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China first entered World Cup qualification in 1957 in an attempt to qualify for the 1958 FIFA World Cup and has 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. [1] [2] [3]
| Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | F | A | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | ||
 1930 | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | ||||||||||||||
| 1934 to 1954 | Did not enter | Declined participation | ||||||||||||||
 1958 | Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||
| 1962 to 1978 | Did not enter | Declined participation | ||||||||||||||
 1982 | Did not qualify | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 8 | |||||||||
 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 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 22 | ||||||||||
 2026 | To be determined | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 22 | |||||||||
  2030 | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
 2034 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | Group stage | 1/21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 137 | 77 | 22 | 38 | 283 | 118 | ||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Turkey | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 |  China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
| China | 0–2 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Brazil | 4–0 | China |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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Eight players were fielded in all three of China PR's World Cup matches in 2002.
| Rank | Player | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hao Haidong | 3 |
| Jiang Jin | 3 | |
| Li Tie | 3 | |
| Li Weifeng | 3 | |
| Li Xiaopeng | 3 | |
| Qu Bo | 3 | |
| Wu Chengying | 3 | |
| Xu Yunlong | 3 | |
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| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0.00 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
| Turkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0.00 |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0.00 |
