China football has achieved the best and worst results since the competition.

The best result was being drawn into the World Cup in 2002 (the opponents in the qualifiers were weak).

China entered the World Cup finals with great joy and met Brazil (the champion), Costa Rica and Turkey (the third runner-up).

China lost 9 goals and scored 0 goals 0:4 0:2 0:3, respectively, and was beaten into a sieve.

The worst qualifying group didn't show up (Singapore lost to Qatar). . . . )

China football has thus become one of the third-rate teams in Asia.