2021 Americas Challenge
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The 2021 Americas Challenge is a curling challenge that took place from October 29 to 31 at Lacombe Curling Club in Lacombe, Alberta. 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. No women's challenge was held.
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:
| Country | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Marcelo Mello | Ricardo Losso | Gilad Kempenich | Filipe Nunes | Henrique Kempenich |
| Canada | Brendan Bottcher | Darren Moulding | Brad Thiessen | Karrick Martin | Pat Janssen |
| Mexico | Jesús Barajas | Ramy Cohen | Christopher Barajas | Alex Sánchez |
Standings
Final Standings
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Team to 2022 World Men's Curling Championship | |
| Team to 2022 World Qualification Event |
| Country | Skip | W | L | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country Skip W L PF PA Canada Brendan Bottcher 4 0 46 5 Brazil Marcelo Mello 2 2 19 29 Mexico Jesús Barajas 0 4 10 41 | |||||
| Canada | Brendan Bottcher | 4 | 0 | 46 | 5 |
| Brazil | Marcelo Mello | 2 | 2 | 19 | 29 |
| Mexico | Jesús Barajas | 0 | 4 | 10 | 41 |
| Pos. | Country | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | ||
| 2 | Brazil | —N/a | 2–11 | 1–10 | 9–6 | 7–2 | 2–2 |
| 1 | Canada | 11–2 | 10–1 | — | 14–1 | 11–1 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Mexico | 6–9 | 2–7 | 1–14 | 1–11 | — | 0–4 |
Results
All draw times are listed in Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−06:00).
Draw 1
Friday, October 29, 19:00
Draw 2
Saturday, October 30, 9:00
Draw 3
Saturday, October 30, 14:00
Draw 4
Saturday, October 30, 19:00
Draw 5
Sunday, October 31, 9:00
Draw 6
Sunday, October 31, 14:00