2005 Cyberathlete Professional League World Tour

The 2005 CPL World Tour was a year-long gaming competition held by the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL). This competition took place throughout 2005, with a total of nine international stops and a finals event held in the New York City, United States and televised by MTV.[1]

The total purse was US$1,000,000, with $50,000 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.

The World Tour Grand Finals took place between November 20 and 22 2005 and were hosted in New York City, New York, United States. The 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 the CPL's history: US$150,000. The total prize fund for the finals tournament was $500,000, the largest ever for a Painkiller tournament.[2]

The champion of the 2005 CPL World Tour was Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel, who took the grand prize of $150,000. Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager was named the MVP of the tour, an award worth $20,000, and took $100,000 for becoming the runner-up in the finals. By this, Wendel took his fourth CPL World Championship, taking the crown back from Kaasjager, who had taken it from him a year earlier.[3]

Painkiller Results

Finals 4th
United States New York City[4] United States Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel Netherlands Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager Italy Alessandro "Stermy Avallone Germany Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann
Most Valuable Player[5] Netherlands Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager United States Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel Germany Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann Italy Alessandro "Stermy Avallone
Tour Stop 4th
Turkey Istanbul[6] Netherlands Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager United States Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel Italy Alessandro "Stermy Avallone Sweden Johan "sakh" Hessedal
Spain Barcelona[7] Germany Stephan "SteLam" Lammert Netherlands Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager Italy Alessandro "Stermy Avallone Germany Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann
Brazil Rio de Janeiro[8] Netherlands Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager United States Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel Germany Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann Sweden Alexander "Ztrider" Ingarv
Sweden Jönköping[9] Netherlands Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager United States Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel Germany Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann Sweden Alexander "Ztrider" Ingarv
United States Dallas[10] United States Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel Netherlands Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager Sweden Alexander "Ztrider" Ingarv Germany Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann
United Kingdom Sheffield[11] Netherlands Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager United States Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel Germany Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann United Kingdom David "Zaccubus" Treacy
Singapore Singapore[12] United States Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel Netherlands Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager Italy Alessandro "Stermy Avallone Canada Andrew "gellehsak" Ryder
Italy Milan[13] Netherlands Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager United States Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel Sweden Alexander "Ztrider" Ingarv Germany Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann
Chile Santiago[14] Sweden Alexander "Ztrider" Ingarv Canada Andrew "gellehsak" Ryder Netherlands Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager Germany Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann

Tour Stops


Turkey

Spain

Brazil

Sweden

USA

Germany

UK

China

Singapore

Italy

Chile

References

  1. ↑ "Cyberathlete Professional League kicks off world tour" - Yahoo Games (Accessed 05-01-2007)
  2. ↑ "The Cyberathlete Professional League $1,000,000 World Tour Finals to Culminate November 22, 2005, in New York City as MTV Televises All the Action" - Business Wire (Accessed 05-01-2007)
  3. ↑ "The CPL Announces Past 1v1 Champions" - CPL (Accessed 05-01-2007)
  4. ↑ "CPL WT: Fatal1ty Is World Tour Champion" - SK-Gaming (Accessed 05-01-2007)
  5. ↑ "CPL World Tour Standings" - CPL (Accessed 05-01-2007)
  6. ↑ "CPL WT: Turkey Day 3 - Vo0 Wins" - SK-Gaming (Accessed 05-01-2007)
  7. ↑ "Stelam wins CPL Spain" - Gotfrag (Accessed 05-01-2007)
  8. ↑ "CPL WT Brazil: Results" - ESReality (Accessed 05-01-2007)
  9. ↑ "CPL WT: Sweden Vo0 wins Final vs Fatal1ty" - SK-Gaming (Accessed 05-01-2007)
  10. ↑ "CPL WT: Fatal1ty Wins USA Stop" - SK-Gaming (Accessed 05-01-2007)
  11. ↑ "CPL UK PK Round Up" - Gotfrag (Accessed 05-01-2007)
  12. ↑ "CPL WT: Singapore Fatal1ty Wins!" - SK-Gaming (Accessed 05-01-2007)
  13. ↑ "Vo0 vs Fatal1ty in Italy" - Gotfrag (Accessed 05-01-2007)
  14. ↑ "CPL Chile Results - A Fnatic Sweep!" - ESReality (Accessed 05-01-2007)
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