The nation’s best men’s and women’s curling teams will come together under one roof for the first-ever, nail-biting PointsBet Invitational in 2024 and 2025 at the WinSport Event Centre.
The PointsBet Invitational in 2024 is scheduled for September 24-29, while the dates for 2025 are set for September 30-October 5.
In a sudden-death single-knockout style, sixteen men’s and sixteen women’s teams from Canada will compete for a prise purse exceeding $350,000.
The nation’s best men’s and women’s curling teams will come together under one roof for the first-ever, nail-biting PointsBet Invitational in 2024 and 2025 at the WinSport Event Centre.
The 2024 PointsBet Invitational is scheduled for September 24-29, 2024.
The competitive season of 2024–25, which is crucial for Canadian teams aiming to qualify for the 2026 Winter Olympics, will begin with the 2024 PointsBet Invitational.
The complete fields for the PointsBet Invitational in 2024 will be revealed later, however the 16 teams in each gender will likely consist of the following.
the top 10 men’s and women’s teams according to the final rankings of the 2023–24 Canadian Team Ranking System. The men’s and women’s champions from Alberta in 2023–24 (Teams Selena Sturmay and Aaron Sluchinski).
The winners of the 2024 New Holland Canadian Under 21 Championships, including men’s and women’s. The Canadian Colleges Athletic Association/Curling Canada College Championships 2024 women’s and men’s winners.
The 2024 U SPORTS/Curling Canada Canadian University Championships champions, including men’s and women’s. the winners of the Curling Canada Under-25 NextGen Classic in the early part of September, both men’s and women’s.
The 2023 Everest Canadian Curling Club Championships champions are Team Abby Burgess of Oromocto, New Brunswick for women, and Team Dan Sherrard of Beaumont, Alberta, for men.
The next-highest non-qualified team on the final 2023–24 CTRS standings will take the place of any of the six championship winners if they are already in the top 10 of the CTRS. Each of the 32 participating teams will receive $5,000 to cover their travel and lodging expenses.
Teams will also receive additional funds for each win they have in the single-knockout tournament: $3,000 for a first-round victory, $6,000 for a quarterfinal victory, $12,000 for a semifinal victory, and $24,000 for the women’s and men’s winners.
This means that the two winning teams will split a total of $50,000. In order to get updates on tickets and volunteer opportunities, customers are urged to subscribe to Curling Canada’s e-newsletter at curling.ca.
