The trio, led by tournament top scorer Lasmanis, won gold for Latvia in the sport's Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020.

The fourth man to win gold, Edgars Krumins, tore an ankle ligament in the gold medal triumph against the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team and will be replaced by Arturs Strelniek.

Riga lead Pool B, which includes hosts Lausanne and Graz of Austria. 

The Lausanne Masters features five of the top six ranked teams in the world, including the number one seed from Serbia, Liman.

Liman headline Pool A and will be led by Stefan Stojacic, who missed the year's first Masters in Doha, while Aleksandar Ratkov and Mihailo Vasic will play their first Masters since being part of Serbia's bronze medal Olympic team in Tokyo.

Also in Pool A is Belgian team Antwerp. 

Belgium finished a surprise fourth at Tokyo 2020, losing to Serbia in the bronze medal match, but boast Thibaut Vervoort, who scored three buzzer beaters throughout the competition.

The pool is completed by Gagarin of Russia, who feature two of the ROC athletes - Stanislav Sharov and Ilia Karpenkov - to upset Serbia in the semi-finals.

Dominique Jones, the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the 2019 Lausanne Masters, leads NY Harlem in Pool C.

He will face Novi Sad of Serbia and the winners of the qualifying draw, which consists of Russian side Moscow, Alexandria from Egypt and Germany's Aachen Der Stamm.

Another Tokyo medallist, Dejan Majstorovic of Serbia, features for number four seeds, Ub in Pool D.

Pool D also includes Princeton of the United States, though they will be without Robbie Hummel, and 12th seed San Juan of Puerto Rico.