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.
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. 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.
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.
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.
Qualification The top 12 ranked men's and women's teams on the World Curling Federation's world team rankings 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.
Men Top world team ranking men's teams: Brad Jacobs John Epping Brad Gushue Brendan Bottcher Bruce Mouat Yannick Schwaller Mike McEwen Niklas Edin Peter de Cruz Kevin Koe Matt Dunstone Ross Paterson Jason Gunnlaugson
Women Top world team ranking women's teams: Anna Hasselborg Kerri Einarson Tracy Fleury Satsuki Fujisawa Jennifer Jones Elena Stern Silvana Tirinzoni Rachel Homan Eve Muirhead Tabitha Peterson Kim Min-ji Alina Kovaleva
Format The 12 qualifying teams were divided into two pools of 6. Each team plays four games against teams in their pool. The top six teams overall make the playoffs.
Men
Teams
The teams are listed as follows: Skip Third Second Lead Locale Brendan Bottcher Darren Moulding Brad Thiessen Karrick Martin Edmonton, Alberta Benoît Schwarz (Fourth) Sven Michel Peter de Cruz (Skip) Valentin Tanner Geneva, Switzerland Matt Dunstone Braeden Moskowy Kirk Muyres Dustin Kidby Wadena, Saskatchewan Niklas Edin Oskar Eriksson Rasmus Wranå Christoffer Sundgren Karlstad, Sweden John Epping Colton Lott Mat Camm Brent Laing Toronto, Ontario Jason Gunnlaugson Adam Casey Matt Wozniak Connor Njegovan Morris, Manitoba Brad Gushue Mark Nichols Brett Gallant Geoff Walker St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Jacobs Marc Kennedy E. J. Harnden Ryan Harnden Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Kevin Koe John Morris B. J. Neufeld Ben Hebert Calgary, Alberta Reid Carruthers Tyler Tardi Derek Samagalski – Winnipeg, Manitoba Bruce Mouat Grant Hardie Bobby Lammie Hammy McMillan Jr. Edinburgh, Scotland Yannick Schwaller Michael Brunner Romano Meier Marcel Käufeler Bern, Switzerland
Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyTeams to PlayoffsTeams to Tiebreakers Pool A W L PF PA Brad Gushue 4 0 26 12 Bruce Mouat 3 1 23 18 Brad Jacobs 2 2 18 19 Matt Dunstone 2 2 20 18 Team McEwen 1 3 17 24 Peter de Cruz 0 4 15 28 Pool B W L PF PA Brendan Bottcher 3 1 20 16 Kevin Koe 3 1 24 14 Niklas Edin 3 1 20 12 Yannick Schwaller 2 2 21 17 John Epping 1 3 16 25 Jason Gunnlaugson 0 4 9 26
Round-robin results All draw times are listed in Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−06:00).
Draw 1 Thursday, April 15, 8:00 am
Draw 2 Thursday, April 15, 12:00 pm
Draw 3 Thursday, April 15, 4:00 pm
Draw 4 Thursday, April 15, 8:00 pm
Draw 5 Friday, April 16, 8:00 am
Draw 6 Friday, April 16, 12:00 pm
Draw 7 Friday, April 16, 4:00 pm
Draw 8 Friday, April 16, 8:00 pm
Draw 9 Saturday, April 17, 8:00 am
Draw 10 Saturday, April 17, 12:00 pm
Draw 12 Saturday, April 17, 8:00 pm
Tiebreaker Sunday, April 18, 12:00 pm
Playoffs
Quarterfinals Sunday, April 18, 4:00 pm
Semifinals Sunday, April 18, 8:00 pm
Final Monday, April 19, 12:00 pm
Women
Teams
The teams are listed as follows: Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Kerri Einarson Val Sweeting Shannon Birchard Briane Meilleur Gimli, Manitoba Tracy Fleury Selena Njegovan Liz Fyfe Kristin MacCuish East St. Paul, Manitoba Satsuki Fujisawa Chinami Yoshida Yumi Suzuki Yurika Yoshida Kitami, Japan Anna Hasselborg Sara McManus Agnes Knochenhauer Sofia Mabergs Sundbyberg, Sweden Rachel Homan Emma Miskew Sarah Wilkes Joanne Courtney Laura Walker Ottawa, Ontario Jennifer Jones Kaitlyn Lawes Jocelyn Peterman Lisa Weagle Winnipeg, Manitoba Kim Min-ji Kim Hye-rin Ha Seung-youn Kim Su-jin Yang Tae-i Chuncheon, South Korea Alina Kovaleva Yulia Portunova Galina Arsenkina Ekaterina Kuzmina Saint Petersburg, Russia Eve Muirhead Vicky Wright Jennifer Dodds Lauren Gray Stirling, Scotland Tabitha Peterson Nina Roth Becca Hamilton Tara Peterson Aileen Geving Chaska, United States Briar Hürlimann (Fourth) Elena Stern (Skip) Lisa Gisler Céline Koller Brig, Switzerland Alina Pätz (Fourth) Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip) Esther Neuenschwander Melanie Barbezat Aarau, Switzerland
Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyTeams to PlayoffsTeams to Tiebreakers Pool A W L PF PA Kerri Einarson 4 0 28 9 Rachel Homan 3 1 26 18 Satsuki Fujisawa 2 2 17 22 Alina Kovaleva 2 2 27 25 Tabitha Peterson 1 3 12 26 Elena Stern 0 4 17 27 Pool B W L PF PA Tracy Fleury 4 0 29 22 Silvana Tirinzoni 3 1 20 21 Kim Min-ji 2 2 25 26 Eve Muirhead 2 2 26 22 Jennifer Jones 1 3 23 25 Anna Hasselborg 0 4 22 29
Round-robin results All draw times are listed in Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−06:00).
Draw 1 Thursday, April 15, 8:00 am
Draw 2 Thursday, April 15, 12:00 pm
Draw 3 Thursday, April 15, 4:00 pm
Draw 4 Thursday, April 15, 8:00 pm
Draw 5 Friday, April 16, 8:00 am
Draw 6 Friday, April 16, 12:00 pm
Draw 8 Friday, April 16, 8:00 pm
Draw 9 Saturday, April 17, 8:00 am
Draw 10 Saturday, April 17, 12:00 pm
Draw 11 Saturday, April 17, 4:00 pm
Tiebreakers Sunday, April 18, 12:00 pm
Playoffs
Quarterfinals Sunday, April 18, 4:00 pm
Semifinals Sunday, April 18, 8:00 pm
Final Monday, April 19, 4:00 pm
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