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Referees: Mihaljo CIRIC (SRB), Daniel FLAHIVE (AUS) Quarters: 2-1, 2-0, 3-2, 2-2
Extra man: CAN 0/9; CHN 0/10
Teams:
CANADA: Robin RANDALL, Constantin KUDABA (1), Jonathan RUSE, Nicolas CONSTANTIN-BICARI, Justin BOYD (2), Thomas MARKS, Brandon JUNG, Kevin GRAHAM (1), Aaron FELTHAM (3), Dusko DAKIC (1), Devon DIGGLE (1), Jarod MEELROY, Nicolas YOUNGBLUD. Head Coach: Dragan JOVANOVIC.
CHINA: GE Weiqing, LIANG Zhongxing (1), LI Jun, YU Lijun (2), TAN Feihi, WANG Beiming (2), LI Bin, WANG Yong, WANG Yang, XIE Junmin, HAN Zhidong, GUO Junliang, WU Honghui. Head Coach: CAI Tianxiong.
Canada advanced to the top eight in the world for the first time with a disciplined victory over China. The Canadians have never finished this high at World Championship or Olympic level and must fancy their chances against Spain on Tuesday in the quarter-finals. The victory was built on the early start and the 4-1 halftime lead prove insurmountable for China. WANG Beiming dragged China back to a goal behind with his two goals early in the third period but a four-goal burst by Canada had it ahead 8-3 early in the fourth.
LIANG and YU stemmed the flow but Feltham's cracker goal from a five-metre free throw wrapped up the top-eight spot at 3:50. The extra-man count looks worse than what it was with five goals coming from the man up but between 21 and 25 seconds after the original exclusion. 
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