| 2018 Americas Challenge | |
| Host City: | Chaska, Minnesota |
| Arena: | Chaska Curling Club |
| Dates: | November 16–18 |
| Winner: | |
| Skip: | Rich Ruohonen |
| Fourth: | Greg Persinger |
| Second: | Colin Hufman |
| Lead: | Phil Tilker |
| Alternate: | Korey Dropkin |
| Finalist: | (Husain) |
| Prev: | 2018 (Jan) |
| Next: | 2019 |
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.[1]
This was the first time the Americas Challenge had three teams competing, with Guyana making their first appearance.[2] 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.[3]
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.[3]
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.[3]
| Key | ||
|---|---|---|
| Team to 2019 World Men's Curling Championship | ||
| Team to 2019 World Qualification Event | ||
| Country | Skip | W | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | |||
| 2 | 2 | |||
| 0 | 4 |
All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time .
Friday, November 16, 19:00
Saturday, November 17, 09:00
Saturday, November 17, 14:00
Saturday, November 17, 19:00
Sunday, November 18, 08:00
Sunday, November 18, 13:00