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England scraped through their morning game by 6 shots to 5 against a spirited Israeli team, but got back on track tonight, beating Ireland 8-2, losing only 1 end in the process. Sweden have already qualified from Group A with 6 wins from 6 games. England on 4 wins might still need to win their 2 remaining games, against Japan tomorrow at 12 noon and Netherlands at 16.00 on Thursday. 1 win (against Japan) could be enough depending on other results.

At 12.00 noon today, Ireland lost 3-6 to Sweden and, allied to tonight's defeat, they have only a slim chance of progressing. They will need to win their final 2 games against Japan at 20.00 tomorrow and Scotland at 12.00 noon on Thursday.

Scotland will not qualify despite having 3 games still to play, following their 3-8 defeat to Sweden tonight. They play Netherlands at 20.00 tomorrow, then Ireland at 12.00 noon and finally Israel at 20.00 on Thursday. The Scots can only reach 4 wins, but each of the teams currently on 4 wins - Sweden, Japan and England - have already beaten us and will finish ahead of us.

As for Wales, they have still to win a game following their 3-5 defeat to Netherlands. Tomorrow they play Sweden at 20.00, then Israel at 12.00 noon and Japan at 20.00 on Thursday.