Players' Championships
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| Established | 1993 |
| 2017 host city | Toronto, Ontario |
| 2017 arena | Mattamy Athletic Centre |
| Purse | CAD$100,000 |
| 2017 men's champion |
 Niklas Edin
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| 2017 women's champion |
 Jennifer Jones
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 2017 Players' Championship |
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The Players' Championship is one of the final events on the World Curling Tour (WCT) and is a part of the Grand Slam of Curling. From 2007 to 2009, it was a qualifying tournament for the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, and had barred foreign teams from entering (unlike the other Slams).
It is the second to last slam of the curling season, and the last of the four "majors".
The event began as the "VO Cup" before the Grand Slam era in 1993, as part of the very first World Curling Tour season. A women's event was introduced in 2006.
The top 12 teams on the men's and women's WCT year-to-date rankings respectively qualify for the event. Teams that decline their invitations are replaced by the next highest ranked team.
The 12 teams are split into two pools of six which compete in a round robin. The top 8 teams advance to a single game elimination playoff. The event has been held in its current format since 2014.
* Park spared for normal skip Kevin Koe.
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