China at the FIFA World Cup

The China national football team was founded in 1924 and joined FIFA in 1931–1958, and then from 1979. China first entered World Cup qualification in 1957 in an attempt to qualify for the 1958 FIFA World Cup. China failed to score a goal in their maiden World Cup appearance in 2002. However, qualifying for the tournament has been considered the greatest accomplishment in China's football history. As football is widely followed in China, triumph by the national team is considered to be a source of national pride. Around 300 million people tuned into broadcasts of China's World Cup 2002 matches, with 170 million new television sets being purchased by citizens in order to watch their nation's first World Cup appearance.[1] The team is colloquially referred to as Team China (中国队), the National Team (国家队) or Guozu (国足, lit. "national foot" also meaning national football).

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

Records
China's FIFA World Cup record
 Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1930 Did not enter Declined participation
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958 Did not qualify 3 1 1 1 4 5
1962 Did not enter Declined participation
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982 Did not qualify 10 6 2 2 17 6
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 To be determined To be determined
2026
Total Group stage 1/21 3 0 0 3 0 9 106 65 16 25 216 72

Record by opponent
FIFA World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Wins Draws Losses Total Goals Scored Goals Conceded
 Brazil001104
 Costa Rica001102
 Turkey001103

China at South Korea/Japan 2002

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 3300113+89
 Turkey 311153+24
 Costa Rica 311156−14
 China PR 300309−90
China PR 0 – 2 Costa Rica
(Report) Gómez  61'
Wright  65'
Attendance: 27,217
Brazil 4 – 0 China PR
Roberto Carlos  15'
Rivaldo  32'
Ronaldinho  45' (pen.)
Ronaldo  55'		 (Report)
Attendance: 36,750
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Turkey 3 – 0 China PR
Şaş  6'
Korkmaz  9'
Davala  85'		 (Report)
Attendance: 43,605

Record players
Defender Li Weifeng (here in 2009) played through all of China's World Cup matches.

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

No. Name Matches
1 Hao Haidong3
Jiang Jin3
Li Tie3
Li Weifeng3
Li Xiaopeng3
Qu Bo3
Wu Chengying3
Xu Yunlong3

References
  1. FootballAsia.com, Asian Cup final smashes viewing records Archived 2008-06-25 at the Wayback Machine, 12 August 2004.
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