Jiri Snitil (Prague, CZE) finished 3-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Snitil lost 5-2 to Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO), then responded with a 5-2 win over Aku Kauste (Helsinki, FIN). Snitil won 7-6 against Mikel Unanue (San Sebastian, ESP). Snitil went on to lose 6-4 against Marc Pfister (Bern, SUI). Snitil responded with a 5-4 win over Alexander Baumann (Fuessen, GER) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 9 of the event schedule, Snitil did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 38th place on the World Ranking Standings with 33.358 total points. Snitil ranks 43rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 9.800 points earned so far this season.