It’s time for the second edition of the Pan Continental Curling Championships, scheduled at the Kelowna Curling Club in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, from Sunday, 29 October to Saturday, 4 November 2023.
The first edition was held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and saw Canadian men and Japanese women winning the inaugural titles.
After hosting the World Women’s in 1986, the World Juniors in 2002, and the World Mixed in 2018, it’s the third time Kelowna will host a World Curling event.
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Here’s the essential guide, where when and how to watch Pan Continental Curling Championships live stream from anywhere without a cable connection neither using a VPN including schedule, teams, and TV Channels.
2023 Pan Continental Curling Events Details
- Venue: Kelowna, BC, Canada
- Dates: Sunday, October 29 – Saturday, November 4
- Participating Teams: Australia, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Guyana, Japan, Korea, New Zealand and United States
- TV Channel: TSN/NTV/JTBC
- Live Stream anywhere: Curling World
Where I can Watch Pan Continental Curling 2023 in Canada?
In Canada, TSN will cover every game of Team Canada. You can watch the Pan Continental Curling through TSN 1, TSN 2, TSN 3, TSN 4, TSN 5 respectively (if you had a cable connection). However, you can watch live stream on TSN+ (subscription required: monthly CAD $8.00 and Yearly $80.00). But we recommended try Curling World, because of TSN+ will not broadcast the Pan Continental Curling, we couldn’t find any curling games on their next 1-week broadcast schedule.
Watch the 2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships anywhere?
Alternatively, you can also go with Curling World, a reliable streaming service, to catch all the curling action live in high-definition for only $9.99. The good thing is that you don’t need any VPN, and there are no hidden or automatic charges.
How to watch Pan Continental Curling Championships from Europe?
The World Curling Federation will live stream all games of the Pan Continental Curling Championships. Games and replays will be shown on Recast via the World Curling Federation’s page, The Curling Channel.
However, instead of visiting the Recast website, watch the coverage on worldcurling.org. Games will be priced at £GBP 1 (100 cast credits) for £GBP 2 (200 cast credits) broadcast-level games with commentary and static coverage without commentary.
2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships: Preview
Like the first edition, this year’s event will feature an A and B division, providing the participating sides a direct route to the World Curling Championships, similar to the European Curling Championships format.
The B division championships will take place at the same venue and are open for any other member association from the Americas and Pacific-Asia zonal regions to participate.
Team Brad Gushue and Team Kerri Einarson will wear the Maple Leaf at the event. Both teams won significantly last season at the inaugural Pan Continental Curling Championships.
Team Gushue won Canada a historic gold medal, while Team Einarson secured the bronze medal, securing Canada’s spot at the World Women’s event.
Both teams didn’t stop there and won their respective Canadian championships. They went on to represent the Country at the 2023 world championships, where Team Gushue clinched silver in front of a home-nation crowd in Ottawa. Team Einarson won bronze overseas in Sandviken, Sweden, at the world women’s event.
Nations from the Americas, Pacific regions, and Asia will compete for the berths at the 2024 World Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships. The top five finishers will qualify, except for countries hosting a world championship, as their berths have already been secured.
Creating the Continental Curling Championships has allowed more nations to compete internationally. That said, Guyana men’s team and Mexico’s women’s team will be in action in the A Division after having successful campaigns at the inaugural championships last year.
Guyana defied all the odds and claimed the men’s B Division title. The team also finished fourth in the round-robin format before upsetting two top seeds, Hong Kong and India, on their route to promotion.
They return to the event without vice-skip Jason Perreira, who retired, but Baul Persaud and Goberdhan are back along with newcomer Darryl Narain.
Talking about Mexico, their women’s team missed promotion to the women’s A-Division last year after losing against Chinese Taipei by a steal in an extra end. Yet, they moved up a few weeks ago after Kazakhstan withdrew from the competition.
They return to the championship with the same line-up of Camarena, Estefana Quintero, Veronica Huerta, and Karla Martinez, consolidated by Canadian coach Doug Dalziel.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Event | Teams | Matchups |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, October 29 | 08:30 | Women’s Round Robin 1 | Mexico vs Korea | A – Mexico vs Korea |
| B – Chinese Taipei vs Canada | ||||
| C – New Zealand vs Japan | ||||
| D – Australia vs United States | ||||
| 13:30 | Men’s Round Robin 1 | Japan vs Chinese Taipei | A – Japan vs Chinese Taipei | |
| B – Guyana vs United States | ||||
| C – Canada vs Korea | ||||
| D – New Zealand vs Australia | ||||
| 19:30 | Women’s Round Robin 2 | Canada vs Japan | A – Canada vs Japan | |
| B – Australia vs Mexico | ||||
| C – United States vs Chinese Taipei | ||||
| D – Korea vs New Zealand | ||||
| Monday, October 30 | 09:00 | Men’s Round Robin 2 | Korea vs Australia | A – Korea vs Australia |
| B – Canada vs New Zealand | ||||
| C – Chinese Taipei vs United States | ||||
| D – Japan vs Guyana | ||||
| 14:00 | Women’s Round Robin 3 | Chinese Taipei vs New Zealand | ||
| B – United States vs Korea | ||||
| C – Japan vs Mexico | ||||
| D – Canada vs Australia | ||||
| 19:00 | Men’s Round Robin 3 | Canada vs United States | ||
| B – Japan vs Australia | ||||
| C – New Zealand vs Guyana | ||||
| D – Chinese Taipei vs Korea | ||||
| Tuesday, October 31 | 09:00 | Women’s Round Robin 4 | United States vs Mexico | |
| B – Canada vs New Zealand | ||||
| C – Korea vs Australia | ||||
| D – Japan vs Chinese Taipei | ||||
| 14:00 | Men’s Round Robin 4 | Guyana vs Korea | A – Guyana vs Korea | |
| B – New Zealand vs Chinese Taipei | ||||
| C – Japan vs Canada | ||||
| D – Australia vs United States | ||||
| 19:00 | Women’s Round Robin 5 | Australia vs Chinese Taipei | ||
| B – Korea vs Japan | ||||
| C – Canada vs United States | ||||
| D – New Zealand vs Mexico | ||||
| Wednesday, November 1 | 09:00 | Men’s Round Robin 5 | New Zealand vs Japan | |
| B – United States vs Korea | ||||
| C – Guyana vs Australia | ||||
| D – Canada vs Chinese Taipei | ||||
| 14:00 | Women’s Round Robin 6 | Korea vs Canada | ||
| B – Mexico vs Chinese Taipei | ||||
| C – Australia vs New Zealand | ||||
| D – United States vs Japan | ||||
| 19:00 | Men’s Round Robin 6 | Chinese Taipei vs Guyana | ||
| B – Australia vs Canada | ||||
| C – United States vs Japan | ||||
| D – Korea vs New Zealand | ||||
| Thursday, November 2 | 09:00 | Women’s Round Robin 7 | Japan vs Australia | |
| B – New Zealand vs United States | ||||
| C – Mexico vs Canada | ||||
| D – Chinese Taipei vs Korea | ||||
| 14:00 | Men’s Round Robin 7 | United States vs New Zealand | ||
| B – Korea vs Japan | ||||
| C – Australia vs Chinese Taipei | ||||
| D – Guyana vs Canada | ||||
| 19:00 | Women’s Semi-finals | |||
| Friday, November 3 | 09:00 | Men’s Semi-finals | ||
| 14:00 | Women’s Bronze Medal | |||
| 19:00 | Men’s Bronze Medal | |||
| Saturday, November 4 | 10:00 | Women’s Gold Medal | ||
| 15:00 | Men’s Gold Medal | |||
Participating Teams
Men’s Teams:
Team Australia
4: Dean HEWITT (Vice-Skip)
3: Jay MERCHANT (Skip)
2: Tanner DAVIS
1: Justin GRUNDY
A: Thomas BENCE
Curling Canada
4: Brad GUSHUE (Skip)
3: Mark NICHOLS (Vice-Skip)
2: E.J. HARNDEN
1: Geoff WALKER
A: Jim COTTER
Chinese Taipei
4: SHEN Randolph (Skip)
3: HSU Nicholas (Vice-Skip)
2: LIU Brendon
1: LIN Ting-Li
A: WANG Nai-Hung
Guyana
4: Rayad HUSAIN (Skip)
3: Baul PERSAUD (Vice-Skip)
2: Darryl NARAIN
1: Khemraj GOBERDHAN
Japan
4: YANAGISAWA Riku (Skip)
3: YAMAGUCHI Tsuyoshi (Vice-Skip)
2: YAMAMOTO Takeru
1: KOIZUMI Satoshi
A: USUI Shingo
Korea
4: PARK Jongduk (Skip)
3: JEONG Yeongseok (Vice-Skip)
2: OH Seunghoon
1: SEONG Jihoon
A: LEE Kibok
New Zealand
4: Anton HOOD (Skip)
3: Ben SMITH
2: Brett SARGON (Vice-Skip)
1: Hunter WALKER
A: Peter DE BOER
Team United States
4: Korey DROPKIN (Vice-Skip)
3: Andrew STOPERA (Skip)
2: Mark FENNER
1: Thomas HOWELL
A: Ben RICHARDSON
Women’s Teams:
Australia
4: Jennifer WESTHAGEN (Skip)
3: Sara WESTMAN (Vice-Skip)
2: Kristen TSOURLENES
1: Carlee MILLIKIN
A: Helen WILLIAMS
Canada
4: Kerri EINARSON (Skip)
3: Valerie SWEETING (Vice-Skip)
2: Shannon BIRCHARD
1: Briane HARRIS
A: Dawn MCEWEN
Chinese Taipei
4: LU Cynthia (Skip)
3: CHOU Amanda (Vice-Skip)
2: LIN Heidi (Vice-Skip)
1: HUANG Shar-Yin
A: YING Jennifer
Japan
4: FUJISAWA Satsuki (Skip)
3: YOSHIDA Chinami (Vice-Skip)
2: SUZUKI Yumi
1: YOSHIDA Yurika
A: ISHIZAKI Kotomi
Korea
4: GIM Eunji (Skip)
3: KIM Minji (Vice-Skip)
2: KIM Suji
1: SEOL Yeeun
A: SEOL Yeji
Mexico
4: Adriana CAMARENA (Skip)
3: Estefana QUINTERO (Vice-Skip)
2: Veronica HUERTA
1: Karla MARTINEZ
New Zealand
4: Jessica SMITH (Skip)
3: Courtney SMITH (Vice-Skip)
2: Bridget BECKER (Vice-Skip)
1: Natalie THURLOW
A: Holly THOMPSON
United States
4: Tabitha PETERSON (Skip)
3: Cory THIESSE (Vice-Skip)
2: Becca HAMILTON
1: Tara PETERSON
A: Vicky PERSINGER
