Sweden faces Switzerland for women's curling world title

SILKEBORG, Denmark, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Sweden and Switzerland set up a final clash at the LGT World Women's Curling Championship 2019 after they beat respective opponents in the semifinals.

Switzerland collected a 5-3 win over South Korea when Paetz hit out a rivals' stone that was sitting on the button, leaving two other Swiss stones already in the house to score two points in extra end on Saturday.

Olympic champions Sweden became a better side to qualify for the title match after beating Japan 6-3 in the second semifinal game.

The final is set for Sunday as the bronze medal game will be fought for between Japan and South Korea before the final.