Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB) finished 1-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Stoughton defeated John Shuster (Duluth, MN) 6-5, then went on to lose 4-1 against Jason Gunnlaugson (Beausejour, MB). Stoughton lost 7-5 to Fengchun Wang (Harbin, CHN). Stoughton lost 6-1 to Claudio Pescia (St. Galler, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Stoughton did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Stoughton ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.