10 athletes fighting for 4 spots on the men's A Team. It is a career-changing moment, a chance to move up the ranks and a stepping stone to becoming world champion. It is also an unpredictable competition, a close match, a brutal contest. After 3 days of round-robin competition, Ren Hao, Zhao Zihao, Niu Guankai and Zhang Yudong earned the precious spots on the men's A Team.
12 athletes from the Chinese men's B Team competed for the 6 spots on the upcoming Team A promotion competition. Zhang Yudong, Kong Lingxuan, Song Xu, Zhao Zihao, Xu Haidong and Niu Guankai earned their chance to compete against the bottom 4 athletes from the A Team and may be promoted to the A Team while Li Yijie and Fang Yinchi the bottom 2 players were sent back to their provincial teams.
