2006 Cyberathlete Professional League World Season
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 |
MeetYourMakers
Ola "elemeNt" Moum |
Pentagram
Lukasz "LUq" Wnek |
Against All Authority
Guillaume "Geno" Ntep |
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[11] | 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[12] | 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
- Location: Singapore
- Date: September 15–17, 2006
- Games: Counter-Strike, Quake 3
- Winners: fnatic, Fan "Jibo" Zhibo
Brazil
- Location: Sao Paulo
- Date: November 15–19, 2006
- Games: Counter-Strike, Quake 3
- Winners: g3nerationX, Daniel "Ryu" Souza De Lima
Italy
- Location: Verona
- Date: November 24–26, 2006
- Games: Counter-Strike, Quake 3
- Winners: Against All Authority, Magnus "fojji" Olsson
China
- Location: Chengdu
- Date: November 25–26, 2006
- Games: Counter-Strike
- Winners: Star.ex
South Korea
- Location: Seoul
- Date: November 27, 2006
- Games: Counter-Strike
- Winners: Lavega Gaming
Nordic
- Location: Jonkoping, Sweden
- Date: November 30 - December 3, 2006
- Games: Counter-Strike, Quake 3
- Winners: Ninjas in Pyjamas, Fan "Jibo" Zhibo
Championship finals
- Location: Dallas, Texas
- Date: December 16–20, 2006
- Games: Counter-Strike, Quake 3
- Winners: fnatic, Paul "czm" Nelson
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