Somerset 214-1 beat Worcestershire 210 by 9 wickets
Warwickshire 283-7 beat Essex 213 by 70 runs
Surrey 279-9 beat Northants 276 by 1 wicket
Yorkshire 256-9 beat Kent 245 by 11 runs
1st Semi-Final
Surrey 255-7 (50 overs): Davies 104, Foakes 90; Waite 3-48
Yorkshire 236 (48.5 overs): Bresnan 68, Waite 38; Meaker 3-61
Surrey won by 19 runs
Opener Steven Davies hit 104 off 116 balls as 2015 runners-up Surrey reached another One-Day Cup final with a 19-run win over Yorkshire at Headingley.
After being reduced to 8-2, they posted a score of 255-7, with Davies and Ben Foakes (90) sharing a stand of 130.
Yorkshire's run-chase was undermined by a three-wicket burst in nine balls from Stuart Meaker, whose victims included Jonny Bairstow and Gary Ballance.
Tim Bresnan made 68 but was the last to go as they were all out for 236.
Having lost to Durham in the T20 Blast semi-finals last weekend, Yorkshire were hoping to atone by reaching Lord's for the first time since 2002.
They made the ideal start as Dominic Sibley and Kumar Sangakkara went inside the first three overs, the Sri Lankan making only four before needlessly giving a catch to cover.
But they were left to rue Matthew Waite dropping Davies, then on 43, off his own bowling just after having Rory Burns caught on the boundary.
Davies went on to hit a six and 10 fours before finally falling to Waite, who took 3-48 and also dropped a more difficult return chance offered by Foakes.
After losing Adam Lyth early, Yorkshire were well-placed on 75-2, but fast bowler Meaker (3-61) turned the game on its head by ripping out Bairstow (13), who lobbed tamely to mid-wicket, Ballance (32) and Jack Leaning.
Bresnan and Waite (38) did their best to repair the damage, but 27 off the final three overs was too much and Bresnan holed out at long-off with seven balls remaining.
2nd Semi-Final - Warwickshire 284-4 beat Somerset 276-9 by eight runs
Spinner Jeetan Patel took five wickets to help Warwickshire beat Somerset by eight runs at Edgbaston and set up a One-Day Cup final against Surrey.
Ian Bell struck an unbeaten 94 to boost hopes of an England return and help Warwickshire post 284-4.
Somerset's reply was blighted by Patel (5-42), whose five lbws included the key wicket of Peter Trego (58).
James Hildreth (44) and Ryan Davies (46) rallied but the Bears held firm to book their place at Lord's.
Warwickshire will now face the Brown Caps, who beat Yorkshire in Sunday's semi-final, on Saturday, 17 September.
The Bears' victory over Somerset was built on the foundations set by openers Jonathan Trott and Sam Hain, who shared 90 before the former was caught and bowled by Roelof van der Merwe for 44.
Hain (86) then put on a further 88 with Bell, whose flurry of late attacking strokes, including two straight sixes off Van der Merwe, took the hosts to a competitive total.
Somerset lost regular wickets throughout their chase, with eight batsmen reaching double figures but just one - Trego - going on to make a half-century.
Only the heroics of number 10 batsman Tim Groenewald prevented the home side's victory from being more emphatic, clubbing an unbeaten 30 off 20 deliveries to take the match to the final over.
But a series of well-directed yorkers from Oliver Hannon-Dalby (2-41) ensured Warwickshire would reach the final of the competition they last won in 2010, leaving Somerset on 276-9.
Final: Warwickshire beat Sussex by 8 wickets
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