Sports

2017 Gree China Cup International Football Championship

Date: Jan 14-15 - 7:35 pm

Venue: Guangxi Sports Center Stadium

Price: 80-380 yuan

The Chinese national football team, recognized as China PR by FIFA, is the national association football team of the People's Republic of China and is governed by the Chinese Football Association. The team is colloquially referred to as "Team China", the "National Team" or "Guozu". China has won the EAFF East Asian Cup twice in 2005 and 2010 and have been runners-up at the AFC Asian Cup twice in 1984 and 2004. Although China failed to score a goal in their FIFA World Cup debut appearance during the 2002 FIFA World Cup, losing all their matches, qualifying for the tournament has been considered the greatest accomplishment in the country's football history. Although modern football lacks a distinguished history in China, there were an estimated 250 million viewers for the 2004 AFC Asian Cup Final, which China lost 3-1 to archrivals Japan, the largest single-event sports audience in the country's history at that time.

Contact: 400-610-3721

(China Daily 01/14/2017 page20)