CPCC Nationals and PRCL Playdowns Rules and Guidelines

Unless otherwise indicated in this document, the PRCL will comply with the rules as stated in the Canadian Pride Curling Championship (CPCC) Guidelines.

 

Eligibility

Teams must consist entirely of PRCL members who are “in good standing” with the league. A curler will be considered to be PRCL member “in good standing” if:

  1. They have paid PRCL membership dues, and;
  2. They have completed all waivers requested by the VCC

Players must not be a member of more than one team during playdowns or for the CPCC event. Players must also not have already qualified for the CPCC with a team from another city.


CPCC Playdown Guidelines

Timeline and Fees

  1. A call for interest for PRCL teams to participate in the CPCC playdowns will go out in early September with a deadline of mid-September to express interest.
  2. The CPCC playdown draw will be published by the end of September with the intent to complete the playdowns in late November/early December using a combination of Open Ice time (if available) and rented ice time at Vancouver Curling Club and/or Marpole Curling Club.
  3. Depending on the number of teams that enter, a fee may be applicable to participate if rented ice time is necessary. Teams will be notified prior to the draw being published if a fee will be applicable.

Draw Format

A double-elimination knockout bracket will be used for the CPCC playdowns.

Team Participation and Seeding

  1. A maximum of eight (8) teams will participate in the CPCC playdowns.
  2. The first six (6) spots will be reserved for PRCL registered teams.
  3. In the event that more than eight (8) teams express interest in participating in the playdowns, any teams after the first six (6) seeded teams will be placed into the two (2) remaining spots based on a random (witnessed) draw.
  4. Teams will be seeded and placed in the playdowns draw using the following guidelines:
    1. Previous season’s CPCC champion and/or runner-up (if applicable) would be automatically seeded #1 and/or #2 respectively (subject to the 3-player rule below).
    2. The remaining teams would be seeded according to the preseason ranking used to determine division placement at the start of the season
    3. Teams must consist of at least three (3) players from the current season in order for results to be considered for seeding in the CPCC playdowns draw.
    4. Remaining unseeded teams would be placed in the draw by having their names drawn out of a hat

Spares

Spares are eligible to compete on a team in the playdowns provided they:

  1. Are a member in good standing with the PRCL (see above), and
  2. Are not already registered to a team also participating in the playdowns

Spares may play any position on the team as long as regular players are not demoted to a lower position.

Qualifying from Playdowns

Due to the performance of last year’s Vancouver representative, PRCL is able to send two teams to the 2026/27 edition of the CPCC. The final two teams remaining in the playdowns will represent Vancouver, with the champion being named Vancouver 1 and the runner-up named Vancouver 2.

  1. In the event a qualifying team later decides it cannot make it to the CPCC event, or if the CPCC organizers open up a team spot, the third-ranked team from the playdowns will be given the opportunity to represent Vancouver.
  2. Any team that qualifies to represent Vancouver at the CPCC must register at least three (3) of the members that participated in the playdowns for the actual CPCC event.
    1. In case of injury or extenuating personal circumstances, this rule may be relaxed at the discretion of the PRCL Board
  3. In the event there is an available spot for Vancouver at the CPCC with no ranked team to fill it, the spot may be filled with a team as per the PRCL Board’s discretion.

Updated September 7, 2026