2017 Americas Challenge
| 2017 Americas Challenge | |
|---|---|
| Host city | 2015 » |
The 2017 Americas Challenge was a
2017 Ford World Men's Curling Championship and the 2017 World Women's Curling Championship
. Brazil and the United States played a best-of-five series to determine the winner in both the men's and women's event.
Background
The
proved to be unsuccessful. This was the first women's Americas Challenge.Men's event
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:[3]
| Nation | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brazil |
Marcelo Mello | Márcio Cerquinho |
Scott McMullan | Filipe Nunes | Sergio Mitsuo Vilela | São Paulo |
 United States |
John Shuster | Tyler George | Matt Hamilton | John Landsteiner | Joe Polo | Duluth |
Results
Game 1
Friday, January 27, 14:30
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States (Shuster) 
|
1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 8 |
| Brazil (Mello)
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 6 |
Game 2
Friday, January 27, 19:30
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States (Shuster)
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 9 |
| Brazil (Mello)
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 4 |
Game 3
Saturday, January 28, 11:00
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States (Shuster)
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 9 |
| Brazil (Mello)
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
World Championship
.
Women's event
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:[4]
| Nation | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil |
Aline Gonçalves | Isis Oliveira | Alessandra Barros | Anne Shibuya | Luciana Barrella | São Paulo |
| United States |
Nina Roth | Tabitha Peterson | Aileen Geving | Becca Hamilton | Cory Christensen |
Blaine |
Results
Game 1
Friday, January 27, 14:30
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States (Roth)
|
2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | X | X | X | X | 16 |
| Brazil (Gonçalves)
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
Game 2
Friday, January 27, 19:30
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States (Roth)
|
1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | 12 |
| Brazil (Gonçalves)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 |
Game 3
Saturday, January 28, 11:00
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States (Roth)
|
0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Brazil (Gonçalves)
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
United States advanced to the World Championship.