In world-class competition, China's women's volleyball team won the World Cup in November 2003, beating Japan 3-0 in the finals to finish the tournament with a perfect record. The Chinese women's volley ball team also won the World Grand Prix in Italy in August and the Asian Championship in Vietnam in October. At the 47th World Table Tennis Championships in Doha, Qatar in March 2004, both the men and the women prevailed: the Chinese men's team won the Swaythling Cup by defeating their German counterpart 3-0 while the Chinese women's team won the Corbillion Cup by defeating the Chinese Hong Kong team 3-0. In regional competition, The Chinese women's basketball team in January 2004 successfully defended its Asian title, beating finalist Japan 92-80 at the Asian women's basketball championship in Sendai, Japan.

The 2003 Chinese Laurels Sports Awards