2006 CPL 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. [ [http://www.thecpl.com/league/?s=news&p=newsitem_999 the CPL] ]

The tour featured two games, Counter-Strike and Quake 3. After a total of 7 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 flagicon|AUS fnatic (Counter-Strike) and flagicon|USA Paul "czm" Nelson (Quake 3).

Results

Counter-Strike

Quake III

World Season Events

ingapore

*Location: Singapore
*Date: September 15 - September 17 2006
*Games: Counter-Strike, Quake 3
*Winners: flagicon|AUS fnatic, flagicon|CHN Fan "Jibo" Zhibo

Brazil

*Location: Sao Paulo
*Date: November 15 - November 19 2006
*Games: Counter-Strike, Quake 3
*Winners: flagicon|BRA g3nerationX, flagicon|BRA Daniel "Ryu" Souza De Lima

Italy

*Location: Verona
*Date: November 24 - November 26 2006
*Games: Counter-Strike, Quake 3
*Winners: flagicon|FRA Against All Authority, flagicon|SWE Magnus "fojji" Olsson

Australia

*Location: Perth
*Date: November 25 - November 26 2006
*Games: Quake 3
*Winner: flagicon|AUS Andrew "Python" Chacha

China

*Location: Chengdu
*Date: November 25 - November 26 2006
*Games: Counter-Strike
*Winners: flagicon|CHN Star.ex

Korea

*Location: Seoul
*Date: November 27 2006
*Games: Counter-Strike
*Winners: flagicon|KOR Lavega Gaming

Nordic

*Location: Jonkoping, Sweden
*Date: November 30 - December 3 2006
*Games: Counter-Strike, Quake 3
*Winners: flagicon|SWE Ninjas in Pyjamas, flagicon|CHN Fan "Jibo" Zhibo

Championship Finals

*Location: Dallas, Texas
*Date: December 16 - December 20 2006
*Games: Counter-Strike, Quake 3
*Winners: flagicon|AUS fnatic, flagicon|USA Paul "czm" Nelson

References

External links

* [http://www.thecpl.com/worldseason/ World Season Website]
* [http://www.thecpl.com/finals/ World Season Finals Website]