After dramatic final match against Vladimir Malakhov

From the group of players that finished with 7.5 points, Meier Georg, Nijboer Friso, Fedorchuk Sergey A, Timofeev Artyom, Sjugirov Sanan, Bartel Mateusz and Mamedov Rauf have qualified for the World Cup 2009 without additional matches. Bologan Viktor and Papaioannou Ioannis did not participate in tiebreaks.