Minhyo Kang/JaeBeom Lee (Gyeongbuk, KOR) finished 5-3 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kang/Lee lost 7-5 to Seonyeong Kim/Yeongseok Jeong (Gangwon, KOR), droppimg another game, 10-5 to Hyerin Kim/Minhyeon Yoo (Gangwon, KOR) where Kang/Lee responded with a 10-3 win over Anah Jeong/Ohwoo Kwon (Bongmyung, KOR). Kang/Lee won 11-2 against Jaehee Jeong/Byeonghyo Chae (Jeonbuk, KOR), then won 8-2 against Youbeen Park/JeongJae Lee (Seoul, KOR) and 7-3 against Seunghee Yang/Taehwan Kim (Seoul, KOR). Kang/Lee won 12-3 against Eunche Lee/Jinwoong Park (Daejon, KOR). Kang/Lee went on to lose 6-4 against Su ji Kim/Jeongmin Kim (Gyeonggido, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 1 of the event schedule, Kang/Lee did not improve upon their best events, dropping from th to 598th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Kang/Lee ranks 213th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.