The Boccia International Sports Federation (BISFed) has announced the allocated slots for the 2016 World Individual Championships are due to be announced on Saturday (January 9th).
All Federations including Bermuda received invitations last month to the Championships, scheduled to be held in Beijing from March 19th to 26th.
Bermuda had Boccia competitors compete at the Parapan Games in Toronto and a team at the BISFed World Open in Colombia, have submitted names to compete in the 2016 World Individual Championships.
A total of 160 athletes with be granted places at the Championships, with a maximum number of three athletes in a class per country.
Teams will be allowed a maximum team size of 12, according to the BISFed competition system criteria, with one assistant per athlete, plus a team manager, a member of medical staff and one coach per class.
Each individual winner at the World Individual Championships will earn automatic qualification for the Paralympic Games.
The competition will be held in the same venue in the Chinese capital that successfully staged the 2014 Boccia World Championships.
The event will provide competitors with the last opportunity to earn vital Paralympic qualification points for Rio 2016.
Two other significant events on next year's Boccia calendar are the World Open events in Montreal and Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal.
The former is due to run from April 26th to May 2nd, while the latter is scheduled for June 13th to June 19th.
Competition at the Paralympic Games is set to be made up of seven events and due to be held at the Carioca Arena 2 in the Olympic Park.
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