Women's curling at Beijing 2022 Olympics Day 8 round-up: Great Britain and Japan qualify for semi-finals as Canada miss out

Great Britain and Japan are the last two countries through to the women’s curling semi-final at Beijing 2022 thanks to the Draw Shot Challenge (DSC) tiebreaker coming into effect on Thursday (17 February).

The results of the last round-robin games – which saw Sweden, Switzerland, Canada, and Britain all emerge as winners - left Team GB, Japan, and Canada in a three-way tie on 5-4 records.

With each team having won one game and lost one game in the head-to-heads, the DSC was then used to determine the last two playoff spots.

Team GB finished eighth ahead of Japan in ninth with Canada – sitting 10th - subsequently eliminated from the top four race. This marks the second consecutive Olympics where a Canadian women’s team has failed to make the semi-finals.

World champions Switzerland (8-1) who finished atop the round-robin table will now take on Japan in Friday's semi-finals, while Sweden (7-2) face Britain.

The winner of each match will progress to the gold medal match with the losers playing off for bronze.

Beijing 2022 women’s curling day 8 results: Sweden come from behind to defeat Korea and end Canada’s Olympic journey

The four final round-robin matches all had a say in who would go through to semi-finals, and the action was as thrilling and tense as you might expect.

Defending champions Sweden produced a late comeback to beat the Republic of Korea 8-4 and end PyeongChang 2018 silver medallists' semi-final hopes.

The result also meant that Canada, who had comprehensively defeated Denmark 10-4 in their final match, also bowed out.

Aware of the importance of a win, Team Korea got off to a strong start in a repeat of the PyeongChang final.

A steal of two in second end, after skip Anna Hasselborg's final draw went long, and a single in the fourth saw the Koreans into a 3-1 lead.

But a second half dip in form opened the door to Sweden.

After a promotion take-out by skip Kim EunJung went awry in the sixth, the Swedes stole one to level the scores at 3-3.

Korea could only manage a single in the seventh and then Sweden took control with a double following by a steal of one to leave them 6-4 up going into the 10th end.

The Swedes succeeded in making life difficult for Korea who, despite having the hammer, could not manufacture a situation to score multiple points.

With the final stone, Kim tried a double take-out but only managed to remove one Swedish stone meaning a steal of two and an 8-4 win for the reigning Olympic champions.

It was good news for Team GB who, having won their final game against ROC 9-4, needed Sweden to triumph.

Japan were also elated with the result. After their 8-4 defeat to Switzerland, they too needed a Sweden win to trigger the DSC tiebreaker which would guarantee their passage into the semi-finals

For Jones and co, and millions of fans back in Canada, the final outcome was not what they wanted.

After disappointment in the mixed doubles, Canada now looks to Brad Gushue's men rink to maintain their proud record of winning a medal at every Games since curling became a medal sport at Nagano 1998.

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Women’s curling at Beijing 2022 Olympics Day 8 results in full:

• Switzerland 8-4 Japan
• Great Britain 9-4 ROC
• Canada 10-4 Denmark
• Sweden 8-4 Republic of Korea

You can find the final round-robin standings here.

Schedule: Women’s curling at Beijing 2022 Olympics semi-finals

Here is the schedule for women's curling semi-finals scheduled for the evening of Friday 18 February (all times local China Standard Time):

• 20:05 Women’s Semi-final – Sweden v Great Britain
• 20:05 Women’s Semi-final – Japan v Switzerland