JAKARTA, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- China beat their last rival Australia 3-2 to finish fourth at the 2007 Asian men's volleyball championship here on Sunday.

The Chinese team beat Australia 21-25, 26-24, 21-25, 25-23, 15-12 to have a 5-2 win-loss record in the eight-team, round robin tournament which concluded on Sunday.

South Korea, who defeated Indonesia 3-0 early on Sunday, also have a 5-2 record but placed third as their point ratio is better than China's.

Australia started the first set in a good tempo, quickly building a five points advantage at 19-14 and ran away with three points in a row to finish the opening set 25-21.

The beginning of the second set saw both teams fighting point for point. The efficiency of Australia's attacking started falling down while China kept getting better on defense before notching up the set at 26-24.

Australia clawed back to win the third set 25-21 but China soon answered with the fourth set win to force the match into the deciding set.

The fifth set was a continuation of China game. Cui Jianjun started scoring points from spiking and the accurate receiving enabled the team to launch good attacks. With a pair of blocks from Guo Peng, China won the set 15-12.

Yu Dawei scored 19 points for China while Fang Yingchao had 16.

Carroll Paul and Howard Daniel both had a game-high 23 points, but the title hope of Australia has to depend on the result of a game between Japan and Thailand, which will be held late Sunday.