The 2005 CPL World Tour was a year-long gaming competition held by the

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(CPL). This competition took place throughout 2005, with a total of nine international stops and a finals event held in the

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, United States and televised by

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. 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 ''

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''. 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 ''

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''. The World Tour Grand Finals took place between November 20 and 22 2005 and were hosted in

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, 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.

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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"
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Painkiller Results

Tour Stops

Turkey

* Location:

Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

* Date: March 25–March 27, 2005 * Champion:

* Strategic Partner: E-Sportr

Spain

* Location:

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

Brazil

* Location:

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* Date: May 27–May 30, 2005 * Champion:

* Strategic Partner: Marketing Cell

Sweden

* Location: Jönköping, Sweden * Date: June 16–June 19, 2005 * Champion:

* Strategic Partner: E-Sport Entertainment Group

United States

* Location:

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, United States * Date: July 6–July 10, 2005 * Champion: Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel

Germany

* Location:

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

United Kingdom

* Location:

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, UK * Date: September 2–September 4, 2005 * Champion:

* Strategic Partner
Gamefrontier

China

* Location:

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* Date: Cancelled * This stop was also cancelled due to the Chinese

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's ban on ''Painkiller'' in China. A replacement stop was held in Singapore.

Singapore

* Location:

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

Italy

* Location:

Milan, Italy Milan ( , , Lombard language, Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the List of cities in Italy, second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 ...

* Date: October 20–October 23, 2005 * Champion:

* Strategic Partner
smau

Chile

* Location:

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

References

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