Yi Hang Liang (Shanghai, CHN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Liang finished 1-3 in the 0 team BrokerLink OVCA Junior Superspiel qualifying round, held October 28 - 30, 2016 in , . In their opening game, Liang lost 7-3 to Jordie Lyon-Hatcher (Ottawa, ON), then responded with a 4-3 win over Tyler Smith (Charlottetown, PEI). Liang went on to lose 8-2 against Greg Smith (St. John's, NL). Liang lost 9-0 to Jan Hess (Zug, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Liang did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Liang ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.