Tijani Cole (Lagos, NGR) finished 0-9 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Cole lost 13-6 to Abylay Zhuzbay (Almaty, KAZ), droppimg another game, 10-4 to Randie Shen (Taipei City, TPE). Cole lost 16-0 to Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN). Cole lost 12-4 to Jason Chang (Hong Kong, HKG). Cole lost 21-0 to Yuta Matsumura (Kitami, JPN). Cole lost 24-2 to Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR). Cole lost 18-3 to Scott Becker (Naseby, NZL). Cole lost 14-3 to Nassar Alyafei (Doha, QAT). Cole lost 19-1 to Sean Hall (Melbourne, AUS) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 16 of the event schedule, Cole did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 595th to 597th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Cole ranks 497th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.