Masaki Iwai (Sapporo, JPN) finished 4-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Iwai defeated Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN) 8-5, then won 8-7 against Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA). Iwai went on to lose 9-3 against John Shuster (Duluth, USA). Iwai lost 9-2 to Shuster where Iwai responded with a 7-6 win over Zou. Iwai won 6-2 against Retornaz in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 3 of the event schedule, Iwai did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 102nd place on the World Ranking Standings with 33.520 total points. Iwai ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 18.985 points earned so far this season.