Chris Ribau (Lisbon, POR) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Ribau finished 0-7 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ribau lost
10-4 to
Konrad Stych (Warsaw, POL), droppimg another game,
13-9 to
Eduard Veltsman (Tallinn, EST). Ribau lost
11-3 to
Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT). Ribau lost
8-4 to
Mikkel Krause (Hvidovre, DEN). Ribau lost
8-6 to
Timothy Verreycken (Zemst, BEL). Ribau lost
10-3 to
Eddy Mercier (Megeve, FRA). Ribau lost
10-2 to
Kristof Czermann (Budapest, HUN) in their final qualifying round match.
Ribau earned
0.375 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 18 of the event schedule, Ribau did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Ribau ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
