2021 Americas Challenge

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2021 Americas Challenge
Host city Lacombe, Alberta
Arena Lacombe Curling Club
DatesOctober 29–31
WinnerFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Curling club Saville Community SC, Edmonton, Alberta
Skip Brendan Bottcher
Third Darren Moulding
Second Brad Thiessen
Lead Karrick Martin
Alternate Pat Janssen
Coach Don Bartlett
FinalistFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (Mello)
«  2019

The 2021 Americas Challenge is a curling challenge that took place from October 29 to 31 at Lacombe Curling Club in Lacombe, Alberta. [1] [2] The challenge was used to determine the second team from the Americas Zone to qualify for the 2022 World Men's Curling Championship, as the United States already qualifies as the host nation. It is the second time Canada has participated in the challenge, with their first being in 2018 where they defeated Brazil 3–0 in the best-of-five series. [3] No women's challenge was held.

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Background

The World Curling Federation allots two men's and two women's spots for the Americas Zone at the World Curling Championships. For the 2022 Championships, the United States has automatically claimed the first slot, due to being the host country of the event.

Mexico and Brazil challenged Canada, who would have otherwise qualified automatically due to their finish at the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship. This is the eighth men's challenge to be held, but only the second where Canada was challenged. The winning team earns the second Americas Zone slot at the World Championships and the runner-up earns the one Americas Zone slot at the 2022 World Qualification Event, giving them another attempt to qualify for the Championships.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: [4]

CountrySkipThirdSecondLeadAlternate
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Marcelo MelloRicardo LossoGilad KempenichFilipe NunesHenrique Kempenich
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Brendan Bottcher Darren Moulding Brad Thiessen Karrick Martin Pat Janssen
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Jesús BarajasRamy CohenChristopher BarajasAlex Sánchez

Standings

Final Standings

Key
Team to 2022 World Men's Curling Championship
Team to 2022 World Qualification Event
CountrySkipWLPFPA
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Brendan Bottcher 40465
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Marcelo Mello221929
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Jesús Barajas041041
Round Robin Summary Table
Pos.CountryFlag of Brazil.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svgFlag of Mexico.svgRecord
1st2nd1st2nd1st2nd
2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2–111–109–67–22–2
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 11–210–114–111–14–0
3Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 6–92–71–141–110–4

Results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−06:00). [5]

Draw 1

Friday, October 29, 19:00

Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Bottcher) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg600311XXXX11
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (Mello)011000XXXX2

Draw 2

Saturday, October 30, 9:00

Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (Mello) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg202000122X9
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (Barajas)020022000X6

Draw 3

Saturday, October 30, 14:00

Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Bottcher) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg534101XXXX14
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (Barajas)000010XXXX1

Draw 4

Saturday, October 30, 19:00

Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Bottcher) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg310114XXXX10
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (Mello)001000XXXX1

Draw 5

Sunday, October 31, 9:00

Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (Mello) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg100121011X7
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (Barajas)020000000X2

Draw 6

Sunday, October 31, 14:00

Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Bottcher) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg323120XXXX11
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (Barajas)000001XXXX1

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References

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