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Next year the Brier and the Scotties will expand to a 16 team field.

There will be the 10 Provincial Teams, Northern Ontario, the 3 Territories, Team Canada (previous championships) and a 16th team. From my understanding the 16th team will be top-rated team that did not qualify. Had this 16th team took place this season. You will have Jennifer Jones qualify in the Scotties and Reid Carruthers qualify for the Brier.

The format will have 2 Groups of 8 play in a Round-Robin. The top 4 teams in each group will qualify to the 8 team Championship Round-Robin. Results from will be carried over from games involving the 4 teams the make the next round (3 games), and each team will play the other 4 teams in the other group. The top 4 teams will advance the Page-Playoff system.