London 2012 Paralympic champion Jovane Guissone leads hosts Brazil's hopes in the men's épée B in São Paulo ©Getty Images

The International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing season is set to begin with a World Cup in São Paulo.

Competition is set to be held over four days from April 14 to 17 at the Brazilian Paralympic Training Centre.

Women's category A and men's category B foil is set to open the World Cup tomorrow, followed by the men's category A foil and women's category B épée later in the day.

Men's category A and B sabre competition is scheduled for Friday (April 15), as well as women's épée A and foil B.

Men's épée B London 2012 gold medallist and Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Jovane Guissone heads up host nation Brazil's hopes on Saturday (April 16), although is likely to face a challenge from Rio 2016 silver medallist Ammar Ali of Iraq.

Guissone has talked up hopes of becoming the continental champion in October, with São Paulo also set to host the Americas Championships.

"We have a lot of time to work on it," he said.

"My goal will always be to improve my fencing.

"I usually study Olympic fencing matches and I bring some elements to the Paralympic one.

"I absolutely want to be an American champion."

Tokyo 2020 women's sabre A silver medallist Nino Tibilashvili of Georgia is among the leading names competing at the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in São Paulo ©Getty Images
Tokyo 2020 women's sabre A silver medallist Nino Tibilashvili of Georgia is among the leading names competing at the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in São Paulo ©Getty Images

The men's épée A and women's sabre A and B events are also due to be held on the final day of individual competition on Saturday.

Georgians Nino Tibilashvili and Irma Khetsuriani are among the other stars featuring at the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup.

Tibilashvili earned Georgia's first Paralympic medal in wheelchair fencing with a women's sabre A silver at Tokyo 2020, while Khetsuriani is the top seed in the women's foil and sabre category B.

A new open foil team event - the first mixed competition at a World Cup - is set to round off the four days of action on Sunday.

Teams consist of four fencers, featuring one male and one female from both categories.

Men's épée and women's sabre team events are also scheduled for the final day.

São Paulo is the first of five IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cups this season, with stops also scheduled for Chon Buri in Thailand, Poland's capital Warsaw, Pisa in Italy and Eger in Hungary.

It is hoped that this will be the first full IWAS Wheelchair Fencing season for two years.