Fabio Ribotta (Trentino, ITA) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Ribotta finished 0-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ribotta lost 5-4 to Jan Hess (Zug, SUI), droppimg another game, 9-4 to Claudio Pescia (Limmattal, SUI). Ribotta lost 9-7 to Daniel Magnusson (Karlstad, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. Ribotta gained -2.74 points improving upon their best 5 events, though dropped 3 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 158thplace overall with 19.183 total points. Ribotta ranks 555th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.