The competition will be the first major international Parasport event to take place in the Japanese capital following the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision to award it the hosting rights for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games last week.

More than 200 athletes from 26 nations are expected to compete across eight medal events, including duo and combi styles in Latin and standard forms, at the Komazawa Olympic Park Gymnasium, which played host to the wrestling events at Tokyo 1964, and has since staged national competitions such as table tennis, aerobics, volleyball, futsal, handball, fencing and cheerleading.

Duo style sees both dancers using wheelchairs, whereas the combi competition sees one dancer use a wheelchair with an able-bodied partner who stands up.

"We are delighted to be working with the Japanese Wheelchair Dance Sport Federation to organise these World Championships," said IPC chief executive Xavier Gonzalez.

"The venue has a long pedigree in terms of sporting heritage and will provide a great setting for wheelchair dance sport athletes to showcase their incredible talents to the world."

Belarusian athletes, seen here in training, were one of the top performers at the last Wheelchair Dance Sport World Championships in Germany in 2010