Second round action of the 2013 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship continues in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, with two powerhouse squads meeting on Tuesday for a crucial tiff to decide the top spot before the knockout rounds begin.

12-time Asian champs China, ranked 5th overall in the FIVB world rankings, will meet South Korea, which is 10th in the world and 3rd in Asia, on Tuesday, Sept 17, at 10 pm (Australia time).

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The Chinese and Korean spikers have been dominant to say the least with convincing victories in the preliminary rounds and their respective opening games in the second round.

China won in straight sets against India (25-12, 25-12, 25-11), Iran (25-11, 25-16, 25-17), Philippines (25-9, 25-10, 25-8) and Chinese Taipei (25-11, 25-14, 25-11) to score 4 victories in four outings thus far.

Meanwhile, South Korea cruised in games against Myanmar (25-7, 25-11, 25-12), Sri Lanka (25-8, 25-6, 25-7), Chinese Taipei (25-14, 25-15, 25-13) and Iran (25-14, 25-10, 25-18) to remain perfect in this tournament which serves as a qualifier for the 2013 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup scheduled from Nov 12-17, 2013 in Japan.

The result of the China-South Korea game will decide which team will be the top seed in Pool F and will meet Pool E’s last-ranked teams after the second round, most likely Team Vietnam, which will face hosts Thailand at 5 pm.

Kazakhstan (2-0), Japan (1-1), Thailand (1-1) and Vietnam (0-2) belong to Pool E, and China (2-0), South Korea (2-0), Iran (0-2) and Chinese Taipei (0-2) make up Pool F. Only the games against the teams which advanced to the second round will be taken into consideration for the quarterfinals pairing.

After the second round, the top team in each group will be facing the fourth-ranked or bottom team in the other group. The second-ranked team faces the third-ranked team and so on. (E1 vs. F4, E2 vs. F3, E3 vs. F2, E4 vs. F1)

2013 Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship
2nd Round Sept 17 (Tuesday) – Australia Time

2:00 p.m. – Iran vs. Chinese Taipei
5:00 p.m. – Thailand vs. Vietnam
7:30 p.m. – Kazakhstan vs. Japan
10:00 p.m. – South Korea vs. China

The 9th to 16th classification round is also scheduled Tuesday as ousted teams, including Australia, Philippines and India battle for better placing in this tournament.

2:00 p.m. – Hong Kong vs. Mongolia
5:00 p.m. – Australia vs. Indonesia
7:00 p.m. – Myanmar vs. Philippines
10:00 p.m. – India vs. Sri Lanka