The event, which tips off tomorrow and runs through to Saturday, is the leadup to next year's International Wheelchair Basketball Federation World Cup in England. It will feature teams from Japan, China, Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia and Australia, the No.1 ranked country in the world.

Dandenong Basketball Association general manager Graeme Allen said the event was right up there with the Paralympics.

"Of all the wheelchair sports around the world like rugby and tennis, basketball has by far the highest profile."

He said the tournament would bring more than 1000 visitors from around the world to Dandenong, plus the teams and support staff.

"It's a worldwide event in our backyard and will place the region and the DBA on the world sporting stage. All the Australian games will be televised on ABC television."

The event will feature an opening and closing ceremony and the Stud Road stadium will be decked like an Olympic venue.

Meanwhile, the DBA has appointed former WNBL Boomers and Rangers player Larissa Anderson as head coach of its South East Australian Basketball League women's team for next year.

Anderson played 10 years in the WNBL, was head SEABL coach at Nunawading and is a SEABL and Victorian coach of the year winner.

DBA operations manager Leigh Gooding said Anderson's signing was a coup for the association.

"She is a well-respected former Ranger who the junior representative players look up to as a sharp-shooting, competitively aggressive forward, and to have her back is just such a great thing."