 The teams were selected from the top teams in each region . Six teams from each region competed against each other in the competition . Four teams from Canada earned the right to represent Team North America by virtue of winning certain events , namely the Canada Cup of Curling and the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials / Canadian National Championships ( the Brier and the Tournament of Hearts ) . Two teams from the United States , namely the winners of the 2014 United States Olympic Curling Trials , were chosen to represent North America , and the teams representing Team World were selected by the World Curling Federation . 
