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"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.
Don't underestimate Kazakhstan, dude!