2021 Americas Challenge

The 2021 Americas Challenge is a curling challenge that took place from October 29 to 31 at Lacombe Curling Club in Lacombe, Alberta.^[1][2] The challenge was used to determine the second team from the Americas Zone to qualify for the 2022 World Men's Curling Championship, as the United States already qualifies as the host nation. It is the second time Canada has participated in the challenge, with their first being in 2018 where they defeated Brazil 3–0 in the best-of-five series.^[3] No women's challenge was held.

2021 Americas Challenge
Host city	Lacombe, Alberta
Arena	Lacombe Curling Club
Dates	October 29–31
Winner	Canada
Curling club	Saville Community SC, Edmonton, Alberta
Skip	Brendan Bottcher
Third	Darren Moulding
Second	Brad Thiessen
Lead	Karrick Martin
Alternate	Pat Janssen
Coach	Don Bartlett
Finalist	Brazil (Mello)
« 2019

Background

The World Curling Federation allots two men's and two women's spots for the Americas Zone at the World Curling Championships. For the 2022 Championships, the United States has automatically claimed the first slot, due to being the host country of the event.

Mexico and Brazil challenged Canada, who would have otherwise qualified automatically due to their finish at the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship. This is the eighth men's challenge to be held, but only the second where Canada was challenged. The winning team earns the second Americas Zone slot at the World Championships and the runner-up earns the one Americas Zone slot at the 2022 World Qualification Event, giving them another attempt to qualify for the Championships.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[4]

Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate
Brazil	Marcelo Mello	Ricardo Losso	Gilad Kempenich	Filipe Nunes	Henrique Kempenich
Canada	Brendan Bottcher	Darren Moulding	Brad Thiessen	Karrick Martin	Pat Janssen
Mexico	Jesús Barajas	Ramy Cohen	Christopher Barajas	Alex Sánchez

Standings

Final Standings

Key
	Team to 2022 World Men's Curling Championship
	Team to 2022 World Qualification Event

Country Skip W L PF PA  Canada Brendan Bottcher 4 0 46 5  Brazil Marcelo Mello 2 2 19 29  Mexico Jesús Barajas 0 4 10 41

Round Robin Summary Table

Pos.	Country							Record
		1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd
2	Brazil	—		2–11	1–10	9–6	7–2	2–2
1	Canada	11–2	10–1	—		14–1	11–1	4–0
3	Mexico	6–9	2–7	1–14	1–11	—		0–4

Results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−06:00).^[5]

Draw 1

Friday, October 29, 19:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Bottcher)	6	0	0	3	1	1	X	X	X	X	11
Brazil (Mello)	0	1	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	2

Draw 2

Saturday, October 30, 9:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brazil (Mello)	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	X	9
Mexico (Barajas)	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	X	6

Draw 3

Saturday, October 30, 14:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Bottcher)	5	3	4	1	0	1	X	X	X	X	14
Mexico (Barajas)	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	1

Draw 4

Saturday, October 30, 19:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Bottcher)	3	1	0	1	1	4	X	X	X	X	10
Brazil (Mello)	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	1

Draw 5

Sunday, October 31, 9:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brazil (Mello)	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	X	7
Mexico (Barajas)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	2