Chinese soccer development history

The history of soccer development in China is divided into: the history of soccer in ancient China and the history of soccer in present China, as follows:

History of Soccer in Ancient China:

Soccer, the earliest origin of the game is in China. In the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, there was "cuju" or "collapse bow". The earliest version of the saying can be found in the "Strategies of the Warring States - Qi Ce": "Lin Fu is very lucky and the real... Jiu". In the Han Dynasty, due to the social and economic prosperity, Cuju was developed even more, and was played by almost ten thousand people.

The Tang Dynasty was the heyday of cuju. By the Song Dynasty, the two-goal kicking method had disappeared, and one goal or no goal was mainly popular. This way the sport's technicality and entertainment have been enhanced. Qing Dynasty due to national customs, very much like in the ice Cuju (the earliest ice hockey). Play when divided into two teams, each team of dozens of people, after the ball thrown up, the two teams compete to kick, to the ball in their own side of the players' feet to pass for fun.

China's modern soccer history:

After the founding of New China, China's national team had collectively went to Hungary to study, and with the return of 1958, but unfortunately the impact of the 1958 World Cup finals failed to strike a blow. In the following time, there was a decade of "Cultural Revolution", in an era of "politics first", soccer was banned. After reform and opening up, Su Yongshun led China's failed attempt to reach the final round of the 1982 World Cup.

On May 19, 1985, China lost the right to qualify for the World Cup because it lost to Hong Kong at home in the World Cup qualifiers. 1988 Olympic Games and 1990 World Cup, China's team passed by. 1979 began the reform and opening up to the outside world, but soccer and "foreign coach" of the "close contact again". "The first time I've ever seen this, I've never seen it again," he said.

In 1992, the Chinese team will seek to open up the development of Schlapner, but the impact of the 1994 World Cup final round and again failed. 1994, China's professional soccer league launched, which means that China's soccer has entered a new period.

Qi Wusheng in 1997, "know that can not be and for", the impact of the World Cup force is not from, so the tragic defeat of Dalian Jinzhou, the country continues to disappoint.

Chinese women's football was established in 1982, but for a long time women's soccer is not popular in China, is still in a dispensable subordinate position, the system and way of thinking is still stuck in the era of professional sports, the first generation of women's football players are still active on the field. Only in the 1996 Olympic Games, 1999 World Cup Chinese women's soccer twice unsuccessful impact on the championship, after the second place, the country only set off a certain women's soccer fever.

China won nine consecutive Far Eastern Games from 1915 to 1934 and was a finalist for the Olympics twice, in 1936 and 1948. By this time, Chinese soccer was the dominant force in Asia.

Extended information:

Achievements of Chinese soccer:

1. In 1959, the Chinese national team defeated the Hungarian Olympic team.

2. In 1959, the Chinese soccer team won the second place in the "Sino-Soviet-Hungarian Soccer Match" held in Beijing on the 10th anniversary of China's founding.

3. In 1960, the Chinese soccer team won the championship in the "China, Korea, Vietnam and Mongolia Soccer Match".

4. In 1966, the Chinese soccer team won the second place in the Asian Emerging Power Games.

5. In 1976, the Chinese soccer team won the third place in the Sixth Asian Cup.

6. In 1978, the Chinese soccer team won the third place in the soccer competition of the Eighth Asian Games.

7. In 1984, the Chinese soccer team won the second place in the 8th Asian Cup, which was the best result won by the Chinese soccer team in major international competitions in Asia since the founding of China.

8. In 1987, the Chinese soccer team won the right to qualify for the group of the XXIV Olympic Games. Although it did not qualify for the group in the final stage, it finally realized its ambition to break out of Asia.

9. In 1992, the Chinese soccer team won the third place in the 10th Asian Cup.

10. In 1994, the Chinese soccer team won the silver medal in the 11th Asian Games.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Chinese Football