Scotties Tournament of Hearts 2023 playoffs: TV channel, schedule, format, scores women’s curling championship
There are only six teams left at the 2023 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
The Canadian Women’s Curling Championship has ended pool play, reducing the field to start the playoffs from 18 to six.
The annual competition determines Canada’s representative at the World Women’s Curling Championships. In addition, the winning club will receive a cash prize and gold rings in the four-heart design of the Tournament of Hearts logo.
Kerri Einarson and Team Canada moved out of their pool, keeping hopes alive of a four-peat in the competition. Einarson’s crew won the event in 2020, 2021 and 2022.
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The Sporting News has all the details on the Scotties’ playoff format and schedule.
2023 Scotties Playoff Schedule, Results
Tiebreaker (Friday, February 24, 11:30 am ET)
Sheet A
Nova Scotia —
Placeholder 1 —
Sheet B
British Columbia – 8th
Quebec – 3
Playoff 1 (Friday, February 24, 4pm ET)
Sheet D
open –
Canada —
Playoff 2 (Friday, February 24, 9pm ET)
Sheet B
open –
Northern Ontario —
Sheet D
open –
Canada —
Page Playoff (Saturday, February 25, 4 p.m. ET)
open
Page Playoff (Saturday, February 25, 9pm ET)
open
Semifinals (Sunday, February 26, 4pm ET)
open
Finals (Sunday, February 26, 9pm ET)
open
2023 Scotties playoff format
The top three teams from each pool advance from pool play to the Scotties playoffs, with six teams remaining overall.
The No. 2 team in Pool A meets the No. 3 team in Pool B and the No. 2 team in Pool B meets the No. 3 team in Pool A to determine who advances to the side playoffs. The #1 seeds both get bye.
This is how the side playoff that determines the champion works.
- In Game 1, the third and fourth place teams play against each other. The loser is eliminated.
- In game 2, the first and second place winners play against each other. The winner qualifies directly for the final.
- In game 3 (semi-finals), the winner of game 1 plays against the loser of game 2. The loser is eliminated.
- Game 4 (the final) is then played between the winners of games 2 and 3.
Scotties 2023 pool game
Here are the final standings for the pool portion of the competition.
Pelvis A
| team | games | wins | losses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada* | 8th | 8th | 0 |
| Nova Scotia | 8th | 5 | 3 |
| Quebec | 8th | 5 | 3 |
| British Columbia | 8th | 5 | 3 |
| wildcard 1 | 8th | 5 | 3 |
| alberta | 8th | 4 | 4 |
| Prince Edward Island | 8th | 2 | 6 |
| Saskatchewan | 8th | 2 | 6 |
| Nunavut | 8th | 0 | 8th |
basin B
| team | games | wins | losses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Ontario* | 8th | 7 | 1 |
| Manitoba* | 8th | 7 | 1 |
| Canada* | 8th | 6 | 2 |
| Northwest Territories | 8th | 4 | 4 |
| New Brunswick | 8th | 3 | 5 |
| wildcard 2 | 8th | 3 | 5 |
| wildcard 3 | 8th | 3 | 5 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 8th | 2 | 6 |
| Yukon | 8th | 1 | 7 |
* = Promotion to playoffs
What channel will the Scotties be on in 2023?
The Scotties Tournament of Hearts will be broadcast on TSN, with live streaming available on TSN.ca and the TSN App.
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Longtime curling announcer Vic Rauter will be in the dressing room, sharing play-by-play duties with Bryan Mudryk. Cathy Gauthier, Joanne Courtney and Russ Howard join the team as analysts.
| Date | time (ET) | Match | channel |
| Friday February 24th | 11:30 a.m | Tiebreaker | TSN1 |
| 4 p.m | final 1 | TSN1 | |
| 21 clock | endgame 2 | TSN1 | |
| Saturday February 25th | 4 p.m | side playoff | TSN1/3/4 |
| 21 clock | side playoff | TSN1 | |
| Sunday February 26th | 3 pm | semifinals | TSN1 |
| 21 clock | final | TSN1/3/4/5 |
Where will the 2023 Scotties be held?
The 42nd edition of the tournament will be held at the Sandman Center in Kamloops, BC
This is the first time Kamloops has hosted the Scotties, and the first time the tournament will be held in British Columbia since 2018, when it was held in Penticton.
What is the 2023 Scotties purse?
The 18 teams compete for a total prize money of 300,000 US dollars.
Here is the prize money breakdown for the event:
1: $100,000
2nd: $60,000
3rd: $40,000
Championship Pool (4th-8th): $15,000
Non-Championship Pool (9th-18th): $2,500
In addition to $100,000, the 2023 Scotties winner will represent Canada at the 2023 LGT World Women’s Curling Championship. This tournament will be held in mid-March and Sandviken, Sweden will host the event.
2023 Scotties odds
According to Sports Interaction, Einarson’s Team Canada were again favorites to win the Scotties early in the tournament.
Einarson and her crew remain the favorites to enter the playoff portion of the tournament.
Here are the odds for the teams remaining in the tournament:
| team | opportunities |
|---|---|
| Canada | -167 |
| ontario | +300 |
| Northern Ontario | +350 |
| Manitoba | +650 |
| wildcard 1 | +1600 |
| Quebec | +5000 |
| British Columbia | +5000 |
| Nova Scotia | +5000 |