Laurie St-Georges/Felix Asselin (Montreal, QC) finished 3-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, St-Georges/Asselin lost 6-4 to Martine Roenning/Mathias Braenden (Lillehammer, NOR), droppimg another game, 8-3 to Lisa Weagle/John Epping (Toronto, ON) where St-Georges/Asselin responded with a 9-4 win over Terri Weeks/Sam Steep (waterloo, ON). St-Georges/Asselin won 8-6 against Briar Schwaller/Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI), then won 10-7 against Marie Kaldvee/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST) in their final qualifying round match.
 
St-Georges/Asselin earned 7.875 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 23 of the event schedule, St-Georges/Asselin did not improve upon their best events, improving from 11th to 10th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 102.188 total points. St-Georges/Asselin ranks 13th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 56.250 points earned so far this season.