| 2021 Champions Cup | |
|---|---|
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| Host city | Calgary, Alberta |
| Arena | Markin MacPhail Centre, Canada Olympic Park[1] |
| Dates | April 15–19, 2021 |
| Men's winner |  Team Mouat |
| Curling club | Gogar Park CC, Edinburgh |
| Skip | Bruce Mouat |
| Third | Grant Hardie |
| Second | Bobby Lammie |
| Lead | Hammy McMillan Jr. |
| Coach | Alan Hannah |
| Finalist |  Brendan Bottcher |
| Women's winner |  Team Homan |
| Curling club | Ottawa CC, Ottawa |
| Skip | Rachel Homan |
| Third | Emma Miskew |
| Second | Sarah Wilkes |
| Lead | Joanne Courtney |
| Finalist |  Silvana Tirinzoni |
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The 2021 Humpty's Champions Cup, a curling Grand Slam event, was held April 15–19, 2021 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. Two days before the event was supposed to begin on Monday, April 12, the organizers delayed its start time by one day due to the (false) positive COVID-19 tests from the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship, which was held at the same site from April 2–11.[2]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, it was announced that both the Champions Cup and the Players' Championship Grand Slam of Curling events would still be held in the 2020–21 curling season but would move to a centralized "bubble" (similar to that of the NHL as in Edmonton) at Canada Olympic Park alongside Curling Canada's national championships. All events will be held behind closed doors with no spectators.[3] Due to the pandemic, it is the first Grand Slam event to be held since the 2020 Canadian Open held in January 2020.
The event utilized the "no tick rule", an experimental rule in which any guard rock touching the centre line may not be moved off of the centre line by an opposing stone until the sixth rock of the end.[4]
On the men's side, Bruce Mouat of Scotland won his second career Grand Slam by defeating Team Brendan Bottcher 6–3 in the final. Mouat previously won the 2017 Boost National.[5]
On the women's side, Rachel Homan of Ottawa also won 6–3 in the final, doubling up on Team Silvana Tirinzoni of Switzerland. It was Homan's eleventh Grand Slam title.[6]
- ^ Devin Heroux (December 8, 2020). "Curlers will face harsh penalties for leaving Calgary bubble". CBC Sports. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
- ^ Jonathan Brazeau (April 12, 2021). "Humpty's Champions Cup start moved to Thursday". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
- ^ Jesse Campigotto (December 2, 2020). "What we know and don't know about the curling bubble". CBC Sports. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
- ^ Jonathan Brazeau (April 14, 2021). "No tick zone implemented for 2021 Humpty's Champions Cup". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
- ^ Jonathan Brazeau (April 19, 2021). "Mouat beats Bottcher to win Humpty's Champions Cup men's title". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ^ Jonathan Brazeau (April 19, 2021). "Rachel Homan wins record-extending 11th GSOC title at Champions Cup". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved April 25, 2021.