China at the FIFA World Cup
China first entered World Cup qualification in 1957 in an attempt to qualify for the 1958 FIFA World Cup and has made its first appearance in 2002. Despite a respectable performance against Costa Rica, they lost all of their games without scoring a goal with a goal difference of 0-9.[1][2][3]
Overall record
| Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | F | A | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | ||
| 1930 | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | ||||||||||||||
| 1934 to 1954 | Did not enter | Declined participation | ||||||||||||||
| 1958 | Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||
| 1962 to 1978 | Did not enter | Declined participation | ||||||||||||||
| 1982 | Did not qualify | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 8 | |||||||||
| 1986 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1990 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 1994 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 1998 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 16 | ||||||||||
| 2002 | Group stage | 31st | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 5 | ||
| 2006 | Did not qualify | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2010 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 2014 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 2018 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 11 | ||||||||||
| 2022 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 22 | ||||||||||
| 2026 | To be determined | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
| 2030 | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
| 2034 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | Group stage | 1/21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 131 | 75 | 22 | 34 | 278 | 104 | ||
FIFA World Cup squads and matches
| FIFA World Cup matches (by team) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Wins | Draws | Losses | Total | Goals scored | Goals conceded |
| Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Costa Rica | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Turkey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
2002 South Korea/Japan
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
| China | 0–2 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Brazil | 4–0 | China |
|---|---|---|
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Report |
Squads
Record players
Eight players were fielded in all three of China PR's World Cup matches in 2002.
| Rank | Player | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hao Haidong | 3 |
| Jiang Jin | 3 | |
| Li Tie | 3 | |
| Li Weifeng | 3 | |
| Li Xiaopeng | 3 | |
| Qu Bo | 3 | |
| Wu Chengying | 3 | |
| Xu Yunlong | 3 | |
References
- "China's road to the finals". April 2, 2002 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- "China marks 20 years since reaching only World Cup as wait set to go on". South China Morning Post. October 7, 2021.
- "CHINA FACTS & FIGURES 2002 - china.org.cn". www.china.org.cn.
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