
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:[7] [8]
Skip
Third
Second
Lead
Alternate
Locale
Daniel Casper
Luc Violette
Ben Richardson
Aidan Oldenburg
Rich Ruohonen
Chaska , Minnesota
Matt Dunstone
Colton Lott
E. J. Harnden
Ryan Harnden
Winnipeg , Manitoba
Niklas Edin
Oskar Eriksson
Rasmus Wranå
Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad , Sweden
Brad Jacobs
Marc Kennedy
Brett Gallant
Ben Hebert
Calgary , Alberta
Mike McEwen
Colton Flasch
B. J. Neufeld [a]
Dan Marsh
Saskatoon , Saskatchewan
Bruce Mouat
Grant Hardie
Bobby Lammie
Hammy McMillan Jr.
Edinburgh , Scotland
Joël Retornaz
Amos Mosaner
Sebastiano Arman
Mattia Giovanella
Trentino , Italy
Benoît Schwarz-van Berkel (Fourth)
Yannick Schwaller (Skip)
Sven Michel
Pablo Lachat-Couchepin
Geneva , Switzerland
John Shuster
Chris Plys
Colin Hufman
Matt Hamilton
Duluth , Minnesota
Kyle Waddell
Mark Watt
Angus Bryce
Blair Haswell
Hamilton , Scotland
Ross Whyte
Robin Brydone
Craig Waddell [b]
Euan Kyle
Stirling , Scotland
Xu Xiaoming
Fei Xueqing
Li Zhichao
Xu Jingtao
Wang Zhenhao
Beijing , China
Round robin standings
Final Round Robin Standings
Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−04:00 ).[7]
Draw 1
Tuesday, January 6, 11:30 am
Draw 2
Tuesday, January 6, 3:00 pm
Draw 3
Tuesday, January 6, 6:30 pm
Draw 4
Wednesday, January 7, 8:30 am
Draw 5
Wednesday, January 7, 12:00 pm
Draw 6
Wednesday, January 7, 4:00 pm
Draw 7
Wednesday, January 7, 8:00 pm
Draw 8
Thursday, January 8, 8:30 am
Draw 9
Thursday, January 8, 12:00 pm
Draw 10
Thursday, January 8, 4:00 pm
Draw 11
Thursday, January 8, 8:00 pm
Draw 12
Friday, January 9, 8:30 am
Draw 13
Friday, January 9, 12:00 pm
Draw 14
Friday, January 9, 4:00 pm
Draw 15
Friday, January 9, 8:00 pm
Tiebreaker
Saturday, January 10, 10:30 am
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Saturday, January 10, 2:30 pm
Semifinals
Saturday, January 10, 6:30 pm
Final
Sunday, January 11, 11:00 am
Women
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:[7] [9]
Skip
Third
Second
Lead
Alternate
Locale
Kerri Einarson
Val Sweeting
Shannon Birchard
Karlee Burgess
Krysten Karwacki
Gimli , Manitoba
Satsuki Fujisawa
Chinami Yoshida
Yumi Suzuki
Yurika Yoshida
Kitami , Japan
Gim Eun-ji
Kim Min-ji
Kim Su-ji
Seol Ye-eun
Seol Ye-ji
Uijeongbu , South Korea
Anna Hasselborg
Sara McManus
Agnes Knochenhauer
Sofia Scharback
Johanna Heldin
Sundbyberg , Sweden
Rachel Homan
Tracy Fleury
Emma Miskew
Sarah Wilkes
Ottawa , Ontario
Ikue Kitazawa
Seina Nakajima
Minori Suzuki
Hasumi Ishigooka
Nagano , Japan
Tabitha Peterson
Cory Thiesse
Tara Peterson
Taylor Anderson-Heide
Aileen Geving
Chaska , Minnesota
Xenia Schwaller
Selina Gafner
Fabienne Rieder
Selina Rychiger
Zurich , Switzerland
Miku Nihira [c]
Momoha Tabata
Sae Yamamoto
Mikoto Nakajima
Sapporo , Japan
Alina Pätz (Fourth)
Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip)
Carole Howald
Selina Witschonke
Aarau , Switzerland
Isabella Wranå
Almida de Val
Maria Larsson
Linda Stenlund
Sundbyberg , Sweden
Sayaka Yoshimura
Kaho Onodera
Yuna Kotani
Anna Ohmiya
Mina Kobayashi
Sapporo , Japan
Round robin standings
Final Round Robin Standings
Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−04:00 ).[7]
Draw 1
Tuesday, January 6, 11:30 am
Draw 2
Tuesday, January 6, 3:00 pm
Draw 3
Tuesday, January 6, 6:30 pm
Draw 4
Wednesday, January 7, 8:30 am
Draw 5
Wednesday, January 7, 12:00 pm
Draw 6
Wednesday, January 7, 4:00 pm
Draw 7
Wednesday, January 7, 8:00 pm
Draw 8
Thursday, January 8, 8:30 am
Draw 9
Thursday, January 8, 12:00 pm
Draw 10
Thursday, January 8, 4:00 pm
Draw 11
Thursday, January 8, 8:00 pm
Draw 12
Friday, January 9, 8:30 am
Draw 13
Friday, January 9, 12:00 pm
Draw 14
Friday, January 9, 4:00 pm
Draw 15
Friday, January 9, 8:00 pm
Tiebreaker
Saturday, January 10, 10:30 am
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Saturday, January 10, 2:30 pm
Semifinals
Saturday, January 10, 6:30 pm
Final
Sunday, January 11, 3:30 pm
Notes
References
^ "Crown Royal Players' Championship". Grand Slam of Curling . Retrieved January 1, 2026 .
^ "GSOC Announces 2025-26 Season Schedule". Grand Slam of Curling. March 27, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2026 .
^ Jonathan Brazeau (December 18, 2025). "Rock League announces dates and locations for 2026 and 2027 seasons". Rock League. Retrieved January 1, 2026 .
^ "Format & Qualification". Grand Slam of Curling . Retrieved January 1, 2026 .
^ "World Curling Federation: Men's Year-to-Date". CurlingZone . Retrieved January 1, 2026 .
^ "World Curling Federation: Women's Year-to-Date". CurlingZone . Retrieved January 1, 2026 .
^ a b c d "Matches set for Crown Royal Players' Championship". Grand Slam of Curling. December 19, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2026 .
^ "Men's Teams". CurlingZone . Retrieved January 1, 2026 .
^ "Women's Teams". CurlingZone . Retrieved January 1, 2026 .
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