GSOC Canadian Open

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The Canadian Open, is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament. It is one of the seven Grand Slams and four "majors" on the World Curling Tour, and the only one to use a triple knockout format. A women's event was introduced in the 2014–15 curling season. In 2021, when it was supposed to be held outside of Canada for the first time, it was going to just be called the Open. However, the event was not held in 2021 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023, the event was named the Co-op Canadian open for sponsorship reasons.

The event features 16 men's and women's teams. The top seven teams on the World Curling Tour Order of Merit ranking and the top seven on the WCT Year-to-date ranking qualify, plus the winner of the previous Tour Challenge Tier 2 event plus a sponsor's exemption.

The event has had its current format since 2014.

**GSOC Canadian Open**

**GSOC Canadian Open** er en årlig international curlingturnering for herre- og kvindehold. Turneringen blev første gang afholdt i 2011 og er en del af Grand Slam of Curling-serien.

**Format**

Turneringen består af 16 herre- og 16 kvindehold, der dyster i et dobbelt-round robin-format. De otte bedste hold fra hvert køn går videre til slutspillet, som består af kvartfinaler, semifinaler og finaler.

**Vindere**

De mest vindende hold i GSOC Canadian Open er:

**Herrer**

* Brad Gushue (4)
* John Epping (2)
* Kevin Koe (2)
* Reid Carruthers (2)

**Kvinder**

* Rachel Homan (4)
* Jennifer Jones (3)
* Kerri Einarson (2)
* Silvana Tirinzoni (2)

**Historie**

GSOC Canadian Open blev først afholdt i Brantford, Ontario, i 2011. Turneringen er siden blevet holdt i forskellige byer i Canada, herunder Toronto, Kamloops og North Bay.

I 2021 blev turneringen annulleret på grund af COVID-19-pandemien. I 2022 blev den afholdt i Camrose, Alberta, og blev vundet af Brad Gushue (herrer) og Jennifer Jones (kvinder).