The number of the remaining entrants to the national championships will be cut down to six teams through a challenge round held in mid-January.
Teams will qualify to participate in the women's national championship through the High Performance Program, through the World Curling Tour Order of Merit, or through a challenge round.
Two spots in the nationals were awarded to two teams on the United States Curling Association's High Performance National Program, established as an invitation-based program for the development of the top curling teams in the United States.
Two more spots were awarded to the top two women's teams on the World Curling Tour Order of Merit standings table following the conclusion of the Iron Trail Motors Shoot-Out.
[2] The challenge round for the women's nationals will be held from January 17 to 21 at the Granite Curling Club in Seattle, Washington.