Yuta Matsumura (Tokoro, JPN) finished 6-7 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Matsumura defeated Sixten Totzek (Fuessen, GER) 8-5, then went on to lose 8-5 against Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, CAN). Matsumura lost 8-5 to Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI). Matsumura lost 10-5 to John Shuster (Duluth, USA) where Matsumura responded with a 5-2 win over Joel Retornaz (Pinerolo, ITA). Matsumura went on to lose 10-5 against Sergei Glukhov (Moscow, RCF). Matsumura lost 10-2 to Steffen Walstad (Oppdal, NOR). Matsumura lost 6-3 to Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) where Matsumura responded with a 10-6 win over Mads Noergaard (Hvidovre, DEN). Matsumura won 7-5 against Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED), then won 10-7 against Yeong Seok Jeong (Uijeongbu, KOR) and 7-6 against Qiang Zou (Harbin, CHN). Matsumura went on to lose 7-2 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Matsumura ranks 219th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.