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CPL Winter 2003

CPL Winter 2003 brought 53 Counter-Strike teams to the Hyatt Regency Dallas from December 16 to 20. SK Gaming won the USD 100,000 event.

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Updated October 24, 2026

Competition snapshot

Combined prize pool

USD 100,000[1]

Participant scale

53 teams[1]

Category

Official Partner

Partner

Razer

Commercial note

Tournament sponsor · Recorded in the 2003 edition.[1]

Category

Official Partner

Partner

Intel

Commercial note

Pentium 4 title sponsor · Recorded in the 2003 edition.[1]

Category

Official Partner

Partner

Belkin

Commercial note

Tournament sponsor · Recorded in the 2003 edition.[1]

Category

Official Partner

Partner

NVIDIA

Commercial note

Tournament sponsor · Recorded in the 2003 edition.[1]

PTG Database Analysis

CPL Winter 2003 ran in the Hyatt Regency Dallas from December 16 to 20. Liquipedia records 53 teams, a USD 100,000 Counter-Strike prize pool and Razer, Intel, Belkin and NVIDIA as sponsors. The event used a double-elimination bracket with best-of-one matches. SK Gaming beat NoA in the grand final.[1][2]

PTG links the 16 teams named in Liquipedia’s final prize-place table. Liquipedia lists 53 teams overall, so the other 37 teams are not linked and participant coverage remains partial.[1]

References2
  1. [1]2003 CPL Winter Championship — Counter-Strike — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki
  2. [2]International CPL Qualifiers — Gameinside.ua

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