2023 Tour Challenge

The 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge was held from October 17 to 22 at the Gale Centre in Niagara Falls, Ontario. It was the first Grand Slam event of the 2022–23 curling season.

Qualification
The Tour Challenge consists of two tiers of 16 teams. For Tier 1, the top 16 ranked men's and women's teams on the World Curling Federation's world team rankings as of September 18, 2023 qualified. 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. For Tier 2, the next 16 teams on the WCF rankings as of September 18, 2023 were invited.

Men

Tier 1
Top world team ranking men's teams:
 Bruce Mouat
 Brendan Bottcher
 Brad Gushue
 Joël Retornaz
 Niklas Edin
 Yannick Schwaller
 Matt Dunstone
 Kevin Koe
 Ross Whyte
 Korey Dropkin
 Magnus Ramsfjell
 Reid Carruthers
 John Shuster
 Wouter Gösgens
 Aaron Sluchinski
 Riku Yanagisawa

Tier 2
 Cameron Bryce
 Karsten Sturmay
 James Craik
 Mike McEwen
 Marco Hösli
 John Epping
 Michael Brunner
 Ryan Wiebe
 Daniel Casper
 Félix Asselin
 Lukas Høstmælingen
 Fredrik Nyman
 Catlin Schneider
 Kelly Knapp
 Yusuke Morozumi
 Sam Mooibroek
 Tanner Horgan
 Jeong Byeong-jin
 Rylan Kleiter

Women

Tier 1
Top world team ranking women's teams:
 Silvana Tirinzoni
 Kerri Einarson
 Rachel Homan
 Satsuki Fujisawa
 Gim Eun-ji
 Jennifer Jones
 Anna Hasselborg
 Isabella Wranå
 Tabitha Peterson
 Clancy Grandy
 Kate Cameron
 Kaitlyn Lawes
 Marianne Rørvik
 Ha Seung-youn
 Stefania Constantini
 Rebecca Morrison

Tier 2
 Christina Black
 Corrie Hürlimann
 Ikue Kitazawa
 Delaney Strouse
 Sayaka Yoshimura
 Isabelle Ladouceur
 Kim Eun-jung
 Kayla Skrlik
 Jessie Hunkin
 Madeleine Dupont
 Serena Gray-Withers
 Danielle Inglis
 Michèle Jäggi
 Jolene Campbell
 Nancy Martin
 Corryn Brown
 Sarah Anderson

Men

Tier 1

Teams
The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings
Final Round Robin Standings

Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−04:00).

Draw 2
Tuesday, October 17, 11:30 am

Draw 4
Tuesday, October 17, 6:30 pm

Draw 5
Wednesday, October 18, 8:00 am

Draw 7
Wednesday, October 18, 3:30 pm

Draw 9
Thursday, October 19, 8:00 am

Draw 11
Thursday, October 19, 3:30 pm

Draw 14
Friday, October 20, 11:30 am

Draw 16
Friday, October 20, 7:30 pm

Playoffs

Quarterfinals
Saturday, October 21, 3:30 pm

Semifinals
Saturday, October 21, 7:30 pm

Final
Sunday, October 22, 3:00 pm

Tier 2

Teams
The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings
Final Round Robin Standings

Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−04:00).

Draw 1
Tuesday, October 17, 8:30 am

Draw 3
Tuesday, October 17, 3:30 pm

Draw 6
Wednesday, October 18, 12:00 pm

Draw 8
Wednesday, October 18, 8:00 pm

Draw 10
Thursday, October 19, 12:00 pm

Draw 12
Thursday, October 19, 8:00 pm

Draw 13
Friday, October 20, 8:30 am

Draw 15
Friday, October 20, 4:00 pm

Playoffs

Quarterfinals
Saturday, October 21, 4:00 pm

Semifinals
Saturday, October 21, 8:00 pm

Final
Sunday, October 22, 3:00 pm

Women

Tier 1

Teams
The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings
Final Round Robin Standings

Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−04:00).

Draw 1
Tuesday, October 17, 8:00 am

Draw 3
Tuesday, October 17, 3:00 pm

Draw 6
Wednesday, October 18, 11:30 am

Draw 8
Wednesday, October 18, 7:30 pm

Draw 10
Thursday, October 19, 11:30 am

Draw 12
Thursday, October 19, 7:30 pm

Draw 13
Friday, October 20, 8:00 am

Draw 15
Friday, October 20, 3:30 pm

Playoffs

Quarterfinals
Saturday, October 21, 11:30 am

Semifinals
Saturday, October 21, 7:30 pm

Final
Sunday, October 22, 10:30 am

Tier 2

Teams
The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings
Final Round Robin Standings

Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−04:00).

Draw 2
Tuesday, October 17, 12:00 pm

Draw 4
Tuesday, October 17, 7:00 pm

Draw 5
Wednesday, October 18, 8:30 am

Draw 7
Wednesday, October 18, 4:00 pm

Draw 9
Thursday, October 19, 8:30 am

Draw 11
Thursday, October 19, 4:00 pm

Draw 14
Friday, October 20, 12:00 pm

Draw 16
Friday, October 20, 8:00 pm

Playoffs

Quarterfinals
Saturday, October 21, 12:00 pm

Semifinals
Saturday, October 21, 8:00 pm

Final
Sunday, October 22, 10:30 am

Notelist

References

External links

October 2023 sports events in Canada
2023 in Canadian curling
Curling competitions in Ontario
2023 in sports in Ontario
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Sport in Niagara Falls, Ontario