The 2012 USA-Brazil Challenge will be a curling challenge taking place from January 27 to 29 at the Bemidji Curling Club in Bemidji, Minnesota.[1] The challenge round will be held to determine which nation will qualify to the last Americas Zone spot at the 2012 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship in Basel, Switzerland. Brazil and the United States will play a best-of-five series to determine the winner.
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The World Curling Federation allots two spots at the World Men's Curling Championship to 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 Canada is the defending champion at the World Championships, Canada receive an automatic berth to the 2012 World Championships. Thus, Brazil is allowed to challenge the United States for a berth to the 2012 World Championships. This is Brazil's third challenge of the United States, after challenges in 2009 and 2010 proved to be unsuccessful.[1]
The Brazilian team is in training at the Lennoxville Curling Club in Quebec.[1]
The teams are listed as follows:[1]
| Nation | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Pete Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | Joe Polo | Ryan Brunt | Bemidji Curling Club, Bemidji | |
| Brazil | Luis Silva, Celso Kossaka, Marcelo Mello, Cesar Santos, Filipe Nunes | Lennoxville Curling Club, Sherbrooke | ||||
*The positions for the Brazilian team are to be announced.
Friday, January 27
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| United States (Fenson) | 0 | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| United States (Fenson) | 0 | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| United States (Fenson) | 0 | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 0 |