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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]
The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIFA World Cup, an international association football competition that serves as the championship for men's national teams. It was held in Japan and South Korea from 31 May to 30 June and was contested by 32 teams. [1]
The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea/Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial football world championship for men's national teams organized by FIFA. It was held from 31 May to 30 June 2002 at sites in South Korea and Japan , with its final match hosted by Japan at International Stadium in Yokohama .
Group C of the 2002 FIFA World Cup took place between 3 and 13 June 2002. Eventual champions Brazil won the group and advanced to the second round, along with Turkey. Costa Rica was level with Turkey on points, but had an inferior goal difference, while China finished bottom of the group, having lost all three of their matches without scoring a goal.
The good performance in Lebanon boosted the confidence of Chinese side, and in 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, China lost only one and drew only one, winning all the remaining games, most notably an important 1–0 win over Oman, to finally reach the 2002 FIFA World Cup, its first and only World Cup up to date. [34] In the 2002 World Cup, China ...
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification: Xie Hui: 6 May Phnom Penh, Cambodia Cambodia: 4–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification: Li Jinyu(2), Qu Bo, Ma Mingyu: 13 May Kunming, China Indonesia: 5–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification: Xie Hui(2), Li Weifeng, Yang Chen, Qi Hong: 20 May Guangzhou China Cambodia: 3–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for Asia. The Asian Football Confederation was allocated four and half qualifying berths for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, South Korea and Japan, the co-hosts, qualified automatically, leaving two and half spots open for competition between 40 teams.
Fan was a key veteran of the China national team that qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, their first time qualifying for the tournament. After returning from the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Fan announced his retirement from the national team after ten years where he was an anchor in the defense and was capped 106 times for his country. [11]