The 2015 winners will go up against Spain, who were fourth at the last edition of the event in Debrecen in Hungary, as well as emerging nation the Philippines, Hungary and Brazil, in Pool D.

Pool B is also set to provide fascinating action at the competition, due to take place from June 1 to 5, as 2015 silver medallists Argentina have been pitted alongside current European champions Turkey, Andorra, China and Georgia.

World number one ranked team The Netherlands headline Pool A, which also features Uruguay, Belgium, Slovenia and Egypt.

The host nation have been drawn with Qatar, whose team includes the number one individual ranked player in the world, Nedim Muslic, as well as Italy, Romania and Indonesia.

The top two in each group after the completion of the round-robin phase will progress to the quarter-finals.

In the women’s competition, which follows the same format as the men’s event, reigning champions France managed to avoid all of their main rivals as they were placed in Pool C with Andorra, China, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates.

Pool A is made up of five teams who all competed at last year’s Under-18 World Championships, including four who finished in the top ten - Hungary, Germany, Israel and the Czech Republic - plus South American outfit Venezuela.

The United States and Italy, who have both reached the last eight at every edition of the tournament, will clash in Pool B.

The Netherlands, Poland and Kazakhstan complete the group.

Turkey, Spain, New Zealand, Egypt and Guatemala will compete in Pool D.

Matches at the event are scheduled to be held in front of the Astana Opera House.

All games at the Championships will be played on the same court with 20 men’s and 20 women’s teams vying for the titles, while three individual competitions, the men’s dunk contest, women’s skills contest and the mixed shoot-out, will also take place.