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The China national football team ( simplified Chinese : 中国国家足球队 ; traditional taiwanese : 中國國家足球隊 ; pinyin : Zhōngguó guójiā zúqiú duì, recognized as China PR by FIFA ) represents the People ‘s Republic of China in international association football and is governed by the Chinese Football Association.
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China won the EAFF East asian Cup in 2005 and 2010, was runner-up at the AFC asian Cup in 1984 and 2004, and made its sole FIFA World Cup appearance in 2002, losing all matches without scoring a goal .
history [edit ]
Republic of China ( 1913–1949 ) [edit ]
taiwanese Olympic football team in 1936 China ‘s first-ever external congressman match was arranged by Elwood Brown, president of the united states of the Philippine Athletic Association, who proposed the creation of the Far Eastern Championship Games, a multi-sport consequence considered to be a harbinger to the asian Games. [ 4 ] He invited China to participate in the inaugural address 1913 Far Eastern Championship Games held in the Philippines, which included association football within the schedule. To represent them, it was decided that the achiever of the football at the chinese National Games in 1910 should have the honor to represent the state, where it was won by South China Football Club. [ 5 ] The club ‘s founder and coach Mok Hing ( Chinese 莫慶 ) would become China ‘s first gear bus and on 4 February 1913 in a one-off tournament game held in the Manila he led China to a 2–1 get the better of against the Philippines national football team. [ 6 ] The political unrest of the Xinhai Revolution that mired China ‘s participation in the first tournament, particularly in renaming the team as Republic of China national football team, did not stop Shanghai being awarded the 1915 Far Eastern Championship Games. once again South China Football Club, now known as South China Athletic Association won the correct to represent the nation. This time in a two legged play-off against the Philippines, China won the first game 1–0 and then drew the moment 0–0 to win their beginning ever tournament. [ 7 ] With the games being the beginning and alone regional football tournament for national teams outside Britain, China looked to establish themselves as a regional powerhouse by winning a total of nine championships. [ 8 ] The Chinese Football Association was founded in 1924 and then was first gear affiliated with FIFA in 1931. [ 9 ] With these foundations in place China looked to establish themselves within the external stadium and along with Japan were the first asian sides to participate in the football at the Summer Olympics when they competed within the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Germany. At the tournament China were knocked out within their first game at the round of 16 when they were beaten by Great Britain Olympic football team 2–0 on 6 August 1936. [ 10 ] On 7 July 1937 the second Sino-Japanese War officially erupted, which saw the relations between China and Japan completely eroded particularly once it was announced that Japan would hold the 1938 Far Eastern Championship Games. [ 11 ] The tournament would be formally cancelled while Japan held their own tournament called the 2600th Anniversary of the japanese Empire, which included the japanese creature states Manchukuo and the collaborator National Reorganised Government of China based in concern Nanjing. But none of the top Chinese players competed in the japanese Empire anniversary games. [ 12 ] none of the games during the moment Sino-Japanese War are formally recognized and once the war ended on 9 September 1945 China looked to the Olympics once again for international recognition. On 2 August 1948 China competed in the football at the 1948 Summer Olympics where they were once again knocked out in the stopping point sixteen, this time by Turkey national football team in a 4–0 frustration. [ 13 ] When the players returned they found the state in the midst of the Chinese Civil War. When it ended, the team had been split into two, one called the People ‘s Republic of China national football team and the early called Republic of China national football team ( late renamed chinese Taipei home football team ). [ 14 ]
early on People ‘s Republic ( 1950–1976 ) [edit ]
The newly instated People ‘s Republic of China reformed CFA before having FIFA acknowledge their 1931 membership on 14 June 1952. [ 15 ] Finland, who were one of the first nations to hold diplomatic relations with China ‘s new government, invited the country to take function in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Li Fenglou would become the nation ‘s first permanent wave director to lead them in the tournament, however the taiwanese delegating was delayed and they missed the stallion competition, however the Finland home football team would still greet Li and the taiwanese team with a friendly game on 4 August 1952 making it People ‘s Republic of China ‘s official beginning game, which ended in a 4–0 defeat. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] In training for entering their first FIFA rival, China sent a young team to train in Hungary in 1954. [ 18 ] however, when they entered the 1958 FIFA World Cup reservation action China were knocked out by Indonesia. [ 19 ] On 7 June 1958, China stopped participating within any FIFA recognised football events when FIFA officially started to recognise the Republic of China as a different nation. [ 20 ] This sparked a diplomatic argument that had already seen China withdraw from the 1956 Summer Olympics for the same reasons. [ 21 ] For years the People ‘s Republic of China would entirely play in friendlies with nations who recognized them as the sole successor to the China mention. [ 19 ] On 25 October 1971 the United Nations would recognise the area as the exclusive successor to the China name in their General Assembly Resolution 2758 act. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] [ 24 ] In 1973 the team, which had been using the name Republic of China would rename themselves as taiwanese Taipei. [ 25 ] These acts would see China rejoin the international sport community, first by becoming a member of the Asian Football Confederation in 1974 and by rejoining FIFA again in 1979. [ 26 ]
1980–2009 : an asian power station [edit ]
The 1974 asian Games reintroduced the team spinal column into external football while the 1976 AFC asian Cup saw them came third. [ 27 ]
In 1980, China participated in the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualifiers for a moor in the 1982 World Cup, but they lost a play-off game against New Zealand. [ 28 ] During the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifiers for the 1986 World Cup, China faced Hong Kong at home plate in the final match of the beginning qualifying round on 19 May 1985 where China only needed a attract to progress. however, Hong Kong produced a 2–1 upset succeed which resulted in riots inside and outside the stadium in Beijing. [ 29 ] During the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, China again reached the final round. They barely missed out on qualifying as they conceded two goals in the final three minutes against Qatar in their final examination group match. [ 30 ] During the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifiers – when they were led by their foremost ever alien coach, Klaus Schlapner, silent, China get defeated by Yemen and Iraq in aside game- failed to reach the final round of qualifying, coming moment behind Iraq. [ 31 ] In 1987, the first chinese footballers moved overseas when future national team player Xie Yuxin joined FC Zwolle ( Netherlands ) and ex-national teamer Gu Guangming joined SV Darmstadt 98 ( Germany ). In 1988, national team captain Jia Xiuquan and striker Liu Haiguang both joined FK Partizan ( Yugoslavia ). [ 32 ] [ 33 ] After failing to reach the 1998 FIFA World Cup, China appointed serbian director Bora Milutinović as passenger car of the national team, and China saw its fortune increased. The country managed to take fourth-place finish in the 2000 AFC asian Cup where the taiwanese side performed well, and entirely fell to heavyweights Japan and South Korea by one goal margin. [ 34 ] The good performance in Lebanon boosted the confidence of chinese side, and in 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, China lost lone the last one and drew only one, winning all the remaining games, most notably an important 1–0 succeed over Oman, to last reach the 2002 FIFA World Cup, its first and merely World Cup up to go steady. [ 35 ] In the 2002 World Cup, China was drawn into death team along with the front-runner dogs Brazil, Turkey, Costa Rica, was eliminated after three matches without gaining a single item nor even scoring a finish during their participation in the tournament. [ 36 ] China hosted the 2004 AFC asian Cup, ultimately fell 1–3 to Japan in a final match. The couple ‘s result sparked anger among chinese supporters, who rioted in reaction to bad umpirage. [ 37 ] There were an estimated 250 million viewers for the couple, the largest single-event sports audience in the state ‘s history at that time. [ 38 ] After winning the 2005 East asian Football Championship following a 2–0 win against North Korea, [ 39 ] they started qualification for the 2007 AFC asian Cup. During this time, the team became the subject of huge criticism and national overplus in the media when they had managed to score lone one finish, Shao Jiayi ‘s penalty bang during injury time, against Singapore at home and lone managed a disembowel with Singapore in the away game. During preparations for the 2007 AFC asian Cup, the team spent the weeks leading up to the tournament on a tour of the United States. While the 4–1 personnel casualty to the United States was not unexpected, [ 40 ] a 1–0 loss to Major League Soccer side Real Salt Lake which finished bottom of the league in the 2007 temper caused serious refer. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] During the 2007 AFC asian Cup, the team played three group matches, winning against Malaysia, drawing with Iran after leading 2–1, and losing 3–0 to Uzbekistan. After senior high school expectations, China ‘s operation at the tournament drew criticism on-line which condemned the team ‘s members and evening the affiliation. Zhu was belated replaced as director by Vladimir Petrović after these performances. [ 43 ] Some commented that China ‘s reliance on foreign managers for the past ten had been an indicator of its poor domestic director development. [ 44 ] In June 2008, China failed to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, losing against Qatar and Iraq at home. After the 2008 Summer Olympics, Petrović was sacked as the director and Yin Tiesheng was announced as the team ‘s caretaker .
2010–present : stagnation [edit ]
Gao Hongbo era [edit ]
In April 2009, China appointed Gao Hongbo as the newly director, replacing Yin Tiesheng. His arrival saw China choose for a new scheme, turning towards grind passing tactics and adopting the 4–2–3–1 formation. It was noted that chinese footballers had relied excessively heavy on the long ball tactic for about a ten. Wei Di, the foreman of the Chinese Football Association, stressed that, “ Anytime, no matter win or loss, they must show their team spirit and courage. I hope, after one year ‘s effort, the home team can give the populace a new picture. ” [ 45 ] Gao was knocked out of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup ‘s group stage. His winning percentage ( 65 % ), the highest for a chinese coach since Nian Weisi ( 67.86 % ), did not defer the Chinese Football Association from replacing him with José Antonio Camacho in August 2011, less than a month before the qualification process for the 2014 FIFA World Cup .
appointee of José Antonio Camacho [edit ]
On 13 August 2011, José Antonio Camacho was appointed as the new coach of the team, signing a three-year deal for a reported annual wage of $ 8 million. [ 46 ] Wei Di, CFA head, explained the decisiveness as being part of a long-run design to help the nation catch up with rivals Japan and South Korea. He noted that, “ Compared with our neighbours Japan and South Korea, Chinese football is lagging far behind, we need to work with a long-run opinion and startle to catch up with a pragmatic sanction set about. A lot of our fans expect China to qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil. They are afraid that changing the coach at the last moment may cause bad effect to the team ‘s qualifying prognosis. I can wholly understand that. But we do not have any time to pine away. ” [ 47 ] Yu Hongchen, the vice-president of the Chinese Football Administrative Centre, besides stated, “ The qualify stage of 2014 World Cup is precisely a temp task for him. even if the undertaking is failed, Camacho will not lose the subcontract. When we started to find a newly coach for the national team, we chiefly focus on european countries such as Germany, the Netherlands and Spain. First of all, they have advanced football concepts, and second they have a fat young person discipline system, which we can learn from. We hope he can help us to find a desirable style. ” [ 47 ] Camacho managed a team to an 8–0 passing against Brazil on 10 September 2012 which would go on record as China ‘s biggest always external get the better of. This massive loss besides succumbed China to their worst always FIFA rank ( 109th ). [ 48 ] Camacho led China during their reservation process for the 2015 AFC asian Cup whereby losing the first group couple 2–1 to Saudi Arabia. [ 49 ] After a 5–1 loss against Thailand in a friendly, Camacho sacked a week as coach with Fu Bo assigned as the caretaker .
Alain Perrin and Gao Hongbo returns [edit ]
The taiwanese national team in Tehran before a 2018 WCQ equal with Iran After Camacho, there was Alain Perrin, who last led China to qualify for the 2015 AFC asian Cup, which besides included luck from the Thailand–Lebanon meet, in which Thailand lost but salvaged an crucial finish by Adisak Kraisorn to help improve China ‘s finish dispute with the Lebanese. [ 50 ] soon after that, Perrin led China into a series of friendlies, where some positive results against Macedonia, Kuwait, Paraguay and Thailand boosted some optimism. In the 2015 asian Cup, Perrin ‘s China was placed in a group with Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan and North Korea. China emerged victoriously in all three games, qualified for the knockout stage for the first time since the 2004 edition. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] [ 53 ] The taiwanese Dragons then lost to host Australia 0–2 with Tim Cahill scoring a brace. [ 54 ] Despite this, China ‘s 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers immediately represented a huge trouble for the taiwanese side ; they were held scoreless by Hong Kong at home twice, and lost to Qatar. Perrin was sacked for the team ‘s inadequate performance at the middle of the moment round following another scoreless absorb to Hong Kong, [ 55 ] and former coach Gao Hongbo returned to the character on 3 February 2016, where he had to face a undertaking of guiding China in at the expense of North Korea which had a better second-place ranking than China. Gao ‘s first base two matches were consecutive wins against Maldives and Qatar, and with North Korea abruptly slipping out against the Philippines, these results secured the team ‘s passage to the 2019 AFC asian Cup and entering the final examination modify stage for the World Cup. China continued their World Cup hunt by a 2–3 frustration to South Korea ; [ 56 ] and a scoreless trace to AFC ‘s then highest ranked Iran at family. [ 57 ] however, China followed that with a 0–1 personnel casualty at home to Syria and 0–2 away to Uzbekistan future month. Gao Hongbo resigned. His team had been winless in the inaugural four matches of the final qualify stage for the World Cup, including a home personnel casualty to Syria which was criticised by a count of fans. [ 58 ]
Lippi ‘s tenure [edit ]
On 22 October 2016, Marcello Lippi was appointed coach of the team ahead for the last stay matches. [ 59 ] A match learn China get the better of South Korea for the first time in a FIFA-sanctioned tournament, amidst the heat of tensions over South Korea ‘s deployment of THAAD. [ 60 ] however, China ‘s away loss to Iran and a 2–2 draw to Syria meant China was unable to compete with and dragged behind by Syria who managed a 2–2 draw with Iran and not to be qualified for the 2018 World Cup under Lippi ‘s tenure, but improvements could be seen following two late wins over Uzbekistan and Qatar. [ 61 ] Lippi led the side during the final stage of the 2019 AFC asian Cup, where China won 2–1 to Kyrgyzstan and 3–0 to Philippines, before losing 2–0 to group leaders South Korea on 16 January. [ 62 ] China then beat Thailand 2–1 to earn a stead in the quarter-finals, where it was knocked 3–0 out by Iran ; Lippi subsequently confirmed his passing. [ 63 ] Another italian, Fabio Cannavaro was appointed as the adjacent China ‘s coach in junction with coaching Guangzhou Evergrande but he stepped down after only two matches. [ 64 ] Lacked of choice in searching for a fresh coach, CFA reappointed Marcello Lippi. [ 65 ] To improve the team, China had begun a series of naturalization on foreign-based players, with Nico Yennaris, an English-born Cypriot, [ 66 ] and Tyias Browning, another English-born musician, being naturalized. [ 67 ] Subsequently, Elkeson, a brazilian player with no chinese ancestry, was naturalized. [ 68 ] Despite the action of naturalization, the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification for China proved to be rockier than expected, the team could only beat the Maldives and Guam, before being held scoreless in the Philippines and followed with a denting 1–2 away personnel casualty to Syria, and Lippi resigned as coach. [ 69 ]
Li Tie ‘s era [edit ]
erstwhile 2002 FIFA World Cup player, Li Tie, was appointed coach of China in July 2020, with a undertaking to guide China to the third base circle, as China has been trailing behind Syria by five points. [ 70 ] Under Li ‘s tenure, China was unable to reclaim its first place ascribable to unpromising former results, however, China managed to win all of their stay fixtures, including an important 2–0 win over the Philippines and notably, a 3–1 gain over Syria, to guarantee China as the best second-place team, therefore reaching the final examination phase. [ 71 ] [ 72 ]
team image [edit ]
The team is colloquially termed “ Dragon ‘s team ” ( chinese : 龙之队 ; pinyin : Lóng zhī duì ), [ 73 ] “ Team China ” ( chinese : 中国队 ), the “ National team ” ( chinese : 国家队 ) or “ Guózú “ ( chinese : 国足, short for taiwanese : 国家足球队 ; pinyin : Guójiā Zúqiú Duì ; fall. ‘national football team ‘ ). [ 74 ]
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China ‘s home kit out is traditionally all red with a white tailored while their aside kit is traditionally an anatropous translation of the home kit, fully white with a red shave. During the 1996 AFC asian Cup, China employed a third kit out which was all blue with a white spare and was used against Saudi Arabia during the tournament. [ 75 ] The team has besides started to use cooling vests in certain strong climates. [ 76 ] After decades of having Adidas producing the team ‘s kits, China ‘s current kit out has been produced and manufactured by Nike since 2015 .
Kit supplier
Period
Contract
announcement
Contract
duration
Value
Notes
Adidas
1991–2014
Nike
2015–present
2015-01-03
2015–2026 (11 years)
$16 million per year
[77][78]
Rivalries [edit ]
Japan [edit ]
The competition with Japan was exemplified after 3–1 get the better of to this opposition in the 2004 AFC asian Cup Final when chinese fans began to riot near the north gate of the Worker ‘s Stadium. [ 79 ] The carouse was said to be provoked by controversial officiating during the tournament and the heightened anti-Japanese sentiment at the time. China ‘s most late tournament converge with Japan was at the 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship where Japan won 2–1. China went on to finish as third-place in the tournament, while Japan finished 2nd .
South Korea [edit ]
Another competition with fellow neighbour South Korea who China played 27 matches against between 1978 and 2010, without winning a individual couple. The media coined the term “ Koreaphobia “ to describe this phenomenon, but China last registered its first win against South Korea on 10 February 2010, winning 3–0 during the 2010 East asian Football Championship and finally going on to win the tournament .
Hong Kong [edit ]
A competition with Hong Kong has been created ascribable to political tension during 2018 World Cup reservation. With Hong Kong fans booing the chinese national anthem, which Team Hong Kong share with Team China, 2018 World Cup modifier matches were besides very tense with both matches resulting in 0–0 draws. Prior to the competition buildup, Hong Kong was not considered as a worthy adversary due to lack of success comparing to China .
Results and fixtures [edit ]
The be is a list of match results in the last 12 months, deoxyadenosine monophosphate well as any future matches that have been scheduled .
2021 [edit ]
2022 [edit ]
China PR
volt TBD June 2022
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EAFF E-1 Football Championship vTBD, JapanTBD
Report (EAFF)
Stadium: TBDChina PR v TBD June 2022
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EAFF E-1 Football Championship vTBD, JapanTBD
Report (EAFF)
Stadium: TBDChina PR v TBD June 2022
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EAFF E-1 Football Championship vTBD, JapanTBD
Report (EAFF)
Stadium: TBD
- 1 : Non FIFA ‘A’ international match
Coaching staff [edit ]
Coaching history [edit ]
- As of 3 December 2021
Players [edit ]
current squad [edit ]
The following players were called up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Oman and Australia on 11 and 16 November 2021 respectively. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] [ 84 ] [ 85 ]
Caps and goals are correct as of 16 November 2021, after the match against Australia.
late call-ups [edit ]
The following players have besides been called up to the police squad within the last twelve months .
individual records [edit ]
- As of 16 November 2021.[86]
- Players in bold are still active with China.
coach records [edit ]
- Most manager appearances
- Gao Fengwen: 56
team records [edit ]
- Biggest victory
- 19–0 vs. Guam, 26 January 2000
competitive record [edit ]
FIFA World Cup [edit ]
China has entirely appeared at one World Cup with the appearance being in the 2002 FIFA World Cup where they finished bottomland of the group which included a 4–0 loss to Brazil. [ 87 ]
Qualification record
Year
Round
Position
Pld
W
D*
L
GF
GA
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
1930
Did not enter
Declined participation
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
Did not qualify
3
1
1
1
4
5
1962
Did not enter
Declined participation
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
Did not qualify
10
6
2
2
17
6
1986
6
4
1
1
23
2
1990
11
7
0
4
18
9
1994
8
6
0
2
18
4
1998
14
8
3
3
24
16
2002
Group stage
31st
3
0
0
3
0
9
14
12
1
1
38
5
2006
Did not qualify
6
5
0
1
14
1
2010
8
3
3
2
14
4
2014
8
5
0
3
23
9
2018
18
8
5
5
35
11
2022
To be determined
14
7
3
4
37
14
2026
Total
Group stage
1/21
3
0
0
3
0
9
120
72
19
29
253
86
AFC asian Cup [edit ]
Qualification record
Year
Round
Position
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
1956
Did not enter
Did not enter
1960
Did not enter
Did not enter
1964
Did not enter
Did not enter
1968
Did not enter
Did not enter
1972
Did not enter
Did not enter
1976
Third place
3rd
4
1
1
2
2
4
5
4
0
1
14
4
1980
Group stage
7th
4
1
1
2
9
5
3
2
0
1
5
2
1984
Runners-up
2nd
6
4
0
2
11
4
4
4
0
0
15
0
1988
Fourth place
4th
6
2
2
2
7
5
5
2
3
0
10
1
1992
Third place
3rd
5
1
3
1
6
6
3
3
0
0
7
0
1996
Quarter-finals
8th
4
1
0
3
6
7
3
3
0
0
16
1
2000
Fourth place
4th
6
2
2
2
11
7
3
3
0
0
29
0
2004
Runners-up
2nd
6
3
2
1
13
6
Qualified as hosts
2007
Group stage
9th
3
1
1
1
7
6
6
3
2
1
7
3
2011
9th
3
1
1
1
4
4
6
4
1
1
13
5
2015
Quarter-finals
7th
4
3
0
1
5
4
6
2
2
2
5
6
2019
6th
5
3
0
2
7
7
8
5
2
1
27
1
2023
Qualified as hosts
2*
2
0
0
12
0
Total
13/18
0 Titles
55
23
13
20
88
65
52
35
10
7
148
23
- * automatic qualification as hosts; but compete in qualification process because of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.
summer Olympics [edit ]
Year
Result
Pos
1900 to 
1928
Did not enter
1936
First round
12
1
0
0
1
0
2
1948
14
1
0
0
1
0
4
1952 to 1956
Withdrew after qualifying
1960 to 1976
Not an IOC member
1980 to 1984
Did not qualify
1988
First round
14
3
0
1
2
0
5
Total
3/25
–
5
0
1
4
0
11
For 1992 to 2016, see China national under-23 football team
asian Games [edit ]
Year
Result
Rank
1951
Did not enter
1954
Did not enter
1958
Did not enter
1962
Did not enter
1966
Did not enter
1970
Did not enter
1974
First round
10
3
1
0
2
7
4
1978
Third place
3
7
5
0
2
16
5
1982
Quarter-finals
7
4
2
1
1
4
3
1986
8
4
2
1
1
10
7
1990
6
4
2
0
2
8
4
1994
Runners-up
2
7
5
1
1
16
8
1998
Third place
3
8
6
0
2
24
7
Total*
7/13
–
37
23
3
11
85
38
* Including 1998 onwards ( until 2010 ) For 2002 to 2018, see China national under-23 football team
EAFF East asian Cup [edit ]
Year
Result
Pos
*
2003
Third place
3
3
1
0
2
3
4
2005
Champions
1
3
1
2
0
5
3
2008
Third place
3
3
1
0
2
5
5
2010
Champions
1
3
2
1
0
5
0
2013
Runners-up
2
3
1
2
0
7
6
2015
2
3
1
1
1
3
3
2017
Third place
3
3
0
2
1
4
5
2019
Third place
3
3
1
0
2
3
3
Total
–
24
8
8
8
35
29
neck and neck record [edit ]
- As of 7 September 2021[88]
- All matches before the founding of Chinese Football Association in 1924 are not counted as A-level match by FIFA:
Nations
First Played
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Confederation
Australia
1923
6
1
1
4
9
19
−10
AFC
Japan
1917
3
3
0
0
14
1
+13
AFC
Hong Kong
1923
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
AFC
Philippines
1913
10
6
2
2
15
6
+9
AFC
Total
1913
20
10
4
6
39
27
+12
All
Honours [edit ]
Continental [edit ]
regional [edit ]
minor tournaments [edit ]
See besides [edit ]
Notes [edit ]
References [edit ]
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