Alexey Kulchak (Moscow, RUS) finished 2-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kulchak defeated Gregor Rigler (Ljubljana, SLO) 12-1, then went on to lose 6-3 against Alexander Orlov (St-Petersburg, RUS). Kulchak lost 10-7 to Heinz Gerber (Thun, SUI). Kulchak lost 8-4 to Peter Simpson (Chedabucto, CAN). Kulchak lost 9-3 to Bret Jackson (Detroit, USA) where Kulchak responded with a 7-5 win over Claudia Fischer (Kitzbuehel, AUT) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Kulchak did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kulchak ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.