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, United States and televised by MTV."Cyberathlete Professional League kicks off world tour" - Yahoo Games (Accessed 05-01-2007)
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.
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."The CPL Announces Past 1v1 Champions" - CPL (Accessed 05-01-2007)
Painkiller Results Finals 4th New York City"CPL WT: Fatal1ty Is World Tour Champion" - SK-Gaming (Accessed 05-01-2007) Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager Alessandro "Stermy" Avallone Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann Most Valuable Player"CPL World Tour Standings" - CPL (Accessed 05-01-2007) Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann Alessandro "Stermy" Avallone
Tour Stop 4th Istanbul"CPL WT: Turkey Day 3 - Vo0 Wins" - SK-Gaming (Accessed 05-01-2007) Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel Alessandro "Stermy" Avallone Johan "sakh" Hessedal Barcelona"Stelam wins CPL Spain" - Gotfrag (Accessed 05-01-2007) Stephan "SteLam" Lammert Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager Alessandro "Stermy" Avallone Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann Rio de Janeiro"CPL WT Brazil: Results" - ESReality (Accessed 05-01-2007) Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann Alexander "Ztrider" Ingarv Jönköping"CPL WT: Sweden Vo0 wins Final vs Fatal1ty" - SK-Gaming (Accessed 05-01-2007) Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann Alexander "Ztrider" Ingarv Dallas"CPL WT: Fatal1ty Wins USA Stop" - SK-Gaming (Accessed 05-01-2007) Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager Alexander "Ztrider" Ingarv Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann Sheffield"CPL UK PK Round Up" - Gotfrag (Accessed 05-01-2007) Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann David "Zaccubus" Treacy Singapore"CPL WT: Singapore Fatal1ty Wins!" - SK-Gaming (Accessed 05-01-2007) Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager Alessandro "Stermy" Avallone Andrew "gellehsak" Ryder Milan"Vo0 vs Fatal1ty in Italy" - Gotfrag (Accessed 05-01-2007) Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel Alexander "Ztrider" Ingarv Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann Santiago"CPL Chile Results - A Fnatic Sweep!" - ESReality (Accessed 05-01-2007) 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
United States Location: Dallas, Texas, United States 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.
United Kingdom Location: Sheffield, UK Date: September 2–September 4, 2005 Champion: Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager Strategic Partner:
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
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