Marc Pfister (Bern, SUI) finished 2-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pfister defeated Rob Johnson (Calgary, AB) 11-3, then went on to lose 6-1 against Sean O'Connor (Calgary, AB). Pfister responded with a 7-3 win over Alexey Tselousov (St-Petersburg, RUS). Pfister went on to lose 5-3 against Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). Pfister lost 5-4 to Mario Freiberger (Zug, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 12 of the event schedule, Pfister did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 31st to 32nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 43.819 total points. Pfister ranks 22nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 28.375 points earned so far this season.