Gabor Eszol (Budapest, HUN) finished 3-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Eszol lost 8-7 to Christian Durtschi (Adelboden, SUI), then responded with a 6-3 win over Vernon Boyd (Grande Prairie, AB). Eszol went on to lose 5-2 against Matvey Vakin (St-Petersburg, RUS). Eszol responded with a 8-2 win over John Scott (Hamilton, CAN). Eszol won 9-4 against P.N. Raju (IND/USA, www). Eszol went on to lose 9-4 against Mark Mooney (Ardsley, USA) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Eszol did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Eszol ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.