Markus Hoiberg (Oppdal, NOR) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Hoiberg finished 5-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hoiberg lost 7-4 to Christopher Plys (St. Paul, USA), droppimg another game, 6-1 to Kyle Smith (Perth, UK). Hoiberg lost 10-4 to Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, CAN) where Hoiberg responded with a 8-4 win over Mario Freiberger (Zug, SUI). Hoiberg won 10-4 against Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE), then won 8-5 against Italy's Marco Pascale and 5-4 against Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR). Hoiberg went on to lose 8-2 against Oskar Eriksson (Lit, SWE). Hoiberg responded with a 10-4 win over Xiuyue Ma (Harbin, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 19 of the event schedule, Hoiberg did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 85th place on the World Ranking Standings with 18.050 total points. Hoiberg ranks 55th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.000 points earned so far this season.