China edged Britain 6-5 to make it to the Olympic men's curling semifinals on Monday.

"Our goal was to get to the playoffs and I am ­really proud of the guys," said China's ­Canadian coach Marcel Rocque, a three-time former world champion.

Britain still have a chance since they will play a tiebreaker against Norway for the final spot in Tuesday's playoffs.

Sweden and Canada both reached the semifinals on Sunday.

Earlier on Monday, the Chinese women's curling team lost to Japan 5-8 but still have a chance to make the semifinals.

Four teams, Japan, China, Switzerland and Britain, still have a chance of moving into the semifinals alongside already qualified Canada and Sweden.