Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) finished 1-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Morozumi lost 8-7 to Brent Bawel (Calgary, AB), then responded with a 11-0 win over Sean Beighton (Seattle, WA). Morozumi went on to lose 6-4 against Jay Wakefield (New Westminster, BC). Morozumi lost 6-5 to Bryan Miki (New Westminster, BC) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 8 of the event schedule, Morozumi did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 98th to 99th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 12.180 total points. Morozumi ranks 110th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.930 points earned so far this season.