The first international game against a non-Asian team was versus Greenland, which took place in Denmark.

Jens Espense was hired by the Tibetan Football Association to coach the team for the match.

A number of players were subsequently dropped due to improper travel documents.

[citation needed] After a month, the team flew to Denmark for its first international game, which was organized by Michael Nybrandt.

And on June 30, 2001, the Tibetan National Football Team played its first international match in which it lost 1– 4 against Greenland.

For the first time in its history, the Tibetan selection participated in the ConIFA World Football Cup in 2018 by qualifying with the wild card.