2005 CPL World Tour

The 2005 CPL World Tour was a year-long gaming competition held by the CPL. This competition took place throughout 2005, with a total of 9 international stops and a finals event held in the New York City, USA and televised by MTV. ["Cyberathlete Professional League kicks off world tour" - [http://videogames.yahoo.com/newsarticle?eid=359656&page=0 Yahoo Games] (Accessed 05-01-2007)]

The total purse was $1,000,000 USD, with $50,000 USD 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^th and 22^nd 2005 and were hosted in New York City, United States of America. 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. ["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" - [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_Oct_12/ai_n15685489 Business Wire] (Accessed 05-01-2007)]

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 ["The CPL Announces Past 1v1 Champions" - [http://www.thecpl.com/league/?s=news&p=newsitem_1015 CPL] (Accessed 05-01-2007)] .

Results

Tour Stops

Turkey

* Location: Istanbul, Turkey
* Date: March 25–March 27, 2005
* Champion: Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager
* Strategic Partner: E-Sportr

Spain

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

Brazil

* Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
* Date: May 27–May 30, 2005
* Champion: Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager
* Strategic Partner: Marketing Cell

Sweden

* Location: Jönköping, Sweden
* Date: June 16–June 19, 2005
* Champion: Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager
* Strategic Partner: E-Sport Entertainment Group

USA

* Location: Dallas, Texas, USA
* Date: July 6–July 10, 2005
* Champion: Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel

Germany

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

UK

* Location: Sheffield, UK
* Date: September 2–September 4, 2005
* Champion: Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager
* Strategic Partner: [http://www.gamefrontier.com Gamefrontier]

China

* Location: Beijing, China
* Date: Cancelled
* This stop was also cancelled due to the Ministry of Culture banning Painkiller in China. A replacement stop was held in Singapore.

Singapore

* Location: Singapore, Singapore
* Date: October 14–October 16, 2005
* Champion: Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel
* Strategic Partner: Edge of Reality

Italy

* Location: Milan, Italy
* Date: October 20–October 23, 2005
* Champion: Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager
* Strategic Partner: [http://www.smau.it/english/catnews.asp?l=1&codcat=302 smau]

Chile

* Location: Santiago, Chile
* Date: October 28–October 30, 2005
* Champion: Alexander "Ztrider" Ingarv
* Strategic Partner: [http://cpl.lan-z.net/ LAN-Z.net]

References