Cika wannan jumla: Daga 1 ga Agusta zuwa 14 ga Agusta, Hou ya shiga cikin
41st Chess Olympiad a Tromsø, Norway a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan rukunin mata na kasar Sin. Tawagar ta yi nasara sau shida a jere kafin ta shawo kan kungiyar Rasha ta biyu tare da Hou ta rasa wasan nata, a matsayin baƙar fata, ga Kateryna Lagno. Ta ƙare gasar Olympics tare da maki 7/9 (+6 −1 = 2, TPR 2671) wanda ya jagoranci tawagarta zuwa lambar azurfa. Ayyukanta na da kyau sosai don karɓar lambar azurfa don kwamitin ɗaya.