2014 FIVB World Championship - Poland - 8/30

    Final qualification round in Asia


    Pool A: Australia - Thailand - Kazakhstan - Kuwait
    Pool B: Iran - Pakistan - Indonesia - Bahrain
    Pool C: China - India - Chinese Taipei - Saudi Arabia
    Pool D: Japan - Korea - Qatar - New Zealand


    I think we got the easiest possible group 8)

    ymmm I got confused here. This Europen qualification is actually pre-qualification, right? And we will have final groups for the final qualifications? :what:


    and Asian qualies are final, right?

    Quote from nadejda

    ymmm I got confused here. This Europen qualification is actually pre-qualification, right? And we will have final groups for the final qualifications? :what:


    and Asian qualies are final, right?

    Yes, this is the final round for Asia, group winners qualify, we had two rounds of pre-qualification in Asia and these 16 teams advanced to the final round.


    but in Europe you have to wait for European Championship (since Gold and Silver medalists will qualify directly) and the second round (actually repechage) to know the final groups after.

    If Iran can't beat those 3 teams, I would be stunned.


    Australia and China should go through easily also.


    Japan and Korea will have a battle for the final Asian spot.

    Last southamerican spot will go to Colombia or Chile.


    Venezuela is a mystery. I havent seen them playing since many months ago.

    Asia Group D Qualifying Days 1-3
    September 5
    Japan 3-0 Qatar (25-18, 25-22, 25-17)
    September 6
    South Korea 3-0 New Zealand (25-18, 25-22, 25-17)
    September 7
    South Korea 3-0 Qatar (25-19, 25-21, 26-24)
    Japan 3-0 New Zealand (25-14, 25-20, 25-10)


    Standings
    1. South Korea, 6 points, 2 matches played, 6-0 sets won-lost, 151-100 points won-lost
    -----Top Team Advances to 2014 World Championships-----
    2. Japan, 6 points, 2 matches played, 6-0 sets won-lost, 150-101 points won-lost
    3. Qatar, 0 points, 2 matches played, 0-6 sets won-lost, 121-151 points won-lost
    4. New Zealand, 0 points, 2 matches played, 0-6 sets won-lost, 80-150 points won-lost

    Asia Group A Qualifying Days 1-2
    September 6
    Thailand 0-3 Kazakhstan (17-25, 15-25, 22-25)
    Australia 3-0 Kuwait (25-12, 25-16, 25-18)
    September 7
    Thailand 3-1 Kuwait (25-27, 25-14, 25-18, 25-14)
    Australia 3-1 Kazakhstan (17-25, 25-23, 25-20, 25-17)


    Standings
    1. Australia, 6 points, 2 matches played, 6-1 sets won-lost, 167-131 points won-lost
    -----Top Team Advances to 2014 World Championships-----
    2. Kazakhstan, 3 points, 2 matches played, 4-3 sets won-lost, 160-146 points won-lost
    3. Thailand, 3 points, 2 matches played, 3-4 sets won-lost, 154-148 points won-lost
    4. Kuwait, 0 points, 2 matches played, 1-6 sets won-lost, 119-175 points won-lost

    i watched a little bit of the SK-qatar match. it seemed that several of qatar's players were foreigners? one was named john cheko (african?) and another renan ribero (brazilian?). other players had arabic names but maybe they were also foreign? is there a limit on how many foreign players a team can have?

    Quote from ossubtus

    i watched a little bit of the SK-qatar match. it seemed that several of qatar's players were foreigners? one was named john cheko (african?) and another renan ribero (brazilian?). other players had arabic names but maybe they were also foreign? is there a limit on how many foreign players a team can have?


    Maybe this is FIVB's rule: only one have-changed-nationality people who entered last national team


    Others all do.

    My favourite roster of Chinese (in 2022)
    male NT:
    S - Yu Yao-chen, Chen Lei-yang
    OP - Jiang Chuan, Dai Qing-yao
    OH - Zhang Jing-yin, Yu Yuan-tai, Liu Li-bin, Fu Hou-wen
    MB - Zhang Zhe-jia, Peng Shi-kun, Li Yong-zhen, Jiang Zhen-yang
    L - Yang Yi-ming, Yang Tian-yuan


    female NT:
    S - Yao Di, Diao Lin-yu
    OP - Gong Xiang-yu, Sun Xiao-xuan
    OH - Li Ying-ying, Wang Yi-fan, Wu Meng-jie, Zhuang Yu-shan
    MB - Yuan Xin-yue, Wang Yuan-yuan, Zheng Yi-xin, Liu Yu
    L - Ni Fei-fan, Xu Jia-nan

    Asia Group A Qualifying Day 3
    September 8
    Kuwait 0-3 Kazakhstan (13-25, 18-25, 20-25)
    Australia 3-0 Thailand (25-23, 25-13, 25-23)


    Final Standings
    1. Australia, 9 points, 9-1 sets won-lost, 242-200 points won-lost
    -----Top Team Advances to 2014 World Championships-----
    2. Kazakhstan, 6 points, 7-3 sets won-lost, 235-197 points won-lost
    3. Thailand, 3 points, 3-7 sets won-lost, 154-148 points won-lost
    4. Kuwait, 0 points, 1-9 sets won-lost, 170-250 points won-lost

    Quote from ossubtus

    i watched a little bit of the SK-qatar match. it seemed that several of qatar's players were foreigners? one was named john cheko (african?) and another renan ribero (brazilian?). other players had arabic names but maybe they were also foreign? is there a limit on how many foreign players a team can have?


    I guess you have not seen the number of foreign runners from Bahrain and Qatar in previous Olympics.

    Asia Group D Qualifying Day 4
    September 8
    South Korea 3-0 Japan (25-20, 25-20, 25-13)
    Qatar 3-0 New Zealand (25-22, 25-22, 25-21)


    Final Standings
    1. South Korea, 9 points, 9-0 sets won-lost, 226-153 points won-lost
    -----Top Team Advances to 2014 World Championships-----
    2. Japan, 6 points, 6-3 sets won-lost, 203-176 points won-lost
    3. Qatar, 3 points, 3-6 sets won-lost, 196-216 points won-lost
    4. New Zealand, 0 points, 0-9 sets won-lost, 145-225 points won-lost

    Asia Group B Qualifying Day 1
    September 11
    Indonesia 0-3 Bahrain (16-25, 20-25, 21-25)
    Iran 3-0 Pakistan (25-15, 25-19, 25-13)


    Standings
    1. Iran 3 points, 3-0 sets won-lost, 75-47 points won-lost
    -----Top Team Advances to 2014 World Championships-----
    2. Bahrain 3 points, 3-0 sets won-lost, 75-57 points won-lost
    3. Indonesia 0 points, 0-3 sets won-lost, 57-75 points won-lost
    4. Pakistan 0 points, 0-3 sets won-lost, 47-75 points won-lost