South Korea faced the hosts in the first match of the day.

The defending champions held a 5-2 lead after five ends before scoring twice in the eighth to secure a 7-4 victory.

"We just struggled before the game, but we figured out how to manage the ice," said South Korea’s skip Kim Chang-min.

"Now I’m happy – we played well.

"My teammates want to go to Las Vegas [for the World Championship] just because, it’s Las Vegas!"

In the second semi-final, Chinese Taipei met undefeated Japan.

In the third end, Chinese Taipei skip Ting-Li Lin faced a tough draw to the four-foot against three Japanese counters.

He was light on the shot and gave up a steal of three to go down 4-0.

Japan then pulled off an impressive double take-out in the seventh end to set themselves up for two points to take an 8-2 lead.

Finally, in the eighth end, Chinese Taipei drew to the eight-foot for a single point and conceded defeat by 8-3.

"We threw well and communicated well, and we just keep the same to the gold-medal game," said Japan’s skip Yusuke Morozumi.

"We only have one spot [at next year’s World Championship], it’s gonna be tough, but we knew it when we came here.

"We just need to keep the same performance.

"Team Korea should not be the same as in the round-robin game, but we only need to keep our performance high and focus on the gold-medal game."

South Korea and Japan will compete in the gold-medal match tomorrow with the winner qualifying for the World Men’s Curling Championship 2022, while the silver and bronze medal recipients will secure places at the World Qualification Event 2022.

The men's bronze-medal match, women's semi-final and final will also take place tomorrow.