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.
| 2021 Americas Challenge | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Lacombe, Alberta |
| Arena | Lacombe Curling Club |
| Dates | October 29–31 |
| Winner |  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 |
| Finalist |  Brazil (Mello) |
« 2019 | |
Background edit
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 edit
The teams are listed as follows:[4]
| 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 edit
Final Standings
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Team to 2022 World Men's Curling Championship | |
| Team to 2022 World Qualification Event | |
|
| Pos. | Country |
|
|
|
Record | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | |||
| 2 | Brazil
|
— | 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 edit
All draw times are listed in Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−06:00).[5]
Draw 1 edit
Friday, October 29, 19:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Canada (Bottcher) 
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 11 |
| Brazil (Mello)
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
Draw 2 edit
Saturday, October 30, 9:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil (Mello)
|
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | X | 9 |
| Mexico (Barajas)
|
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 |
Draw 3 edit
Saturday, October 30, 14:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada (Bottcher)
|
5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 14 |
| Mexico (Barajas)
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
Draw 4 edit
Saturday, October 30, 19:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada (Bottcher)
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Brazil (Mello)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
Draw 5 edit
Sunday, October 31, 9:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil (Mello)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Mexico (Barajas)
|
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
Draw 6 edit
Sunday, October 31, 14:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada (Bottcher)
|
3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 11 |
| Mexico (Barajas)
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
References edit
- ^ "Americas Challenge 2021". World Curling Federation. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
- ^ Jeffrey Au (October 25, 2021). "Brazil, Canada and Mexico to compete in America's Challenge 2021". World Curling Federation. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
- ^ "Team Bottcher to play for berth!". Curling Canada. October 6, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
- ^ "Teams". Curling Canada. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
- ^ "Results". Curling Canada. Retrieved October 25, 2021.