The tournament is set to take place in Tokyo from May 19 to 27 with the top three teams plus best Asian team booking their spot at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Teams will play each other once in a round-robin format across seven days, with four matches scheduled to take place every day. Additionally, there will be two rest days on May 21 and 24.
This will be the last chance for all eight teams to qualify for the Olympics with just four berths on offer.