Chinese Taipei produced one of the biggest upsets of the FIBA Asian women’s u-18 basketball championship (Division A), with an impressive 74-61 victory over World No. 4 and 16-time champion China in a Group-A contest, at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium here on Wednesday. The last time it defeated China was in the Asia u-18 championship at home in 2002.
The other three matches went according to the script with higher-ranked teams posting wins. Japan thrashed Indonesia 107-35, Australia beat New Zealand 111-44 and Korea got the better of India 69-47.
There was no indication of Taipei’s level of play in the first quarter (10-25). Though it put up a relatively better show in the second (31-36), it was only in the third quarter that Taipei took the game away from the Asian powerhouse.
