2015 USA–Brazil Challenge
Appearance
2015 USA–Brazil Challenge | |
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Host city | Blaine, Minnesota |
Arena | Four Seasons Curling Club |
Dates | January 30 – February 1 |
Winner | ![]() |
Skip | Heath McCormick |
Third | Chris Plys |
Second | Joe Polo |
Lead | Ryan Brunt |
Finalist | ![]() |
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The 2015 USA–Brazil Challenge (officially the Americas Challenge2015 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
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.[2]
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:[3]
Nation | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
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Marcelo Mello | Scott McMullan | Cesar Santos | Filipe Nunes | Raphael Monticello |
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Heath McCormick | Chris Plys | Joe Polo | Ryan Brunt | Colin Hufman |
Results
Game 1
Friday, January 30, 19:00
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | 7 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 |
Game 2
Saturday, January 31, 14:00
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 4 |
Game 3
Saturday, January 31, 19:00
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 9 |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 4 |
References
- ^ "World Curling Federation - Americas Challenge begins Friday". www.worldcurling.org. Archived from the original on 2015-01-30.
- ^ World Curling Federation. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "Americas Challenge". United States Curling Association. Archived from the original on 30 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.