The final "entry" into the 2017 FIVB World Championships via a "wild card", Ermacora and Pristauz-Telsnigg will be playing in their first worlds. Ermacora placed fourth at the 2012 FIVB under-19 World Championships with Lukas Stranger. Both players began playing regularly on the FIVB World Tour in 2016 with their career best finishes being a fifth in their first event together this season in Langkawi, Malaysia.