Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI) finished 1-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Michel lost 7-4 to Randy Ferbey (St. Johns, NL), then responded with a 6-1 win over Leon Romaniuk (Seattle, WA). Michel went on to lose 9-4 against Jason Montgomery (Duncan, BC). Michel lost 8-2 to Ted Appelman (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 5 of the event schedule, Michel did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 495th place on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Michel ranks 312th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.