Simon Gempeler (Adelboden, SUI) finished 2-4 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gempeler lost 7-5 to Mikkel Krause (Hvidovre, DEN), droppimg another game, 5-4 to Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI). Gempeler lost 6-4 to Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) where Gempeler responded with a 9-4 win over Switzerland's Jan Klossner. Gempeler went on to lose 5-4 against Sixten Totzek (Fuessen, GER). Gempeler responded with a 8-2 win over Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 2 of the event schedule, Gempeler did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 70th place on the World Ranking Standings with 56.076 total points. Gempeler ranks 208th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.