Chinese Player 'Kid' Zeng Zhuojun Wins 2024 Esports World Cup Street Fighter 6 Championship

TapTechNews August 12th news, in the just-ended finals of the Street Fighter 6 project of the 2024 Esports World Cup (EsportsWorldCup2024, EWC2024), Kid Zeng Zhuojun defeated the Japanese player KAWANO 5:2 to win the championship and pocketed the championship bonus of $300,000 (TapTechNews note: currently about 2.152 million RMB).

According to TapTechNews, the 2024 Esports World Cup is the first Esports World Cup and is an annual international esports competition replacing Gamers8, operated by the Esports World Cup Foundation. The event was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from July 3rd to August 24th, 2024, with 20 events of 19 different video games. It has the largest prize pool in esports history, over $60 million.

Public information shows that Zeng Zhuojun, with the game ID of Xiaohai, was born on April 26th, 1989 in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. He is a Chinese fighting game player and mainly participates in the King of Fighters series and the Street Fighter series projects. In 2016, he won the China Game Billboard - Annual Best Esports Player. In the same year, he was nominated for Best Athlete in Chinese Esports. On May 9th, 2017, SNK China awarded Zeng Zhuojun the title of King of Fighters Player Tutor in China, and SNK game producer Oda Yasuyuki personally announced and presented the certificate. In 2020, he was selected into the Chinese Esports Hall of Fame. It is worth mentioning that in the just-passed July 2024, Zeng Zhuojun also won the EVO2024 King of Fighters 15 project championship.