Alexander Baumann (Fuessen, GER) finished 1-4 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Baumann lost 6-4 to Aku Kauste (Helsinki, FIN), then responded with a 8-1 win over Mikel Unanue (San Sebastian, ESP). Baumann went on to lose 7-1 against Marc Pfister (Bern, SUI). Baumann lost 5-1 to Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO). Baumann lost 5-4 to Jiri Snitil (Prague, CZE) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 9 of the event schedule, Baumann did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 141st to 143rd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 5.882 total points. Baumann ranks 542nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.