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IT Home reported on August 12 that in the just-concluded 2024 Esports World Cup (Esports World Cup 2024, EWC2024) "Street Fighter 6" finals, "Little Kid" Zeng Zhuojun defeated Japanese player KAWANO 5:2 to win the championship and took home the US$300,000 (IT Home Note: currently about RMB 2.152 million) championship prize.

According to IT Home, the 2024 E-Sports World Cup is the first E-Sports World Cup. It is an annual international e-sports competition that replaces Gamers8 and is operated by the E-Sports World Cup Foundation. The event will be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from July 3 to August 24, 2024, and will hold 20 events for 19 different video games. It has the largest prize pool in the history of e-sports, exceeding 60 million US dollars.

According to public information, Zeng Zhuojun, whose game ID is Xiaohai, was born on April 26, 1989 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. He is a Chinese fighting game player who mainly participates in the "King of Fighters" series and the "Street Fighter" series. In 2016, he won the "China Game Billboard"-the best e-sports player of the year. In the same year, he was nominated for the "Best Athlete in Chinese E-sports". On May 9, 2017, SNK China awarded Zeng Zhuojun the title of "China Player Mentor" for the King of Fighters, and SNK game producer Yasuyuki Oda personally announced and issued the certificate. In 2020, he was selected into the "China E-sports Hall of Fame". It is worth mentioning that in July 2024, Zeng Zhuojun also won the EVO2024 "King of Fighters 15" project championship.