Thomas Loevold (Oslo, NOR) finished 3-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Loevold lost 8-7 to Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, UK), then responded with a 7-2 win over Tomi Rantamaki (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Loevold went on to lose 6-5 against Andrey Drozdov (Moscow, RUS). Loevold responded with a 5-2 win over Switzerland's Stephane Marietan. Loevold won 6-5 against Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 9 of the event schedule, Loevold did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 56th to 59th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 22.504 total points. Loevold ranks 37th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 13.720 points earned so far this season.