China 16, Japan 11

China	5	4	4	3	—	16
Japan	2	3	3	3	—	11

First Quarter_1, China, Xiong D., 6:02. 2, Japan, M. Hashida, 4:45. 3, China, Niu G., 4:14 (PP). 4, China, Zhang J., 2:58 (PS). 5, Japan, K. Iwano, 2:43. 6, China, Wang H., 1:12 (PP). 7, China, Deng Z., 0:22 (PP).

Second Quarter_8, Japan, Y. Arima, 7:29 (PS). 9, Japan, K. Kudo, 6:00. 10, China, Zhang J., 5:01 (PS). 11, China, Wang X., 4:21. 12, Japan, Y. Arima, 3:15. 13, China, Chen X., 1:45. 14, China, Xiong D., 1:00.

Third Quarter_15, China, Wang X., 7:37. 16, China, Zhang J., 5:52 (PP). 17, Japan, M. Hashida, 5:10 (PP). 18, China, Zhang J., 3:30 (PP). 19, China, Zhang J., 2:45 (PS). 20, Japan, K. Iwano, 1:39 (PP). 21, Japan, Y. Niizawa, 1:05.

Fourth Quarter_22, China, Zhai Y., 7:00. 23, Japan, Y. Niizawa, 3:51. 24, China, Mei X., 3:20 (PP). 25, China, Zhai Y., 1:50. 26, Japan, Y. Arima, 1:32. 27, Japan, M. Koide, 0:45 (PP).

Exclusions_China 15 (Lu Y. 1, Niu G. 1, Xiong D. 1, Zhai Y. 1, Wang X. 3, Mei X. 4, Zhang J. 4); Japan 11 (Y. Arima 1, M. Hashida 1, K. Iwano 1, K. Kudo 1, Y. Niizawa 1, M. Tokumoto 1, K. Kawaguchi 2, A. Inaba 3).

4 Minute Exclusions_China None; Japan None.

Penalty Fouls_China 1 (Wang X. 1); Japan 3 (Y. Arima 1, A. Inaba 1, K. Iwano 1).

Ejections_China 3 (Mei X., Wang X., Zhang J.); Japan 1 (A. Inaba).

Referees_Marie-Claude Deslieres, Canada. Viktor Salnichenko, Kazakhstan. Milivoj Bebic, International Swimming Federation. Monica Brochero, International Swimming Federation.