Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR) finished 1-4 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walstad lost 8-1 to Markku Uusipaavalniemi (Hyvinkaa, FIN), then responded with a 4-1 win over Martin Lill (Tallinn, EST). Walstad went on to lose 5-4 against Evgeniy Arkhipov (Moscow, RUS). Walstad lost 5-3 to Stefan Staehli (Gstaad, SUI). Walstad lost 3-1 to Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 9 of the event schedule, Walstad did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 125th to 128th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 7.128 total points. Walstad ranks 513th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.