| Current season or competition: CPL Events 2009 |
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| Sport | Electronic sports |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1997 |
| Most recent champion(s) |
X3O (CS) Team XFX (CSS) Thomas "Ogre 2" Ryan (Halo 3) |
| Most titles | SK-Gaming (5 times) |
| Official website | Official website |
The Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL), founded on June 27, 1997 by gaming entrepreneur Angel Munoz[1], is a professional sports tournament organization specializing in computer and console video game competitions.
Launched in Dallas, Texas, the CPL is considered the pioneer[2] in professional video game tournaments, which have been held in the U.S., Europe, Latin America, Australia and Asia. The CPL's tournaments are open to all registrants, but due to the ESRB content rating of some video games, CPL competitions are restricted to participants age 17 or older. The CPL has distributed more than US$3,000,000 in cash prizes.
On August 25, 2008, the CPL announced that it had signed an acquisition agreement with an investment group based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[3] On August 23, 2010, NewWorld, the former parent company of the CPL, announced that the two-year acquisition process of the CPL was finalized, and that the sole owner of the CPL (and its subsidiaries) was now WoLong Ventures PTE of Singapore.[4]
Contents |
| Event | Winner | Runner-up | Prizes | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPL Winter 2007 | CS: Team X30
CS:Source: Team XFX |
CS: Mug N Mouse |CS: Dynamo
CS:Source: carnage |
$60,000 |
Dallas |
| Event | Winner | Runner-up | Prizes | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPL Winter 2006 | CS: fnatic
Quake III: Paul "czm" Nelson |
CS: MeetYourMakers
Quake III: Fan "Jibo" Zhibo |
$150,000 | Dallas |
| CPL World Season 2006: Nordic | CS: Ninjas in Pyjamas
Quake III: Fan "Jibo" Zhibo |
CS: H2k Gaming
Quake III: Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira |
Qualifier |
Jönköping |
| CPL World Season 2006: Italy | CS: aAa
Quake III: Magnus "Fojji" Olsson |
CS: a-Losers
Quake III: Marcel "k1llsen" Paul |
Qualifier + $50,000 |
Verona |
| CPL World Season 2006: Korea | CS: LAVEGA-GAMING |
CS: project_kr | Qualifier |
Seoul |
| CPL World Season 2006: China | CS: Star.ex |
CS: Hacker Gaming |
Qualifier |
Chengdu |
| CPL World Season 2006: Brazil | CS: g3nerationX
Quake III: Daniel "Ryu" Souza De Lima |
CS: Made in Brazil
Quake III: Diogo "met" Fressato |
Qualifier | Sao Paulo |
| CPL World Season 2006: Singapore | CS: fnatic
Quake III: Fan "Jibo" Zhibo |
CS: SpeedLink
Quake III: Brian "dkt" Flander |
Qualifier + $30,000 | Singapore |
| Event | Winner | Runner-up | Prizes | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPL Winter 2005 | CS: SK-Gaming
Quake 4: Anton "Cooller" Singov F.E.A.R: Neal "cleaner" Sisbarro |
CS: Lunatic Hai
F.E.A.R: Steven "BlueWolf" Anderson |
$100,000 |
Dallas |
| CPL World Tour 2005: Finals | Painkiller: Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel |
Painkiller: Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager |
$500,000 |
New York |
| CPL World Tour 2005: Chile | CS: Made in Brazil
Painkiller: Alexander "ztrider" Ingarv WC3: Rodolfo "Virus" Ehrhorn |
CS: United 5
Painkiller: Andrew "Gelleshak" Ryder WC3: Bernardo "PaTo" Rodrigues |
Qualifier + $60,000 |
Santiago de Chile |
| CPL World Tour 2005: Italy | Painkiller: Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager |
Painkiller: Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel |
Qualifier + $50,000 |
Milan |
| CPL World Tour 2005: Singapore | CS: fnatic | CS: Team XCN | Qualifier + $70,000 |
Singapore |
| CPL World Tour 2005: United Kingdom | CS: Team9 | CS: Ninjas in Pyjamas | Qualifier + $60,000 |
Sheffield |
| CPL Summer 2005 | CS: SK-Gaming
Painkiller: Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel CS:Source: PowersGaming Halo 2: Final Boss Day of Defeat: Check Six |
CS: Evil Geniuses
Painkiller: Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager CS:Source: upper WC3: Dimitar "DIDI8" Aleksandrov Halo 2: h2o |
$200,000 |
Dallas |
| CPL World Tour 2005: Sweden | Painkiller: Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager |
Painkiller: Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel |
Qualifier + $50,000 |
Jönköping |
| CPL World Tour 2005: Brazil | CS: Made in Brazil | CS: SSV Lehnitz(fnatic) | Qualifier + $70,000 |
Rio de Janeiro |
| CPL World Tour 2005: Spain | CS: mousesports
Painkiller: Stephan "SteLam" Lammert |
CS: compLexity | Qualifier + $70,000 |
Barcelona |
| CPL World Tour 2005: Turkey | CS: Catch Gamer | CS: M19
Painkiller: Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann WC3: Mykhaylo "HoT" Novopashyn |
Qualifier + $70,000 |
Istanbul |
| Event | Winner | Runner-up | Prizes | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPL Winter 2004 | CS: Team NoA
Painkiller: Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager Day of Defeat: Highball Doom 3: Yang "RocketBoy" Meng |
CS: EYEBALLERS
Painkiller: Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann Day of Defeat: Check Six Doom 3: Stefan "dragon" Schott |
$150,000 |
Dallas |
| CPL UK Qualifier 2004 | CS: 4Kings |
CS: GoodGame |
Qualifier |
London |
| CPL Greece Qualifier 2004 | CS: The Titans |
CS: e-stars |
Qualifier |
Athens |
| CPL Brazil Qualifier 2004 | CS: g3nerationX |
CS: Made in Brazil |
Qualifier |
Sao Paulo |
| CPL Japan Qualifier 2004 | CS: Epiphyllum Oxpetalum |
CS: Dynamic |
Qualifier |
Tokyo |
| CPL Turkey Qualifier 2004 | CS: mousesports |
CS: Team Quash |
Qualifier |
Istanbul |
| CPL Romania Qualifier 2004 | CS: SK-Gaming |
CS: AMD Cyber Team |
Qualifier |
Timişoara |
| CPL Summer 2004 | CS: EYEBALLERS
Painkiller: Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager Call Of Duty: United 5 Halo: Team Wat? |
CS: SK-Gaming
Painkiller: Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel Halo: cooked_Gamers |
$250,000 |
Dallas |
The CPL also owned and operated an online video game league for amateur players and teams, named the Cyberathlete Amateur League or CAL. CAL operated year-round, with regular eight-week seasons, one or two matches per week, and a single-elimination postseason (playoffs).
On November 14, 2008, the newly formed CPL Holding Group, LLC from United Arab Emirates announced that it had acquired the Cyberathlete Amateur League (CAL).[5]
On February 22, 2009, CAL ceased online operations. At its peak CAL was one of the largest online gaming leagues in North America with 20,000 teams and over 600,000 registered players. The CAL website was located at www.caleague.com
At the 2004 Cyberathlete Extreme Summer Championships, the CPL announced details on its largest event ever, the CPL World Tour. This event took place throughout 2005, with a total of 10 international stops and a finals event held in New York City, televised by MTV. [10]
The 2006 CPL World Season was a series of electronic sports competitions organized by the CPL in the fall of 2006. It was a follow up of the 2005 CPL World Tour and was announced by the CPL on July 31, 2006.[11]
The tour featured two games, Counter-Strike and Quake 3. After a total of 7 qualifier events, the finals were held on 16–20 December 2006 at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Dallas, Texas. The championship finals had a total prize purse of $150,000 and were won by ORG: Team: fnatic (Counter-Strike) and Paul "czm" Nelson (Quake 3).
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.
On April 2, 2010, a former CGS employee Tonya Welch, released information[12] about an alleged "fraud scheme" by which the new buyers of the CPL had made fictitious statements to the general public and to the previous owner of the CPL. She claimed that the investors were not from Abu Dhabi, as had been announced, but that the purchase was actually conducted by a private group of US investors. Despite the allegations the acquisition was ultimately completed by WoLong Ventures of Singapore.
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