2014 FIVB World Championship - Italy - 9/23

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Asian qualifying tournament:

"A total of 16 teams will participate in the Women’s Qualification Tournament.

India and Uzbekistan in the pool of Central Zone, Hong Kong, PR Korea and Chinese Taipei are in the Eastern Zone Pool and Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Vietnam in Southeastern Zone Pool, with top squad of each pool qualifying for the final tournament where they will join Japan, China, Korea, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Australia, and New Zealand in two pools. The top two of each pool will clinch the tickets to the Women’s World Championship in Italy.

The Qualification Tournament will start from June and finish in September of 2013."

"30 AVC National Federations (28 men’s and 16 women’s teams) are to take part in the qualification process for the 2014 World Championships, a record number for the continent. This is a significant increase in the level of participation from the 2010 edition when only 20 men’s and 11 women’s teams took part in the qualifications."

Source: http://www.asianvolleyball.org…89/category/AVC+News/navf

My bets : China, Japan, Korea and Thailand will qualify. I know the future. Is my skill.

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Don't underestimate Kazakhstan, dude!

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Don't underestimate Kazakhstan, dude!

I don't know very much about Kazakhstan volleyball. They have tall players but seems to me that China, Japan, South Korea and Thailand are the greatest teams. Nonetheless, if Kazakhstan could win these teams it will be great to watch Asian Championship.

where is iran or any other middle eastern countries? it's a shame they don't promote women's sports.

is NZ so strong they don't need to play the first round of qualifying?

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where is iran or any other middle eastern countries? it's a shame they don't promote women's sports.

is NZ so strong they don't need to play the first round of qualifying?

Part of it is the regional breakout within AVC

1. West Asia (12 countries) - 0 applied
2. Central Asia (14 countries) - 3 applied, 1 seeded + 1
3. Eastern Asia (8 countries) - 6 applied (5 with NK dropping), 3 seeded + 1
4. South East Asia (10 countries) - 5 applied, 1 seeded + 1
5. Oceania (19 countries) -2 applied, 2 seeded

My guess is that NZ and Australia were the only ones who applied from the Oceania region and with their ranking within the confederation possibly being higher they were seeded into the final round.

I think Asian Quota would be 5-6 teams. Kazak and Taiwan are the strong teams.

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I think Asian Quota would be 5-6 teams. Kazak and Taiwan are the strong teams.

no only 4 teams form asia will qualify

Vietnam secure their berth for the Asian final qualification round for the 2014 World Championship to be held in September. Vietnam will join Japan, China, South Korea, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Australia, New Zealand and two more teams, one from the Central Zone and other from the Eastern Zones.
Vietnam is currently ranked 93 in the FIVB World Ranking.

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How do Pairs look in the Euro qual 2nd round in Women and Men?

For the Women it is all one group (5 matches, 6 teams, top 3 advancing to Third Round)
Greece
Hungary
Israel
Latvia
Montenegro
Switzerland

For the Men it is all one group (5 matches, 6 teams, top 3 advancing to Third Round)
Belarus
Israel
Netherlands
Romania
Sweden
Ukraine

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Israel will be the host of the Women 2nd Quali Round. Apparently, this was decided by DOL, because nobody wanted to be host voluntarily.

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Chinese Taipei (ranked 28th) and Hong Kong (112th) are the last two teams to qualify for the 2014 FIVB World Women's Volleyball Championship Qualification Asian Zone to take place in Japan and China in September.

The participating teams
Australia
China
Chinese Taipei
India
Japan
Kazakhstan
New Zealand
South Korea
Thailand
Vietnam

There's no schedule and drawing of lots yet, but I expect one team (South Korea or Thailand) in China and the other in Japan. I don't think AVC will set South Korea and Thailand at the same pool. It means to eliminate a good team. Let's see!

Based on current world ranking the DOL will look like this:

Group A: Japan ( 4 - 8 September 2013)

Japan (3)
Thailand (12)
Ch.Taipei (28 )
Vietnam (93)
Australia (103)

Group B: China (3 - 12 September 2013)

China (5)
South Korea (11)
Kazakhstan (30)
New Zealand (71)
India (103)

The FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship will take place next year in Italy and will start on September 23, 2014

Day 1 Group A Asian Qualifying
Australia 0-3 Thailand (17-25, 15-25, 17-25)
Japan 3-0 Chinese Taipei (25-19, 25-15, 25-10)

Standings
1. Japan, 3 points, 3-0 sets won-lost, 75-44 points won-lost
2. Thailand, 3 points, 3-0 sets won-lost, 75-49 points won-lost
3. Vietnam, 0 points
4. Australia, 0 points, 0-3 sets won-lost, 49-75 points won-lost
5. Chinese Taipei, 0 points, 0-3 sets won-lost, 44-75 points won-lost

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Day 1 Group A Asian Qualifying
Australia 0-3 Thailand (17-25, 15-25, 17-25)
Japan 3-0 Chinese Taipei (25-19, 25-15, 25-10)

Standings
1. Japan, 3 points, 3-0 sets won-lost, 75-44 points won-lost
2. Thailand, 3 points, 3-0 sets won-lost, 75-49 points won-lost
3. Vietnam, 0 points
4. Australia, 0 points, 0-3 sets won-lost, 49-75 points won-lost
5. Chinese Taipei, 0 points, 0-3 sets won-lost, 44-75 points won-lost

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Group B will start after ACH a week.

Japanese line-up today

Opp: Risa Shinnabe
OH: Saori and Ebata
MB: Iwasaka and Otake
S: Haruka
L: Arisa Sato

Pool B from 27 September to 1 October.

Until to now, The stacs has not shown.

AVC, no words to say about it

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Until to now, The stacs has not shown.

AVC, no words to say about it

Their delays with stats are ridiculous

Day 2 Group A Asian Qualifying
Japan 3-0 Vietnam (25-9, 25-16, 25-20)
Chinese Taipei 3-0 Australia (25-15, 25-19, 25-22)

Standings
1. Japan, 6 points, 2 matches played, 6-0 sets won-lost, 150-89 points won-lost
2. Thailand, 3 points, 1 match played, 3-0 sets won-lost, 75-49 points won-lost
3. Chinese Taipei, 3 points, 2 matches played, 3-3 sets won-lost, 119-131 points won-lost
4. Australia, 0 points, 2 matches played, 0-6 sets won-lost, 105-150 points won-lost
5. Vietnam, 0 points, 1 match played, 0-3 sets won-lost, 45-75 points won-lost

I though the Asian Championship that would could for the 2014 World Championship qualifier?

so the Asian Championship will qualify only for the World Grand Champions at the end of the year? That is it?

You are thinking about the South American championships as the World Championships Qualifier.

The winner of the Asian Championships goes to the Grand Champions Cup. Japan of course is hosting.