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 Gold Silver Bronze 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 Gold Silver Bronze 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

  • Location: Barcelona, Spain
  • Date: April 29–May 1, 2005
  • Champion: Stephan "SteLam" Lammert
  • Strategic Partner: E-Life Europe

Brazil

Sweden

United States

Germany

  • Location: Berlin, Germany
  • Date: Cancelled
  • This stop was cancelled due to "critical logistical challenges", this stop was replaced by the Italy stop.

United Kingdom

China

Singapore

Italy

Chile

  • Location: Santiago, Chile
  • Date: October 28–October 30, 2005
  • Champion: Alexander "Ztrider" Ingarv
  • Strategic Partner: LAN-Z.net

References

  1. ^ "Cyberathlete Professional League kicks off world tour" - Yahoo Games Archived 2007-01-16 at the Wayback Machine (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 Archived 2006-11-30 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 05-01-2007)
  4. ^ "CPL WT: Fatal1ty Is World Tour Champion" - SK-Gaming Archived 2006-11-26 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 05-01-2007)
  5. ^ "CPL World Tour Standings" - CPL Archived 2006-12-07 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 05-01-2007)
  6. ^ "CPL WT: Turkey Day 3 - Vo0 Wins" - SK-Gaming Archived 2006-11-17 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 05-01-2007)
  7. ^ "Stelam wins CPL Spain" - Gotfrag Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine (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 Archived 2006-11-22 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 05-01-2007)
  10. ^ "CPL WT: Fatal1ty Wins USA Stop" - SK-Gaming Archived 2006-11-22 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 05-01-2007)
  11. ^ "CPL UK PK Round Up" - Gotfrag Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 05-01-2007)
  12. ^ "CPL WT: Singapore Fatal1ty Wins!" - SK-Gaming Archived 2006-05-27 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 05-01-2007)
  13. ^ "Vo0 vs Fatal1ty in Italy" - Gotfrag Archived 2007-07-07 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 05-01-2007)
  14. ^ "CPL Chile Results - A Fnatic Sweep!" - ESReality (Accessed 05-01-2007)