Cyberathlete Professional League
The Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) was founded in 1997 by Angel Munoz as a professional sports tournament for computer gamers. The CPL holds tournaments throughout the USA and Europe, and has hosted a variety of teams usually regarded as the best in their respective games. Teams are required to pass a series of qualifying tournaments before being admitted into paying tournaments, and as of early 2005, the CPL has dispursed more than $2,000,000 USD in prize money. The CPL is aiming to take computer gaming to another level. They are a driving force in eSports and are widely respected as a major player in online competition.
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Past Winners
Alien vs. Predator 2
- 2001 – CPL World Championship Event: Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel (Fatal1ty)
Call of Duty
- 2004 – Cyberathlete® Extreme Summer Championships: United 5
Counter-Strike
- 2000 – Babbage's CPL Event: e9
- 2001 – Speakeasy CPL Event: X3
- 2001 – CPL World Championship Event: NiP
- 2002 – CPL Pentium® 4 Summer Championship: Schroet Kommando
- 2002 – CPL Pentium® 4 Winter Event: 3D
- 2003 – CPL Pentium® 4 Summer Championship: Schroet Kommando
- 2003 – CPL Pentium® 4 Winter Championship: Schroet Kommando
- 2004 – Cyberathlete® Extreme Summer Championships: EYEballers
- 2004 – Cyberathlete® Extreme Winter Championships: NoA
Day of Defeat
- 2004 – Cyberathlete® Extreme Winter Championships: Highball (now Team NAU)
Doom 3
- 2004 – Cyberathlete® Extreme Winter Championships: Meng 'RocketBoy' Yang
Halo PC
- 2003 – CPL Pentium® 4 Winter Championship: Xeno
- 2004 – Cyberathlete® Extreme Summer Championships: Team Wat?
Painkiller
- 2004 – Cyberathlete® Extreme Summer Championships: Sander 'Vo0' Kaasjager (Team Fnatic)
- 2004 – Cyberathlete® Extreme Winter Championships: Sander 'Vo0' Kaasjager (Team Fnatic)
- 2005 – CPL World Tour, Instanbul Qualifier: Sander 'Vo0' Kaasjager (Team Fnatic)
- 2005 – CPL World Tour, Turkey: Sander 'Vo0' Kaasjager (Team Fnatic)
- 2005 – CPL World Tour, Spain: Stephan 'SteLam' Lammert (Schroet Kommando)
Quake 1
- 1997 – The FRAG: Tom 'Gollum' Dawson
- 1998 – The CPL Event: Dan 'Rix' Hammans
- 2001 – CPL 4-Year Anniversary Event: Harley 'HarlsoM' Grey
Quake 2
- 1998 – FRAG 2: Dan 'Rix' Hammans
- 1999 – Extreme Annihilation: Kurt 'Immortal' Shimada
Quake 3
- 1999 – GroundZero: Mark 'Wombat' Larsen
- 1999 – FRAG 3: Amir 'Hakeem' Haleem
- 2000 – Razer CPL Event: Jonathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel (Fatal1ty)
- 2000 – CPL Asia Atomic Arena: Henrik 'Blue' Björk
- 2000 – CPL Europe Mplayer: Jonathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel (Fatal1ty)
- 2000 – Babbage's CPL Event: John 'ZeRo4' Hill
- 2001 – CPL Pacific Atomic Event: Jonathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel (Fatal1ty)
- 2001 – CPL Latin America (Brazil): Guilherme 'reef' Bento Radominski
- 2001 – CPL Europe (Holland): Alexey "death" Alexeev
Quake 3 Female
- 2000 – FRAG 4: Cary 'Succubus' Szeto
- 2000 – Babbage's CPL Event: Cary 'Succubus' Szeto
Quake 3 Team Deathmatch
- 2000 – FRAG 4: Clan Kapitol
- 2002 – CPL Europe (Cologne): forZe
Team Fortress Classic
- 2002 – CPL Pentium® 4 Winter Event: Vindicate
Unreal Tournament 2003
- 2002 – CPL Pentium® 4 Winter Event: Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel (Fatal1ty)
Unreal Tournament 2004
- 2004 – Cyberathlete® Extreme Summer Championships: Schroet Kommando
Painkiller World Tour
At the 2004 Cyberathlete® Extreme Summer Championships, the CPL announced details on its largest event ever, the World Tour. The event is planned to take place throughout 2005, with a total of 10 international stops and a finals event held in the USA. The total purse will be a whopping $1 Million USD, with $50,000 USD at each international stop, and a $500,000 final. Along with announcing the World Tour, the CPL later announced the game to be played at the event would be Painkiller.
Turkey
- City: Istanbul, Turkey
- Date: March 25 – March 27, 2005
- Purse: $50,000 USD
Spain
- City: Barcelona, Spain
- Date: April 29 – May 1, 2005
- Purse: $50,000 USD
Brazil
- City: Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Date: May 2005
- Purse: $50,000 USD
Germany
- City: Berlin, Germany
- Date: June 2005
- Purse: $50,000 USD
- Strategic Partner: Game Frontier
USA
- City: Dallas, Texas, USA
- Date: July 2005
- Purse: $50,000 USD
UK
- City: London, UK
- Date: August 2005
- Purse: $50,000 USD
- Strategic Partner: Game Frontier
Sweden
- City: Stockholm, Sweden
- Date: September 2005
- Purse: $50,000 USD
China
- City: Beijing, China
- Date: October 2005
- Purse: $50,000 USD
Chile
- City: Santiago, Chile
- Date: November 2005
- Purse: $50,000 USD
Finals
The World Tour Grand Finals are currently scheduled for late November 2005 and will be hosted in the United States of America. The exact location and date of the finals will be announced at the USA World Tour Stop.
The finals will host the top 16 Painkiller winners from all stops around the globe. After being brought back to the USA they be pitted in a one versus one tournament for the largest bounty in video game history: $500,000 USD.
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Categories: Computer and video game organizations