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.
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 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 Ninjas in Pyjamas H2k-Gaming 69°N-28°E Fainted South Korea Lavega Gaming Project_kr gehenna Series of Win China Star.ex Hacker.Gaming wNv Gaming TR Italy Against All Authority A-Losers Goodgame TBH.e-Sports Brazil g3nerationX Made in Brazil Team Bye GameCrashers Singapore fnatic Team Speed-Link Team Hybrid Hacker.Gaming
Quake III Championship Finals 4th Dallas Paul "czm" Nelson Zhibo "Jibo" Fan Anton "Cooller" Singov Alexander "Z4muZ" Ihrfohrs Season Stop 4th Nordic 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 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 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: São 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
Australia Location: Perth Date: November 25–26, 2006 Games: Quake 3 Winner: Andrew "Python" Chacha
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: Jönköping Date: November 30 - December 3, 2006 Games: Counter-Strike, Quake 3 Winners: Ninjas in Pyjamas, Fan "Jibo" Zhibo
Championship finals Location: Dallas Date: December 16–20, 2006 Games: Counter-Strike, Quake 3 Winners: fnatic, Paul "czm" Nelson
References
External links World Season website World Season Finals website