Women’s World Curling Championships: Canada and Switzerland book semi-final places

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Updated 23/03/2024 at 13:41 GMT

Canada and Switzerland advanced from the round robin phases to clinch their spots in the last four of Women’s World Curling Championships. Despite losing 6-5 to South Korea in their final match, hosts Canada topped the standings from Switzerland, who won both of their final two games. Italy, Korea, Sweden and Denmark will battle it out to join Canada and Switzerland in the semi-finals.

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Canada and Switzerland booked their places in the semi-finals of the Women’s World Curling Championships as the round robin stage concluded in Nova Scotia.

Hosts Canada topped the standings but were unable to keep hold of their 100% record, falling 6-5 to South Korea in their final match after earlier beating Scotland 8-2.

Switzerland won both of their games, including an impressive 6-2 victory over Italy to knock their European neighbours into third, meaning Stefania Constantini’s team now face a qualifier against Denmark.

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The Danes lost both their games on Friday, falling to South Korea and Norway, but snuck into the knockouts ahead of the USA.

The other qualification match pits Gim Eun-ji’s Korean team against Team Hasselborg of Sweden, with the Koreans finishing with a 10-2 record compared to their opponents’ 7-5 following defeat to Switzerland on Friday.

The winners of Italy v Denmark and Korea v Sweden will join Canada and Switzerland in the semi-finals.

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