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."Cyberathlete Professional League kicks off world tour" - Yahoo Games https://web.archive.org/web/20070116035708/http://videogames.yahoo.com/newsarticle?eid=359656&page=0 2007-01-16 (Accessed 05-01-2007) 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.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 October 12, 2005 Business Wire 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" - CPL https://web.archive.org/web/20061130004312/http://www.thecpl.com/league/?s=news&p=newsitem_1015 2006-11-30 (Accessed 05-01-2007) Painkiller Results Finals Gold Silver Bronze 4th USA New York City"CPL WT: Fatal1ty Is World Tour Champion" - SK-Gaming https://web.archive.org/web/20061126195452/http://www.sk-gaming.com/coverage/671/ 2006-11-26 (Accessed 05-01-2007) USA Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel NED Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager ITA Alessandro "Stermy" Avallone GER Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann Most Valuable Player"CPL World Tour Standings" - CPL https://web.archive.org/web/20061207104248/http://www.cplworldtour.com/index2.php?p=standings 2006-12-07 (Accessed 05-01-2007) NED Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager USA Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel GER Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann ITA Alessandro "Stermy" Avallone Tour Stop Gold Silver Bronze 4th TUR Istanbul"CPL WT: Turkey Day 3 - Vo0 Wins" - SK-Gaming https://web.archive.org/web/20061117083110/http://www.sk-gaming.com/coverage/384/ 2006-11-17 (Accessed 05-01-2007) NED Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager USA Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel ITA Alessandro "Stermy" Avallone SWE Johan "sakh" Hessedal ESP Barcelona"Stelam wins CPL Spain" - Gotfrag https://web.archive.org/web/20110717055238/http://www.gotfrag.com/pk/story/3320/ 2011-07-17 (Accessed 05-01-2007) GER Stephan "SteLam" Lammert NED Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager ITA Alessandro "Stermy" Avallone GER Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann BRA Rio de Janeiro"CPL WT Brazil: Results" - ESReality (Accessed 05-01-2007) NED Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager USA Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel GER Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann SWE Alexander "Ztrider" Ingarv SWE Jönköping"CPL WT: Sweden Vo0 wins Final vs Fatal1ty" - SK-Gaming https://web.archive.org/web/20061122001410/http://www.sk-gaming.com/coverage/516/ 2006-11-22 (Accessed 05-01-2007) NED Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager USA Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel GER Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann SWE Alexander "Ztrider" Ingarv USA Dallas"CPL WT: Fatal1ty Wins USA Stop" - SK-Gaming https://web.archive.org/web/20061122001424/http://www.sk-gaming.com/coverage/537/ 2006-11-22 (Accessed 05-01-2007) USA Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel NED Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager SWE Alexander "Ztrider" Ingarv GER Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann GBR Sheffield"CPL UK PK Round Up" - Gotfrag https://web.archive.org/web/20110717055329/http://www.gotfrag.com/pk/story/29413/ 2011-07-17 (Accessed 05-01-2007) NED Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager USA Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel GER Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann GBR David "Zaccubus" Treacy SGP Singapore"CPL WT: Singapore Fatal1ty Wins!" - SK-Gaming https://web.archive.org/web/20060527105648/http://www.sk-gaming.com/coverage/664/ 2006-05-27 (Accessed 05-01-2007) USA Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel NED Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager ITA Alessandro "Stermy" Avallone CAN Andrew "gellehsak" Ryder ITA Milan"Vo0 vs Fatal1ty in Italy" - Gotfrag https://web.archive.org/web/20070707034808/http://www.gotfrag.com/pk/story/29922/ 2007-07-07 (Accessed 05-01-2007) NED Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager USA Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel SWE Alexander "Ztrider" Ingarv GER Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann CHI Santiago"CPL Chile Results - A Fnatic Sweep!" - ESReality (Accessed 05-01-2007) SWE Alexander "Ztrider" Ingarv CAN Andrew "gellehsak" Ryder NED Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager GER Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann 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 United States Location: Dallas, Texas, United States 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. United Kingdom Location: Sheffield, UK Date: September 2–September 4, 2005 Champion: Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager Strategic Partner: https://archive.today/20130208073159/http://www.gamefrontier.com/ Gamefrontier China Location: Beijing, China Date: Cancelled This stop was also cancelled due to the Chinese Ministry of Culture (China)'s ban on Painkiller in China.December 2015 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: smau Chile Location: Santiago, Chile Date: October 28–October 30, 2005 Champion: Alexander "Ztrider" Ingarv Strategic Partner: LAN-Z.net References Category:2005 in esports Category:Cyberathlete Professional League