Sport in Brazil Brazilian jockey T. J. Pereira aboard. Curling is a growing sport in Brazil; the creation of a national team was inspired by the audience for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. A temporary rink in the Eldorado Shopping Center in São Paulo featured Norwegian curler Linn Githmark and a winter-sports complex is planned, probably in the city of Campos do Jordão. Frescobol is a native Brazilian sport similar to tennis and cricket, played with a wooden racket and soft rubber ball on the beach with no scoring system. It began during the 1960s on Ipanema beach. Biribol is another native
Ice hockey at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament the 2011 IIHF World Ranking will choose which tournament (either boys' or girls') they want to compete in. First priority is given to higher ranked nations. Each country is allowed to enter 17 athletes each. Points to each team are awarded as follows: If two or more teams are tied in points, the following tiebreaker criteria will be used: If a criterion leaves only two teams tied, then those teams will be ranked based on their head-to-head result. Ice hockey at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament The boys' ice hockey tournament at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics