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 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

China's FIFA World Cup record
 Qualification record
Year Round Position M W D L GF GA M W D L GF GA Link
Uruguay 1930 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member Link
Italy 1934 Did not enter Declined participation Link
France 1938 Link
Brazil 1950 Link
Switzerland 1954 Link
Sweden 1958 Did not qualify 311145 Link
Chile 1962 Did not enter Declined participation Link
England 1966 Link
Mexico 1970 Link
Germany 1974 Link
Argentina 1978 Link
Spain 1982 Did not qualify 12723198 Link
Mexico 1986 6411232 Link
Italy 1990 11704189 Link
United States 1994 8602184 Link
France 1998 148332416 Link
South Korea Japan 2002 Group stage31st300309141211385 Link
Germany 2006 Did not qualify 6501141 Link
South Africa 2010 8332144 Link
Brazil 2014 8503239 Link
Russia 2018 188553511 Link
Qatar 2022 187473922 Link
Canada Mexico United States 2026 165291629 Link
Morocco Portugal Spain 2030 To be determined
Saudi Arabia 2034
Total Group stage 1/23 3 0 0 3 0 9 142 78 22 42 285 125 Link

By Match

Year Round Opponents Score Scorers
South Korea Japan 2002Group C Costa Rica0–2
 Brazil0–4
 Turkey0–3


FIFA World Cup squads and matches

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
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
China 0–2 Costa Rica
Report
Attendance: 27,217
Brazil 4–0 China
 Report
Attendance: 36,750
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Turkey 3–0 China
 Report
Attendance: 43,605

Squads

Record players

Eight players were fielded in all three of China PR's World Cup matches in 2002.

Rank Player Matches
1 Hao Haidong3
Jiang Jin3
Li Tie3
Li Weifeng3
Li Xiaopeng3
Qu Bo3
Wu Chengying3
Xu Yunlong3

Head-to-head record

See also

References

  1. ↑ "China's road to the finals". April 2, 2002 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  2. ↑ "China marks 20 years since reaching only World Cup as wait set to go on". South China Morning Post. October 7, 2021.
  3. ↑ "CHINA FACTS & FIGURES 2002 - china.org.cn". www.china.org.cn.
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