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 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 fnatic (Counter-Strike) and Paul "czm" Nelson (Quake 3).

[edit] Results

[edit] Counter-Strike

Championship Finals				4th
Dallas[2][3]	fnatic Oscar "Archi" Torgersen Patrik "cArn" Sättermon Harley "dsn" Orwall Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg Kristoffer "Tentpole" Nordlund	MeetYourMakers Ola "elemeNt" Moum Lasse "Xione" Stokke Preben "prb" Gammelsæter Geir-Stian "juven9le" Svendsen Sondre "REAL" Svanevik	Pentagram Lukasz "LUq" Wnek Mariusz "Loord" Cybulski Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas Filip "Neo" Kubski Jakub "kuben" Gurczynski	Against All Authority Guillaume "Geno" Ntep Marc "bisou" Naoum Steeve "Ozstrik3r" Flavigni Fergus "ferg" Stephenson David "Xp3" Garrido
Season Stop				4th
Nordic[4]	Ninjas in Pyjamas	H2k-Gaming	69°N-28°E	Fainted
Korea[5]	Lavega Gaming	Project_kr	gehenna	Series of Win
China[6]	Star.ex	Hacker.Gaming	wNv Gaming	TR
Italy[7]	Against All Authority	A-Losers	Goodgame	TBH.e-Sports
Brazil[8]	g3nerationX	Made in Brazil	Team Bye	GameCrashers
Singapore[9]	fnatic	Team Speed-Link	Team Hybrid	Hacker.Gaming

[edit] Quake III

Championship Finals				4th
Dallas[10]	Paul "czm" Nelson	Zhibo "Jibo" Fan	Anton "Cooller" Singov	Alexander "Z4muZ" Ihrfohrs
Season Stop				4th
Nordic[11]	Zhibo "Jibo" Fan	Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira	Alexander "ZamuZ" Ihrfors	Maciej "zik" Jaku
Australia[12]	Andrew "Python" Chacha	Peter "Ventz" Kidson	Sean "Hotw1rd" Dalton	Robert "Kiddie" Kidson
Italy[13]	Magnus "fojji" Olsson	Marcel "k1ller" Paul	Zhibo "Jibo" Fan	Alexey "apo5tol" Altshuller
Brazil[14]	Daniel "Ryu" Souza De Lima	Diogo "met" Fressato	Vitor "apo" Proto	Rodrigo "agu" Lima Wanderley
Singapore[15]	Zhibo "Jibo" Fan	Brian "DKT" Flanders	Andrew "Python" Chacha	Meng "RocketBoy" Yang

[edit] World Season Events

[edit] Singapore

• Location: Singapore
• Date: September 15 - September 17 2006
• Games: Counter-Strike, Quake 3
• Winners: fnatic, Fan "Jibo" Zhibo

[edit] Brazil

• Location: Sao Paulo
• Date: November 15 - November 19 2006
• Games: Counter-Strike, Quake 3
• Winners: g3nerationX, Daniel "Ryu" Souza De Lima

[edit] Italy

• Location: Verona
• Date: November 24 - November 26 2006
• Games: Counter-Strike, Quake 3
• Winners: Against All Authority, Magnus "fojji" Olsson

[edit] Australia

• Location: Perth
• Date: November 25 - November 26 2006
• Games: Quake 3
• Winner: Andrew "Python" Chacha

[edit] China

• Location: Chengdu
• Date: November 25 - November 26 2006
• Games: Counter-Strike
• Winners: Star.ex

[edit] Korea

• Location: Seoul
• Date: November 27 2006
• Games: Counter-Strike
• Winners: Lavega Gaming

[edit] Nordic

• Location: Jonkoping, Sweden
• Date: November 30 - December 3 2006
• Games: Counter-Strike, Quake 3
• Winners: Ninjas in Pyjamas, Fan "Jibo" Zhibo

[edit] Championship Finals

• Location: Dallas, Texas
• Date: December 16 - December 20 2006
• Games: Counter-Strike, Quake 3
• Winners: fnatic, Paul "czm" Nelson

[edit] 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. ^ SK-Gaming
12. ^ SK-Gaming
13. ^ Gotfrag
14. ^ Gotfrag
15. ^ Amped

[edit] External links

• World Season Website
• World Season Finals Website