As expected USA I and Thailand took the top two spots in the Round Robin and left the rest of the teams to fight for the remaining places.

In the morning Canada raised their own hopes and destroyed those of Norway, handing the European Champions a 25-3 VP drubbing. Having played so well it was a tragedy for their supporters when they crashed to defeat against China by an identical margin.
 

With Canada out of the way the race for the last two semi-final places was between Denmark, Israel and The Netherlands. None of them found their opponents in a generous mood but it was The Netherlands who missed the boat. If Norway and The Netherlands had both collected maximum wins there would have been a three way tie for the last two places and the slide rules would have come into play.

In today's semi-finals USA I face Thailand and have to overcome a deficit of 2.7 IMPs whilst in the match between Denmark and Israel the Danes start with an advantage of 1 IMP.