SIXER to play for EnVyUs at WESG World Finals

French veteran Christophe "SIXER" Xia will be EnVyUs' fifth player at the WESG World Finals, HLTV.org has learned.

The 26-year-old, who was moved to EnVyUs' academy team last month, will replace Adil "⁠ScreaM⁠" Benrlitom, who is ineligible to compete for the French side at the WESG event under the tournament's single-nationality rule and will instead feature for a Belgium mix led by Kévin "⁠Ex6TenZ⁠" Droolans.

Envy qualified for the WESG World Finals after placing 5th-8th at the Europe Finals, in Barcelona, which they attended with Fabien "⁠kioShiMa⁠" Fiey as a stand-in.

SIXER will fill in for EnVyUs in Haikou

In the post-Major roster shuffle, Envy signed kioShiMa from FaZe and promoted Ali "⁠hAdji⁠" Haïnouss from the academy team, replacing Alexandre "⁠xms⁠" Forté and Christophe "⁠SIXER⁠" Xia. The changes came as a result of a run of poor form that saw Vincent "⁠Happy⁠" Schopenhauer's men win just one event, DreamHack Open Atlanta, in 2017 after losing the core of their lineup to G2.

EnVyUs Academy currently sit seventh in ESEA MDL with a 6-3 record, with SIXER averaging a 1.08 rating.

Envy have been drawn in Group E for the WESG World Finals, alongside Bravado, Ukraine and Viva Algeria. The French team will attend the event with:

Vincent "⁠Happy⁠" Schopenhauer
 Cédric "⁠RpK⁠" Guipouy
 Ali "⁠hAdji⁠" Haïnouss
 Fabien "⁠kioShiMa⁠" Fiey
 Christophe "⁠SIXER⁠" Xia

Bravado #71 Dimitri 'Detrony' HadjipaschaliRuan 'ELUSIVE' van WykAran 'Sonic' GroesbeekRhys 'Fadey' ArmstrongJohnny 'JT' Theodosiou Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy Age: 28 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 813 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.70 Vincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer Age: 26 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 1198 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66 Ukraine #7 Oleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoYegor 'markeloff' MarkelovIoann 'Edward' SukharievVladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchuk Viva Algeria #155 Kyle 'NOtA' SaadiNabil 'natsu' BadiSophien 'thyx' FelkaouiDylan 'nOxii' SaadiMalik 'Malikof' Kofkof Alexandre 'xms' Forté Age: 20 Team: EnvyB Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 409 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.68 Christophe 'SIXER' Xia Age: 26 Team: EnVyUs Academy Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 427 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.64 Ali 'hAdji' Haïnouss Age: 22 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 225 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.68 EnVyUs Academy #51 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaAudric 'JACKZ' JugLambert 'Lambert' PrigentValentin 'VKLL' BartolomeiJulien 'PetitSkel' Marcantoni Belgium Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' Droolans Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 1184 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.65 Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom Age: 23 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 1126 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66 Fabien 'kioShiMa' Fiey Age: 23 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 995 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.64 Envy #28 Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyCédric 'RpK' GuipouyVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerAli 'hAdji' Haïnouss