The Street Fighter 6 tournament at the Esports World Cup 2025 has just ended, and Xiaohai lifted the winner’s trophy.
Zeng “Xiaohai” Zhuojun defeated Blaz in the grand final wth a narrow margin, 5-4. Appropriately, his trump card was Mai Shiranui. Xiaohai is considered by many the best The King of Fighters player in the world.
Speaking of that, during the quarterfinal he also took revenge on Goichi, who defeated him in the Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves grand finals at EVO.
Leshar won the decider match against AngryBird with a 5-4 score to take third place.
Xiaohai won the $250,000 prize pool, while Blaz received $130,000, Leshar won $75,000, and AngryBird won $45,000.
If you missed the final day, you can check out the recording of the livestream on demand below.
The Esports World Cup is hosted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and on its last weekend, with just the Counter Strike 2 tournament remaining before the celebrations end tomorrow, August 24.
Earlier during the event, Team Redline won the Rennsport sim racing championship, Goichi brought home the trophy for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, Team Heretics won the Valorant tournament, VK Gaming won in Apex Legends, Team Spirit won in Dota 2, Team Vitality won the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang invitational, and Evos Esports won Free Fire.
Also, Gen.G won League of Legends, Serral won Starcraft 2, All Gamers for Honor of Kings, OpTic won Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Team Liquid Philippines won Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Yangoon Galacticos won PUBG Mobile, Team Falcons won Overwatch 2, Team Secret won Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege X, and Twisted Minds won Call of Duty: Warzone.
Lastly, ManuBachoore won Ea Sports FC 25, Weibo Gaming won Teamfight Tactics, Twisted Minds won PUBG: Battlegrounds, Ulsan won Tekken 8, Karmine Corpo won Rocket League, and All Gamers won Crossfire
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