2015 USA–Brazil Challenge

Curling challenge 2015 USA–Brazil Challenge Blaine, Minnesota Four Seasons Curling Club January 30 – February 1 Heath McCormick Chris Plys Joe Polo Ryan Brunt (Marcelo Mello) 2010 2017 The 2015 USA–Brazil Challenge (officially the Americas Challengehttp://www.worldcurling.org/americas-challenge-begins-friday World Curling Federation - Americas Challenge begins Friday www.worldcurling.org dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150130035801/http://www.worldcurling.org/americas-challenge-begins-friday 2015-01-30 ) was a curling challenge that took place from January 30 to February 1 at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, Minnesota.http://worldcurling.org/brazil-set-to-challenge-usa-for-berth-in-ford-world-mens-curling-championship-2015 Brazil set to challenge USA for berth in Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2015 World Curling Federation 17 January 2015 The challenge round was held to determine which nation will qualify to the last Americas Zone spot at the 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Brazil and the United States played a best-of-five series with the United States skip Heath McCormick winning three games in a row to win the challenge. Background The World Curling Federation allots two spots at the World Men's Curling Championship to the Americas Zone, which are normally taken by Canada and the United States. However, the World Curling Federation allows for other member nations in the Americas Zone (i.e. Brazil) to challenge Canada and/or the United States for berths to the World Championships. As hosts, Canada received an automatic berth to the 2015 World Championships. Thus, Brazil was allowed to challenge the United States for a berth to the 2015 World Championships. This was Brazil's third challenge of the United States, after challenges in 2009 and 2010 proved to be unsuccessful. Teams The teams are listed as follows:https://www.teamusa.com?_id=EE4392FA77784FC0A809C9C0F52D8D57&_z=z Americas Challenge United States Curling Association 30 January 2015 https://archive.today/20150130161332/http://www.teamusa.org/~/link.aspx?_id=EE4392FA77784FC0A809C9C0F52D8D57&_z=z 30 January 2015 live dmy-all Nation Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Marcelo Mello Scott McMullan Cesar Santos Filipe Nunes Raphael Monticello Heath McCormick Chris Plys Joe Polo Ryan Brunt Colin Hufman Results Game 1 Friday, January 30, 19:00 (McCormick) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 X 7 (Mello) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 3 Game 2 Saturday, January 31, 14:00 (McCormick) 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 6 (Mello) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 X 4 Game 3 Saturday, January 31, 19:00 (McCormick) 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 X X 9 (Mello) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X 4 References External links Event information Category:2015 in curling Category:Curling competitions in Minnesota Category:Sports in Blaine, Minnesota Category:2015 in sports in Minnesota Category:Americas Challenge Category:January 2015 sports events in the United States Category:February 2015 sports events in the United States