The 2009 USA-Brazil Challenge was a

curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding ...

challenge held from January 30 to February 1, 2009 at the Bismarck Capital Curling Club in

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. This was the first

Americas Challenge The Americas Challenge is a curling challenge held by the World Curling Federation between teams in its Americas zone. The winner of the challenge qualifies their country for the World Curling Championships, and the runner-up for the World Qualifi ...

. The challenge featured the Brazilian national men's curling team against an American team in a best-of-five series. The winner would get to represent the second team from

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at the

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. Canada automatically qualifies as both hosts and defending champions. Until 2009, the United States (and Canada) have always automatically qualified on account of no other country in the Americas fielding curling teams. However, in 2008 the Brazilian Ice Sports Federation felt that their men's curling team had a high enough calibre that they were ready to face off with the Americans. The American team was represented by

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, whose team was highest on the U.S. Order of Merit as of December 31, 2008 and who qualified for the 2009 United States Olympic Curling Trials. The Brazilians were represented by their national team, which trained at the

Lennoxville Curling Club Lennoxville is an ''arrondissement'', or borough, of the city of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Lennoxville is located at the confluence of the St. Francis and Massawippi Rivers approximately five kilometres south of downtown Sherbrooke. Lennoxv ...

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. They are all students at the

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Teams

Results

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

External links

ResultsBismarck set to host USA-Brazil Challenge
{{DEFAULTSORT:2009 Usa-Brazil Challenge Usa-Brazil Challenge, 2009 2009 in American sports Curling competitions in Bismarck, North Dakota 2009 in Brazilian sport USA-Brazil Americas Challenge