Steen Sigurdson (Winnipeg, MB) finished 2-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sigurdson lost 6-5 to Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN), then responded with a 7-2 win over Murray Woodward (St. Adolphe, MB). Sigurdson went on to lose 4-3 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Sigurdson responded with a 11-6 win over Richard Muntain (Pinawa, MB). Sigurdson went on to lose 5-4 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 8 of the event schedule, Sigurdson did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 101st to 106th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 9.825 total points. Sigurdson ranks 89th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.125 points earned so far this season.