Monika Gafner/Martin Graber (Bern, SUI) are currently 3-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gafner/Graber defeated Andrea Schoepp/Rainer Schoepp (Garmisch-Partenkirchken, GER) 7-2, then went on to lose 8-7 against Helen Strong/Wade Scoffin (Whitehorse, CAN). Gafner/Graber responded with a 10-5 win over Ekaterina Priemskaya/Alexander Androsov (Moscow, RUS). Gafner/Graber won 9-6 against Traudi Koudelka/Alois Genner (Kitzbuehel, AUT). In their next game, Gafner/Graber plays.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Gafner/Graber did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Gafner/Graber ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.