It will be the final continental qualification tournament for the World Team Cup Final in The Netherlands.

The competition is taking place at the Vilamoura Tennis Academy in Quarteira and is being organised by the wheelchair tennis department of the International Tennis Federation, which is based in Great Britain.

The hard court event will offer European nations the chance to secure their spot at the World Team Cup final, which will take place in Apeldoorn from May 28 to June 3.

Only the winners of the men's and women's competitions will be assured of progression to the final.

Qualifiers have already taken place in the Americas, Africa and Asia and Oceania.

The United States men's team and the Argentina women's team were the successful qualifiers from the Americas while Morocco's men and Kenya's women qualified from Africa.

The most recent event, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, saw Japan's men and South Korea's women book their places in Apeldoorn from the Asia and Oceania section.

This week’s European qualifier will be held from tomorrow until April 15.