Aku Kauste (Helsinki, FIN) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kauste defeated Alexander Baumann (Fuessen, GER) 6-4, then went on to lose 5-2 against Jiri Snitil (Prague, CZE). Kauste lost 8-2 to Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO) where Kauste responded with a 10-3 win over Mikel Unanue (San Sebastian, ESP). Kauste went on to lose 6-3 against Marc Pfister (Bern, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 9 of the event schedule, Kauste did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 142nd to 144th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 5.882 total points. Kauste ranks 543rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.