2005 Cyberathlete Professional League World Tour

The 2005 CPL World Tour was a year-long gaming competition held by the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL). This competition took place throughout 2005, with a total of nine international stops and a finals event held in the New York City, USA and televised by MTV.^[1]

The total purse was US$1,000,000, with $50,000 at each international stop, and a $500,000 final. The official game of the 2005 World Tour was Painkiller. The CPL's "strategic partners", organizations designated to operate regional World Tour stops, also chose to hold smaller tournaments for other popular competitive games, such as Counter-Strike.

The World Tour Grand Finals took place between November 20 and 22 2005 and were hosted in New York City, New York, United States. The Finals hosted the top 32 Painkiller winners from all stops around the globe. They pitted in a one versus one tournament for the largest first place prize in the CPL's history: US$150,000. The total prize fund for the finals tournament was $500,000, the largest ever for a Painkiller tournament.^[2]

The champion of the 2005 CPL World Tour was Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel, who took the grand prize of $150,000. Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager was named the MVP of the tour, an award worth $20,000, and took $100,000 for becoming the runner-up in the finals. By this, Wendel took his fourth CPL World Championship, taking the crown back from Kaasjager, who had taken it from him a year earlier.^[3]

Painkiller Results

Finals				4th
New York City[4]	Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel	Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager	Alessandro "Stermy Avallone	Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann
Most Valuable Player[5]	Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager	Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel	Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann	Alessandro "Stermy Avallone

Tour Stop				4th
Istanbul[6]	Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager	Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel	Alessandro "Stermy Avallone	Johan "sakh" Hessedal
Barcelona[7]	Stephan "SteLam" Lammert	Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager	Alessandro "Stermy Avallone	Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann
Rio de Janeiro[8]	Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager	Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel	Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann	Alexander "Ztrider" Ingarv
Jönköping[9]	Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager	Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel	Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann	Alexander "Ztrider" Ingarv
Dallas[10]	Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel	Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager	Alexander "Ztrider" Ingarv	Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann
Sheffield[11]	Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager	Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel	Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann	David "Zaccubus" Treacy
Singapore[12]	Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel	Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager	Alessandro "Stermy Avallone	Andrew "gellehsak" Ryder
Milan[13]	Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager	Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel	Alexander "Ztrider" Ingarv	Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann
Santiago[14]	Alexander "Ztrider" Ingarv	Andrew "gellehsak" Ryder	Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager	Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann

Tour Stops

Turkey

• Location: Istanbul, Turkey
• Date: March 25–March 27, 2005
• Champion: Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager
• Strategic Partner: E-Sportr

Spain

• Location: Barcelona, Spain
• Date: April 29–May 1, 2005
• Champion: Stephan "SteLam" Lammert
• Strategic Partner: E-Life Europe

Brazil

• Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Date: May 27–May 30, 2005
• Champion: Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager
• Strategic Partner: Marketing Cell

Sweden

• Location: Jönköping, Sweden
• Date: June 16–June 19, 2005
• Champion: Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager
• Strategic Partner: E-Sport Entertainment Group

USA

• Location: Dallas, Texas, USA
• Date: July 6–July 10, 2005
• Champion: Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel

Germany

• Location: Berlin, Germany
• Date: Cancelled
• This stop was cancelled due to "critical logistical challenges", this stop was replaced by the Italy stop.

UK

• Location: Sheffield, UK
• Date: September 2–September 4, 2005
• Champion: Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager
• Strategic Partner: Gamefrontier

China

• Location: Beijing, China
• Date: Cancelled
• This stop was also cancelled due to the Chinese Ministry of Culture (China)'s ban on Painkiller in China. A replacement stop was held in Singapore.

Singapore

• Location: Singapore, Singapore
• Date: October 14–October 16, 2005
• Champion: Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel
• Strategic Partner: Edge of Reality

Italy

• Location: Milan, Italy
• Date: October 20–October 23, 2005
• Champion: Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager
• Strategic Partner: smau

Chile

• Location: Santiago, Chile
• Date: October 28–October 30, 2005
• Champion: Alexander "Ztrider" Ingarv
• Strategic Partner: LAN-Z.net

References

1. "Cyberathlete Professional League kicks off world tour" - Yahoo Games (Accessed 05-01-2007)
2. "The Cyberathlete Professional League $1,000,000 World Tour Finals to Culminate November 22, 2005, in New York City as MTV Televises All the Action" - Business Wire (Accessed 05-01-2007)
3. "The CPL Announces Past 1v1 Champions" - CPL (Accessed 05-01-2007)
4. "CPL WT: Fatal1ty Is World Tour Champion" - SK-Gaming (Accessed 05-01-2007)
5. "CPL World Tour Standings" - CPL (Accessed 05-01-2007)
6. "CPL WT: Turkey Day 3 - Vo0 Wins" - SK-Gaming (Accessed 05-01-2007)
7. "Stelam wins CPL Spain" - Gotfrag (Accessed 05-01-2007)
8. "CPL WT Brazil: Results" - ESReality (Accessed 05-01-2007)
9. "CPL WT: Sweden Vo0 wins Final vs Fatal1ty" - SK-Gaming (Accessed 05-01-2007)
10. "CPL WT: Fatal1ty Wins USA Stop" - SK-Gaming (Accessed 05-01-2007)
11. "CPL UK PK Round Up" - Gotfrag (Accessed 05-01-2007)
12. "CPL WT: Singapore Fatal1ty Wins!" - SK-Gaming (Accessed 05-01-2007)
13. "Vo0 vs Fatal1ty in Italy" - Gotfrag (Accessed 05-01-2007)
14. "CPL Chile Results - A Fnatic Sweep!" - ESReality (Accessed 05-01-2007)