2024 Players' Championship

The 2024 Princess Auto Players' Championship was held from April 9 to 14 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Ontario.^[1] It is the fifth and final Grand Slam event of the 2023–24 curling season.

Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni rink defeated Sweden's Isabella Wranå rink the in the women's final, 6–5. It was a re-match of the 2023 Players' Championship final, in which Team Wranå was victorious. Team Tirinzoni opened up the scoring in the second end when last rock thrower Alina Pätz made a hit and stick for two. Wranå made a double in the third end to get a single, but nearly gave up a steal. Wranå missed a double in the fourth, and Pätz responded with a draw for two to take a 4–1 lead into the break. In the fifth, Wranå's last rock crashed on a guard, but rolled into the house, resulting in a score of two after a measurement. Wranå scored a steal of one in the sixth after Pätz missed a hit and roll, tying the game at four. In the seventh, Pätz made a bump of two Wranå stones that were close together, scoring two points in the process to take a 6–4 lead into the final frame. In the eighth, Wranå missed her last shot, scoring just a single point to lose the game. It was third straight Slam final for the Swiss team, after losing the previous two. It was the fourth career Slam title for Tirinzoni.^[2]

In the men's final, Newfoundland and Labrador's Brad Gushue won his 15th Grand Slam title after defeating the World #1 ranked Joël Retornaz team from Italy, 7–6. Team Gushue started the game off by getting forced to a single in the first after Gushue made a hit against two Retornaz rocks which sat across the rings. Retornaz scored a deuce in the second after making a hit on his last rock, which was followed by Gushue scoring a deuce of his own in the third after making a draw for two to take a 3–2 lead. Retornaz scored another deuce in the fourth after removing a Gushue stone off the button. Gushue scored another two in the next end with another draw, to take a 5–4 lead after five. In the sixth, Retornaz attempted to make a run double on his last, but missed, giving up a steal of one, to go down 6–4. In the seventh, with the team already sitting two, Retornaz attempted a raise on a guard to get a third point, but missed. The team still scored the two points, tying the game going into the last end. In the final end, Gushue missed a runback on his first shot, allowing Retornaz to draw to sit three to make things more difficult for Gushue. Gushue did not miss his last shot however, a draw to the back four which "pinballed" off of a Retornaz stone to come to a rest, winning the game.^[3]

Qualification

The top 12 ranked men's and women's teams on World Curling's Year-to-Date rankings as of March 11, 2024 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]

Women

Top Year-to-Date women's teams:^[6]

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[7]^[8]

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−04:00).^[11]

Draw 1

Tuesday, April 9, 11:30 am

Draw 2

Tuesday, April 9, 3:00 pm

Draw 3

Tuesday, April 9, 6:30 pm

Draw 4

Wednesday, April 10, 8:00 am

Draw 5

Wednesday, April 10, 11:30 am

Draw 6

Wednesday, April 10, 3:30 pm

Draw 7

Wednesday, April 10, 7:30 pm

Draw 8

Thursday, April 11, 8:30 am

Draw 9

Thursday, April 11, 11:30 am

Draw 10

Thursday, April 11, 3:30 pm

Draw 11

Thursday, April 11, 7:30 pm

Draw 12

Friday, April 12, 7:30 am

Draw 13

Friday, April 12, 11:00 am

Draw 14

Friday, April 12, 3:00 pm

Draw 15

Friday, April 12, 7:00 pm

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Saturday, April 13, 3:30 pm

Semifinals

Saturday, April 13, 7:30 pm

Final

Sunday, April 14, 2:30 pm