Dan He/Hongbo Li (Beijing, CHN) finished 1-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, He/Li lost 9-4 to Pia-Lisa Schoell/Konstantin Kampf (Fuessen, GER), then responded with a 7-1 win over Natalie Wiksten/Kasper Wiksten (Hvidovre, DEN). He/Li went on to lose 7-5 against Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE). He/Li lost 8-3 to Michele Jaeggi/Sven Michel (Bern, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 33 of the event schedule, He/Li did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. He/Li ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.