South Korea defeated China 7-2 in a playoff for the 11th place of the men's ice hockey at the 28th Almaty Winter Universiade on Monday.
South Korea proved their supremacy in the first period when they scored three times.
Zhang Pengfei scored a goal in the 23rd minute of the second period, the second one of the Chinese team during the tournament. But South Korea soon answered with another goal after five minutes by Choi Youngil and added one more by the end of the period by Song Hyeongcheol.
The South Korean team continued their winning trend in the third period with two more goals. China fought hard and scored their second goal in the 59th minute by Bao Jiachang.
"We have a young team, we made many mistakes in this match and in the previous ones," said the coach of the Chinese team Hu Jiang, "However the Universiade was useful for us. We learn a lot from our rivals."
Later on Monday, Canada will play against Russia to decide the gold medalist of the event.
