Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) won
6-1 over
Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Players' Championship, held April 9 - 14, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Bottcher won
7-4 over
Ross Paterson (Glasgow, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2019 Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario; and won
7-5 over
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario;
Bottcher finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated
Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI) 6-5, then went on to lose
7-4 against
Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT). Bottcher lost
8-3 to
Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) where Bottcher responded with a
7-6 win over
Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK). Bottcher won
7-1 against
John Epping (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Players' Championship Championship title, Bottcher earned
85.362 world rankings points along with the $30,000CDN first prize cheque. Bottcher move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 68.021 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 2nd overall with
440.448 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Bottcher ranks 2nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
440.448 points earned so far this season.
