Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) finished 4-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated
Lucien Lottenbach (Luzern, SUI) 9-2, then went on to lose
7-6 against
Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR). Retornaz responded with a
6-4 win over
Marc Pfister (Adelboden, SUI). Retornaz went on to lose
5-3 against
Steffen Walstad (Oppdal, NOR). Retornaz responded with a
6-2 win over
Sebastian Wunderer (Kitzbuehel, AUT). Retornaz won
5-1 against
Magnus Ramsfjell (Oslo, NOR). Retornaz went on to lose
7-3 against
Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.
Retornaz earned
10.767 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 8 of the event schedule, Retornaz did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Retornaz ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
