The open event, due to take place in the Midlands town on June 4 and 5, is being billed as a final opportunity for Paralympic judo athletes across the world to compete internationally ahead of Rio 2016.

The competition is the first of its kind to be hosted in Britain, but there are hopes the event will become a key date on the visually impaired judo calendar and a Paralympic qualification event in the next cycle.

Action will take place at British Judo Centre of Excellence, officially opened in 2013 following the success of the London 2012 Games.

It will be followed by a three day training camp, supported by UK Sport, "maximising the opportunity to train with some of the world’s top visually impaired judoka". 

"It will be a fantastic opportunity for all nations to use this event to prepare their athletes for the Games and also make good use of our world class training facility to aid final preparation and access quality Randori," said a message on the British Judo website.

"We look forward to seeing you."

Tickets are free but all spectators are asked to register in advance here.

“This is a great opportunity and I’m looking forward to it a lot," said Britain's two-time under 90 kilograms Paralympic medallist, Sam Ingram.

"We had the European Championships in 2011 in Crawley and that was a fantastic event, hopefully this one will be as well.

“It’s always good to have home support.

"I actually find it strange because for most of our events you can’t understand what the crowd is saying but we’ll be at home, we can understand what people are saying and people will be supporting you as a British athlete, which is nice.

"Hopefully the judo fans enjoy it because I know the players will.”