# 2018 Americas Challenge (November)

The 2018 Americas Challenge was a curling challenge that took place from November 16 to 18 at the Chaska Curling Club in Chaska, Minnesota, United States.
This was the first time the Americas Challenge had three teams competing, with Guyana making their first appearance. The winner will be the second team from the Americas zone to qualify for the 2019 World Men's Curling Championship (Canada qualifies automatically as the host). The second-placed team will qualify for the 2019 World Qualification Event, a further chance to qualify for the men's world championship.
The United States went undefeated to qualify for the World Men's Curling Championship. Guyana's debut was a success, as while they lost both of their games to the US, they beat Brazil twice to secure second place and a spot in the World Qualification Event.
A women's event was scheduled with Brazil taking on the United States, but Brazil chose to concede, going straight to the 2019 World Qualification Event.

## Format

The teams played a double round robin to determine the winner of the challenge. In the case of a tie, head-to-head score or shootout score will be used to determine the winner.

## Teams

| Country | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
| Brazil | Marcelo Mello | Michael Krahenbuhl | Scott McMullan | Sergio Vilela | |
| Guyana | Rayad Husain | Jason Perreira | Daniel Toolsie | Baul Persaud | |
| United States | Greg Persinger (Fourth) | Rich Ruohonen (Skip) | Colin Hufman | Phil Tilker | Korey Dropkin |

## Standings

Key :
* Team to 2019 World Men's Curling Championship
* Team to 2019 World Qualification Event
| Country | Skip | W | L |
| United States | Rich Ruohonen | 4 | 0 |
| Guyana | Rayad Husain | 2 | 2 |
| Brazil | Marcelo Mello | 0 | 4 |

## Results

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

### Game 1

Friday, November 16, 19:00
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| United States (Ruohonen) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | 10 |
| Brazil (Mello) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 1 |

### Game 2

Saturday, November 17, 09:00
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Guyana (Husain) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| United States (Ruohonen) | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 13 |

### Game 3

Saturday, November 17, 14:00
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Brazil (Mello) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Guyana (Husain) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |

### Game 4

Saturday, November 17, 19:00
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brazil (Mello) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| United States (Ruohonen) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | X | X | X | X | 8 |

### Game 5

Sunday, November 18, 08:00
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| United States (Ruohonen) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | X | 9 |
| Guyana (Husain) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 3 |

### Game 6

Sunday, November 18, 13:00
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Guyana (Husain) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Brazil (Mello) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |