Both impressed in winning their respective semi-finals today at the City Sports Hall.

Switzerland recovered from early 1-2 and 2-3 deficits with four unanswered goals in a 6-3 victory over Finland.

Czech Republic were even more dominant in an 8-1 success over Slovakia.

Poland also beat Japan 8-1 in the fifth-place play-off today.

In the quarter-finals of the women's competition, Poland beat Singapore 7-1 while Sweden thrashed Japan 18-1.

Finland are facing Sweden in the semi-final while Czech Republic are up against Poland.

Finals of both the men's and women's competitions are scheduled for tomorrow.