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Tour Challenge

{{short description|Annual Grand Slam of Curling event}}

{{Infobox curling event|2024|2025

| Name = Tour Challenge

| Logo = Tour Challenge logo.png

| Logo size =

| Established = 2015

| Current host city = Nisku, Alberta

| Current arena = Silent Ice Center

| Purse = CAD$175,000

| Current men's champion = {{flagicon|SCO}} Bruce Mouat

| Current women's champion = {{flagicon|MB}} Kerri Einarson

| Current = 2024 Tour Challenge

}}

{{Grand Slam of Curling events}}

The Tour Challenge, known as the HearingLife Tour Challenge for sponsorship reasons, is a bonspiel, or curling tournament, which is one of the Grand Slam of Curling events. It was introduced into the Grand Slam lineup starting in the 2015–16 curling season.{{cite web|url=http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling/tour-challenge/about-the-gsoc-tour-challenge/|title=About the Tour Challenge|publisher=grandslamofcurling.com|access-date=7 August 2015}}

The event features a men's and women's draw, and is split into two tiers of 16 teams each, Tier 1 and Tier 2.{{cite web|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/events/hearinglife-tour-challenge/rules-regulations/|title=HearingLife Tour Challenge Format and Qualification|publisher=grandslamofcurling.com|access-date=20 October 2023}}

From 2022 to 2023, the format consisted of four pools, where each team played all four of their games against the four teams of another pool. The top 8 teams overall made the playoffs. In 2023, tiebreakers were dropped. In 2024, the event became a triple knockout event{{Cite news|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/grand-slam-of-curling/article/eight-ends-all-you-need-to-know-for-the-2024-hearinglife-tour-challenge/|title=Eight Ends: All you need to know for the 2024 HearingLife Tour Challenge|website=Sportsnet|access-date=September 30, 2024}} for the first time.

The top 16 teams on the World Curling Federation team ranking qualify for the Tier 1 event, while the next top 16 teams qualify for the Tier 2 event. The winning team at the Tier 2 event qualifies for another Grand Slam, the Canadian Open.

Past champions

=Men=

==Tier 1==

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Winning team

! scope="col"| Runner-up team

! scope="col"| Location

! scope="col"| Purse

2015{{flagicon|AB}} Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert{{flagicon|NL}} Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff WalkerParadise, Newfoundland and Labrador$100,000
2016{{flagicon|SWE}} Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wranå, Christoffer Sundgren{{flagicon|SCO}} Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Kyle Waddell, Cammy SmithCranbrook, British Columbia$100,000
2017{{flagicon|NL}} Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker{{flagicon|NOR}} Steffen Walstad, Markus Høiberg, Magnus Nedregotten, Magnus VågbergRegina, Saskatchewan$100,000
2018{{flagicon|ON}} Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E. J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden{{flagicon|AB}} Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick MartinThunder Bay, Ontario$100,000
2019{{flagicon|ON}} Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E. J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden{{flagicon|NL}} Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff WalkerWestville Road, Nova Scotia$120,000
2020

| colspan="4" | Cancelled

2021

| colspan="4" | Cancelled

2022{{flagicon|SWE}} Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wranå, Christoffer Sundgren{{flagicon|MB}} Matt Dunstone, B. J. Neufeld, Colton Lott, Ryan HarndenGrande Prairie, Alberta$120,000
2023{{flagicon|ITA}} Joël Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella{{flagicon|AB}} Brendan Bottcher, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben HebertNiagara Falls, Ontario$175,000
2024{{flagicon|SCO}} Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.{{flagicon|NL}} Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, E. J. Harnden, Geoff WalkerCharlottetown, Prince Edward Island$175,000

==Tier 2==

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Winning team

! scope="col"| Runner-up team

! scope="col"| Purse

2015{{flagicon|BC}} Jim Cotter, Ryan Kuhn, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky{{flagicon|ON}} Mark Kean, Bowie Abbis-Mills, Spencer Nuttall, Fraser Reid$50,000
2016{{flagicon|ON}} Greg Balsdon, Jonathan Beuk, David Staples, Scott Chadwick{{flagicon|ON}} Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, David Mathers, Scott Howard$50,000
2017{{flagicon|MB}} Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan{{flagicon|MB}} William Lyburn, Richard Daneault, Jared Kolomaya, Braden Zawada$50,000
2018{{flagicon|SK}} Kirk Muyres, Kevin Marsh, Dan Marsh, Dallan Muyres{{flagicon|ON}} Scott McDonald, Jonathan Beuk, Don Bowser, Scott Chadwick$50,000
2019{{flagicon|USA}} Korey Dropkin, Joe Polo, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell{{flagicon|MB}} Tanner Horgan, Colton Lott, Kyle Doering, Tanner Lott$50,000
2020

| colspan="4" | Cancelled

2021

| colspan="4" | Cancelled

2022{{flagicon|USA}} Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell{{flagicon|AB}} Aaron Sluchinski, Jeremy Harty, Kerr Drummond, Dylan Webster$50,000
2023{{flagicon|USA}} Daniel Casper, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Chase Sinnett{{flagicon|JPN}} Yusuke Morozumi, Yuta Matsumura, Ryotaro Shukuya, Masaki Iwai, Kosuke Morozumi$60,000
2024{{flagicon|SK}} Rylan Kleiter, Joshua Mattern, Matthew Hall, Trevor Johnson{{flagicon|NOR}} Magnus Ramsfjell, Martin Sesaker, Bendik Ramsfjell, Gaute Nepstad$60,000

=Women=

==Tier 1==

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Winning team

! scope="col"| Runner-up team

! scope="col"| Location

! scope="col"| Purse

2015{{flagicon|SUI}} Silvana Tirinzoni, Manuela Siegrist, Esther Neuenschwander, Marlene Albrecht{{flagicon|ON}} Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa WeagleParadise, Newfoundland and Labrador$100,000
2016{{flagicon|AB}} Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachelle Brown{{flagicon|MB}} Michelle Englot, Kate Cameron, Leslie Wilson-Westcott, Raunora WestcottCranbrook, British Columbia$100,000
2017{{flagicon|AB}} Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachelle Brown{{flagicon|SWE}} Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia MabergsRegina, Saskatchewan$100,000
2018{{flagicon|ON}} Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle{{flagicon|MB}} Tracy Fleury, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuishThunder Bay, Ontario$100,000
2019{{flagicon|SWE}} Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs{{flagicon|MB}} Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane MeilleurWestville Road, Nova Scotia$120,000
2020

| colspan="4" | Cancelled

2021

| colspan="4" | Cancelled

2022{{flagicon|ON}} Tracy Fleury, Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes{{flagicon|MB}} Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane HarrisGrande Prairie, Alberta$120,000
2023{{flagicon|MB}} Jennifer Jones, Karlee Burgess, Emily Zacharias, Lauren Lenentine{{flagicon|MB}} Kaitlyn Lawes, Selena Njegovan, Jocelyn Peterman, Kristin MacCuishNiagara Falls, Ontario$175,000
2024{{flagicon|MB}} Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Dawn McEwen, Krysten Karwacki{{flagicon|ON}} Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah WilkesCharlottetown, Prince Edward Island$175,000

==Tier 2==

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Winning team

! scope="col"| Runner-up team

! scope="col"| Purse

2015{{flagicon|MB}} Kerri Einarson, Selena Kaatz, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish{{flagicon|SK}} Amber Holland, Cindy Ricci, Larisa Murray, Debbie Lozinski$50,000
2016{{flagicon|ON}} Jacqueline Harrison, Janet Murphy, Stephanie Matheson, Melissa Foster{{flagicon|ON}} Krista McCarville, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts$50,000
2017{{flagicon|MB}} Kerri Einarson, Selena Kaatz, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish{{flagicon|AB}} Chelsea Carey, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jocelyn Peterman, Laine Peters$50,000
2018{{flagicon|SUI}} Elena Stern, Briar Hürlimann, Lisa Gisler, Céline Koller{{flagicon|JPN}} Sayaka Yoshimura, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Yumie Funayama$50,000
2019{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Min-ji, Ha Seung-youn, Kim Hye-rin, Kim Su-jin, Yang Tae-i{{flagicon|ON}} Jestyn Murphy, Carly Howard, Stephanie Matheson, Grace Holyoke$50,000
2020

| colspan="4" | Cancelled

2021

| colspan="4" | Cancelled

2022{{flagicon|BC}} Clancy Grandy, Kayla MacMillan, Lindsay Dubue, Sarah Loken{{flagicon|AB}} Jessie Hunkin, Kristen Streifel, Becca Hebert, Dayna Demers$50,000
2023{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Eun-jung, Kim Kyeong-ae, Kim Cho-hi, Kim Seon-yeong, Kim Yeong-mi{{flagicon|DEN}} Madeleine Dupont, Mathilde Halse, Jasmin Lander, My Larsen, Denise Dupont$60,000
2024{{flagicon|NS}} Christina Black, Jill Brothers, Marlee Powers, Karlee Everist{{flagicon|JPN}} Sayaka Yoshimura, Yuna Kotani, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi$60,000

References

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External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/}}

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