Egidio Marchese (Trentino, ITA) finished 5-6 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Marchese defeated United States's Matt Thums 4-2, then won 6-3 against Hugh Nibloe (Stirling, SCO). Marchese went on to lose 8-3 against Mark Ideson (Edmonton, CAN). Marchese lost 8-5 to Marcus Holm (Stockholm, SWE) where Marchese responded with a 6-5 win over Dana Selnekovicova (Prague, CZE). Marchese won 6-3 against Jostein Stordahl (Oslo, NOR). Marchese went on to lose 8-3 against Radoslav Duris (Bratislava, SVK). Marchese lost 12-2 to Haitao Wang (Beijing, CHN). Marchese lost 6-4 to Korea's Huitae Yang where Marchese responded with a 10-3 win over Ain Villau (Tallinn, EST). Marchese went on to lose 8-3 against Agris Lasmans (Riga, LAT) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Marchese ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.