The 2002 World Cup was jointly held by South Korea and Japan. Japan directly occupied the host position, while South Korea occupied the position of 1 in the Asian Division. In this context, there are only 2.5 places left in the Asian Division.
In the Asian regional qualifiers, China football first advanced to 10, but in the lottery of 10, it avoided Iran and Saudi Arabia, and finally won the first place in Group B with a record of 6 wins 1 draw 1 negative, and directly advanced to the World Cup, which is the first time in the history of China football team (men's soccer team).
In the World Cup, China was placed in Group C along with Brazil, Turkey and Costa Rica. In terms of strength, China is the weakest team in the group. As a new soldier playing the World Cup for the first time, China didn't dare to hold too much hope at that time, and set a gradual goal of "scoring one goal, accumulating one point and winning one game".
Introduction to the 2002 World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea and Japan was the17th World Cup jointly held by Korea and Japan. A total of 32 teams participated in the competition, which was held in 65438 cities in Korea 10 from May 3 to June 30, 2002.