Soccer World Cup 2019 / China

Football Women's World Cup 2019 : PRC
Trainer	Jia Xiuquan
captain	Wu Haiyan
Qualified as	Third in the 2018 Asian Cup
Tournament result	Round of 16
Games won	1
Games tie	1
Games lost	2
Gates	1: 3

This article covers the Chinese national women's soccer team at the 2019 women's soccer world cup in France . The People's Republic of China participated in the finals for the seventh time. She needed the fewest games to qualify: after two games, by reaching the semi-finals of the Asian Cup, participation in the World Cup was certain. The remaining games at the Asian Cup only served to determine the placement. At the World Cup, the team did not reach the quarter-finals for the first time.

qualification

As before, the Asian Cup , which was held in Jordan in 2018, served as qualification for the World Cup finals for the Asian teams . As third in the previous event, the PR China was automatically qualified.

For the championship nominated coach Sigurdur Ragnar Eyjólfsson 23 players, including 14 players who have the squad had heard for the World Cup, 2015.

The Chinese team won their first game 4-0 against Thailand . This was followed by a 3-0 win against the Philippines , which meant that the team qualified for the semi-finals and became the first team after host France for the World Cup. In the final group game, hosts Jordan were beaten 8-1. The opponent in the semi-finals was defending champion Japan . The Chinese fell behind in the 39th minute. More goals came only in the final phase, when the Japanese first scored two goals, before China reduced it to 1: 3 in the 90th minute. In the game for third place, the opening opponent Thailand was again the opponent and the Chinese secured third place with a 3-1 as four years earlier.

Only the two substitute goalkeepers were not used in the tournament, eight players took part in all five games.

The Chinese players scored a total of 18 goals and also benefited from an own goal by a Jordanian in the group game. The most goals for the Chinese team were scored by Li Ying (7, making it the tournament's top scorer), Song Duan and Wang Shuang (4 each). A total of six Chinese players scored in the tournament.

Group games

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	People's Republic of China	3	3	0	0	015: 100	+14	09
2.	Thailand	3	2	0	1	009: 600	+3	06th
3.	Philippines	3	1	0	2	003: 700	−4	03
4th	Jordan	3	0	0	3	003:160	−13	00

April 6th 2018, Amman International Stadium in Amman
People's Republic of China	-	Thailand	4: 0 (0: 0)	Song Duan (2), Wang Shuang , Li Ying
April 9th ​​2018, King Abdullah II Stadium in Amman
Philippines	-	People's Republic of China	0: 3 (0: 2)	Li Ying (2), Ma Jun
April 12th 2018, Amman International Stadium in Amman
Jordan	-	People's Republic of China	1: 8 (1: 2)	Wang Shuang (3), Li Ying (2), Song Duan, Tang Jiali, Yasmeen Khair (own goal); Sarah Abu-Sabbah

Semifinals

17th April 2018

People's Republic of China

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Japan

1: 3 (0: 1)

Li Ying; Yokoyama (2), Iwabuchi

3rd place match

April 20, 2018

People's Republic of China

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Thailand

3: 1 (0: 0)

Li Ying, Wang Shanshan, Song Duan; Rattican Thongsombut

preparation

In June 2018, the Chinese traveled to the USA for two games, which they lost 0: 1 and 1: 2 to the world champions. In August, they took part in the Asian Games, beating Hong Kong 7-0, Tajiskistan 16-0 and North Korea 2-0 in the group stage . In the semifinals they prevailed 1-0 against the Republic of China / Taiwan , then lost 1-0 to Japan in the final. There were also 11 players from the Asian Cup squad and Wang Shanshan was the top scorer with 12 goals. In October the Chinese hosted the four-nation tournament , which they won with a goalless draw against Portugal and wins against Finland (2-1) and Thailand (2-0). At the beginning of December they won the second qualifying round for the East Asian Championship 10-0 against Mongolia , 6-0 against Hong Kong and 2-0 against the Republic of China / Taiwan, with Wang Shanshan being the best player and also the best scorer with a total of six goals. On January 17th, the Chinese defeated African champions Nigeria 3-0 in the semifinals in Wuhua at the four-nation tournament and won 1-0 in the final against South Korea on 20th . At the end of February / beginning of March China took part in the Algarve Cup again, where they met Denmark and Norway . After two defeats against the two European teams, the Chinese met European champions Netherlands in the game for 11th place . Here they lost after a 1: 1 the penalty shootout with 2: 4 and finished last. On April 4th they won a four-nation tournament in Wuhan in the semi-finals against Russia 4-1 and on April 7th the final against World Cup participants Cameroon 1-0. On May 31, the Chinese lost 2-1 to World Cup hosts France in Créteil .

Squad

No.	Player	birth date	debut	society	Country games	Country goals	Last use	World Cup games, goals	World Cup 2019
									Sp.
goal
1	Xu Huan	03/06/1999	?	Beijing BSU	001	00	?
12	Peng Shimeng	05/12/1998	2017	Jiangsu Suning FC	014th	00	05/31/2019		4th
18th	Bi Xiaolin	09/18/1989	2016	Dalian Quanjian WFC	035	00	04.03.2019
Defense
3	Liu Shanshan (劉 杉杉)	March 16, 1992	2014	Beijing BSU	109	01	05/31/2019	5 (2015)	3		1
3	Lin Yuping	02/28/1992	2018	Wuhan Jiangda Univ.	012	00	05/31/2019		4th
5	Wu Haiyan (吳海燕)	02/26/1993	2014	Wuhan Jiangda Univ.	113	00	05/31/2019	5 (2015)	4th
8th	Li Jiayue (李佳悦)	06/08/1990	2014	Shanghai WFC	067	02	03/06/2019	0 (2015)
13	Wang Yan	08/22/1991	2018	Beijing BSU	026th	00	05/31/2019		3
14th	Wang Ying	11/18/1997	2019	Wuhan Jiangda Univ.	003	00	05/31/2019
16	Li Wen	02/21/1989	2017	Dalian Quanjian WFC	031	03	05/31/2019		1		1
midfield
06th	Han Peng (韓鵬)	December 20, 1989	2014	Guangdong Huijun WFC	093	04th	08/31/2018	5 (2015)	4th
19th	Tan Ruyin (譚茹殷)	07/17/1994	2014	Guangdong Huijun WFC	051	01	05/31/2019	5 (2015)	1
20th	Zhang Rui (張睿)	January 17, 1989	2010	Changchun Volkswagen	144	24	05/31/2019	1 (2015)	4th
21st	Yao Wei	09/01/1997	2017	Wuhan Jiangda Univ.	013	03	05/31/2019		4th
22nd	Luo Guiping	04/20/1993	?	Guangdong Huijun WFC	001	00	?
23	Liu Yanqiu	December 31, 1995	?	Wuhan Jiangda Univ.	002	00	?
attack
04th	Lou Jiahui (娄佳惠)	05/26/1991	2008	Henan Jianye WFC	111	04th	05/31/2019	4 (2015)	2
07th	Wang Shuang (王 霜)	01/23/1995		Paris Saint-Germain	095	26th	05/31/2019	4 (2015)	4th		1
09	Li Yang	01/31/1991	2014	Jiangsu Suning WFC	058	31	05/31/2019		4th		1
10	Li Ying (李 影)	01/07/1993	2014	Guangdong Huijun WFC	107	26th	05/31/2019	2 (2015)	3	1
11	Wang Shanshan (王珊珊)	01/27/1990	2014	Dalian Quanjian WFC	131	45	05/31/2019	5.2 (2015)	4th		1
15th	Song Duan	08/02/1995	2017	Dalian Quanjian WFC	022nd	07th	05/31/2019		2
17th	Gu Yasha (古雅莎)	11/28/1990	2008	Beijing BSU	116	13	05/31/2019	2 (2015)	4th
Coaching staff
Trainer	Jia Xiuquan	11/9/1963	2018	CFA					4th
Remarks: ↑ According to FIFA squad list ↑ As of May 2019 ↑ a b Status: Before the 2019 World Cup

draw

Le Havre Paris Rennes

Chinese women play venues

For the World Cup group draw that took place on December 8, 2018, China was allocated Pot 3 based on its placement in the FIFA world rankings on December 7, 2018. The team could meet world champions USA, Germany or host France. Due to the mode, she could not face any of the four other teams of the Asian Association. Ultimately, the team was drawn from the former German national coach Steffi Jones of the German team. In addition, Spain and South Africa were drawn into the only group without a current continental champion.

China is the third most common opponent of German women. In 30 games so far, the Chinese have won eight times. Six games ended in a draw, 16 were lost, including 8-0, the biggest defeat ever. At the world championships, both met once, in the semifinals in 1995 and China lost 1-0. Most recently, they both met in the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games and China also lost this game 1-0. The last victory came on March 1, 2006 in Homburg , where the Chinese won 1-0. There were only two games against Spain, which were lost 3-1 and 2-1 on home soil in September 2015. There were two big home wins against South Africa in September 2003 (8-0 and 13-0, the highest win of an Asian team against an African team), a 5-0 win in Amsterdam in July 2009 and a 2-0 win in the 2016 Olympic preliminary round.

Group games

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	3	0	0	006-000	+6	09
2.	Spain	3	1	1	1	003: 200	+1	04th
3.	People's Republic of China	3	1	1	1	001: 100	± 0	04th
4th	South Africa	2	0	0	2	001: 800	−7	00

Sat., June 8, 2019 in Rennes
Germany	-	People's Republic of China	1: 0 (0: 0)
Thursday, June 13, 2019 in Paris
South Africa	-	People's Republic of China	0: 1 (0: 1)
Mon., June 17, 2019 in Le Havre
People's Republic of China	-	Spain	0-0

KoRunde

Tue., June 25, 2019 in Montpellier
Italy	-	People's Republic of China	2: 0 (1: 0)

Awards

• Li Ying - player of the game in the group game China against South Africa (1-0)
• Peng Shimeng - Player of the game in the group game China against Spain (0-0)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ fifa.com: Pot allocation for World Cup draw according to the latest world rankings