The 2000 GMC WCT Players' Championship, the championship of the men's World Curling Tour for the 1999-00 curling season was held March 14–19, 2000 at the Max Bell Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The total purse for the event was $150,000 with $42,400 going to the winning team.

Alberta's Kevin Martin defeated Ontario's Wayne Middaugh in the final, 6–4 in front of a "sparse crowd". It was Martin's third career Player's Championship title. Middaugh missed a draw for two in the seventh which would've tied the game. Martin made a double in the tenth to win the game. Team Martin third Don Walchuk struggled throughout the game with back pain, but persevered. With the win, the Martin rink earned a berth in the 2001 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, which he would go on to win, and then went on to win the silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Only two rinks in the top 20 tour money rankings did not participate, Team Greg McAulay and Team Russ Howard, who were coming off playing in the 2000 Labatt Brier final held on March 12. They were replaced by the Brad Hannah and Howard Restall.

The semifinals and finals were aired on television on CTV.

Teams The teams were as follows: SkipThirdSecondLeadLocaleSeason earnings to date ($CA)Kerry Burtnyk Jeff Ryan Rob Meakin Keith Fenton Winnipeg, Manitoba $48,500 Glen Despins Art Paulsen Dwayne Mihalicz Phillip Germain Strongfield, Saskatchewan $42,000 David Nedohin Randy Ferbey (skip) Scott Pfeifer Marcel Rocque Edmonton, Alberta $46,700 Paul Flemming Mark Dacey Blayne Iskiw Tom Fetterly Halifax, Nova Scotia $20,000 Brad Hannah Warren Hassall Bryan Blaylock Chris Hassall Edmonton, Alberta $18,500Mike Harris Richard Hart Collin Mitchell George Karrys Toronto, Ontario $23,500 Guy Hemmings Don Westphal Guy Thibaudeau Dale Ness Saint-Aimé, Quebec $23,000 Bruce Korte Darrell McKee Roger Korte Rory Golanowski Saskatoon, Saskatchewan $33,000 Peja Lindholm Tomas Nordin Magnus Swartling Peter Narup Östersund, Sweden N/A Kevin Martin Don Walchuk Carter Rycroft Don Bartlett Edmonton, Alberta $41,980 Hammy McMillan Warwick Smith Ewan MacDonald Peter Loudon Inverness, Scotland N/A Chad McMullan Travis Graham Ross McFadyen Jeff Steski Winnipeg, Manitoba $19,825 Wayne Middaugh Graeme McCarrel Ian Tetley Scott Bailey Midland, Ontario $50,400 Rich Moffatt Howard Rajala Chris Fulton Paul Madden Ottawa, Ontario $27,500 Dale Duguid Mark Olson Peter Nicholls Dean Dunstone Winnipeg, Manitoba N/A Shane Park Scott Park (skip) Kerry Park Pat McCallum Edmonton, Alberta $21,375 Lowell Peterman Rob Armitage Keith Glover Steve Matejka Red Deer, Alberta N/A Vic Peters Dave Smith Chris Neufeld Don Harvey Winnipeg, Manitoba $46,800 Howard Restall Stan Walker Dave Kristy Andy Hick Winnipeg, Manitoba $18,350 Ulrik Schmidt Lasse Lavrsen Brian Hansen Carsten Svensgaard Holte, Denmark $22,896 Kelly Skinner Kerry Hunka William Lyburn Gary Poole Brandon, Manitoba $20,125 Adam Spencer Brad Savage Jason Boyce Trevor Wall Guelph, Ontario $20,300 Pat Spiring Ken Tresoor Jim Spencer Scott Grant Winnipeg, Manitoba $19,500 Jeff Stoughton Jon Mead Garry Vandenberghe Bob Jenion Doug Armstrong Winnipeg, Manitoba $47,000

Round-robin standings The top two teams in each pool advanced to the playoffs.

Final round-robin standings KeyTeams to PlayoffsTeams to Tiebreakers Pool A W L Bruce Korte 4 1 Wayne Middaugh 3 2 Kelly Skinner 3 2 Hammy McMillan 2 3 Team Olson 2 3 Paul Flemming 1 4 Pool B W L Kevin Martin 3 2 Chad McMullan 3 2 Rich Moffatt 3 2 Adam Spencer 3 2 Kerry Burtnyk 2 3 Lowell Peterman 1 4 Pool C W L Glen Despins 4 1 Team Park 4 1 Peja Lindholm 3 2 Mike Harris 2 3 Jeff Stoughton 2 3 Pat Spiring 0 5 Pool D W L Brad Hannah 4 1 Guy Hemmings 4 1 Vic Peters 3 2 Ulrik Schmidt 2 3 Team Nedohin 1 4 Howard Restall 1 4

Scores Scores were as follows: Draw 1 Middaugh 8, McMillan 2 Team Olson 6, Skinner 5 Korte 8, Flemming 4 Harris 7, Spiring 3 Peters 10, Schmidt 2

Draw 2 Martin 7, McMullan 3 Despins 10, Lindholm 5 Team Park 10, Stoughton 7 Moffatt 8, Peterman 4 Spencer 6, Burtnyk 3

Draw 3 Hannah 10, Team Nedohin 6 Hemmings 9, Restall 2 Skinner 4, McMillan 3 Korte 8, Team Olson 2 Flemming 10, Middaugh 6

Draw 4 Moffatt 5, Burtnyk 4 Spencer 7, Martin 6 Peterman 8, McMullan 5 Team Park 10, Despins 4 Stoughton 9, Spiring 7

Draw 5 Lindholm 9, Harris 3 Hannah 7, Peters 6 Team Nedohin 8, Restall 7 Hemmings 8, Schmidt 6 Korte 4, McMillan 3

Draw 6 Team Olson 7, Flemming 4 Skinner 8, Middaugh 5 Martin 7, Moffatt 6 McMullan 8, Spencer 5 Burtnyk 9, Peterman 2

Draw 7 Despins 7, Spiring 5 Harris 8, Stoughton 7 Lindholm 5, Team Park 4 Peters 6, Restall 5 Hemmings 8, Team Nedohin 2

Draw 8 Schmidt 9, Hannah 1 McMillan 10, Flemming 2 Middaugh 8, Team Olson 3 Korte 4, Skinner 3 McMullan 8, Moffatt 3

Draw 9 Spencer 9, Peterman 7 Burtnyk 6, Martin 5 Despins 10, Harris 1 Stoughton 8, Lindholm 1 Team Park 11, Spiring 8

Draw 10 Hemmings 8, Peters 6 Schmidt 7, Team Nedohin 4 Hannah 7, Restall 3 McMillan 11, Team Olson 4 Skinner 9, Flemming 6

Draw 11 Team Park 8, Harris 5 Lindholm 7, Spiring 5 Moffatt 7, Spencer 6 Martin 8, Peterman 5 Despins 7, Stoughton 6

Draw 12 Middaugh 8, Korte 3 Hannah 10, Hemmings 5 McMullan 6, Burtnyk 5 Peters 9, Team Nedohin 4 Restall 6, Schmidt 3

Tiebreakers

Martin 5, Spencer 4 Middaugh 7, Skinner 6 McMullan 10, Moffatt 5

Playoffs

Final March 19, 11:30am

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