Cyberathlete Professional League

Current season or competition: CPL Events 2009
Sport	Electronic sports
Founded	1997
Most recent champion(s)	X3O (CS) Team XFX (CSS) Thomas "Ogre 2" Ryan (Halo 3)
Most championships	SK-Gaming (5 times)
Official website	Official website

The Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL), founded in June 1997 by entrepreneur Angel Munoz, is a pioneering tournament organization specializing in computer and console video game competitions. The CPL is one of the most recognized brands in video game tournaments, and its goal is to transform video game competitions into a spectator sport.

Launched in Dallas, Texas, the CPL has held official video game tournaments throughout the U.S., Europe, Latin America, Australia and Asia, and hosts a variety of teams and players widely regarded as the best in their respective games. The CPL's tournaments are open to all registrants, but due to the ESRB MATURE content rating of some video games, most CPL competitions are restricted to participants age 17 and older.

The CPL has distributed more than US$3,000,000 in cash prizes and approximately US$2,000,000 in merchandise prizes.

On August 25, 2008, the CPL announced that it was acquired by an investment group based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates^[1]. On October 6, 2009, the new owners of the CPL held their first gaming community event in Chengdu, China. ^[2]

On November 27, 2009, the new CPL announced a partnership with DreamHack to host large-scale gaming tournaments and programs in the Shanghai Expo's Swedish pavilion. The gaming events will take place throughout the course of the Expo, culminating in Championships at the Winter 2010 DreamHack. ^[3]

Contents 1 Events 1.1 2007 1.2 2006 1.3 2005 1.4 2004 2 Cyberathlete Amateur League 3 Past CPL World Champions 3.1 Individual Competitions 3.2 Team Competitions 4 Past CPL Event Winners 5 World Tour 2005 6 World Season 2006 7 CPL Divisions 7.1 CPL Singapore 7.2 CPL China 7.3 CPL Australia 7.4 CPL Chile 7.5 CPL Brazil 7.6 CPL Korea 7.7 CPL Nordic 7.8 CPL Italy 8 External links 9 References

[edit] Events

[edit] 2007

Event	Winner	Runner-up	Prizes	Venue
CPL Winter 2007	CS: X3O CS:Source: Team XFX Halo 3: Thomas "Ogre 2" Ryan	CS: Mug N Mouse CS:Source: carnage Halo 3: Michael "StrongSide" Cavanaugh	$150,000	Dallas

[edit] 2006

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	Jonkoping
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

[edit] 2005

Event	Winner	Runner-up	Prizes	Venue
CPL Winter 2005	CS: SK-Gaming Quake IV: Anton "Cooller" Singov F.E.A.R: Neal "cleaner" Sisbarro	CS: Lunatic Hai Quake IV: Johan "Toxjq" Quick 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 Painkiller: Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel	CS: Team XCN Painkiller: Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager	Qualifier + $70,000	Singapore
CPL World Tour 2005: United Kingdom	CS: Team9 Painkiller: Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager	CS: Ninjas in Pyjamas Painkiller: Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel	Qualifier + $60,000	Sheffield
CPL Summer 2005	CS: SK-Gaming Painkiller: Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel CS:Source: PowersGaming WC3: Yoan "ToD" Merlo 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 Day Of Defeat: compLexity	$200,000	Dallas
CPL World Tour 2005: Sweden	Painkiller: Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager	Painkiller: Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel	Qualifier + $50,000	Jonkoping
CPL World Tour 2005: Brazil	CS: Made in Brazil Painkiller: Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager	CS: SSV Lehnitz Painkiller: Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel	Qualifier + $70,000	Rio de Janeiro
CPL World Tour 2005: Spain	CS: mousesports Painkiller: Stephan "SteLam" Lammert	CS: compLexity Painkiller: Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager	Qualifier + $70,000	Barcelona
CPL World Tour 2005: Turkey	CS: Catch Gamer Painkiller: Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager WC3: Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen	CS: M19 Painkiller: Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann WC3: Mykhaylo "HoT" Novopashyn	Qualifier + $70,000	Istanbul

[edit] 2004

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 UT2K4: SK-Gaming Call Of Duty: United 5 Halo: Team Wat?	CS: SK-Gaming Painkiller: Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel UT2K4: Xtreme Call Of Duty: Team 3D Halo: cooked_Gamers	$250,000	Dallas

[edit] Cyberathlete Amateur League

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). ^[4]

On February 22nd 2009, CAL temporarily 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.

[edit] Past CPL World Champions

[edit] Individual Competitions

• 2006 - Paul "czm" Nelson - (Quake III)^[5]
• 2005 - Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel - (Painkiller)^[6]
• 2004 - Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager - (Painkiller)
• 2003 - Chris "kJer" Lujan - (Painkiller)
• 2002 - Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel - (Unreal Tournament 2003)
• 2001 - Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel - (Alien versus Predator 2)
• 2000 - Joseph "Droogie" Tartaro - (Quake III)
• 1999 - Mark "wombat" Larsen - (Quake III)
• 1998 - Dan "Rix" Hammans - (Quake II)
• 1997 - Tom "gollum" Dawson - (Quake)

[edit] Team Competitions

• 2007 - ORG: Team: Pandemic - (Counter-Strike Source)
• 2006 - ORG: Team: fnatic - (Counter-Strike)^[7]
• 2005 - ORG: Team: SK Gaming - (Counter-Strike)^[8]
• 2004 - ORG: Team: Team NoA - (Counter-Strike)
• 2003 - ORG: Team: SK Gaming - (Counter-Strike)
• 2002 - ORG: Team: SK Gaming - (Counter-Strike)
• 2001 - ORG: Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas - (Counter-Strike)
• 2000 - ORG: Team: e9 - (Counter-Strike)

[edit] Past CPL Event Winners

[edit] World Tour 2005

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.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] World Season 2006

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.^[9]

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).

[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

• Strategic Partner: Edge of Reality
• Official Site: http://www.cplsingapore.com/

[edit] CPL China

• Strategic Partner: Media Gaming Live Pte Ltd
• Official Site: http://www.cplchina.cn/

[edit] CPL Australia

• Strategic Partner: Ping Events Australia EH?

[edit] CPL Chile

• Strategic Partner: ALM Ingenieria (LAN-Z) S.A.

[edit] CPL Brazil

• Strategic Partner: Made in Brazil Esportes Eletrônicos (MiBR) Ltda
• Official Site: http://www.cplbrasil.com/

[edit] CPL Korea

• Strategic Partner: International e-Sports Group, Inc (IEG)
• Official Site: http://www.thecpl.co.kr/

[edit] CPL Nordic

• Strategic Partner: E-Sport Entertainment Group AB (EEG)
• Official Site: http://www.cplnordic.com/

[edit] CPL Italy

• Strategic Partner: A.S. Play.it (ASPI)

[edit] External links

• Cyberathlete Professional League
• Cyberathlete Amateur League

[edit] References

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