Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Edin finished 5-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Edin defeated David Murdoch (Lockerbie, UK) 6-4, then won 6-3 against Andy Kapp (Fuessen, GER). Edin went on to lose 7-3 against Kevin Martin (Edmonton, CAN). Edin responded with a 6-5 win over Fengchun Wang (Harbin, CHN). Edin went on to lose 8-7 against John Shuster (Duluth, MN). Edin lost 5-4 to Thomas Dufour (Chamonix, FRA) where Edin responded with a 8-7 win over Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR). Edin went on to lose 7-3 against Markus Eggler (St. Gallen, SUI). Edin responded with a 7-6 win over Ulrik Schmidt (Hvidovre, DEN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Edin did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Edin ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.