Mario Freiberger (Zug, SUI) finished 1-3 in the 19-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Freiberger lost 5-4 to Sean O'Connor (Calgary, AB), then responded with a 7-6 win over John Stroh (Medicine Hat, AB). Freiberger went on to lose 9-5 against Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB). Freiberger lost 10-5 to Robert Schlender (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 8 of the event schedule, Freiberger did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 117th to 122nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 7.391 total points. Freiberger ranks 101st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.705 points earned so far this season.