2004年1月19日,中国女篮在日本仙台进行的第二十届亚洲女篮锦标赛决战中以92:80击败日本队,蝉联冠军,主力后卫苗立杰获得了本届亚锦赛的最有价值球员称号,在猴年到来之际为中国体育取得了开门红,中国队也获得了参加今年雅典奥运会的资格。令人遗憾的是,中国队预赛中以77:80负于老对手韩国队,使这次仙台之旅未能划上一个圆满句号。 January 19, 2004, the Chinese women’s basketball team in Sendai, Japan, the twentieth Asian Women’s Basketball Championship decisive battle 92:80 to defeat the Japanese team won the championship, the main guard Miao Lijie won the most Asian Championships Valuable player title, made a good start for the Chinese sports in the Year of the Monkey, the Chinese team also won the Athens Olympic Games this year to qualify. Regrettably, the Chinese team preliminaries to 77:80 defeat against the old rivals Korea team, so this trip to Sendai failed to draw a successful conclusion.