Malaysia, who won the Championships in 2011 but lost in the final to China in 2017, made it through to the quarters with a 5-0 whitewash win over Ukraine in their group.

They were unable to build on that, though, once again falling to defeat against the Chinese with the final score at the Pan Am Centre in Markham reading 3-1.

Malaysia initially went ahead in the tie when Wei Jie Chia and Wei Toh Ee won their mixed doubles match 21-16, 21-17 against Xinwa Guo and Xuanxuan Liu.

The tie was levelled when Shifeng Li beat Tze Yong Ng in the men's singles, 21-7, 21-19, and then China took the lead as Zijiang Di and Chang Wang beat Wei Jie Chia and Tue Chern Chua 21-14, 24-22.

China's win was then sealed when Zhiyi Wang won the women's singles match against Jin Wei Goh 21-19, 21-14.

They will now face Japan in the semi-finals, who beat Chinese Taipei 3-0 to advance.

The other semi-final is yet to be decided, with India against South Korea and Denmark versus Indonesia yet to take place in the last eight.