2020 Champions Cup (curling)

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2020 Humpty's Champions Cup
Host cityOlds, Alberta
Arena
DatesApril 29 – May 3 (cancelled)
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The 2020 Humpty's Champions Cup was scheduled to be held from April 29 to May 3, at the in Olds, Alberta. On March 12, 2020, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

The teams that qualified were originally invited to play in the 2021 Champions Cup, providing that three quarters of their team stays intact.[2] However, the 2021 event was changed so that the top 12 teams in the World were invited instead.

Qualified teams[]

Men[]

Qualifying
Event		 Event Team Note
1 2019 Players' Championship Alberta Brendan Bottcher
2 2019 Humpty's Champions Cup Alberta Brendan Bottcher Already Qualified
3 2018–19 Pinty's Cup Alberta Kevin Koe
4 2019 Masters Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone
5 2019 KIOTI Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 1 Ontario Brad Jacobs
6 2019 BOOST National Ontario Brad Jacobs Already Qualified
7 2020 Meridian Canadian Open Ontario Brad Jacobs Already Qualified
8 2019 European Curling Championships Sweden Niklas Edin
9 2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships South Korea Kim Chang-min
10 2020 Tim Hortons Brier Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue
11 2020 United States Men's Curling Championship United States John Shuster
12 2020 World Junior Curling Championships Manitoba Jacques Gauthier
13 2020 World Men's Curling Championship
14 WCT Event #1 (2019 Home Hardware Canada Cup) Ontario John Epping
15 WCT Event #2 (2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic) Ontario John Epping Already Qualified
16 WCT Event #3 (2019 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard) Ontario John Epping Already Qualified
17 WCT Event #4 (2019 Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic) Alberta Brendan Bottcher Already Qualified
18 WCT Event #5 (2019 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard) Ontario Brad Jacobs Already Qualified
19 WCT Event #6 (2019 Mercure Perth Masters) Scotland Bruce Mouat

Women[]

Qualifying
Event		 Event Team Note
1 2019 Players' Championship Manitoba Kerri Einarson
2 2019 Humpty's Champions Cup Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni
3 2019 Masters Manitoba Tracy Fleury
4 2019 KIOTI Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 1 Sweden Anna Hasselborg
5 2019 BOOST National Sweden Anna Hasselborg Already Qualified
6 2020 Meridian Canadian Open Sweden Anna Hasselborg Already Qualified
7 2019 European Curling Championships Sweden Anna Hasselborg Already Qualified
8 2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships China Han Yu
9 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Manitoba Kerri Einarson Already Qualified
10 2020 United States Women's Curling Championship United States Tabitha Peterson
11 2020 World Junior Curling Championships Manitoba Mackenzie Zacharias
12 2020 World Women's Curling Championship
13 WCT Event #1 (2019 Canad Inns Women's Classic) Switzerland Elena Stern
14 WCT Event #2 (2019 Home Hardware Canada Cup) Ontario Rachel Homan
15 WCT Event #3 (2019 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic) Manitoba Kerri Einarson Already Qualified
16 WCT Event #4 (2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic) Manitoba Jennifer Jones
17 WCT Event #5 (2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic) Scotland Eve Muirhead

Men's Teams[]

The teams are listed as follows:[3]

Skip Third Second Lead Locale
Brendan Bottcher Darren Moulding Brad Thiessen Karrick Martin Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
Matt Dunstone Braeden Moskowy Catlin Schneider Dustin Kidby Saskatchewan Regina, Saskatchewan
Niklas Edin Oskar Eriksson Rasmus Wranå Christoffer Sundgren Sweden Karlstad, Sweden
John Epping Ryan Fry Mat Camm Brent Laing Ontario Toronto, Ontario
Jacques Gauthier Jordan Peters Brayden Payette Zack Bilawka Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba
Brad Gushue Mark Nichols Brett Gallant Geoff Walker Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Brad Jacobs Marc Kennedy E. J. Harnden Ryan Harnden Ontario Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Kevin Koe B. J. Neufeld Colton Flasch Ben Hebert Alberta Calgary, Alberta
Kim Chang-min Lee Ki-jeong Kim Hak-gyun Lee Ki-bok South Korea Uiseong, South Korea
Bruce Mouat Grant Hardie Bobby Lammie Hammy McMillan Jr. Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland
John Shuster Chris Plys Matt Hamilton John Landsteiner United States Duluth, United States

Women's Teams[]

The teams are listed as follows:[4]

Skip Third Second Lead Locale
Kerri Einarson Val Sweeting Shannon Birchard Briane Meilleur Manitoba Gimli, Manitoba
Tracy Fleury Selena Njegovan Liz Fyfe Kristin MacCuish Manitoba East St. Paul, Manitoba
Han Yu Zhang Lijun Jiang Xindi China Beijing, China
Anna Hasselborg Sara McManus Agnes Knochenhauer Sofia Mabergs Sweden Sundbyberg, Sweden
Rachel Homan Emma Miskew Joanne Courtney Lisa Weagle Ontario Ottawa, Ontario
Jennifer Jones Kaitlyn Lawes Jocelyn Peterman Dawn McEwen Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba
Eve Muirhead Lauren Gray Jennifer Dodds Vicky Wright Scotland Stirling, Scotland
Tabitha Peterson Becca Hamilton Tara Peterson Aileen Geving United States McFarland, United States
Briar Hürlimann (Fourth) Elena Stern (Skip) Lisa Gisler Céline Koller Switzerland Oberwallis, Switzerland
Alina Pätz (Fourth) Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip) Esther Neuenschwander Melanie Barbezat Switzerland Aarau, Switzerland
Mackenzie Zacharias Karlee Burgess Emily Zacharias Lauren Lenentine Manitoba Altona, Manitoba

References[]

  1. ^ "GSOC cancels remaining events of 2019–20 season". Grand Slam of Curling. Grand Slam of Curling. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 Humpty's Champions Cup teams to keep spots for next season". Grand Slam of Curling. Grand Slam of Curling. March 18, 2020. Archived from the original on March 20, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  3. ^ "Men's Teams". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  4. ^ "Women's Teams". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved February 26, 2020.

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