Cyberathlete Professional League

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Cyberathlete Professional League
Cyberathlete Professional League
Sport E-Sports
Founded 1997
No. of teams 128+
Country Flag of United States United States
Singapore
China
Australia
Chile
Brazil
Korea
Sweden
Italy
Current champions SK Gaming (Counter-Strike)
Johnathan Wendel (1vs1)
Official website TheCPL.com
CPLWorldTour.com
CPLCast.com
TheCPL.co.KR
CPLNordic.com
CPLChina.CN
TheCPL.IT
CPLBrasil.com
TheCPL.CL
CPLAustralia.com

The Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) was founded in 1997 by Angel Munoz as a professional sports tournament specializing in computer videogames.

The CPL holds tournaments throughout the USA, Europe, Latin America and Asia, and has hosted a variety of teams and players usually regarded as the best in their respective games. The CPL's tournaments are open to all registrants but also exist qualifier tournaments and invitations for some teams and players, although there is an age limit of at least 17 due to ESRB content rating concerns with the exception of some "teen" rated games where a player can register with a parental consent form at the age of 16.

As of early 2006, the CPL has distributed more than US$3,000,000 in prize money. The CPL's aim is to make computer gaming a viable competitive and spectator event, on the level of athletic sports. They are a driving force in e-sports and are widely respected as a major player in person competitions. Since 1998, legendary game designer John Romero has served as the chairman of the CPL Advisory Board.

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[edit] Partners

For 2006, the CPL has announced the microprocessors manufacturer, AMD as its lead title sponsor, and ATI Technologies as a secondary title sponsor. The CPL is also sponsored by Pizza Hut, BenQ, Razer, Plantronics, Verizon, and Insomnia 365.

The supporting sponsors for the USA CPL events are: D-Link, L-com and Steel Series.

The official Television Media Partner for the CPL is DirecTV, its On-Line Media Partner is GotFrag and its Documentary Partner is Cohesion Productions.

For finals in December Directron.com is exclusively providing 160 high-end professional gaming PCs, specifications of these systems can be found in Directron's press release.

[edit] CAL Division

Main article: Cyberathlete Amateur League

The CPL also operates an online league (with live finals that takes place during CPL events) for amateur players and teams, known as the Cyberathlete Amateur League. CAL operates year-round, with regular 12-week seasons, one or two matches per week, and a single-elimination postseason (playoffs). In the case of Counter-Strike and other official CPL tournament games, the CPL uses CAL performance as a factor in seeding at its live events.

[edit] Past winners

The CPL Summer 2005 Event
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The CPL Summer 2005 Event

The following list shows previous winners of various events and tournaments the CPL has held in a variety of games and locations since its foundation in 1997.

[edit] Alien vs. Predator 2

[edit] Call of Duty

  • 2004 - Cyberathlete® Extreme Summer Championships: United 5

[edit] Counter-Strike

  • 2000 - Babbage's CPL Event: e9 (Sweden)
  • 2001 - Speakeasy CPL Event: Xtreme 3 Blue (USA)
  • 2001 - CPL Pentium® 4 Invitational: Xtreme 3 Blue (USA)
  • 2001 - CPL World Championship Event: NiP (Sweden)
  • 2002 - CPL Pentium® 4 Summer Championship: Schroet Kommando (Sweden)
  • 2002 - CPL Pentium® 4 Winter Event: Team 3D (USA)
  • 2003 - CPL Pentium® 4 Summer Championship: Schroet Kommando (Sweden)
  • 2003 - CPL Pentium® 4 Winter Championship: Schroet Kommando (Sweden)
  • 2004 - Cyberathlete® Extreme Summer Championships: Eyeballers (Sweden)
  • 2004 - Cyberathlete® Extreme Winter Championships: NoA (Norway and North America)
  • 2005 - Cyberathlete® Extreme Summer Championships: Schroet Kommando (Sweden)
  • 2005 - Cyberathlete® Extreme Winter Championships: Schroet Kommando (Sweden)

[edit] Counter-Strike: Source

  • 2005 - Cyberathlete Extreme Summer Championships: PowersGaming [1]

[edit] Day of Defeat

  • 2004 - Cyberathlete® Extreme Winter Championships: Highball
  • 2005 - Cyberathlete® Extreme Summer Championships: Check Six

[edit] Descent III

  • 1999 - Descent 3 World Championships: Chris "fatal" Bond

[edit] Doom 3

  • 2004 - Cyberathlete® Extreme Winter Championships: Meng 'RocketBoy' Yang

[edit] FIFA

  • 2003 - CPL Europe Cannes: Marco "Omnirocket" Jongerius

[edit] F.E.A.R.

  • 2005 - Cyberathlete® Extreme Winter Championships: Neal "cleaner" Sisbarro

[edit] Halo PC

  • 2003 - CPL Pentium® 4 Winter Championship: Xeno
  • 2004 - Cyberathlete® Extreme Summer Championships: Team Wat?

[edit] Halo 2

  • 2005 - Cyberathlete® Extreme Summer Championships: Team 3D
  • 2005 - Cyberathlete® Extreme Winter Championships: ABob - Alex Redard

[edit] Midtown Madness 2

  • 2000 - Gateway Country Challenge: John 'Linfalgamo' Benedict

[edit] Painkiller

[edit] Quake I

  • 1997 - The FRAG: Tom 'Gollum' Dawson
  • 1998 - The CPL Event: Dan 'Rix' Hammans
  • 2001 - CPL 4-Year Anniversary Event: Harley 'HarlsoM' Grey

[edit] Quake II

  • 1998 - FRAG 2: Dan 'Rix' Hammans
  • 1999 - Extreme Annihilation: Kurt 'Immortal' Shimada

[edit] Quake II Female

  • 1999 - GroundZero: Anne "Lilith" Chang

[edit] Quake III

  • 1999 - FRAG 3: Amir 'Hakeem' Haleem
  • 1999 - GroundZero: Mark 'Wombat' Larsen
  • 2000 - Razer CPL Event: Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel
  • 2000 - CPL Asia Atomic Arena: Henrik 'Blue' Björk
  • 2000 - CPL Europe Mplayer: Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel
  • 2000 - Babbage's CPL Event: John 'ZeRo4' Hill
  • 2001 - CPL Pacific Atomic Event: Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel
  • 2001 - CPL Latin America (Brazil): Guilherme 'reef' Bento Radominski
  • 2001 - CPL Europe (Netherlands): Alexey "death" Alexeev
  • 2002 - Nostromo Exhibition Tournament: John 'ZeRo4' Hill
  • 2006 - CPL Singapore: Fan "Jibo" Zhibo
  • 2006 - CPL Australia: Andrew "Python" Chacha
  • 2006 - CPL Brazil: Daniel "Ryu" Souza De Lima
  • 2006 - CPL Italy: Magnus "fojii" Olsson
  • 2006 - CPL Nordic: Fan "Jibo" Zhibo

[edit] Quake III Female

  • 2000 - FRAG 4: Cary 'Succubus' Szeto
  • 2000 - Babbage's CPL Event: Cary 'Succubus' Szeto

[edit] Quake III Team Deathmatch

  • 2000 - FRAG 4: Clan Kapitol
  • 2002 - CPL Europe (Cologne): forZe

[edit] Quake IV

  • 2005 - Cyberathlete® Extreme Winter Championships: Anton "cooller" Singov (mousesports)

[edit] Team Fortress Classic

  • 2002 - CPL Pentium® 4 Winter Event: Vindicate

[edit] Unreal Tournament 2003

[edit] Unreal Tournament 2004

[edit] Warcraft III

  • 2005 - Cyberathlete® Extreme Summer Championships: Yoan 'ToD' Merlo (4Kings)

[edit] World Tour 2005

The CPL World Tour Logo
The CPL World Tour Logo

At the 2004 Cyberathlete® Extreme Summer Championships, the CPL announced details on its largest event ever, the CPL World Tour. This unprecedented event took place throughout 2005, with a total of 10 international stops and a finals event held in the New York City USA and televised by MTV, reportedly over one million people watched the finals on television.

The total purse was $1,000,000 USD, with $50,000 USD at each international stop, and a $500,000 final. The official game of the 2005 World Tour was Painkiller. The CPL's "strategic partners," organizations designated to operate regional World Tour stops, also chose to hold smaller tournaments for other popular competitive games, such as Counter-Strike.

[edit] Turkey

[edit] Spain

[edit] Brazil

[edit] Sweden

[edit] USA

[edit] Germany

  • Location: Berlin, Germany
  • Date: Cancelled
  • This stop was cancelled due to "critical logistical challenges", this stop was replaced by the Italy stop.

[edit] UK

[edit] China

  • Location: Beijing, China
  • Date: Cancelled
  • This stop was also cancelled due to the Ministry of Culture banning Painkiller in China. A replacement stop was held in Singapore.

[edit] Singapore

[edit] Italy

[edit] Chile

Painkiller
Painkiller

[edit] Finals

The World Tour Grand Finals took place between November 20 and 22nd and were hosted in New York City, United States of America.

The CPL Finals hosted the top 32 Painkiller winners from all stops around the globe. They pitted in a one versus one tournament for the largest first place prize in competitive gaming history: US$150,000. The total prize fund for the finals tournament was $500,000, the largest ever for one game.

The champion of the 2005 CPL World Tour was Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel, who took out the large prize of $150,000. Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager was named the MVP of the tour and took $100,000 for becoming the runner-up in the finals.

The Top 10 Money Makers in the 2005 World Tour

Top 10 Before Finals Top 10 After Finals
1. Netherlands - Vo0 ( $112,000 ) 1. Netherlands - Vo0 ( $232,000 )
2. United States of America - Fatal1ty ( $81,000 ) 2. United States of America - Fatal1ty ( $231,000 )
3. Sweden - Ztrider ( $61,500 ) 3. Italy - stermy ( $111,000 )
4. Germany - zyz ( $52,750 ) 4. Germany - zyz ( $102,750 )
5. Italy - stermy ( $41,000 ) 5. Sweden - Ztrider ( $ 86,500 )
6. Canada - gellehsak ( $28,750 ) 6. Italy - booms ( $37,500 )
7. Germany - SteLam ( $21,750 ) 7. Canada - gellehsak ( $35,000 )
8. United Kingdom - Zaccubus ( $11,750 ) 8. Germany - SteLam ( $28,000 )
9. Russia - Lexer ( $6,000 ) 9. United States of America - wombat ( $21,750 )
10. United States of America - wombat ( $4,250 ) 10. Italy - ForresT ( $13,750 )

[edit] CPL Divisions

In mid-2006, the CPL together with its international partners announced a series of licensed divisions to bring worldwide the experience of the CPL events.

[edit] CPL Singapore

[edit] CPL China

[edit] CPL Australia

[edit] CPL Chile

[edit] CPL Brazil

[edit] CPL Korea

[edit] CPL Nordic

[edit] CPL Italy

[edit] CPL World Season

The Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) announced that as part of its 2006 World Season, primarily sponsored by AMD and ATI, it will host major tournaments & qualifiers for Counter-Strike 1.6, Quake 3 and others in the following nine countries: Singapore, Chile, Korea, China, Brazil, Italy, Australia, Sweden and the USA.

This year’s season will commence with a series of national online qualifiers at the Cyberathlete Amateur League (CAL) on Friday, September 1, 2006.

The national final events will take place as follows:

  • Sept 15–17 -- Singapore National Finals - Singapore
  • Oct 20–22 -- Chile National Finals - Concepcion, Chile
  • Oct 26 -- Korea National Finals - Seoul, Korea
  • Oct 28–29 -- China National Finals - Chengdu, China
  • Nov 10–12 -- Australia National Finals - Queensland, Australia
  • Nov 15–19 -- Brazil National Finals - Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Nov 24–26 -- Italy National Finals - Verona, Italy
  • Nov 30–Dec 3 -- Nordic Finals - Jonkoping, Sweden

The World Season will culminate at the CPL 2006 Championship Finals, which will take place Saturday, December 16 to Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at the landmark Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown Dallas.

[edit] Official Media Partners

[edit] External links

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