(Beijing, September 15)-In the classification round for deciding the fifth to eighth places held this afternoon, Canada outplayed Finland 17-9 to enter the game for the fifth place tomorrow, while Finland had to vie for the 7th place with the losing team from another classification game.

Both sides launched fierce attacks right after the game began. One minute into the game Finland scored two goals in a row. The scored then seesawed until 9-9, with neither side gaining an overwhelming advantage in the first half.

The second half, however, turned out to be a goal performance by the Canadians. Throughout the time they kept throwing the ball across the opposing goal line from different angles and scored eight goals in succession until the end of the game.