Team-mate John Orozco added: “It’s going to be hard for anyone [to beat China at the Olympics] but anything can happen.”
China won with a score of 275.161, ahead of Japan’s 273.093 and America’s 273.083.
A dismal 245.175 from eighth-place Romania will have Britain’s men wondering how they failed to qualify for this final.
All the teams competing on Wednesday are safely through to the Olympic Games next year, whereas Britain must now compete at the Olympic test event – at London’s O2 Arena in January – and finish in the top four to be sure of a place.
Thursday in Tokyo sees the world’s top female gymnasts return to action for their all-around final, judged on performances across all four apparatus – the floor, beam, bars and vault.
Hannah Whelan is Britain’s lone entrant in the 24-woman final and, having qualified in 13th place, would need the competition of her life to reach the podium in a field stacked with stars showing their hands for Olympic selection.
Attention is likely to focus on top two qualifiers Victoria Komova of Russia and America’s Jordyn Wieber, both 16 and making their senior world championship debuts.
Wieber led the US to gold in Tuesday’s women’s final, ahead of Russia, as Komova failed to reproduce the form which propelled her into the all-around qualification lead.
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