Brent Bawel (Calgary, AB) finished 3-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bawel defeated Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) 8-7, then went on to lose 5-3 against Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK). Bawel responded with a 9-4 win over Alexey Tselousov (Moscow, RUS). Bawel won 5-4 against Steve Petryk (Calgary, AB). Bawel went on to lose 5-4 against Randy Ferbey (Edmonton, AB). Bawel lost 8-7 to Jay Wakefield (New Westminster, BC) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 8 of the event schedule, Bawel did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 27th to 30th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 54.590 total points. Bawel ranks 67th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.000 points earned so far this season.