Participation of China's national football team in the: FIFA World Cup
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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 goal with a goal difference of 0-9.
Overall record※
Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | F | A | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | ||
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Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | ||||||||||||||
1934 to 1954 | Did not enter | Declined participation | ||||||||||||||
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Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||
1962 to 1978 | Did not enter | Declined participation | ||||||||||||||
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Did not qualify | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 8 | |||||||||
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 2 | ||||||||||
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11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 9 | ||||||||||
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8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 4 | ||||||||||
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14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 16 | ||||||||||
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Group stage | 31st | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 5 | ||
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Did not qualify | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | |||||||||
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8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 4 | ||||||||||
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8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 9 | ||||||||||
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18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 11 | ||||||||||
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18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 22 | ||||||||||
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To be determined | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
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To be determined | |||||||||||||||
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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) | ||||||
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Opponent | Wins | Draws | Losses | Total | Goals scored | Goals conceded |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
2002 South Korea/Japan※
Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
China ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Brazil ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Squads※
Record players※
Eight players were fielded in all three of China PR's World Cup matches in 2002.
Rank | Player | Matches |
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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※
- ^ "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.