| team CHINA PR | ||
| World cup history | ||
| Appearances: | 13 | |
| FIFA world cup appearances: | 1 | |
| Tournament | Result | |
| FIFA world cup 1930 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1934 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1934 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1938 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1938 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1950 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1950 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1954 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1954 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1958 | 3: + 1; = 1; - 1: 4 - 5 3 | |
| FIFA world cup 1958 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1962 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1962 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1966 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1966 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1970 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1970 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1974 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1974 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1978 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1978 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1982 | 12: + 7; = 2; - 3: 19 - 8 16 | |
| FIFA world cup 1982 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1986 | 6: + 4; = 1; - 1: 23 - 2 9 | |
| FIFA world cup 1986 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1990 | 11: + 7; = 0; - 4: 18 - 9 14 | |
| FIFA world cup 1990 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1994 | 8: + 6; = 0; - 2: 18 - 4 12 | |
| FIFA world cup 1994 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1998 | 14: + 8; = 3; - 3: 24 - 16 27 | |
| FIFA world cup 1998 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2002 | 14: + 12; = 1; - 1: 38 - 5 37 | |
| FIFA world cup 2002 | 3: + 0; = 0; - 3: 0 - 9 0 | |
| Qualifiers 2006 | 6: + 5; = 0; - 1: 14 - 1 15 | |
| FIFA world cup 2006 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2010 | 8: + 3; = 3; - 2: 14 - 4 12 | |
| FIFA world cup 2010 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2014 | 8: + 5; = 0; - 3: 23 - 9 15 | |
| FIFA world cup 2014 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2018 | 18: + 8; = 5; - 5: 35 - 11 29 | |
| FIFA world cup 2018 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2022 | 18: + 7; = 4; - 7: 39 - 22 25 | |
| FIFA world cup 2022 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2026 | 16: + 5; = 2; - 9: 16 - 29 17 | |
| FIFA world cup 2026 | did not participate | |
| Best achievement: | The 4th place in group 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan™ | |
| Indicators | ||
| MP: + W; =D; -L; GF‒ GA Pts (3 points for each win) | ||
| Qualifying campaigns | 142: +78: =22; -42; 285 ‒ 125 256 | |
| Percentage indicators | +54,93%; =15,49%; -29,58%; 2,01 ‒ 0,88 60,09% | |
| FIFA world cup | 3: +0: =0; -3; 0 ‒ 9 0 | |
| Percentage indicators | +0,00%; =0,00%; -100,00%; 0,00 ‒ 3,00 0,00% | |
| Total: | 145: +78: =22; -45; 285 ‒ 134 256 | |
| Percentage indicators | +53,79%; =15,17%; -31,03%; 1,97 ‒ 0,92 58,85% | |
| Matches played (on neutral field): | 145 (31) | |
| Goals scored - total: | 285 | |
| - home: | 151 (52,98%) | |
| - away: | 81 (28,42%) | |
| - neutral field: | 53 (18,60%) | |
| Goals against: - total: | 134 | |
| - home: | 41 (30,6%) | |
| - away: | 57 (42,54%) | |
| - neutral field: | 36 (26,87%) | |
| Average goals scored per match: | 1,97 | |
| Average goals against per match: | 0,92 | |
| Points scored (3 points for each win): - home: | 127/174 (72,99%) | |
| - away: | 84/168 (50,00%) | |
| - neutral field: | 45/93 (48,39%) | |
| Biggest win: | 12:0 - Bhutan | |
| Biggest defeat: | 0:7 - Japan | |
| Games without conceding goals: | 68 (46,9%) | |
| Games without goals scored: | 40 (27,59%) | |
| Wins with a big score: | 34 | |
| Defeats with a big score: | 6 | |
| Own goals (is scored/is passed) | 1 / 2 | |
| Cautions (on average per match) | 194 (1,34) | |
| Expulsions (on average per match) | 9 (0,06) | |
| - second yellow cards | 7 | |
| - straight red cards | 2 | |
| Players acted | 256 | |
| Attendance: in total (average) | 3 635 950 (28 406) | |
| Top scorer: | WU Lei (18 22 26) - 20 goals scored | |
| The greatest number of matches: | WU Lei (18 22 26) - 40 games | |