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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 a goal with a goal difference of 0-9.[1][2][3]
Overall record
Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 22 | |||||||||
2030 | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
2034 | ||||||||||||||||
Total | Group stage | 1/21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 137 | 77 | 22 | 38 | 283 | 118 |
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 |
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 |
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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 |
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Brazil | 4–0 | China |
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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.