World Senior Curling Championships 2022: Dates, times, TV channel and results

For the first time since 2019, the World Senior Curling Championships are back. 

The annual tournament was canceled the last two years due to COVID-19 but is back for 2022 in Switzerland.

Canada is in the gold medal game on the men's side as the team will play Czech Republic in the finals of the tournament. For the women's team, Canada fell in the qualification game against the United States. 

Here's everything you need to know about the 2022 World Senior Curling Championships: 

MORE: Players' Championship 2022 results

When are the 2022 World Senior Curling Championships?

This year's tournaments begin Saturday, April 23. The gold-medal games are scheduled for Saturday, April 30.

What channel are the 2022 World Senior Curling Championships on in Canada?

Select games in the 2022 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship will air on TSN. 

Four of Canada's pool-play games will be available on the channel, in addition to all playoff matches. 

All of the games on TSN can be streamed on TSN.ca and the TSN app as well. 

Where are the 2022 World Senior Curling Championships taking place?

The tournament will not be available to watch on TV in Canada, nor is it available to stream. 

Replays of the event may be available to watch on the World Curling TV YouTube channel, as well as their Recast channel. 

Who is representing Canada at the 2022 World Senior Curling Championships?

For the men's team, it is led by skipper Wade White and his team of Barry Chwedoruk as vice, Dan Holowaychuk has second and George White as second. 

On the women's side, it will be Sherry Anderson as the skip for the team. Joining her is Patty Hersikon as vice, Brendan Goertzen as second and Anita Silvernagle as the lead. Denise Hersikorn is the alternate. 

What is the purse for the 2022 World Senior Curling Championships?

There is no prize money or purse for this tournament, just world bragging rights for the winners in addition to the medals. 

Who are the past winners of the World Senior Curling Championships?

Canada has been the top team on both the men's and women's side since the tournament was established in 2022. 

The country swept both the 2019 and 2018 tournament and the women's earned gold in 2017 while the men took silver. 

Canada has won 11 gold medals on the men's side and 13 on the women's. In total, the country has 24 gold and 10 silver medals for a total of 34. 

* Tournament canceled because of COVID-19.

* Tournament canceled because of COVID-19.

2022 World Senior Curling Championships pool standings

On the men's side, there are 21 teams total that are split up into three groups of seven. The teams in each respective group will play each other once round-robin style. 

The top two teams from each group and the best third-ranked team advance to the quarterfinals. The winners of the quarterfinals play in the semifinals. 

The two losers of the semifinals play in the bronze medal game while the two winners face off in the gold medal game. 

For the women, there are 13 teams that are split into a group of seven and a group of six. The teams will play round-robin games. The top three teams then advance to the playoff bracket. 

The two group winners get automatic byes to the semifinals. The No. 2 team from Pool A plays the No. 3 team from Pool B and vice versa in the qualification games. The winners of those play in the semifinals. 

The two losers of the semifinals play in the bronze medal game while the two winners face off in the gold medal game. 

Russia was supposed to compete in both the men's and women's, however, the World Curling Federation banned the Russian Curling Federation from all events due to the country's invasion of Russia. The men's tournament was supposed to have 22 teams and the women's was intended to have 14, but instead, each tournament will play with one less team. 

Men's - Group A

Men's - Group B

Men's - Group C

Women's - Group A

Women's - Group B

2022 World Senior Curling Championships pool schedule, results

Draw 1 (April 23, 2 a.m. ET)

Men's
Turkey — 3
United States — 7

Men's
Canada — 6
Finland — 3

Men's
Ireland — 9
England — 2

Men's
Nigeria — 2
Denmark — 12

Women's
Canada — 2
Scotland — 8

Draw 2 (April 23, 6 a.m. ET)

Men's
Czech Republic — 9
Switzerland — 3

Men's
Norway — 6
Sweden — 7

Men's
Germany — 5
Scotland — 4

Men's
Belgium — 7
New Zealand — 5

Women's
Denmark — 6
Czech Republic — 5

Draw 3 (April 23, 10 a.m. ET)

Men's
Canada — 12
Slovakia — 3

Men's
Hungary — 6
Ireland — 4

Men's
Denmark — 7
Latvia — 6

Women's
Sweden — 3
Ireland — 7

Women's
United States — 11
England — 4

Draw 4 (April 22, 2 p.m. ET)

Men's
Australia — 2
Italy — 6

Women's
Czech Republic — 5
Ireland — 4

Women's
Lithuania — 9
Finland — 7

Women's
Latvia — 10
Switzerland — 9

Draw 5 (April 24, 3 a.m. ET)

Men's
Slovakia — 4
Turkey — 6

Men's
Switzerland — 6
Hungary — 3

Men's
Norway — 8
Czech Republic — 4

Men's
New Zealand — 4
Latvia — 8

Draw 6 (April 24, 8 a.m. ET)

Men's
United States — 6
Australia — 5

Men's
England — 3
Sweden — 10

Women's
Scotland — 10
Ireland — 2

Women's
Italy — 1
Sweden — 9

Draw 7 (April 24, 1 p.m. ET)

Men's
Italy — 9
Finland — 1

Men's
Germany — 5
Belgium — 4

Men's
Nigeria — 3
Scotland — 21

Women's
Canada — 9
Denmark — 2

Draw 8 (April 25, 2 a.m. ET)

Men's
Australia — 6
Canada — 10

Men's
Norway — 7
Ireland — 8

Men's
Sweden — 7
Hungary — 3

Men's
Denmark — 1
Germany — 6

Men's
Latvia — 2
Scotland — 9

Draw 9 (April 25, 6 a.m. ET)

Men's
Finland — 3
United States — 7

Women's
Ireland — 14
Denmark — 1

Women's
Switzerland — 12
Lithuania — 2

Women's
England — 3
Latvia — 5

Women's
Finland — 8
United States — 4

Draw 10 (April 25, 10 a.m. ET)

Men's
Italy — 10
Turkey — 7

Men's
Slovakia — 2
Australia — 10

Men's
England — 4
Czech Republic — 7

Men's
Switzerland — 10
Norway — 4

Men's
Scotland — 7
Belgium — 6

Draw 11 (April 25, 2 p.m. ET)

Men's
New Zealand — 10
Nigeria — 2

Women's
Italy — 5
Scotland — 9

Women's
Czech Republic — 4
Sweden — 6

Women's
Canada — 7
Ireland — 6

Draw 12 (April 26, 2 a.m. ET)

Men's
Italy — 2
United States — 12

Women's
Switzerland — 6
United States — 5

Women's
Latvia — 9
Lithuania — 3

Draw 13 (April 26, 6 a.m. ET)

Men's
Turkey — 0
Canada — 14

Men's
Finland — 9
Slovakia — 2

Women's
Sweden — 4
Canada — 8

Women's
Finland — 5
England — 6

Draw 14 (April 26, 10 a.m. ET)

Men's
Sweden — 10
Ireland — 3

Men's
Belgium — 11
Nigeria — 1

Women's
Scotland — 5
Czech Republic — 4

Women's
Denmark — 7
Italy — 9

Draw 15 (April 26, 2 p.m. ET)

Men's
Switzerland — 10
England — 2

Men's
Czech Republic — 8
Hungary — 5

Men's
Latvia — 1
Germany — 15

Men's
Denmark — 9
New Zealand — 8

Draw 16 (April 27, 2 a.m. ET)

Women's
Scotland — 11
Denmark — 2

Women's
Ireland — 13
Italy — 0

Women's
Latvia — 4
Finland — 10

Draw 17 (April 27, 6 a.m. ET)

Men's
Finland — 8
Hungary — 2

Men's
Ireland — 5
Switzerland — 7

Men's
Germany — 16
Nigeria — 3

Women's
Lithuania — 4
United States — 9

Draw 18 (April 27, noon ET)

Men's
Czech Republic — 5
Sweden — 7

Men's
Hungary — 5
Norway — 11

Men's
Scotland — 8
Denmark — 7

Women's
Czech Republic — 1
Canada — 10

Women's
England — 2
Switzerland — 7

Draw 19 (April 27, 2 p.m. ET)

Men's
Canada — 9
Italy — 3

Men's
United States — 10
Slovakia — 2

Men's
Turkey — 4
Australia — 7

Men's
Latvia — 7
Belgium — 8

Draw 20 (April 28, 2 a.m. ET)

Men's
New Zealand — 3
Germany — 7

Women's
Denmark — 4
Sweden — 8

Women's
Ireland — 8
Czech Republic — 4

Women's
Finland — 7
Switzerland — 5

Women's
England — 7
Lithuania — 2

Draw 21 (April 28, 6 a.m. ET)

Men's
Slovakia — 6
Italy — 7

Men's
Hungary — 10
England — 2

Men's
Belgium — 9
Denmark — 1

Men's
Nigeria — 1
Latvia — 16

Women's
Italy — 2
Canada — 10

Draw 22 (April 28, 10 a.m. ET)

Men's
Australia — 4
Finland — 7

Men's
United States — 3
Canada — 10

Men's
Scotland — 5
New Zealand — 6

Women's
United States — 12
Latvia — 5

Draw 23 (April 28, 2 p.m. ET)

Men's
England — 5
Norway — 6

Men's
Ireland — 6
Czech Republic — 7

Men's
Sweden — 8
Switzerland — 3

Women's
Sweden — 3
Scotland — 7

Men's Quarterfinals (April 29, 3 a.m. ET)

Italy — 2
Sweden — 9

Czech Republic — 7
Scotland — 5

Germany — 6
United States — 5

Switzerland — 4
Canada —12

Women's Qualification Games (April 29, 7 a.m. ET)

United States — 4
Canada — 3

Switzerland — 8
Ireland — 5

Men's and Women's Semifinals (April 29, 1 p.m. ET)

Men's
Czech Republic — 8
Sweden — 6

Men's
Canada — 11
Germany — 5

Women's
Scotland — 6
Switzerland — 7

Women's
Finland — 4
United States — 8

Men's and Women's Bronze Medal and Gold Medal Games (April 30, 4:30 a.m. ET)

Men's Bronze Medal
Sweden — 
Germany —

Men's Gold Medal
Czech Republic — 
Canada —

Women's Bronze Medal
Scotland— 
Finland —

Women's Gold Medal
Switzerland — 
United States —