Held between July 5 and 10 in the Swiss Alps, the draw will be staged on the penultimate day of competition as teams continue to step up their preparations for the Olympic Games.

Home fans could have huge interest in the draw, with Isabelle Forrer and Anouk Vergé-Dépré on course to represent Switzerland in the women’s event at Rio 2016, having been boosted by winning the Xiamen Open FIVB World Tour event in China last month.

Their compatriots Nadine Zumkehr and Joana Heidrich are currently one of the 15 highest ranked pairings, which would secure the Swiss team a maximum of two quota places in the competition.

Brazil have already sealed the maximum number of places in both the men’s and women’s draw, having been guaranteed one berth per gender at the Games.

They claimed the second spot when Agatha Bednarczuk and Barbara Seixas won the women’s world title at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in The Hague last year.

Alison Cerutti and Bruno Schmidt earned the men’s crown to secure their spot in the men’s tournament, where they will look to earn an Olympic  gold medal in front of a home crowd.

To reach the Games, teams must have participated in a minimum of 12 official Olympic Qualification tournaments from January 1 last year to the closing qualifying event on June 12.

The eligible tournaments include the World Championships, Beach Volleyball World Tour events and recognised Continental Tour Finals.

Five places are also due be awarded to Continental Cup final winners, as well as the winners and runners-up of the Beach Volleyball World Continental Cup in Sochi, scheduled to take place July 4 until 10.