> At Los Angeles 1984 Canada suffered their biggest Olympic Games defeat, going down 7-1 against Pakistan.
> Their only other Olympic encounter came at Sydney 2000 when Canada and Pakistan levelled at 2-2.
> Pakistan's Muhammad Javed will celebrate his 26th birthday one day after the match.
> Canada are four goals away from conceding 100 goals at the Olympics.
> Pan American Games champions Canada are the oldest squad at Beijing 2008 at an average age of almost 29 (28 years and 359 days), Canada.
> At an average age of 24 years and 290 days, Pakistan are the youngest squad at the Beijing Olympics.
> Canada's Rob Short (36) is the oldest player in the men's tournament.
> Muhammad Javed (PAK) will celebrate his 26th birthday one day after the match.