Asia Group B Qualifying Day 2
September 12
Pakistan 0-3 Bahrain (22-25, 23-25, 22-25)
Iran 3-0 Indonesia (25-12, 25-20, 25-11)
Standings
1. Iran 60 points, 6-0 sets won-lost, 150-90 points won-lost
-----Top Team Advances to 2014 World Championships-----
2. Bahrain 6 points, 6-0 sets won-lost, 150-124 points won-lost
3. Pakistan 0 points, 0-6 sets won-lost, 114-150 points won-lost
4. Indonesia 0 points, 0-6 sets won-lost, 100-150 points won-lost
Bahrain really scared me at the start of the match, 
they had a 7-2 lead in 1st set before giving up ! Iran-Bahrain wasn't that one-sided as the final score might indicate.
how many of their players are actually bahraini, or foreigners?
how many of their players are actually bahraini, or foreigners?
from what I know all of them were Bahraini, in Asian volleyball only Qatar and Lebanon hire foreign players for their national teams. (some of Kazakh players might have Russian roots) they have more than one naturalized player by forging documents. even though they are all crappy 
Asia Group B Qualifying Day 3
September 13
Pakistan 0-3 Indonesia (15-25, 23-25, 19-25)
Iran 3-0 Bahrain (25-12, 25-20, 25-11)
Final Standings
1. Iran 9 points, 9-0 sets won-lost, 225-137 points won-lost
-----Top Team Advances to 2014 World Championships-----
2. Bahrain 6 points, 6-3 sets won-lost, 197-199 points won-lost
3. Indonesia 3 points, 3-6 sets won-lost, 175-207 points won-lost
4. Pakistan 0 points, 0-9 sets won-lost, 171-225 points won-lost
]from what I know all of them were Bahraini, in Asian volleyball only Qatar and Lebanon hire foreign players for their national teams. (some of Kazakh players might have Russian roots) they have more than one naturalized player by forging documents. even though they are all crappy
who do you mean? bahrain? or kazakh?
how many of the qatar players are foreigners? it looks like they have one brazilian and several africans?
who do you mean? bahrain? or kazakh?
how many of the qatar players are foreigners? it looks like they have one brazilian and several africans?
I mean Qatar and Lebanon
I know they had at least 5-6 players, from Cuba, Brazil and African countries but it's hard to find these players background since they changed their names to Arabic names.
Lebanon had 3 players from Serbia, Poland and Brazil in Asian QT in Dubai.
now we have these teams who have qualified in WCH 2014 in Poland
(keep updating):
Host (1): Poland
South America Champion and vice-champion (2): Brazil, Argentina
Asia Qualifier Pool A (1): Australia
Asia Qualifier Pool D (1): Korea
Asia Qualifier Pool B (1) - determined in Sep, 2013
South America Qualifier (1) - determined in Sep, 2013
Asia Qualifier Pool C (1) - determined in Sep, 2013
Euro Championship finalist (2) - determined in Sep, 2013
Africa Qualifier (3) - determined in Jan, 2014
Europe Qualifier (6) - determined in Jan, 2014
Norceca Qualifier (4) - determined in June, 2014
Norceca Continental Play-off (1) - determined in Jul, 2014
Pappi,
You missed Iran for Asia Group B.
Venezuela and Colombia are playing for the last southamerican ticket to Poland 2014
1st set 29-27 Venezuela
2nd set 26-24 Colombia
Venezuela qualified to Poland 2014! Congratulations!
Venezuela didnt participate in the last Pan American tournments. For example, they didnt go to Pan American Cup, where they could have played for spot in the WL play off matches.
Venezuela played with a SUB23 team
Venezuela 3:2 Colombia (29-27, 24-26, 25-17, 19-25, 17-15)
The confirmed teams who have qualified in WCH 2014 of Poland (updated by Sep 17, 2013):
Host (1): Poland
South America Champion and vice-champion (2): Brazil, Argentina
Asia Qualifier Pool A (1): Australia
Asia Qualifier Pool D (1): Korea
Asia Qualifier Pool B (1) - Iran
South America Qualifier (1) - Venezuela
Asia Qualifier Pool C (1) - determined in Sep, 2013
Euro Championship finalist (2) - determined in Sep, 2013
Africa Qualifier (3) - determined in Jan, 2014
Europe Qualifier (6) - determined in Jan, 2014
Norceca Qualifier (4) - determined in June, 2014
Norceca Continental Play-off (1) - determined in Jul, 2014
Why is so quiet here? Actual is the last qualification tournament to the WCH.
Asia Group C Qualifying
September 20
India 3-0 Saudi Arabia (25-20, 25-21, 25-19)
China 3-0 Chinese Taipei (25-20, 25-12, 25-21)
September 21
Chinese Taipei 1-3 India (19-25, 25-21, 18-25, 24-26)
China 3-0 Saudi Arabia (28-26, 25-20, 27-25)
September 22
Saudi Arabia 2-3 Chinese Taipei (25-23 , 25-22 ,17-25, 20-25, 11-15)
China 3-0 India (25-17, 25-18, 25-17)
Final Standings
1. China 9 points, 3 wins-0 losses, 9 sets won-0 sets lost
----- Top Team Advances to World Championships -----
2. India 6 points, 2 wins-1 losses, 6 sets won-4 sets lost
3. Chinese Taipei 2 points, 1 win-2 losses, 4 sets won-8 sets lost
4. Saudi Arabia 1 point, 0 wins-3 losses, 2 sets won-9 sets lost
The confirmed teams who have qualified in WCH 2014 of Poland (updated by Sep 22, 2013):
Host (1): Poland
South America Champion and vice-champion (2): Brazil, Argentina
Asia Qualifier Pool A (1): Australia
Asia Qualifier Pool D (1): Korea
Asia Qualifier Pool B (1) - Iran
South America Qualifier (1) - Venezuela
Asia Qualifier Pool C (1) - China
Euro Championship finalist (2) - determined in Sep, 2013
Africa Qualifier (3) - determined in Jan, 2014
Europe Qualifier (6) - determined in Jan, 2014
Norceca Qualifier (4) - determined in June, 2014
Norceca Continental Play-off (1) - determined in Jul, 2014
The confirmed teams who have qualified in WCH 2014 of Poland (updated by Sep 28, 2013):
Host (1): Poland
South America Champion and vice-champion (2): Brazil, Argentina
Asia Qualifier Pool A (1): Australia
Asia Qualifier Pool D (1): Korea
Asia Qualifier Pool B (1) - Iran
South America Qualifier (1) - Venezuela
Asia Qualifier Pool C (1) - China
Euro Championship finalist (2) - Russia, Italy
Africa Qualifier (3) - determined in Jan, 2014
Europe Qualifier (6) - determined in Jan, 2014
Norceca Qualifier (4) - determined in June, 2014
Norceca Continental Play-off (1) - determined in Jul, 2014
Also here yesterday began 2nd round of Euro Q.
Also here yesterday began 2nd round of Euro Q.
The tournament hasn't finished yet, but three teams totally overwhelmed the other three such that they've already qualified for the 3rd round. They are the Netherlands, Ukraine, and Belarus.
Thus, all teams participating in 3rd round are determined, they're -
(Through CEV rankings)
Bulgaria (3),Serbia (4),Germany (6), France (7), Finland (8 ), Slovakia (9), Spain (10), Turkey (11), Portugal (12), Czech Republic (13);
(Through Qualification Round 1)
Croatia, Slovenia, Estonia, Belgium, Greece, Macedonia, Cyprus;
(Through Qualification Round 2)
the Netherlands, Ukraine, and Belarus.
Groups for the third round World Championship qualifications ( scheduled for January 3-5, 2014.) has been announced :
Pool I in Opava (CZE): Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Cyprus
Pool J in Nis (SRB): Serbia, Portugal, Slovenia, F.Y.R. of Macedonia
Pool K in Ludwigsburg (GER): Germany, Turkey, Estonia, Croatia
Pool L in Nantes (FRA): France, Spain, Belgium, Belarus
Pool M in Poprad (SVK): Finland, Slovakia, Greece, Ukraine
"...the first-placed of each third round qualifier as well as the two second-ranked teams with the best score across all pools will play on WCH..."
"...the first-placed of each third round qualifier as well as the two second-ranked teams with the best score across all pools will play on WCH..."
That's the women competition, right? 
The men one only qualifies the second-ranked team across all five. 