Chad Allen (Brantford, ON) finished 0-5 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Allen lost 8-5 to Mark Nichols (St. John's, NL), droppimg another game, 7-4 to Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB). Allen lost 5-3 to Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK). Allen lost 7-3 to Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED). Allen lost 8-6 to Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 5 of the event schedule, Allen did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 92nd place on the World Ranking Standings with 33.064 total points. Allen ranks 61st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.677 points earned so far this season.