Previously, the country has only hosted stand-alone men's championships in 2008, 2010 and 2012 and women's events in 2014 and 2015.

The four-star competition will be played in an industrial park in the Vítkovice district of Ostrava, in what will make a unique setting for a beach volleyball tournament. 

Czech Republic Olympian Barbora Hermannova said: "We are used to playing in the harbour, in the mountains, but we have never played in an industrial city with plenty of iron around, so I'm curious."

The pair of Hermannova and Marketa Slukova are ranked fourth on the World Tour standings.

They will hoping for a place on the podium at their home event, but they will face a tough challenge to do so. 

The Brazilian pair of Josemari Alves and Liliane Maestrini will also compete in Ostrava.

They won their second consecutive FIVB tour event in Nanjing in China last weekend, beating the Chinese team of Fan Wang and Xinyi Xia in the gold medal match. 

On the men's tour, the last event took place in Baden in Austria. 

The final there was an all-Austrian affair, with FIVB veterans Clemens Doppler and Alexander Horst eventually taking the title in three sets over Julian Horl and Tobias Winter.

Doppler and Horst are in action again in Ostrava so will be looking for their own second win in succession. 

There have been more events on the FIVB schedule for the 2017-2018 season than ever before. 

There are 43 men's tournaments on the calendar and 44 for women.

Previously the busiest seasons saw only 23 events for men in 2016 and 20 for women, in both 2016 and 2008.