Tour Challenge | |
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Established | 2015 |
2024 host city | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
2024 arena | Bell Aliant Centre |
Purse | CAD$175,000 |
Current champions (2024) | |
Men | Bruce Mouat |
Women | Kerri Einarson |
Current edition | |
Grand Slam of Curling events |
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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.[1]
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.[2]
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.[2] In 2024, the event became a triple knockout event[3] 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.[2]