The Brier
Tim Horton's Brier are the Canadian national curling championships held annually by the Canadian Curling Association (CCA). The current name comes from the main sponsor, the coffee house chain Tim Hortons , but the term “the brier” is more common.
National curling championships have been held in Canada since 1927. The Brier was sponsored by Macdonald Tobacco for the first 50 years , then Labatt from 1980 to 2000 . From 2001 to 2004 Nokia Canada sponsored the championship.
The Round Robin was played with twelve teams until 2017, with each of the ten provinces providing one team until 2014 ; in addition there was a team from the three territories and, as the twelfth team since 1986, the previous year's winners as so-called "Team Canada". The system was changed in 2015. Now each of the three territories could send its own team; in addition, Ontario was granted a second team with the team "Northern Ontario". The number of participants of 12 teams remained unchanged. In addition to Team Canada (first place in the previous year), the teams from the provinces and territories, which occupied places two to eleven in the previous year, were automatically qualified. For the twelfth place on the grid, a qualifying tournament was held in which the team from the province or territory that was last in the previous year and the teams that were not qualified in the previous year participated. After the round robin, the winners were determined in the page playoff system .
16 teams have been taking part in the tournament since 2018, one from each of the ten provinces and three territories, a team from Northern Ontario, Team Canada, which consists of last year's winners, and a Team Wildcard, which is played by a game between the two in the Canadian before the tournament begins Team Ranking System determines the best-placed, but not yet qualified teams. Two groups of eight teams each are formed and play against each other in the round robin. The best four teams then play the four participants in the final round among themselves.
The women's tournament is called the Tournament of Hearts .
winner
Macdonald Brier
Labatt Brier
Nokia Brier
| Brier | Victorious Province | Winning team | Finalist Province | Finalist team | host |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Alberta | Randy Ferbey , David Nedohin , Scott Pfeifer , Marcel Rocque | Manitoba | Kerry Burtnyk , Jeff Ryan , Rob Meakin , Keith Fenton | Ottawa |
| 2002 | Alberta | Randy Ferbey , David Nedohin , Scott Pfeifer , Marcel Rocque | Ontario | John Morris , Joe Frans , Craig Savill , Brent Laing | Calgary |
| 2003 | Alberta | Randy Ferbey , David Nedohin , Scott Pfeifer , Marcel Rocque | Nova Scotia | Mark Dacey , Bruce Lohnes , Rob Harris , Andrew Gibson | Halifax |
| 2004 | Nova Scotia | Mark Dacey , Bruce Lohnes , Rob Harris , Andrew Gibson | Alberta | Randy Ferbey , David Nedohin , Scott Pfeifer , Marcel Rocque | Saskatoon |
Tim Horton's Brier
| Brier | Victorious Province | Winning team | Finalist Province | Finalist team | host |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Alberta | Randy Ferbey , David Nedohin , Scott Pfeifer , Marcel Rocque | Nova Scotia | Shawn Adams , Paul Flemming , Craig Burgess , Kelly Mittelstadt | Edmonton |
| 2006 | Quebec | Jean-Michel Ménard , François Roberge , Éric Sylvain , Maxime Elmaleh | Ontario | Glenn Howard , Richard Hart , Brent Laing , Craig Savill | Regina |
| 2007 | Ontario | Glenn Howard , Richard Hart , Brent Laing , Craig Savill | Newfoundland | Brad Gushue , Mark Nichols , Chris Schille , Jamie Korab | Hamilton |
| 2008 | Alberta | Kevin Martin , John Morris , Marc Kennedy , Ben Hebert | Ontario | Glenn Howard , Richard Hart , Brent Laing , Craig Savill | Winnipeg |
| 2009 | Alberta | Kevin Martin , John Morris , Marc Kennedy , Ben Hebert | Manitoba | Jeff Stoughton , Kevin Park , Rob Fowler , Steve Gould | Calgary |
| 2010 | Alberta | Kevin Koe , Blake MacDonald , Carter Rycroft , Nolan Thiessen | Ontario | Glenn Howard , Richard Hart , Brent Laing , Craig Savill | Halifax |
