▁for ▁national ▁teams ▁which ▁are ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Asian ▁Vol ley ball ▁Confeder ation ▁( AV C ). ▁A ▁total ▁of ▁ 4 + 1 ▁sl ots ▁( 4 ▁direct ▁sl ots ▁and ▁ 1 ▁host ▁slot ) ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁tournament ▁are ▁available ▁for ▁A VC ▁teams . ▁ ▁P ools ▁composition ▁ 1 5 ▁A VC ▁national ▁teams ▁entered ▁qual ification . ▁ ▁First ▁round ▁There ▁are ▁three ▁conf eder ation ▁z onal ▁compet itions . ▁The ▁winner ▁of ▁each ▁competition ▁competed ▁in ▁second ▁round . ▁Because ▁Mac au , ▁New ▁Zealand ▁and ▁T ong a ▁later ▁with d rew , ▁North ▁Korea ▁and ▁F iji ▁automatically ▁qualified ▁for ▁the ▁second ▁round . ▁ ▁Second ▁round ▁The ▁top ▁seven ▁ranked ▁teams ▁from ▁F IV B ▁World ▁Rank ing ▁as ▁of ▁ 1 ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁qualified ▁automatically ▁for ▁this ▁round . ▁The ▁top ▁six ▁ranked ▁teams ▁seed ed ▁by ▁the ▁ser pent ine ▁system . ▁The ▁other ▁four ▁teams ▁were ▁drawn . ▁ ▁First ▁round ▁The ▁w inners ▁in ▁each ▁zone ▁will ▁qual ify ▁for ▁the ▁second ▁round . ▁ ▁Central ▁Asia ▁Ven ue : ▁ ▁Ind oor ▁Hall ▁of ▁Youth ▁Centre , ▁Mal é , ▁M ald ives ▁D ates : ▁ 2 7 – 2 9 ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁ ▁All ▁times ▁are ▁M ald ives ▁Time ▁( UTC + 0 5 : 0 0 ) ▁ ▁India ▁was ▁initially ▁chosen ▁as ▁the ▁host ▁country ▁for ▁the ▁event . ▁However , ▁due ▁to