List of Cyberathlete Professional League champions

This list shows previous winners of various events and tournaments held by Cyberathlete Professional League since its foundation in 1997.

Aliens versus Predator 2

2001 - CPL World Championship Event: Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel (Fatal1ty)^[1]
2002 - CPL Belkin Nostromo: Dan 'RiX' Hammans ^[2]

Call of Duty

2004 - Cyberathlete Extreme Summer Championships: United 5

Jacob "NightFaLL" Stanton, Jon "Platinum" Byrne, Tim "FireBlade" Lobes, Daniel "D.Garza" Garza, Rusty "in$ight" Kuperberg and Chris "47" Maglio.^[3]

Counter-Strike

2000 CPL America ^[4]^[5]
2000 Mar 4 - 5	Dallas	Just One Bullet	X3	TAU
		bloodwynd	BigDog	Beavis007
		manXa	Bullseye	Da_Bears
		alemaoital	Ksharp	Warden
		toNho	Rambo	shaGuar
		blindx	Moto	Scarface

2000 CPL Europe Cologne^[6]
2000 Dec 8 - 10	Cologne	Clan Z	Spirit of Amiga	mortal Teamwork
		Fukush	CrashJack	Cracken
		Gdigga	XeqtR	NyKoN
		Muranen	Jackieboy	Scorp
		neutron	Majestic	speiky
		Zibbo	Attermann	Wirsing

Babbage's CPL Event
2000 Dec 14 - 17	Dallas	Ninjas in Pyjamas	Domain of Pain	mortal Teamwork
		cogline	Atro	Cracken
		Hyb	Phyta	NyKoN
		litzer	Scarface	Scorp
		Medion	Riptide	speiky
		Potti	Sneaky	Wirsing
			Trigga

Speakeasy's CPL Event
2001 Apr 12 - 15	Dallas	X3 Blue	xeno	mortal Teamwork
		BigDog	crow	AttermanN
		Bullseye	george	CrashJack
		Ksharp	gusto	JackieBoy
		Moto	reek	Majestic
		Rambo	wISeGUy	VicoN
		Trics	crow	Krewl

2001 CPL Europe Holland
2001 May 11–13	Loosdrecht	Spirit of Amiga	Allstars	Clan Z
		HeatoN	JackieBoy
		Hyb	Majestic
		Medion	Potti
		trance	VicoN
		vesslan	XeqtR

2001 CPL Europe London
2001 Aug 3–5	London	Ninjas in Pyjamas	armaTeam	GameOnline
		HeatoN	Mkl	ahl
		Hyb		GoZie
		Medion		Mson
		Potti		sMURFAh
		XeqtR		Souledge

2001 CPL Europe Berlin
2001	Berlin	Ninjas in Pyjamas	Spirit of Amiga	armaTeam
		HeatoN	Afflictor	Mkl
		Hyb	Bitch
		Medion	Muggz
		Potti	Nituz
		XeqtR	Zargoth

2001 CPL Winter Championship
2001 Dec 5 - 9	Dallas	Ninjas in Pyjamas	Xtreme 3	Mortal Teamwork
		ahl	BigDog	Gozie
		HeatoN	Bullseye	Notorious
		Hyb	Chameleon	sMURFAh
		Medion	Ksharp	Souledge
		Potti	Rambo	XeqtR
		vesslan	Trics

2002 CPL Europe Cologne
2002 May 17–19	Cologne	Nordic Division	against All authority	Schroet Kommando
		DarK	bisou	Attermann
		swift	Emkill	Blue
		telsek	kyo	NIRee
		trance	Louen	VicoN
		vesslan	Maarek	Xenon
		XeqtR	r0nan

2002 CPL Summer Championship
2002 Jul 20 - 24	Dallas	Schroet Kommando	GameOnline	eSports United
		DarK	elemeNt	ahl
		HeatoN	GoZie	brunk
		Potti	Hyb	Notorious
		Xenon	Mson	ScreaM
		XeqtR	Souledge	Swift
				vesslan

2002 CPL Europe Oslo
2002 Oct 3 - 6	Oslo	eoLithic	mortal Teamwork	mousesports
		elemeNt	ahl	Chris P.
		Damien	brunk	Johnny R
		knoxville	filur	Nils K.
		Luke	fisker	Roman R.
		Naikon	ScreaM	Sebastian S.

2002 CPL Winter Championship
2002 Dec 18 - 22	Dallas	Team 3D	GameOnline	Schroet Kommando
		Bullseye	elemeNt	Bengan
		Kane	hyb	brunk
		Ksharp	myssE	HeatoN
		Moto	Souledge	Medion
		Rambo	VicoN	Potti
		Steel

2003 CPL Europe Cannes
2003 Mar 14 - 16	Cannes	Schroet Kommando	Team 9	mousesports
		ahl	Lucchese	gore
		brunk	Luciano	impi
		fisker	quick	Johnny R
		HeatoN	Venom	Nils K.
		Potti	vesslan	Roman R.

2003 CPL Summer Championship
2003 Jul 30 - Aug 3	Dallas	Schroet Kommando	Team 9	Team 3D
		ahl	Lucchese	Bullseye
		elemeNt	Luciano	Ksharp
		fisker	vesslan	moto
		HeatoN	quick	Rambo
		Potti	XeqtR	steel

2003 CPL Europe Copenhagen
2003 Nov 13 - 16	Copenhagen	Schroet Kommando	Gamepoint	mousesports
		ahl	archie	Blizzard
		fisker	Crw	gore
		HeatoN	GudeN	Johnny R
		Potti	Hyper	neo
		SpawN	vilden	Roman R.

2003 CPL Winter Championship
2003 Dec 16 - 20	Dallas	Schroet Kommando	Team NoA	mousesports
		ahl	bsl	Blizzard
		elemeNt	knoxville	gore
		fisker	method	Johnny R
		HeatoN	Naikon	neo
		Potti	shaGuar	Roman R.
		SpawN

2004 CPL Summer Championship
2004 Jul 28 - Aug 1	Dallas	Eyeballers	Schroet Kommando	Rival
		archie	ahl	exodus
		GudeN	fisker	kaM
		Hyper	HeatoN	masternook
		IsKall	Potti	medias
		vilden	SpawN	Ph33R

2004 CPL Winter Championship
2004 Dec 15 - 19	Dallas	Team NoA	Eyeballers	Gamer Company
		elemeNt	archie	exodus
		method	bullen	kaM
		Naikon	GudeN	masternook
		shaGuar	vilden	medias
		XeqtR	walle	Ph33R

2005 CPL Summer Championship
2004 Jul 28 - Aug 1	Dallas	Schroet Kommando	Evil Geniuses	Gamer Company
		ahl	bl00dsh0t	hanes
		fisker	blackpanther	masternook
		Snajdan	In Flames	medias
		SpawN	Alex Cai	method
		vilden	shaGuar	Ph33R

2005 CPL Winter Championship
2005 Dec 14 - 18	Dallas	Schroet Kommando	Lunatic Hai	JaX Money Crew
		ahl	bebe	da bears
		fisker	cliper	evaN
		Snajdan	enemy	Royle
		SpawN	mal	sm0og1er
		vilden	rishNarchK	zid

2006 Intel Summer Championship
2006 Jul 5 - 9	Dallas	compLexity	Alternate aTTaX	fnatic
		fRoD	CHEF-KOCH	Archi
		Storm	Kapio	cArn
		sunman	mooN	dsn
		tr1p	silver	f0rest
		Warden	Tixo	Tentpole

2006 CPL Winter Championship
2006 Dec 16 - 20	Dallas	fnatic	Meet Your Makers	Pentagram
		Archi	elemeNt	kuben
		cArn	juven9le	Loord
		dsn	prb	LUq
		f0rest	REAL	Neo
		Tentpole	Xione	TaZ

2007 CPL Winter Championship
2007 Dec 19 - 22	Dallas	X3O	Mug N Mouse	PhrenetiK
		goodfornothing	dboorn	amico
		impulsive	gosu	cfx
		mehLer	MuMiX	Ph33R
		n0thing	punkvillE	sinyster
		PaTyoJoN	tmo	xpt
^{Because of the G7 boycott and various reasons, only ten teams attended the tournament. Making it the smallest open tournament and the first worldwide tournament without any Scandinavian teams in both the tournament and the top three.}

Counter-Strike: Source

2005 - Cyberathlete Extreme Summer Championships: PowersGaming^[7]
2007 - Cyberathlete Extreme Summer Championships: TeamPandemic
2007 - Cyberathlete Extreme Winter Championships: Team XFX

Day of Defeat

2004 - Cyberathlete Extreme Winter Championships: Highball
2005 - Cyberathlete Extreme Summer Championships: Check Six
2006 - WSVG Summer Intel Championships 2006: compLexity

Descent III

1999 - Descent 3 World Championships: Chris "fatal" Bond

Doom 3

2004 - Cyberathlete Extreme Winter Championships: Meng 'RocketBoy' Yang

FIFA

2003 - CPL Europe Cannes: Marco "OmniRocket" Jongerius

F.E.A.R.

2005 - Cyberathlete Extreme Winter Championships: Neal "cleaner" Sisbarro
2008 - CPL World Tour Finals 2007: Henrik "Jagad" Dahl^{[citation needed]}

Halo PC

2003 - CPL Pentium 4 Winter Championship: Xeno
2004 - Cyberathlete Extreme Summer Championships:

Team CB_13 (Sygnosis, Crimson Optix)

Halo 2

2005 - Cyberathlete Extreme Summer Championships: List of Championship Gaming Series teams#3D.NYTeam 3D
2005 - Cyberathlete Extreme Winter Championships: ABob - Alex Redard

Midtown Madness 2

2000 - Gateway Country Challenge: John 'Linfalgamo' Benedict

Painkiller

2004 - Cyberathlete Extreme Summer Championships: Sander 'Vo0' Kaasjager (Team Fnatic)
2004 - Cyberathlete Extreme Winter Championships: Sander 'Vo0' Kaasjager (Team Fnatic)
2005 - CPL World Tour, Turkey: Sander 'Vo0' Kaasjager (Team Fnatic)
2005 - CPL World Tour, Spain: Stephan 'SteLam' Lammert (SK Gaming)
2005 - CPL World Tour, Brazil: Sander 'Vo0' Kaasjager (Team Fnatic)
2005 - CPL World Tour, Sweden: Sander 'Vo0' Kaasjager (Team Fnatic)
2005 - CPL World Tour, USA: Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel (Fatal1ty)
2005 - CPL World Tour, UK: Sander 'Vo0' Kaasjager (Team Fnatic)
2005 - CPL World Tour, Singapore: Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel (Fatal1ty)
2005 - CPL World Tour, Italy: Sander 'Vo0' Kaasjager (Team Fnatic)
2005 - CPL World Tour, Chile: Alexander "ztrider" Ingarv (Team Fnatic)
2005 - CPL World Tour Final: Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel (Fatal1ty)

Quake I

1997 - The FRAG: Tom 'Gollum' Dawson
1998 - The CPL Event: Dan 'Rix' Hammans
2001 - CPL 4-Year Anniversary Event: Harley 'HarlsoM' Grey

Quake II

1998 - FRAG 2: Dan 'Rix' Hammans
1999 - Extreme Annihilation: Kurt 'Immortal' Shimada

Quake II Female

1999 - GroundZero: Anne "Lilith" Chang

Quake III

1999 - FRAG 3: Amir 'Hakeem' Haleem
1999 - GroundZero: Mark 'Wombat' Larsen
2000 - Razer CPL Event: Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel
2000 - CPL Asia Atomic Arena: Henrik 'Blue' Björk
2000 - CPL Europe Mplayer: Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel
2000 - Babbage's CPL Event: John 'ZeRo4' Hill
2001 - CPL Pacific Atomic Event: Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel
2001 - CPL Latin America(Brazil): Thomaz `Fist1syn` Lysakowski Fortes in April 2001, São Paulo^[8]^[9]^[10]
2001 - CPL Latin America (Brazil): Guilherme 'reef' Bento Radominski
2001 - CPL Europe (Netherlands): Alexey "death" Alexeev
2002 - Nostromo Exhibition Tournament: John 'ZeRo4' Hill
2006 - CPL World Season Singapore: Fan "Jibo" Zhibo
2006 - CPL World Season Australia: Andrew "Python" Chacha
2006 - CPL World Season Brazil: Daniel "Ryu" Souza De Lima
2006 - CPL World Season Italy: Magnus "fojii" Olsson
2006 - CPL World Season Nordic: Fan "Jibo" Zhibo
2006 - CPL World Season Finals: Paul "czm" Nelson

Quake III Female

2000 - FRAG 4: Cary 'Succubus' Szeto
2000 - Babbage's CPL Event: Cary 'Succubus' Szeto

Quake III Team Deathmatch

2000 - FRAG 4: Clan Kapitol
2002 - CPL Europe (Cologne): forZe

Quake IV

2005 - Cyberathlete Extreme Winter Championships: Anton "cooller" Singov (mousesports)

Team Fortress Classic

2002 - CPL Pentium 4 Winter Event: Vindicate

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FeaR
Brick
Macros
KidDeath
Stickgod
the_ROCK
Captain Ron
Rent-A-Knight
Hummer

Unreal Tournament 2003

2001 - CPL Pentium 4 Winter Event: Thaddeus Napier
2002 - CPL Pentium 4 Winter Event: Jonathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel

Unreal Tournament 2004

2004 - Cyberathlete Extreme Summer Championships: SK Gaming

Warcraft III

2002 - CPL Europe Oslo: Dimitar "DIDI8" Aleksandrov
2003 - CPL Europe Cannes: Eric "InToX" Dieulangard
2003 - CPL Europe Copenhagen: Bjarke "Bjarke" Rasmussen
2005 - CPL Istanbul: Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen
2005 - CPL Chile: Rodolfo "Virus" Ehrhorn
2005 - Cyberathlete Extreme Summer Championships: Yoan "ToD" Merlo (4Kings)
2011 - CPL Invitational 2011: Huang "TH000" Xiang

World In Conflict

2007 - CPL World Tour Final^{[citation needed]}
2007 February 27–28	London	Team Dignitas	Don't Care	inFerno eSports
		Cleric	Hado	Attila
		Low-Life	MaMe	Beta84
		EnergetiC	wizen	Daunt
		Moyes	SwOOsh	Hauntspy
		PuReBall	Llama	Net_Runner

References

↑ McFarland, John (December 10, 2001). "Computer gaming championships held in Dallas". Archived from the original on January 27, 2002.
↑ Horowitz, Josh (May 23, 2002). "The Adrenaline Vault | E-Sports Coverage | Articles". Archived from the original on June 9, 2002. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
↑ Day, Walter. Twin Galaxies' Official Video Game & Pinball Book Of World Records; Arcade Volume, Second Edition. 2nd ed. Chicago: 1st World, 2007.
↑ "Sogamed.com". Sogamed.com. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
↑ "Historian om Counter Strike - del 3: Stabs, dual Berettas och den sista betan". Archived from the original on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
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↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-01-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "CPL Latin America". Archived from the original on 2001-05-16. Retrieved 2017-07-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
↑ "XSReality.com". Archived from the original on 2001-07-07. Retrieved 2017-07-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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[1] McFarland, John (December 10, 2001). "Computer gaming championships held in Dallas". Archived from the original on January 27, 2002.

[2] Horowitz, Josh (May 23, 2002). "The Adrenaline Vault | E-Sports Coverage | Articles". Archived from the original on June 9, 2002. Retrieved December 10, 2025.

[3] Day, Walter. Twin Galaxies' Official Video Game & Pinball Book Of World Records; Arcade Volume, Second Edition. 2nd ed. Chicago: 1st World, 2007.

[4] "Sogamed.com". Sogamed.com. Retrieved 2017-07-26.

[5] "Historian om Counter Strike - del 3: Stabs, dual Berettas och den sista betan". Archived from the original on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2016-09-25.

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[7] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-01-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[8] "CPL Latin America". Archived from the original on 2001-05-16. Retrieved 2017-07-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[9] "XSReality.com". Archived from the original on 2001-07-07. Retrieved 2017-07-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[10] "64 - Players, winners brackets (double Elimination)". Archived from the original on 2001-06-29. Retrieved 2017-07-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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