James Pahl (Edmonton, AB) qualified for the 2019 Medicine Hat Charity Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match
7-2 against
Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB). of the 2019 Medicine Hat Charity Classic in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada;
Pahl finished 5-2 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pahl defeated
Shingo Usui (Kitami, JPN) 7-5, then went on to lose
7-3 against
Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI). Pahl responded with a
4-3 win over
Jason Jacobson (Saskatoon, SK). Pahl won
7-5 against
Brent Gedak (Estevan, SK), then won
6-5 against
Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC) to advance to a B-Qualifier game where they lost
6-1 against
Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR) to drop into a C-Qualifier game where they responded with a
7-5 win over
William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.
Pahl earned
18.593 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Medicine Hat Charity Classic. Pahl move up 9 spots after posting a net gain of 13.611 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 67th overall with
68.407 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Pahl ranks 56th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
28.549 points earned so far this season.
