John Shuster (Duluth, MN) finished 2-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster lost 7-6 to Thomas Heimann (Zurich, SUI), then responded with a 5-2 win over Italy's Joel Retornaz. Shuster won 6-5 against Thomas Due (Oslo, NOR). Shuster went on to lose 7-5 against Stefan Karnusian (St. Moritz, SUI). Shuster lost 5-4 to Thomas Loevold (Oslo, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Shuster did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Shuster ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.