China | World Cup | Competitions
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | G | W‑D‑L | GF‑GA | Reached |
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| 2026 | 2‑1 | 0‑3 | 2‑2 | 4‑1 | ‑ | ‑ | 4 | 2‑1‑1 | 8‑7 | |||||||||||||
| 2022 | 5‑0 | 7‑0 | 0‑0 | 1‑2 | 7‑0 | 2‑0 | 5‑0 | 3‑1 | 0‑3 | 0‑1 | 3‑2 | 2‑3 | 1‑1 | 1‑1 | 0‑2 | 1‑3 | 1‑1 | 0‑2 | 18 | 7‑4‑7 | 39‑22 | Did not qualify |
| 2018 | 6‑0 | 0‑0 | 3‑0 | 0‑1 | 12‑0 | 0‑0 | 4‑0 | 2‑0 | 2‑3 | 0‑0 | 0‑1 | 0‑2 | 0‑0 | 1‑0 | 0‑1 | 2‑2 | 1‑0 | 2‑1 | 18 | 8‑5‑5 | 35‑11 | Did not qualify |
| 2014 | 7‑2 | 6‑1 | 2‑1 | 1‑2 | 0‑1 | 0‑1 | 4‑0 | 3‑1 | 8 | 5‑0‑3 | 23‑9 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||
| 2010 | 7‑0 | 4‑0 | 1‑1 | 0‑0 | 0‑0 | 0‑1 | 1‑2 | 1‑0 | 8 | 3‑3‑2 | 14‑4 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||
| 2006 | 1‑0 | 1‑0 | 4‑0 | 1‑0 | 0‑1 | 7‑0 | 6 | 5‑0‑1 | 14‑1 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||
| 2002 | 10‑1 | 1‑0 | 4‑0 | 5‑1 | 3‑1 | 2‑0 | 3‑0 | 2‑0 | 1‑1 | 2‑0 | 1‑0 | 1‑0 | 3‑0 | 0‑1 | 0‑2 | 0‑4 | 0‑3 | 17 | 12‑1‑4 | 38‑14 | Group stage | |
| 1998 | 4‑1 | 1‑0 | 3‑1 | 1‑0 | 0‑0 | 4‑0 | 2‑4 | 1‑1 | 1‑0 | 2‑1 | 1‑4 | 2‑3 | 1‑1 | 1‑0 | 14 | 8‑3‑3 | 24‑16 | Did not qualify | ||||
| 1994 | 5‑0 | 3‑0 | 0‑1 | 0‑1 | 3‑0 | 4‑1 | 1‑0 | 2‑1 | 8 | 6‑0‑2 | 18‑4 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||
| 1990 | 2‑0 | 3‑0 | 2‑0 | 2‑0 | 2‑3 | 2‑0 | 2‑1 | 1‑2 | 0‑1 | 1‑0 | 1‑2 | 11 | 7‑0‑4 | 18‑9 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 1986 | 0‑0 | 4‑0 | 8‑0 | 4‑0 | 6‑0 | 1‑2 | 6 | 4‑1‑1 | 23‑2 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||
| 1982 | 1‑0 | 3‑0 | 1‑0 | 0‑0 | 4‑2 | 0‑0 | 0‑1 | 3‑0 | 4‑2 | 2‑0 | 0‑1 | 1‑2 | 12 | 7‑2‑3 | 19‑8 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 1958 | 0‑2 | 4‑3 | 0‑0 | 3 | 1‑1‑1 | 4‑5 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||
| Home games in bold. Neutral-site matches in italics. Data from RSSSF. | ||||||||||||||||||||||