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.
