Qiang Zou (Harbin, CHN) finished 2-11 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Zou lost 5-4 to John Shuster (Duluth, USA), droppimg another game, 7-4 to Joel Retornaz (Pinerolo, ITA). Zou lost 10-6 to Sergei Glukhov (Moscow, RCF). Zou lost 9-5 to Steffen Walstad (Oppdal, NOR). Zou lost 10-1 to Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) where Zou responded with a 6-5 win over Mads Noergaard (Hvidovre, DEN). Zou went on to lose 10-2 against Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED). Zou responded with a 8-5 win over Yeong Seok Jeong (Uijeongbu, KOR). Zou went on to lose 6-5 against Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, CAN). Zou lost 5-3 to Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Zou lost 8-4 to Sixten Totzek (Fuessen, GER). Zou lost 7-6 to Yuta Matsumura (Tokoro, JPN). Zou lost 9-4 to Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Zou ranks 249th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.