The 2018 Americas Challenge was a

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challenge that took place from January 11 to 13 at the

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. The challenge round determined which nation would qualify to the last Americas Zone spot at the

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played a best-of-five series to determine the winner in the men's event. The Challenge was held concurrently with the 2018 Continental Cup of Curling, the first time it was held on arena ice and not at a dedicated curling facility.

Background

The

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allots two spots at the World Men's Curling Championship to the Americas Zone, which are normally taken by Canada and the

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. 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, the United States receive an automatic berth to the 2018 World Men's Championships. Thus, Brazil is allowed to challenge Canada for a berth to the 2018 World Championships. This will be Brazil's first men's challenge of Canada; it had unsuccessfully challenged the United States in

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Men's event

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Results

Game 1

''Thursday, January 11, 19:00''

Game 2

''Friday, January 12, 14:30''

Game 3

''Friday, January 12, 19:00''

References

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