The 2023 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup was held from May 2 to 7 at The Co-operators Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan.[1] It was the sixth and final Grand Slam event of the 2022–23 curling season. This was the last edition of the Champions Cup before the event was put on hiatus for the 2023–24 season. The total combined purse of the event was $210,000.  
Both the men's and women's events featured an all-Canadian final, the first time this has happened since the 2018 Tour Challenge. The men's final featured Team Brad Gushue from Newfoundland and Labrador against Team Brendan Bottcher from Alberta, while the women's final pitted Team Kerri Einarson from Manitoba against Ontario's Rachel Homan.[2]  
In the men's final, Team Bottcher defeated Team Gushue 5–3, giving Bottcher his fifth career Slam title. The game started off with a miss by Bottcher though, as he hit-and-stuck on a blank attempt, taking a 1–0 lead after the first.  Down 2–1 after four, Gushue got the game's first deuce in the fifth following a successful draw attempt. Bottcher scored two right back in the sixth with an open hit. Gushue blanked the seventh to keep hammer in the last end. On his last shot, he opted for a difficult "around the horn" takeout to score two for the win, but he couldn't quite make it, giving Bottcher a steal of one and losing the game.[3]  
In the women's final, Team Homan downed Team Einarson 6–5 in an extra end, giving Homan her 13th Slam title. Einarson started off with a steal of one in the first thanks to a successful angle raise take out, followed by a missed double takeout attempt by Homan. Homan missed a double takeout on her last shot again in the second, giving up another steal of one. Homan came up short on a draw attempt in the third to go down 4–0 after three. Homan finally got on the board in the fourth with a draw to the button against five or six Einarson counters. Homan continued to claw back with steals in the next two ends when Einarson came up light in the fifth and jammed a double takeout attempt in the sixth. Einarson finally scored with the hammer in the seventh when she missed a blank attempt, with her shooter rock not able to roll out of the rings. Homan was able to score two in the eighth to tie the game, forcing an extra end. In the extra, Einarson attempted to bump her own rock onto the button on her last, but wasn't able to beat out a Homan counter that was covering the pin, giving the win to Homan.[4]  
  Qualification
 Twelve teams qualified for the Champions Cup through winning different events over the course of the 2022–23 season.[5] 
 Men
  Women
  Men
 Teams
 The teams are listed as follows:[5][6] 
    | Skip  |  Third  |  Second  |  Lead  |  Alternate  |  Locale  | 
  | Brendan Bottcher |  Marc Kennedy |  Brett Gallant |  Ben Hebert |   |    Calgary, Alberta  | 
  | Reid Carruthers |  Brad Jacobs[a] |  Derek Samagalski |  Connor Njegovan |   |    Winnipeg, Manitoba  | 
  | Andrew Stopera |  Thomas Howell |  Mark Fenner |  Ben Richardson[b] |   |    Duluth, Minnesota  | 
  | Matt Dunstone |  B. J. Neufeld |  Colton Lott |  Ryan Harnden |   |    Winnipeg, Manitoba  | 
  | Niklas Edin |  Oskar Eriksson |  Rasmus Wranå |  Christoffer Sundgren |   |    Karlstad, Sweden  | 
  | Pat Ferris |  Connor Lawes |  Connor Duhaime |  Robert Currie |  Evan Lilly |    Grimsby, Ontario  | 
  | Brad Gushue |  Mark Nichols |  E. J. Harnden |  Geoff Walker |   |    St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador  | 
  | Kelly Knapp |  Brennen Jones |  Mike Armstrong |  Trent Knapp |  Dustin Kidby |    Regina, Saskatchewan  | 
  | Bruce Mouat |  Grant Hardie |  –[c] |  Hammy McMillan Jr. |   |    Stirling, Scotland  | 
  | Joël Retornaz |  Amos Mosaner |  –[d] |  Sebastiano Arman |   |    Trentino, Italy  | 
  | John Shuster |  Jason Smith[e] |  Matt Hamilton |  John Landsteiner |   |    Duluth, Minnesota  | 
  | Ross Whyte (Fourth) |  Robin Brydone (Skip) |  Duncan McFadzean |  Euan Kyle |   |    Stirling, Scotland  | 
 Round robin standings
 Final Round Robin Standings 
    | Key  | 
  |   |  Teams to Playoffs  | 
  |   |  Teams to Tiebreakers  | 
  Round robin results
 All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).[7] 
 Draw 1
 Tuesday, May 2, 11:30 am 
     | Sheet C  |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  Final  | 
    Brendan Bottcher    |  1  |  0  |  0  |  3  |  0  |  0  |  3  |  X  |  7  | 
    Kelly Knapp  |  0  |  1  |  0  |  0  |  1  |  0  |  0  |  X  |  2  | 
 Draw 2
 Tuesday, May 2, 3:00 pm 
   Draw 3
 Tuesday, May 2, 6:30 pm 
   Draw 4
 Wednesday, May 3, 8:30 am 
   Draw 5
 Wednesday, May 3, 12:00 pm 
    | Sheet A  |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  Final  | 
    Bruce Mouat    |  3  |  0  |  2  |  0  |  3  |  X  |  X  |  X  |  8  | 
    Kelly Knapp  |  0  |  1  |  0  |  1  |  0  |  X  |  X  |  X  |  2  | 
  Draw 6
 Wednesday, May 3, 4:00 pm 
   Draw 7
 Wednesday, May 3, 8:00 pm 
   Draw 8
 Thursday, May 4, 8:30 am 
    | Sheet B  |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  Final  | 
    John Shuster    |  1  |  0  |  0  |  0  |  3  |  2  |  X  |  X  |  6  | 
    Kelly Knapp  |  0  |  0  |  0  |  0  |  0  |  0  |  X  |  X  |  0  | 
  Draw 9
 Thursday, May 4, 12:00 pm 
   Draw 10
 Thursday, May 4, 4:00 pm 
     | Sheet D  |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  Final  | 
    Team Dropkin  |  0  |  1  |  1  |  0  |  1  |  0  |  2  |  0  |  5  | 
    Kelly Knapp    |  0  |  0  |  0  |  1  |  0  |  1  |  0  |  0  |  2  | 
 Draw 11
 Thursday, May 4, 8:00 pm 
   Draw 12
 Friday, May 5, 8:30 am 
   Draw 13
 Friday, May 5, 12:00 pm 
   Draw 14
 Friday, May 5, 4:00 pm 
     | Sheet C  |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  Final  | 
    Niklas Edin    |  1  |  1  |  1  |  0  |  3  |  0  |  1  |  X  |  7  | 
    Kelly Knapp  |  0  |  0  |  0  |  1  |  0  |  1  |  0  |  X  |  2  | 
  Draw 15
 Friday, May 5, 8:00 pm 
  Tiebreakers
 Saturday, May 6, 12:00 pm 
     Playoffs
  Quarterfinals
 Saturday, May 6, 4:00 pm 
     Semifinals
 Saturday, May 6, 8:00 pm 
     Final
 Sunday, May 7, 11:00 am 
   Player percentages
 Final Round Robin Percentages 
  Women
 Teams
 The teams are listed as follows:[5][8] 
    | Skip  |  Third  |  Second  |  Lead  |  Alternate  |  Locale  | 
  | Kerri Einarson |  Val Sweeting |  Shannon Birchard |  Dawn McEwen[f] |   |    Gimli, Manitoba  | 
  | Satsuki Fujisawa |  Chinami Yoshida |  Yumi Suzuki |  Yurika Yoshida |  Kotomi Ishizaki |    Kitami, Japan  | 
  | Gim Eun-ji |  Kim Min-ji |  Kim Su-ji |  Seol Ye-eun |  Seol Ye-ji |    Uijeongbu, South Korea  | 
  | Clancy Grandy |  Kayla MacMillan |  Lindsay Dubue |  Sarah Loken |   |    Vancouver, British Columbia  | 
  | Sara McManus (Fourth) |  Agnes Knochenhauer (Skip) |  Johanna Heldin[g] |  Sofia Mabergs |   |    Sundbyberg, Sweden  | 
  | Rachel Homan[h] |  Tracy Fleury |  Emma Miskew |  Rachelle Brown[i] |   |    Ottawa, Ontario  | 
  | Jennifer Jones |  Karlee Burgess |  Mackenzie Zacharias |  Emily Zacharias |  Lauren Lenentine |    Winnipeg, Manitoba  | 
  | Isabelle Ladouceur |  Grace Lloyd[j] |  Jamie Smith[j] |  Michaela Robert[k] |   |    Waterloo, Ontario  | 
  | Kaitlyn Lawes |  Laura Walker[l] |  Jolene Campbell[m] |  Kristin MacCuish |   |    Winnipeg, Manitoba  | 
  | Tabitha Peterson |  Becca Hamilton |  –[n] |  Tara Peterson |   |    Chaska, Minnesota  | 
  | Kristin Skaslien (Fourth) |  Marianne Rørvik (Skip) |  Mille Haslev Nordbye |  Martine Rønning |   |    Lillehammer, Norway  | 
  | Alina Pätz (Fourth) |  Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip) |  Carole Howald |  Rachel Erickson[o] |   |    Aarau, Switzerland  | 
 Round robin standings
 Final Round Robin Standings 
    | Key  | 
  |   |  Teams to Playoffs  | 
  |   |  Teams to Tiebreakers  | 
  Round robin results
 All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).[7] 
 Draw 1
 Tuesday, May 2, 11:30 am 
   Draw 2
 Tuesday, May 2, 3:00 pm 
   Draw 3
 Tuesday, May 2, 6:30 pm 
   Draw 4
 Wednesday, May 3, 8:30 am 
   Draw 5
 Wednesday, May 3, 12:00 pm 
   Draw 6
 Wednesday, May 3, 4:00 pm 
   Draw 7
 Wednesday, May 3, 8:00 pm 
   Draw 8
 Thursday, May 4, 8:30 am 
   Draw 9
 Thursday, May 4, 12:00 pm 
   Draw 10
 Thursday, May 4, 4:00 pm 
   Draw 11
 Thursday, May 4, 8:00 pm 
   Draw 12
 Friday, May 5, 8:30 am 
   Draw 13
 Friday, May 5, 12:00 pm 
   Draw 14
 Friday, May 5, 4:00 pm 
  Draw 15
 Friday, May 5, 8:00 pm 
    Tiebreakers
 Saturday, May 6, 12:00 pm 
     Playoffs
  Quarterfinals
 Saturday, May 6, 4:00 pm 
     Semifinals
 Saturday, May 6, 8:00 pm 
     Final
 Sunday, May 7, 3:00 pm 
   Player percentages
 Final Round Robin Percentages 
  Notes
  References
   - ^ "KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved April 9, 2023. 
  - ^ "Eight Ends: Takeaways from the 2023 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup". Sportsent. May 8, 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2023. 
  - ^ "Bottcher beats Gushue to win KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup men's title". Sportsent. May 7, 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2023. 
  - ^ "Homan completes comeback to capture KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup women's title". Sportsent. May 7, 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2023. 
  - ^ a b c "Field finalized for KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup in Regina". Grand Slam of Curling. March 31, 2023. Retrieved April 9, 2023. 
  - ^ "Men's Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 9, 2023. 
  - ^ a b "Draw Schedule". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved April 16, 2023. 
  - ^ "Women's Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 9, 2023. 
  
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