In June the Republic of China women's basketball team took part in the Asian Women's Basketball Championship for the first time since pulling out of the competition 12 years ago. In one stroke, the ROC team won third place in the tournament and a berth in the women's World Cup basketball championship.
六月間，我國女子籃球隊參加在退出亞洲盃十二年來的第一次比賽，一舉而奪第三名，取得參加世界盃比賽的資格﹘ ﹘這是今年女籃所爆出的第一個「冷門」。