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[edit]
| 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 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |||||||||
  2030
|
To be determined | |||||||||||||||
 2034
| ||||||||||||||||
| Total | Group stage | 1/21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 130 | 75 | 21 | 34 | 277 | 103 | ||
FIFA World Cup squads and matches[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
Squads[edit]
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Record players[edit]
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 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "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.