Organizers have released the schedule and announced which teams will be competing in a world curling tournament that's set to take place in Cape Breton this winter.
The BKT Tire World Women's Curling Championship will be hosted at Centre 200 in Sydney, N.S., from March 16 to March 24. On Thursday, Curling Canada announced that teams from 12 countries as well as Canada will compete for the gold medal.
Those teams include the defending world champions, Switzerland, the United States and Sweden. The team that will wear the maple leaf at the tournament is still to be decided, as the Scotties Tournament of Hearts determines which province will represent Team Canada.
Canada will open the tournament on March 16 with two draws. The first will be against Sweden in the afternoon, before an evening draw against Denmark.