HearingLife Tour Challenge winners earn berths to KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup
Is it weird the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling season just started earlier this month and we’re already talking about the end of the season? Not really when the only way to secure a spot in that final event is to win.
Unlike the five other tournaments in the series that rely upon ranking points, the KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup requires teams to capture a title in order to get in. That includes the HearingLife Tour Challenge, running Oct. 18-23, in at the Coca-Cola Centre in Grande Prairie, Alberta.
Reigning Princess Auto Players’ Championship winners Team Mouat and Team Hasselborg, defending KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup champs Team Gushue and Team Einarson and world champions Team Edin and Team Tirinzoni have already booked their spots, who will be next?
The KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup takes place May 2-7, 2023, at the Co-Operators Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Follow along with the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling season to see who will qualify.
Men’s Qualifying Events
• 2022 Princess Auto Players’ Championship (Team Mouat)
• 2022 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup (Team Gushue)
• 2022 Men’s World Championship (Team Edin)
• 2022 BOOST National (Team Gushue*)
• 2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge
• 2022 WFG Masters
• 2023 Co-op Canadian Open
• 2023 Princess Auto Players’ Championship
• 2022 Pan-Continental Championship
• 2023 USA Curling National Championship
• 2023 Tim Hortons Brier
• 2023 Men’s World Championship
Women’s Qualifying Events
• 2022 Princess Auto Players’ Championship (Team Hasselborg)
• 2022 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup (Team Einarson)
• 2022 Women’s World Championship (Team Tirinzoni)
• 2022 BOOST National (Team Tirinzoni*)
• 2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge
• 2022 WFG Masters
• 2023 Co-op Canadian Open
• 2023 Princess Auto Players’ Championship
• 2022 Pan-Continental Championship
• 2023 USA Curling National Championship
• 2023 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
• 2023 Women’s World Championship
*Note: If a team wins more than one of the listed tournaments, the winner of a top-ranked tour event (based on strength-of-field) will receive an invitation to complete the 12-team field.
