John Shuster (Duluth, MN) finished 2-7 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster lost 7-5 to Andy Kapp (Fuessen, GER), droppimg another game, 6-5 to Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR). Shuster lost 7-6 to Markus Eggler (St. Gallen, SUI). Shuster lost 7-6 to Ulrik Schmidt (Hvidovre, DEN) where Shuster responded with a 4-3 win over Thomas Dufour (Chamonix, FRA). Shuster won 8-7 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Shuster went on to lose 4-2 against David Murdoch (Lockerbie, UK). Shuster lost 7-2 to Kevin Martin (Edmonton, CAN). Shuster lost 11-5 to Fengchun Wang (Harbin, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Shuster did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Shuster ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.