Norway's Thomas Loevold finished 1-3 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Norway's Thomas Loevold defeated Italy's Joel Retornaz 8-3, then went on to lose 6-2 against Sweden's Nils Carlsen. Norway's Thomas Loevold lost 7-7 to Switzerland's Ralph Stoeckli. Norway's Thomas Loevold lost 7-6 to Scotland's David Murdoch in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Norway's Thomas Loevold did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Norway's Thomas Loevold ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.