Masaki Iwai (Sapporo, JPN) finished 0-6 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Iwai lost 9-1 to Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO), droppimg another game, 10-1 to Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI). Iwai lost 8-2 to Kevin Koe (Calgary, CAN). Iwai lost 9-2 to Mouat. Iwai lost 6-3 to De Cruz. Iwai lost 12-4 to Koe in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 5 of the event schedule, Iwai did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 102nd to 103rd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 33.520 total points. Iwai ranks 28th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 18.985 points earned so far this season.