2026 Players' Championship (January)

The 2026 Crown Royal Players' Championship was held from January 6 to 11 at the Southeast Event Centre in Steinbach, Manitoba. It was the fifth and final Grand Slam event of the 2025–26 curling season.

In a change of timing from previous seasons, the Players' Championship was moved from April to January to close out the Grand Slam season ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics. The Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, which usually hosts the event, will instead host the inaugural season of the Rock League April 6–12.

Qualification The top 12 ranked men's and women's teams on World Curling's Year-to-Date rankings as of December 15, 2025, 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 Year-to-Date men's teams: Bruce Mouat Matt Dunstone Brad Jacobs Yannick Schwaller Daniel Casper Joël Retornaz John Epping Ross Whyte Niklas Edin John Shuster Kyle Waddell Evan van Amsterdam Mike McEwen Xu Xiaoming

Women Top Year-to-Date women's teams: Rachel Homan Silvana Tirinzoni Gim Eun-ji Xenia Schwaller Ha Seung-youn Anna Hasselborg Sayaka Yoshimura Momoha Tabata Kang Bo-bae Tabitha Peterson Satsuki Fujisawa Kerri Einarson Ikue Kitazawa Rebecca Morrison Isabella Wranå

Men

Teams The teams are listed as follows: Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Daniel Casper Luc Violette Ben Richardson Aidan Oldenburg Rich Ruohonen Chaska, Minnesota Matt Dunstone Colton Lott E. J. Harnden Ryan Harnden Winnipeg, Manitoba Niklas Edin Oskar Eriksson Rasmus Wranå Christoffer Sundgren Karlstad, Sweden Brad Jacobs Marc Kennedy Brett Gallant Ben Hebert Calgary, Alberta Mike McEwen Colton Flasch B. J. Neufeld Dan Marsh Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Bruce Mouat Grant Hardie Bobby Lammie Hammy McMillan Jr. Edinburgh, Scotland Joël Retornaz Amos Mosaner Sebastiano Arman Mattia Giovanella Trentino, Italy Benoît Schwarz-van Berkel (Fourth) Yannick Schwaller (Skip) Sven Michel Pablo Lachat-Couchepin Geneva, Switzerland John Shuster Chris Plys Colin Hufman Matt Hamilton Duluth, Minnesota Kyle Waddell Mark Watt Angus Bryce Blair Haswell Hamilton, Scotland Ross Whyte Robin Brydone Craig Waddell Euan Kyle Stirling, Scotland Xu Xiaoming Fei Xueqing Li Zhichao Xu Jingtao Wang Zhenhao Beijing, China

Round robin standings Final Round Robin Standings KeyTeams to PlayoffsTeams to Tiebreaker Pool A W L PF PA Pts Yannick Schwaller 3 1 1 0 39 25 12 7 Xu Xiaoming 3 1 0 1 34 29 11 12 John Shuster 3 0 0 2 26 26 9 3 Bruce Mouat 2 1 1 1 30 23 9 10 Daniel Casper 1 0 1 3 21 33 4 9 Niklas Edin 0 0 0 5 25 39 0 11 Pool B W L PF PA Pts Kyle Waddell 3 2 0 0 40 23 13 2 Ross Whyte 3 0 2 0 32 26 11 8 Joël Retornaz 2 1 1 1 31 29 9 1 Matt Dunstone 1 2 0 2 32 34 7 5 Brad Jacobs 1 0 1 3 24 31 4 6 Mike McEwen 0 0 1 4 18 34 1 4

Round robin results All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−04:00).

Draw 1 Tuesday, January 6, 11:30 am

Draw 2 Tuesday, January 6, 3:00 pm

Draw 3 Tuesday, January 6, 6:30 pm

Draw 4 Wednesday, January 7, 8:30 am

Draw 5 Wednesday, January 7, 12:00 pm

Draw 6 Wednesday, January 7, 4:00 pm

Draw 7 Wednesday, January 7, 8:00 pm

Draw 8 Thursday, January 8, 8:30 am

Draw 9 Thursday, January 8, 12:00 pm

Draw 10 Thursday, January 8, 4:00 pm

Draw 11 Thursday, January 8, 8:00 pm

Draw 12 Friday, January 9, 8:30 am

Draw 13 Friday, January 9, 12:00 pm

Draw 14 Friday, January 9, 4:00 pm

Draw 15 Friday, January 9, 8:00 pm

Tiebreaker Saturday, January 10, 10:30 am

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Saturday, January 10, 2:30 pm

Semifinals Saturday, January 10, 6:30 pm

Final Sunday, January 11, 11:00 am

Women

Teams The teams are listed as follows: Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Kerri Einarson Val Sweeting Shannon Birchard Karlee Burgess Krysten Karwacki Gimli, Manitoba Satsuki Fujisawa Chinami Yoshida Yumi Suzuki Yurika Yoshida Kitami, Japan Gim Eun-ji Kim Min-ji Kim Su-ji Seol Ye-eun Seol Ye-ji Uijeongbu, South Korea Anna Hasselborg Sara McManus Agnes Knochenhauer Sofia Scharback Johanna Heldin Sundbyberg, Sweden Rachel Homan Tracy Fleury Emma Miskew Sarah Wilkes Ottawa, Ontario Ikue Kitazawa Seina Nakajima Minori Suzuki Hasumi Ishigooka Nagano, Japan Tabitha Peterson Cory Thiesse Tara Peterson Taylor Anderson-Heide Aileen Geving Chaska, Minnesota Xenia Schwaller Selina Gafner Fabienne Rieder Selina Rychiger Zurich, Switzerland Miku Nihira Momoha Tabata Sae Yamamoto Mikoto Nakajima Sapporo, Japan Alina Pätz (Fourth) Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip) Carole Howald Selina Witschonke Aarau, Switzerland Isabella Wranå Almida de Val Maria Larsson Linda Stenlund Sundbyberg, Sweden Sayaka Yoshimura Kaho Onodera Yuna Kotani Anna Ohmiya Mina Kobayashi Sapporo, Japan

Round robin standings Final Round Robin Standings KeyTeams to PlayoffsTeams to Tiebreaker Pool A W L PF PA Pts Rachel Homan 3 0 0 2 29 22 9 2 Tabitha Peterson 2 1 1 1 26 28 9 11 Isabella Wranå 2 1 0 2 29 24 8 9 Satsuki Fujisawa 2 1 0 2 24 26 8 12 Anna Hasselborg 1 1 1 2 28 31 6 1 Xenia Schwaller 1 0 2 2 25 30 5 6 Pool B W L PF PA Pts Silvana Tirinzoni 3 1 0 1 36 28 11 8 Kerri Einarson 3 0 0 2 28 36 9 3 Gim Eun-ji 3 0 0 2 35 24 9 5 Ikue Kitazawa 2 0 0 3 25 31 6 4 Sayaka Yoshimura 2 0 0 3 29 29 6 7 Team Tabata 1 0 1 3 26 31 4 10