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, for substantial amounts of money. The CPL is aiming to take computer gaming to another level. They are advancing eSports in a way that no other organization has.

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)

Quake 1

  • 1997 - The FRAG: Tom Dawson
  • 1998 - The CPL Event: Dan 'Rix' Hammans
  • 2001 - CPL 4-Year Anniversary Event: Harley Gray

Quake 2

  • 1998 - FRAG 2: Dan Hammans
  • 1999 - Extreme Annihilation: Kurt Shimada

Quake 3

  • 1999 - GroundZero: Mark 'Wombat' Larsen
  • 1999 - FRAG 3: Amir Haleem
  • 2000 - Razer CPL Event: Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel (Fatal1ty)
  • 2000 - Babbage's CPL Event: John 'ZeRo4' Hill

Quake 3 Female

  • 2000 - FRAG 4: Cary Szeto
  • 2000 - Babbage's CPL Event: Cary Szeto

Quake 3 Team Deathmatch

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

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. frame

Turkey

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Spain

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Brazil

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Germany

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USA

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UK

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Sweden

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China

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Chile

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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