Tamotsu Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN) finished 3-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Matsumura defeated Hans Peter Schack (Hvidovre, DEN) 7-4, then won 6-3 against Poland's Damian Herman. Matsumura went on to lose 8-1 against Stefan Van Dijck (Zemst, BEL). Matsumura lost 7-6 to Jussi Uusipaavalniemi (Hyvinkaa, FIN) where Matsumura responded with a 10-4 win over Radek Zdarsky (Prague, CZE). Matsumura went on to lose 7-1 against Gyorgy Nagy (Budapest, HUN). Matsumura lost 10-3 to Howard Rajala (Ottawa, CAN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Matsumura ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.