About this episode

The episode discusses the failures of the Chinese men's soccer team to qualify for the FIFA World Cup and the investments made in the Chinese Super League over the years.

Despite the extra places on offer at this year’s expanded FIFA World Cup Finals, the Chinese men’s soccer team once again failed to qualify, continuing a series of disappointments dating back to 2002, when China made its only appearance at the tournament after extra slots were freed up by the host nations, Japan and South Korea, qualifying automatically. Over the past two decades vast sums have been poured into the Chinese Super League, which for a while attracted many foreign stars and manag...

Topics covered

• football
• China
• sports disappointment
• FIFA World Cup
• Chinese Super League

Keywords

• China
• FIFA World Cup
• soccer
• Chinese Super League
• sports
• football

Mentioned in this episode

Places: China, Japan, South Korea

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