8-626: The Americas Challenge was a curling challenge held by the World Curling Federation between teams in its Americas zone. The winner of the challenge qualified their country for the World Curling Championships , and in later years, the runner-up for the now defunct World Qualification Event . The challenge is not automatically held every year, and only takes place when a team in the Americas zone challenges
16-737: The Board of Directors are elected by World Curling member associations. The Board of Directors are supported by and a permanent staff of 20 employees. There are 74 member associations , with the most recent addition being Pakistan, Puerto Rico and the Philippines in 2023, and Monaco in 2024. In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , in March 2022 World Curling banned the Russian Curling Federation from competing. The World Curling mission statement reads: "To lead
24-529: The United States automatically qualifying as hosts of the 2018 World Men's Curling Championship , Brazil challenged and lost to Canada. The November 2018 challenge was the first to see more than two teams competing, with Guyana joining the challenge for the first time. In 2019, Mexico joined the challenge with Guyana not competing. United States would win again, going 4-0. A women's event has only been held twice, in 2017 and 2019. In 2017, Brazil challenged
32-639: The United States but lost. Brazil's women's team challenged the United States in November 2018, but conceded to the United States to qualify for the World Qualification Event. In 2019, Mexico joined the challenge but the United States still won going 4-0. World Curling Federation World Curling , formerly the World Curling Federation ( WCF ) is the world governing body for curling accreditation, with offices in Perth, Scotland . It
40-555: The outset, it comprised the associations of Scotland, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, and the United States. In the wake of its formation, it sanctioned the World Curling Championships . World Curling currently sanctions 15 international curling events (see below ). World Curling is managed by eight Board Directors, one president, three vice-presidents (one from each World Curling regional zone - Americas, Europe, Pacific-Asia) and six Board Directors. The six Board Directors must all come from different member associations. All positions on
48-631: The second-ranked Americas team in that year's World Curling Championship (or the first-ranked team if the second-ranked is hosting). The challenge merged with the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships to become the Pan Continental Curling Championships in 2022. The first challenge was held in 2009, with Brazil losing to the United States. Brazil again challenged and lost to the United States in 2010, 2015, and 2017. In January 2018, with
56-467: The worldwide curling community through the promotion and development of our sport, our culture and our values." The purpose and aims of World Curling are as follows: Following is a list of member associations of World Curling: The current executive board as of June 2024 is as follows: President: Beau Welling (United States) Vice Presidents: Board of Directors: Athlete Commission Chair: Jill Officer (Canada) Former presidents of
64-733: Was formed out of the International Curling Federation ( ICF ), when the push for Olympic Winter Sport status was made. The name was changed in 1990 to the WCF and then to World Curling in 2024. The ICF was initially formed in 1966 as a committee of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club in Perth after the success of the Scotch Cup series of world championships held between Canada and Scotland. At
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