The Scotland national team, which finished fifth in the preliminary round, beat Canada (5: 3), while Switzerland, which became the sixth, took the upper hand over the United States (7: 6).
Thus, the Russian team, which made it directly to the semifinals, will play with Scotland, and the Swedish team, which won the preliminary round, with Switzerland.
Earlier it was reported that the Russian curlers defeated the Danish national team in the final round of the round-robin stage of the World Cup.