In our first video interview from WESG 2016 World Finals, Dan "apEX" Madesclaire talked about the group draw and EnVyUs' route to semi-finals.

As one of the teams of Group A, which featured three other European teams, Envy secured their place in the quarter-finals after three wins and two ties.

In the quarters, the Frenchmen fought a tough battle against TYLOO and came out with a victory in the end, coming back from a 12-14 deficit on the deciding Dust2.

After nV secured a place in the semis, we sat down with Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire to talk about the group draw as well as the team's journey so far. We also asked him about the rumours of another French shuffle coming up after the Major, although he declined to comment:

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TYLOO #24 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuHaoWen 'somebody' Xu Envy #11 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireVincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire Age: 23 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 900 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.71