China at the FIFA World Cup

For the women's team, see China at the FIFA Women's 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

China's FIFA World Cup record
 Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L F A Pld W D L F A
Uruguay 1930 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member
1934 to 1954 Did not enter Declined participation
Sweden 1958 Did not qualify 3 1 1 1 4 5
1962 to 1978 Did not enter Declined participation
Spain 1982 Did not qualify 12 7 2 3 19 8
Mexico 1986 6 4 1 1 23 2
Italy 1990 11 7 0 4 18 9
United States 1994 8 6 0 2 18 4
France 1998 14 8 3 3 24 16
South Korea Japan 2002 Group stage 31st 3 0 0 3 0 9 14 12 1 1 38 5
Germany 2006 Did not qualify 6 5 0 1 14 1
South Africa 2010 8 3 3 2 14 4
Brazil 2014 8 5 0 3 23 9
Russia 2018 18 8 5 5 35 11
Qatar 2022 18 7 4 7 39 22
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined 11 4 2 5 14 22
Morocco Portugal Spain 2030 To be determined
Saudi Arabia 2034
Total Group stage 1/21 3 0 0 3 0 9 137 77 22 38 283 118

FIFA World Cup squads and matches

2002 South Korea/Japan

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup Group C
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 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

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.

Head-to-head record