China first entered World Cup qualification in 1957 in an attempt to qualify for the 1958 FIFA World Cup and 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.
Overall record
Qualification recordYearRoundPositionLink 1930Not a FIFA memberNot a FIFA member Link 1934Did not enterDeclined participation Link 1938 Link 1950 Link 1954 Link 1958Did not qualify 3 1 1 1 4 5 Link 1962Did not enterDeclined participation Link 1966 Link 1970 Link 1974 Link 1978 Link 1982Did not qualify 12 7 2 3 19 8 Link 1986 6 4 1 1 23 2 Link 1990 11 7 0 4 18 9 Link 1994 8 6 0 2 18 4 Link 1998 14 8 3 3 24 16 Link 2002 Group stage 31st 3 0 0 3 0 9 14 12 1 1 38 5 Link 2006Did not qualify 6 5 0 1 14 1 Link 2010 8 3 3 2 14 4 Link 2014 8 5 0 3 23 9 Link 2018 18 8 5 5 35 11 Link 2022 18 7 4 7 39 22 Link 2026 16 5 2 9 16 29 Link 2030To be determined 2034Total300309142782242285125 Link
By Match
YearRoundOpponentsScoreScorers 2002Group C0–2 0–40–3
FIFA World Cup squads and matches 2002 South Korea/Japan
Squads
Record players Eight players were fielded in all three of China PR's World Cup matches in 2002.
RankPlayerMatches1Hao Haidong3Jiang Jin3Li Tie3Li Weifeng3Li Xiaopeng3Qu Bo3Wu Chengying3Xu Yunlong3
Head-to-head record OpponentWin %Total
See also Asian nations at the FIFA World Cup China at the AFC Asian Cup
References
External links FIFA Official Ranking of all Participants at Finals 1930–2002. FIFA Match Results for all Stages 1930–2002 FIFA official site