James Monacell won this tournament but reached only 4.5 points. The norm for an IEE title is 5 points. Therefore James achieved a qualification for the IECG World Championship Semi-Final Stage, but not an IECG Title norm. The only tournaments in which a win also means achieving an IECG Title Norm are the IECG World Championship, the IECG Cup Final, the IECG Cup Semi-Final and the IECG World Championship Candidates' Final. This question was a major issue when we discussed IECG Title requirments.
Different scenarios exist.
The easiest is when a player withdraws right at the beginning of a tournament. He is then replaced and norm calculations are based on the new member's rating. If the player is not replaced, then there will be no change, the Norm Category remaining as if the withdrawing player had continued playing. We decided to treat the situation this way so as to simplify the planning for norms. Another reason was that a player may have already achieved a good result against the withdrawing player, this result suddenly becoming valueless.