Awards and honours
Silver medal - 1996 Olympic Games, silver medal - 1999 Women's World Cup

General
EVER PRESENT
One of only five teams to have competed at every women's football tournament at the Olympic Games, China has a strong pedigree in women's football. After winning the silver medal at the inaugural tournament in 1996, China has failed to make it past the group stage at the past two Olympic Games. (fifa.com 24/10/07)

COACH PROBLEMS
In 2007 Ma Liangxing was forced to step down as head coach after suffering from heart problems. He had already been away from the team for several months before finally resigning. Sweden's Marika Domanski-Lyfors took over in March 2007 and became the first foreigner to coach the Chinese women's team. The Swede was in charge of the host nation at the 2007 Women's World Cup, leading the Chinese to the quarterfinals where they went down 1-0 to Norway. Four weeks later, in October 2007, Domanski-Lyfors resigned, citing health and family reasons. (IHT 23/10/07)

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The following results are included in the Competition Highlights field. There can be small discrepancies due to the lack of sources for certain results. Note that the results are sorted on rank within a competition.

Results in Last Olympic Cycle:
- All Placings at 2004 Olympic Games, FIFA World Cup 2006 and FIFA Women's World Cup 2007
- All Placings at FIFA U-20 World Cup and FIFA U-17 World Cup
- All Placings at Continental Championships

Historical Results (before OG 2004):
- All Placings at Olympic Games, FIFA World Cup and FIFA Women's World Cup
- All Placings at FIFA U-20 World Cup and FIFA U-17 World Cup