CPL Winter 2001

PTG Database Analysis

CPL Winter 2001 ran at the Hyatt Regency Dallas from December 5 to 9. Liquipedia lists 86 teams, a Counter-Strike prize pool of USD 150,000, and Razer, Intel and Belkin as tournament sponsors. GameSpot’s contemporary announcement confirms Intel’s event sponsorship and the Hyatt venue; ESL’s retrospective describes Ninjas in Pyjamas’ final against Xtreme 3. Ninjas in Pyjamas won, Xtreme 3 finished second and mTw placed third.[1][2][3]

Liquipedia reports an 86-team field and names 32 playoff teams in its participant and placement sections. PTG links those 32 named entries: Ninjas in Pyjamas (Champion); Xtreme 3 (Runner-up); mTw (Third place); Massive Attack (Fourth place); Infernum (5th place); TSO (6th place); Spirit of Amiga (7th place); Domain of Pain (8th place); 4Kings (Top 16); ArmaTeam (Top 16); SK Gaming (Top 16); Weekend Warriors (Top 16); Deadly Riot (Top 16); Infamous (Canadian team) (Top 16); PWA (Top 16); Rdw (Top 16); Green Berets (17th–32nd place); Death is Eternal (17th–32nd place); Insignificant others (17th–32nd place); Elite Underground (17th–32nd place); ATF (17th–32nd place); Deep Six (17th–32nd place); Sirasoni (17th–32nd place); TAU (17th–32nd place); TRU (17th–32nd place); AEI (17th–32nd place); Unitary Guerilla Platoon (17th–32nd place); JCCT (17th–32nd place); XCP (17th–32nd place); Issues with Authority (17th–32nd place); SNT (17th–32nd place); WFC (17th–32nd place). The remaining teams in the reported field are not named in those sections, so participant coverage remains partial.[1]