2006 Cyberathlete Professional League World Season Explained

The 2006 CPL World Season was a series of electronic sports competitions organized by the Cyberathlete Professional League in the fall of 2006. It was a follow-up of the 2005 CPL World Tour and was announced by the CPL on July 1, 2006.[1]

The tour featured two games, Counter-Strike and Quake 3. After a total of seven qualifier events, the finals were held on 16–20 December 2006 at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Dallas, Texas. The championship finals had a total prize purse of $150,000 and were won by fnatic (Counter-Strike) and Paul "czm" Nelson (Quake 3).

Results

Counter-Strike

Championship Finals4th
Dallas[2] [3] fnatic Oscar "Archi" Torgersen
Patrik "cArn" Sättermon
Harley "dsn" Orwall
Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg
Kristoffer "Tentpole" Nordlund
MeetYourMakers Ola "elemeNt" Moum
Lasse "Xione" Stokke
Preben "prb" Gammelsæter
Geir-Stian "juven9le" Svendsen
Sondre "REAL" Svanevik
Pentagram Lukasz "LUq" Wnek
Mariusz "Loord" Cybulski
Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas
Filip "Neo" Kubski
Jakub "kuben" Gurczynski
Against All Authority Guillaume "Geno" Ntep
Marc "bisou" Naoum
Steeve "Ozstrik3r" Flavigni
Fergus "ferg" Stephenson
David "Xp3" Garrido
Season Stop4th
Nordic[4] Ninjas in Pyjamas H2k-Gaming 69°N-28°E Fainted
South Korea[5] Lavega Gaming Project_kr gehenna Series of Win
China[6] Star.ex Hacker.Gaming wNv Gaming TR
Italy[7] Against All Authority A-Losers Goodgame TBH.e-Sports
Brazil[8] g3nerationX Made in Brazil Team Bye GameCrashers
Singapore[9] fnatic Team Speed-Link Team Hybrid Hacker.Gaming

Quake III

Championship Finals4th
Dallas[10] Paul "czm" Nelson Zhibo "Jibo" Fan Anton "Cooller" Singov Alexander "Z4muZ" Ihrfohrs
Season Stop4th
Nordic[11] Zhibo "Jibo" Fan Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira Alexander "ZamuZ" Ihrfors Maciej "zik" Jaku
Australia Andrew "Python" Chacha Peter "Ventz" Kidson Sean "Hotw1rd" Dalton Robert "Kiddie" Kidson
Italy[12] Magnus "fojji" Olsson Marcel "k1ller" Paul Zhibo "Jibo" Fan Alexey "apo5tol" Altshuller
Brazil Daniel "Ryu" Souza De Lima Diogo "met" Fressato Vitor "apo" Proto Rodrigo "agu" Lima Wanderley
Singapore[13] Zhibo "Jibo" Fan Brian "DKT" Flanders Andrew "Python" Chacha Meng "RocketBoy" Yang

World Season events

Singapore

Brazil

Italy

Australia

China

South Korea

Nordic

Championship finals

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cyberathlete Professional League . 2007-01-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070211203017/http://www.thecpl.com/league/?s=news&p=newsitem_999 . 2007-02-11 .
  2. Web site: Counter-Strike: Counterstrike fnatic wins . SK Gaming . 2006-12-18 . 2016-07-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120206021706/http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/1190 . 2012-02-06 . dead .
  3. Web site: Counter-Strike: fnatic vs mYm: CPL 2006 Grand Final . https://web.archive.org/web/20070110223713/http://www.gotfrag.com/cs/story/35928/ . 10 January 2007 . dead .
  4. Web site: Counter-Strike: Nordic: Counter Strike Won by NiP . SK Gaming . 2006-12-01 . 2016-07-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061205093338/http://www.sk-gaming.com/coverage/1269/ . 2006-12-05 . dead .
  5. Web site: Counter-Strike: Lavega, project_kr qualify for CPL Winter . https://archive.today/20120731185133/http://www.gotfrag.com/cs/story/35579/ . 2012-07-31 . dead . 2007-01-30 .
  6. Web site: Counter-Strike: CPL China 2006 Melee. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927173318/http://www.gotfrag.com/cs/story/35548/ . 2007-09-27 .
  7. Web site: Amped. Ampedesports.com. 20 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20070224070011/http://www.ampedesports.com/news/2899/aAa-wins-CPL-Italy/. 24 February 2007. dead. dmy-all.
  8. Web site: Maintenance Work in Progress . Nip-gaming.com . 2016-07-21.
  9. Web site: AmpedNEws. Ampedesports.com. 20 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20070224070311/http://www.ampedesports.com/news/2621/Fnatic-Jibo-win-CPL-Singapore/. 24 February 2007. dead. dmy-all.
  10. Web site: Quake IV: Quake 3 - czm wins . SK Gaming . 2006-12-18 . 2016-07-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927000818/http://www.sk-gaming.com/coverage/1286/ . 2007-09-27 . dead .
  11. Web site: Quake IV: Nordic: Quake3 won by Jibo . SK Gaming . 2006-12-01 . 2016-07-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071008001241/http://www.sk-gaming.com/coverage/1270/ . 2007-10-08 . dead .
  12. Web site: Quake: Fojji wins CPL Italy Q3 over k1ller. https://web.archive.org/web/20120208031515/http://www.gotfrag.com/quake/story/35542/ . 2012-02-08 .
  13. Web site: Amped. Ampedesports.com. 20 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20070224070311/http://www.ampedesports.com/news/2621/Fnatic-Jibo-win-CPL-Singapore/. 24 February 2007. dead. dmy-all.