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 Finals | | | | 4th |
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 Stop | | | | 4th |
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 Finals | | | | 4th |
Dallas[10] | Paul "czm" Nelson | Zhibo "Jibo" Fan | Anton "Cooller" Singov | Alexander "Z4muZ" Ihrfohrs |
Season Stop | | | | 4th |
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
- Location: Sao Paulo
- Date: November 15–19, 2006
- Games: Counter-Strike, Quake 3
- Winners: g3nerationX, Daniel "Ryu" Souza De Lima
Italy
Australia
- Location: Perth
- Date: November 25–26, 2006
- Games: Quake 3
- Winner: Andrew "Python" Chacha
China
South Korea
Nordic
Championship finals
External links
Notes and References
- 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 .
- 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 .
- 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 .
- 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 .
- 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 .
- Web site: Counter-Strike: CPL China 2006 Melee. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927173318/http://www.gotfrag.com/cs/story/35548/ . 2007-09-27 .
- 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.
- Web site: Maintenance Work in Progress . Nip-gaming.com . 2016-07-21.
- 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.
- 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 .
- 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 .
- 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 .
- 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.