- People's Republic of China at the FIFA World Cup
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This article is People's Republic of China at the FIFA World Cup is on the record of China PR's results 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.
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History
The China national team was founded in 1924 and joined FIFA in 1931-58, and then from 1979. They have been perennial contenders for the Asian Cup, most recently finishing second in the AFC 2004. But China failed to score a goal in their maiden FIFA World Cup appearance in the Football World Cup 2002. 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 in to 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. There were over 250 million viewers for the Asian Cup 2004 finals, the largest single-event sports audience in the country's history.[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 
1930Did Not Enter - - - - - - - 
1934Did Not Enter - - - - - - - 
1938Did Not Enter - - - - - - - 
1950Did Not Enter - - - - - - - 
1954Did Not Enter - - - - - - - 
1958Did not Qualify - - - - - - - 
1962Did Not Enter - - - - - - - 
1966Did Not Enter - - - - - - - 
1970Did Not Enter - - - - - - - 
1974Did Not Enter - - - - - - - 
1978Did Not Enter - - - - - - - 
1982Did not Qualify - - - - - - - 1986Did not Qualify - - - - - - - 
1990Did not Qualify - - - - - - - 
1994Did not Qualify - - - - - - - 1998Did not Qualify - - - - - - - 
2002Round 1 31 3 0 0 3 0 9 2006Did not Qualify - - - - - - - 
2010Did not Qualify Total 1/18 - 3 0 0 3 0 9 - *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
China at Japan/South Korea 2002
China PR 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 Brazil3 3 0 0 11 3 +8 9 
Turkey3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4 
Costa Rica3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 4 
China PR3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0 4 June 2002
15:30China PR 0 – 2 Costa RicaGwangju World Cup Stadium, Gwangju
Attendance: 27,217
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)(Report) Gómez 
61'
Wright 65'
8 June 2002
20:30Brazil 4 – 0 China PRJeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo
Attendance: 36,750
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)Roberto Carlos 15'
Rivaldo 32'
Ronaldinho 45' (pen.)
Ronaldo 55'(Report)
13 June 2002
15:30Turkey 3 – 0 China PRSeoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 43,605
Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)Hasan 6'
Bülent 9'
Ümit D. 85'(Report) References
- ^ FootballAsia.com, Asian Cup final smashes viewing records, 12 August 2004.
External links
- FIFA Official Ranking of all Participants at Finals 1930–2002. FIFA Match Results for all Stages 1930–2002
- FIFA official site
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