When did China start to participate in the World Cup?

China entered the World Cup in 2002. This is China's 1 th participation in the World Cup. In the 202 1 10 tournament, China beat the football teams from the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Uzbekistan and Qatar, and entered the official World Cup two rounds earlier. China has met Costa Rica in the group stage since it entered the competition stage in 2002. Turkey and Brazil were eliminated by only one goal in the group stage, ranking second from the bottom among the top 32, and Saudi Arabia ranked first from the bottom with 1. Since then, China has never entered the World Cup, but was eliminated in the World Cup qualifiers. China Football Team History China Men's Football Team was formally established in 1924, and joined FIFA in 193 1 year. After that, it began to participate in various international football competitions, including the World Cup. China participated in many major international competitions, and/kloc-0 participated in the Asian Cup in 1976. 1984 won the runner-up in two Asian cup competitions in 2002, and the highest honor was to enter the world cup finals in 2002 1 time. China's trip to the World Cup was quite bumpy. Although he participated in the preliminary round for many times, he was eliminated in the group stage. 20 17 Asia's top 12 In the third round, Qatar football team was eliminated due to points problems. The closest time to the World Cup was in the third round of the Asian Cup on 20 19. China lost 2-0 to South Korea, finished second in the group stage, and successfully entered the Asian Cup, but did not enter the final of the Asian Cup.