VIERUMAKI – The men require a tiebreaker and the women are headed for same as the playoffs are up next at the 2008 World Senior Men's Championship.

In men's action, Canada, Sweden and and the United States are through to the semifinals and Finland will battle Scotland in a tiebreaker.

Canada's Pat Ryan finished first at 8-0 and Sweden's Per Lindeman claimed second at 7-1 in the "Red" Pool. In the "Blue" Pool the United States (David Russell), Finland (Mauro Nummila) and Scotland (Graeme Adam) all finished at 7-1 and all beat up on each other in the round-robin. That puts the U.S. through to the semis thanks to their top score in the Draw Shot Challenge, while Finland and Scotland will meet in a tiebreaker on Friday.

In Senior Women's action, tiebreakers are looming large as the final draw is set for Friday morning. Finland's Helena Timonen and Canada's Diane Foster lead the pack at 6-2 but no less than four teams are tied for second with 5-3 records: defending champions Sweden (Ingrid Meldahl), Scotland (Kirsty Letton), the United States (Pamela Oleinik) and Switzerland (Renate Nedkoff).

Friday's action will see Canada take on Sweden, Finland battle Switzerland, Scotland challenge Ireland, the United States against Japan and New Zealand will meet England.

The Finnish Curling Association is posting live results online of both Championships. The World Mixed Doubles results are available at: curling.fi/en/competitions/leagues/2688  

... and the World Seniors can be viewed at:

curling.fi/en/competitions/leagues/2687

In addition, results are mirrored on the World Curling Federation website at: results.worldcurling.org

The host websites for the Championships are: wmdcc2008.com (World Mixed Doubles) and: www.wscc2008.com (World Seniors).