2006 CPL World Season

The 2006 CPL World Season was a series of electronic sports competitions organized by the Cyberathlete Professional League in the fall of 2006. It was a follow up of the 2005 CPL World Tour and was announced by the CPL on July 1, 2006.[1]

The tour featured two games, Counter-Strike and 'Quake 3. After a total of seven 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 fnatic (Counter-Strike) and Paul "czm" Nelson (Quake 3).

Results

Counter-Strike

Championship Finals 4th
United States Dallas[2][3] Australia fnatic

Sweden Oscar "Archi" Torgersen
Sweden Patrik "cArn" Sättermon
Sweden Harley "dsn" Orwall
Sweden Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg
Sweden Kristoffer "Tentpole" Nordlund

 Denmark MeetYourMakers

Norway Ola "elemeNt" Moum
Norway Lasse "Xione" Stokke
Norway Preben "prb" Gammelsæter
Norway Geir-Stian "juven9le" Svendsen
Norway Sondre "REAL" Svanevik

 Poland Pentagram

Poland Lukasz "LUq" Wnek
Poland Mariusz "Loord" Cybulski
Poland Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas
Poland Filip "Neo" Kubski
Poland Jakub "kuben" Gurczynski

 France Against All Authority

France Guillaume "Geno" Ntep
France Marc "bisou" Naoum
France Steeve "Ozstrik3r" Flavigni
Australia Fergus "ferg" Stephenson
France David "Xp3" Garrido

Season Stop 4th
Nordic[4] Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas Netherlands H2k-Gaming Finland 69°N-28°E Norway Fainted
South Korea South Korea[5] South Korea Lavega Gaming South Korea Project_kr South Korea gehenna South Korea Series of Win
China China[6] China Star.ex China Hacker.Gaming China wNv Gaming China TR
Italy Italy[7] France Against All Authority Germany A-Losers France Goodgame Germany TBH.e-Sports
Brazil Brazil[8] Brazil g3nerationX Brazil Made in Brazil Brazil Team Bye Brazil GameCrashers
Singapore Singapore[9] Australia fnatic Germany Team Speed-Link Malaysia Team Hybrid China Hacker.Gaming

Quake III

Championship Finals 4th
United States Dallas[10] United States Paul "czm" Nelson China Zhibo "Jibo" Fan Russia Anton "Cooller" Singov Sweden Alexander "Z4muZ" Ihrfohrs
Season Stop 4th
Nordic[11] China Zhibo "Jibo" Fan Sweden Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira Sweden Alexander "ZamuZ" Ihrfors Poland Maciej "zik" Jaku
Australia Australia[11] Australia Andrew "Python" Chacha Australia Peter "Ventz" Kidson Australia Sean "Hotw1rd" Dalton Australia Robert "Kiddie" Kidson
Italy Italy[12] Sweden Magnus "fojji" Olsson Germany Marcel "k1ller" Paul China Zhibo "Jibo" Fan Russia Alexey "apo5tol" Altshuller
Brazil Brazil[12] Brazil Daniel "Ryu" Souza De Lima Brazil Diogo "met" Fressato Brazil Vitor "apo" Proto Brazil Rodrigo "agu" Lima Wanderley
Singapore Singapore[13] China Zhibo "Jibo" Fan United States Brian "DKT" Flanders Australia Andrew "Python" Chacha China Meng "RocketBoy" Yang

World Season Events

Singapore

Brazil

Italy

Australia

China

South Korea

Nordic

Championship Finals

References

  1. ↑ the CPL
  2. ↑ http://www.sk-gaming.com/coverage/1287/ (20-12-2006)
  3. ↑ http://www.gotfrag.com/cs/story/35928/ (20-12-2006)
  4. ↑ SK Gaming
  5. ↑ Gotfrag
  6. ↑ Gotfrag
  7. ↑ Amped
  8. ↑ NiP-Gaming
  9. ↑ AmpedNEws
  10. ↑ http://www.sk-gaming.com/coverage/1286/ (20-12-2006)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 SK-Gaming
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Gotfrag
  13. ↑ Amped

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