Norway's Rune Lorentsen finished 7-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Norway's Rune Lorentsen lost 5-2 to Great Britain's Aileen Neilson, droppimg another game, 10-1 to Canada's Mark Ideson. Norway's Rune Lorentsen lost 10-1 to China's Haitao Wang where Norway's Rune Lorentsen responded with a 6-2 win over Athletes From Russia's Konstantin Kurokhtin. Norway's Rune Lorentsen won 6-3 against Switzerland's Felix Wagner. Norway's Rune Lorentsen went on to lose 5-4 against Sweden's Viljo Petersson-Dahl. Norway's Rune Lorentsen responded with a 8-6 win over Germany's Christiane Putzich. Norway's Rune Lorentsen won 9-2 against Korea's Sunseok Seo, then won 6-4 against Finland's Sari Karjalainen and 5-4 against United States's Kirk Black. Norway's Rune Lorentsen won 7-6 against Slovakia's Dusan Pitonak in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Norway's Rune Lorentsen did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Norway's Rune Lorentsen ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.