Six Alberta-based teams will play on home-province ice during the GSOC Masters in Medicine Hat.
The season's second Grand Slam of Curling event takes place Nov. 3-8 at Co-op Place. Full-event, weekend and day passes, plus single draw tickets, are now available. Visit GSOCtickets.com to purchase yours today.
Both divisions feature 16 teams, including 12 from the world rankings, two sponsors' exemptions and two Satellite qualifiers.
Calgary's Team Brad Jacobs and Edmonton's Team Brendan Bottcher were among the teams that received invitations based on the rankings.
Calgary's Team Kevin Koe, Edmonton's Team Evan Van Amsterdam, Edmonton's Team Serena Gray-Withers and Victoria's Team Taylor Reese-Hansen received the sponsors' exemptions.
Winnipeg's Team Jordon McDonald qualified through the Satellite Events series by reaching the Okotoks Classic semifinals. Both finalists, Team Matt Dunstone and Team Marco Hösli, plus higher-ranked semifinalist Bottcher, earned their invites on merit.
Edmonton's Team Selena Sturmay qualified by winning the Autumn Gold Curling Classic.
This weekend's Saville U25 Challenge in Edmonton will determine the final two teams.
Men's Division
| Team | Home |
| Bottcher | Edmonton, AB |
| Casper | Chaska, MN |
| Dunstone | Winnipeg, MB |
| Epping | Winnipeg, MB |
| Hardie | Stirling, SCO |
| Hösli | Glarus, SUI |
| Jacobs | Calgary, AB |
| Koe | Calgary, AB |
| McDonald | Winnipeg, MB |
| Mouat | Stirling, SCO |
| Y. Schwaller | Geneva, SUI |
| Spiller | Trentino, ITA |
| Van Amsterdam | Edmonton, AB |
| Waddell | Hamilton, SCO |
| Yamaguchi | Karuizawa, JPN |
| Satellite qualifier: Saville U25 Challenge (TBD) |
Women's Division
| Team | Home |
| Einarson | Gimli, MB |
| Fujisawa | Kitami, JPN |
| Gim | Uijeongbu, KOR |
| Gray-Withers | Edmonton, AB |
| Hasselborg | Sundbyberg, SWE |
| Homan | Ottawa, ON |
| Kitazawa | Nagano, JPN |
| Kobayashi | Sapporo, JPN |
| Nihira | Sapporo, JPN |
| Park | Chuncheon, KOR |
| Pätz | Geneva, SUI |
| X. Schwaller | Zurich, SUI |
| Sturmay | Edmonton, AB |
| Wranå | Sundbyberg, SWE |
| Satellite qualifier: Saville U25 Challenge (TBD) |
