The day after China Team's game against Cameroon ended, the remaining second round group games also wrapped up one after another, and the final standings were set.
Group I: Argentina Team, China Team, Cameroon Team, Greece Team (rankings descending from left to right);
Group J: Australia, Serbia, Italy, Iran
Group K: USA, Slovenia, Russia, Puerto Rico
Group L: Spain, France, Lithuania, Dominican Republic
Under World Cup rules, the top two teams from each second round group advanced to the quarter-finals, while the third- and fourth-place teams played classification games for ninth through sixteenth place.
Following the rule of first place in one group facing second place in the adjacent group, the Quarter-finals matchups were also decided.
Groups I and J formed the upper bracket: Argentina Team would face Serbia Team, while China Team would take on Australia Team;
Groups K and L formed the lower bracket: USA Team would face France Team, while Slovenia Team would take on Spain Team;
The upper-bracket games would begin first.
At the same time, Australia Team from Oceania, USA Team from North America, Argentina Team from South America, and China Team from Asia had all become the best-performing teams on their respective continents. Like Cameroon before them, they had all secured direct qualification for next year's Tokyo Olympics in advance.
China Team's direct Olympic berth brought joy to everyone, but now they had to consider their next opponent, Australia Team.
That was the nature of a Major Tournament. Until the moment they won the championship or were eliminated, they were either fighting or preparing to fight.
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, China and Australia had been placed in the same group, alongside USA Team.
That year, China Team had miraculously beaten USA Team in the Group Stage, but lost to Australia.
China Team then