Japan stunned world champion Switzerland 8-6 in the Beijing Winter Olympics women's curling semifinals Friday, booking its ticket to the gold-medal match against Great Britain.
Skip Satsuki Fujisawa and team Loco Solare pulled off the upset a day after being handily beaten 8-4 by the top-ranked Swiss in their final round-robin game.
The next challenge will be Great Britain, who drubbed Japan 10-4 in the round robin and advanced a 12-11 winner over Sweden in Friday's other semifinal.