China PR at the FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.

This article is about the People's Republic of China national football team's recent record at the FIFA World Cup.

History

The China national team was founded in 1924 and joined FIFA in 1931-58, and then from 1979. China first entered World Cup qualification in 1957 in an attempt to qualify for the 1958 edition. 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 a staggering 170 million new television sets being bought 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").

Records

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1938	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1950	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1958	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Round 1	31	3	0	0	3	0	9
2006	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Did not Qualify
2014	Did not Qualify
Total	1/20	-	3	0	0	3	0	9

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

China at Japan/South Korea 2002

China Squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 An Qi 2 Zhang Enhua 3 Yang Pu 4 Wu Chengying 5 Fan Zhiyi 6 Shao Jiayi 7 Sun Jihai 8 Li Tie 9 Ma Mingyu (c) 10 Hao Haidong 11 Yu Genwei 12 Su Maozhen 13 Gao Yao 14 Li Weifeng 15 Zhao Junzhe 16 Qu Bo 17 Du Wei 18 Li Xiaopeng 19 Qi Hong 20 Yang Chen 21 Xu Yunlong 22 Jiang Jin 23 Ou Chuliang Coach: Milutinović

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	11	3	+8	9
Turkey	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
China PR	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

China PR  v  Costa Rica

4 June 2002 15:30

China PR	0 – 2	Costa Rica
	(Report)	Gómez  61' Wright  65'

Gwangju World Cup Stadium, Gwangju Attendance: 27,217 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Brazil  v  China PR

8 June 2002 20:30

Brazil	4 – 0	China PR
Roberto Carlos  15' Rivaldo  32' Ronaldinho  45' (pen.) Ronaldo  55'	(Report)

Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo Attendance: 36,750 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Turkey  v  China PR

13 June 2002 15:30

Turkey	3 – 0	China PR
Hasan  6' Bülent  9' Ümit D.  85'	(Report)

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 43,605 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

References

External links

• FIFA Official Ranking of all Participants at Finals 1930–2002. FIFA Match Results for all Stages 1930–2002
• FIFA official site