2019 Americas Challenge

2019 Americas Challenge
Host city	Eveleth, Minnesota,; United States
Arena	Curl Mesabi
Dates	November 28–30
Men's winner	United States
Skip	Rich Ruohonen
Fourth	Greg Persinger
Second	Colin Hufman
Lead	Phil Tilker
Alternate	Tyler George
Finalist	Mexico (Cohen)
Women's winner	United States
Skip	Tabitha Peterson
Third	Becca Hamilton
Second	Tara Peterson
Lead	Aileen Geving
Alternate	Natalie Nicholson
Finalist	Mexico (Camarena Osorno)
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The 2019 Americas Challenge is a curling challenge that took place from November 28 to 30 at Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, Minnesota.[1][2] This challenge determined the second team from the Americas Zone to qualify for the 2020 World Men's Championship and the 2020 World Women's Championship.[2][3] It was held as part of the 2019 Curl Mesabi Classic World Curling Tour event.

The United States won both the men's and women's events, with Mexico having a successful debut, finishing second in both events. The men's US team, skipped by Rich Ruohonen went on to the finals of the Curl Mesabi Classic where they lost to a fellow American rink skipped by Korey Dropkin.[4] The women's US team went on to the semifinals of the Curl Mesabi Classic, losing to Canada's Laura Walker rink.[5]

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 2020 Championships Canada has automatically claimed the first slot for both men's, due to having the best final ranking of the Zone in the 2019 Championship, and women's, due to being the host country.[1] If Canada was not hosting the Women's Championship the United States would have received the automatic berth due to finishing one spot higher in the 2019 Championship.

Mexico and Brazil challenged the United States, who would have otherwise qualified automatically due to their finish at the 2019 Championships, for the second Americas Zone slot for both men and women at the 2020 Championships.[1] This was the seventh men's challenge and second women's challenge to be held, but the first men's and women's challenges to include Mexico. The winning team earned the second Americas Zone slot at the World Championships and the runner-up earned the one Americas Zone slot at the 2020 World Qualification Event, giving them another attempt to qualify for the Championships.[2]

Men

Teams

Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate
Brazil	Marcelo Mello	Michael Krahenbuhl	Scott McMullan	Filipe Nunes	Ricardo Losso
Mexico	Diego Tompkins (Fourth)	Ramy Cohen (Skip)	Ismael Abreu Saro	Mateo Tompkins
United States	Greg Persinger (Fourth)	Rich Ruohonen (Skip)	Colin Hufman	Phil Tilker	Tyler George

Standings

Final Standings

Key
	Team to 2020 World Men's Curling Championship
	Team to 2020 World Qualification Event

Country	Skip	W	L
United States	Rich Ruohonen	4	0
Mexico	Ramy Cohen	2	2
Brazil	Marcelo Mello	0	4

Results

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).

Draw 1

Thursday, November 28, 14:30

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

Draw 2

Thursday, November 28, 19:30

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Ruohonen)	2	0	4	2	1	4	X	X	X	X	13
Brazil (Mello)	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	1

Draw 3

Friday, November 29, 09:00

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Ruohonen)	3	1	4	2	3	0	X	X	X	X	13
Mexico (Cohen)	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	1

Draw 4

Friday, November 29, 14:00

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

Draw 5

Friday, November 29, 19:00

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brazil (Mello)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	3
United States (Ruohonen)	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	X	11

Draw 6

Saturday, November 30, 10:00

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mexico (Cohen)	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	X	5
United States (Ruohonen)	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	X	9

Women