Marc Haudenschild (Thun, SUI) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Haudenschild finished 3-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Haudenschild lost 6-2 to Roman Ruch (Weinfelden, SUI), droppimg another game, 5-3 to Switzerland's Markus Hauser where Haudenschild responded with a 7-2 win over Stefan Jaeggi (Schoenried, SUI). Haudenschild won 8-6 against Pieter-Jan Witzig (Schaffhausen, SUI), then won 8-4 against 's Markus Arnold in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Haudenschild did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Haudenschild ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.