Team North America
Appearance
The term Team North America is used in a number of sports to designate a unified team of North American countries in several sports competitions and sports tournaments.
Competitions featuring a North American team
Competition | Teams | Sport | Contributing regions | Notes | |
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2016 Team Challenge Cup | Figure skating | The inaugural ISU Team Challenge Cup features Team North America against Team Europe and Team Asia | [1] | ||
2016 World Cup of Hockey | WCH2016 | Ice hockey | Canada + USA | Under-23 players, coached by Todd McLellan | [2] |
Continental Cup of Curling | Curling | Canada + USA | Team North America against Team World and Team Europe | ||
National Hockey League All-Star Game | Ice hockey | Canada + USA |
From the 48th (1998) edition to the 52nd (2002) edition, the game featured a Team North America versus Team World |
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- Note that in the above sports there also exist national teams taking part in other competitions
References
- ^ Philip Hersh (25 October 2015). "Skate second comings: Max Aaron as Elvis Stojko, Jason Brown as Paul Wylie?". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ "Team North America roster projection for World Cup". NHL. 14 September 2015.
- ^ Dave Stevenson (23 January 2015). "NHL All Star Game: North America Vs. The World". Fansided. Sports Illustrated.
- ^ Joe Lapointe (19 January 1998). "HOCKEY; North America All-Stars Conquer World". New York Times.