World champion was the Russian Pawel Mechowow , who defeated the Ukrainian Oleksandr Palamar 7-5 in the final. Third place went to defending champion Yuri Pashchinsky and last year's third Eduard Galijanz . The two-time world champion Kanybek Sagyndykow lost in the quarter-finals against Pashchinsky, last year's finalist Kirill Anishchenko in the last sixteen against Galijanz. The two German participants, Wadim Polewoi and Uwe Sander, were eliminated in the preliminary round. Dieter Johns , who starts for the USA and lives in Germany , reached the round of 32 and was defeated by Oleksandr Palamar. 13 players from the host country took part; Petri Pohjola reached the round of 16 as the best Finn.
The 64 participants initially competed against each other in a double knockout system . 32 players qualified for the final round, which was played in the knockout system .