Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Michel lost 7-3 to Pierre Charette (Buckingham, PQ), droppimg another game, 8-6 to Martin Ferland (Quebec, PQ). Michel lost 5-4 to Bryan Cochrane (Ottawa, ON) where Michel responded with a 3-1 win over Denis Cordick (Toronto, ON). Michel won 6-4 against Jeff Stoughton (winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 5 of the event schedule, Michel did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 13th place on the World Ranking Standings with 108.015 total points. Michel ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 21.000 points earned so far this season.