11th - 14th March: Open preliminary tournament
Entering the main tournament directly:
CN: Ke Jie, Qiu Jun, Sji Yue, Chen Yaoye, Gu Li, Lian Xiao, Jiang Weijie
KR: Park Jungwhan, Kang Dongyun, Na Hyun
JP: Kono Rin, Yuki Satoshi, Terayama Rei
TW: Chen Shiyuan
Wild card: Gu Zihao (CN), Kobayashi Koichi (JP)
[My comment: There's no Iyama Yuta. Looks like Japan just doesn't care.]