China at the FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football 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 1931–1958, 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).

Records

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Uruguay 1930 to Switzerland 1954 Did not enter
Sweden 1958 Did not qualify
Chile 1962 to Argentina 1978 Did not enter
Spain 1982 to France 1998 Did not qualify
South KoreaJapan 2002Group Stage31st300309
Germany 2006 to Russia 2018 Did not qualify
Total1/21-300309
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

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, 12 August 2004.
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