Scotland's John Hamilton finished 2-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Scotland's John Hamilton lost 7-3 to Switzerland's Claudio Pescia, then responded with a 7-3 win over David Hay (Perth, SCO). Scotland's John Hamilton won 5-3 against Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR). Scotland's John Hamilton went on to lose 5-2 against Scotland's Neil Joss. Scotland's John Hamilton lost 6-5 to Scotland's Iain Watt in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 18 of the event schedule, Scotland's John Hamilton did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 464th to 466th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Scotland's John Hamilton ranks 339th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.