Markku Uusipaavalniemi (Helsinki, FIN) finished 4-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Uusipaavalniemi defeated Spain's Antonio De Mollinedo 7-1, then went on to lose 8-6 against Hungary's Gyeorgy Nagy. Uusipaavalniemi responded with a 7-3 win over Slovakia's Pavol Pitonak. Uusipaavalniemi won 10-3 against Belarus's Ihar Platonov. Uusipaavalniemi went on to lose 8-0 against Alexey Tselousov (Moscow, RUS). Uusipaavalniemi responded with a 9-3 win over Lithuania's Tadas Vyskupaitis. Uusipaavalniemi went on to lose 8-5 against Austria's Andreas Unterberger in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 17 of the event schedule, Uusipaavalniemi did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 51st place on the World Ranking Standings with 41.705 total points. Uusipaavalniemi ranks 53rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.675 points earned so far this season.