The UK was selected on 10 May to hold the international event, in which 800 young people from 40 countries will compete against each other in more than 40 different skills.
About 50 young people aged 18 to 23 are expected to be in the UK team for the four-day London event, which will take place in October 2011.
Participants will be expected to have reached NVQ levels 3 or 4.
Graeme Hall, chief executive of UK Skills, the organisation that spearheaded the UK bid, said: "We need to get more competition in the curriculum.
Employers say young people who have been involved in competitions are more productive. We don't pretend it will be a lovely cosy world out there."
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