SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. - Switzerland's Binia Feltscher topped Japan's Satsuki Fujisawa 9-6 on Sunday to win the women's curling world championship.

It's the third consecutive world championship for Switzerland. Feltscher won the world title in 2014 and Alina Patz won last year.

Russia's Anna Sidorova beat Canada's Chelsea Carey earlier Sunday in the bronze-medal game.

Switzerland led 2-1 after five ends but Japan replied with a deuce in the sixth.

Feltscher pulled away with a tap for a triple and a 5-3 lead, bringing a dedicated section of Swiss fans at Credit Union iPlex to their feet, ringing cowbells and chanting "Up Suisse!"

Fujisawa replied with a triple of her own in the eighth, high-fiving her teammates and shaking back and forth with a grin on her face.

The Swiss retook the lead with a nearly perfect draw right on to the button for a deuce and a 7-6 advantage heading into the final end.

Japan had an easy draw on the ice to force extra ends but Fujisawa's last stone rolled through the house with Switzerland earning a steal of two.

The event drew a total of 52,138 fans over nine days.