Template:China FIFA World Cup record
| Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | F | A | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | ||
 1930
|
Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | ||||||||||||||
| 1934 to 1954 | Did not enter | Declined participation | ||||||||||||||
 1958
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Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||
| 1962 to 1978 | Did not enter | Declined participation | ||||||||||||||
 1982
|
Did not qualify | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 8 | |||||||||
 1986
|
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 2 | ||||||||||
 1990
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11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 9 | ||||||||||
 1994
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8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 4 | ||||||||||
 1998
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14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 16 | ||||||||||
  2002
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Group stage | 31st | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 5 | ||
 2006
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Did not qualify | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | |||||||||
 2010
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8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 4 | ||||||||||
 2014
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8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 9 | ||||||||||
 2018
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18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 11 | ||||||||||
 2022
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18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 22 | ||||||||||
 2026
|
To be determined | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |||||||||
  2030
|
To be determined | |||||||||||||||
 2034
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| Total | Group stage | 1/21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 130 | 75 | 21 | 34 | 277 | 103 | ||