Japan's Naoki Iwanaga finished 0-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Japan's Naoki Iwanaga lost 8-1 to Glenn Howard (Coldwater, ON), droppimg another game, 10-2 to John Epping (Toronto, ON). Japan's Naoki Iwanaga lost 9-1 to Alexey Tselousov (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 32 of the event schedule, Japan's Naoki Iwanaga did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 522nd to 523rd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Japan's Naoki Iwanaga ranks 398th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.