The invention discloses a remote control device matching method and a remote control device matching system for a household appliance. The method comprises the following steps: connecting a remote control device with a router by a network to acquire router information and generate a matching instruction; encoding the matching instruction by virtue of the remote control device and sending the codes to the household appliance in a wireless manner; receiving the codes by the household appliance and decoding to acquire a matching instruction; searching the router by the household appliance according to the matching instruction, binding and matching with the remote control device. By utilizing the remote control device, the matching instruction is sent to the household appliance by a common remote control signal, and the household appliance achieves the binding with the router according to the instruction and is matched with the remote control device. The matching method is easy, convenient and quick to operate; matching marks such as two-dimension codes are not needed to be set on the household appliance, so that the production cost is reduced.