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Team North America

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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

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Competition Teams Sport Contributing regions Notes
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 2016 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 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Ice hockey  Canada +  USA

From 1998 to 2002, the game featured 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

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  1. ^ Philip Hersh (25 October 2015). "Skate second comings: Max Aaron as Elvis Stojko, Jason Brown as Paul Wylie?". Chicago Tribune.
  2. ^ "Team North America roster projection for World Cup". NHL. 14 September 2015.
  3. ^ Dave Stevenson (23 January 2015). "NHL All Star Game: North America Vs. The World". Fansided. Sports Illustrated.
  4. ^ Joe Lapointe (19 January 1998). "HOCKEY; North America All-Stars Conquer World". New York Times.

See also

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