Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN) finished 1-5 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Zou lost 8-5 to Masaki Iwai (Sapporo, JPN), droppimg another game, 9-3 to John Shuster (Duluth, USA) where Zou responded with a 8-6 win over Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA). Zou went on to lose 5-4 against Retornaz. Zou lost 7-6 to Iwai. Zou lost 5-3 to Shuster in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 3 of the event schedule, Zou did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 86th place on the World Ranking Standings with 40.211 total points. Zou ranks 528th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.