Taiwan advanced to the semifinals of the men's curling tournament at the Asian Winter Games with a 13-2 victory over Kazakhstan on Tuesday evening.

China improved to 5-0 with a 14-5 win over already eliminated Qatar, while Japan lost 8-4 to South Korea.

Wednesday's semifinals will see Taiwan's curlers (2-3) take to the ice at Sapporo Curling Stadium against the Chinese, who had defeated them 7-3 in the round robin. The other semifinal will pit Japan (3-2) and South Korea (4-1).