Italy's Joel Retornaz finished 3-8 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Italy's Joel Retornaz defeated Japan's Makato Tsuruga 7-6, then went on to lose 7-6 against Fengchun Wang (Harbin, CHN). Italy's Joel Retornaz responded with a 6-5 win over Germany's Andy Kapp. Italy's Joel Retornaz went on to lose 7-6 against Sweden's Per Carlsen. Italy's Joel Retornaz lost 7-5 to Kevin Koe (Edmonton, CAN). Italy's Joel Retornaz lost 10-5 to Torger Nergaard (Oslo, NOR). Italy's Joel Retornaz lost 7-5 to Stefan Karnusian (St. Moritz, SUI). Italy's Joel Retornaz lost 8-5 to Pete Fenson (Bemidji, USA). Italy's Joel Retornaz lost 10-4 to Warwick Smith (Perth, SCO). Italy's Joel Retornaz lost 6-5 to Denmark's Ulrik Schmidt where Italy's Joel Retornaz responded with a 9-8 win over Thomas Dufour (Chamonix, FRA) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Italy's Joel Retornaz did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Italy's Joel Retornaz ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.