FÜSSEN – Scotland's Kelly Wood defeated Switzerland's Mirjam Ott 6-4 to grab the fourth and final playoff berth in women's play at the 2007 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships.

"I'm happier now that I've got a playoff spot," said the diminuative Wood. "it would be nice to get just one more (win) and guarantee a medal." 

Wood earned her highest-ever Euro result – a place in the top four – in a see-saw battle which saw Ott miss a 10th-end takeout to force an extra end. The Scots, who finished 6-3, will battle Switzerland (7-2) once again in the three versus four "Page" playoff game on Thursday night.

The one versus two playoff, in which the winner heads directly to Saturday's Championship final, will see Denmark's Lene Nielsen battle six-time European champion Anette Norberg of Sweden. Both teams won their final matches to finish at 8-1, with Nielsen given top spot after she handed Norberg her only loss earlier in the week.

"We're playing better and better as we go," said the confident Nielsen, who is only in her second year at skip position. "We'll see what happens in the playoffs." 

Russia's Ludmila Privivkova defeated Italy 7-5, but it wasn't enough to make the playoffs. Her 5-4 record was good enough for fifth place, and a spot at the 2008 Ford World Women's Championships in Canada next March. 

"All the teams here are good," said the defending champion. "The more important thing is to qualify for the Worlds to get the Olympic points."

The top seven nations all qualify for Worlds. In addition to the top five finishers, Germany's Andrea Schöpp and Italy's Diana Gaspari both qualified their countries at 3-6, and there will be a Thursday afternoon tiebreaker between Austria's Claudia Toth and the Czech Republic's Katerina Urbanova to decide eighth place. The winner of that match will be challenged by the winner of the European Championship B Division for the last spot in the Worlds, and also the right to stay in next year's A Division.

Austria crushed the Czechs 11-5 in the final round-robin match.

Thursday morning's men's draw features the possibility, however remote, that five teams will be tied for the fourth playoff spot. Action gets underway at 6:45 GMT on Eurosport between Norway and Switzerland, while Eurosport.com and CurlTV.com will feature Germany versus the Czech Republic.