Fam143 have been disqualified from the closed qualifier for the Americas Minor after it was discovered that one of their players had a VAC-banned account to his name.

FACEIT did not disclose who the player in question is, mentioning only that he had a "secondary VAC-banned account", which he "failed to report before a set time."

Fam143 had earned a spot in the closed qualifier after finishing top two in the third open qualifier following a victory over The Entourage in the semi-final stage.

The Entourage will replace Fam143 in the qualifier

According to Dust2.us, David "⁠Xp3⁠" Garrido's side will be taking Fam143's spot in the closed qualifier, which will kick off in just a few hours.

Fam143's disqualification is the second VAC-related incident to affect the final qualifying stages for the Minor. Last month, Fierce Tiger were disqualified from the Chinese qualifier for the Asia Minor after fielding a player connected to a VAC-banned account.

The full team list for the closed qualifier for the Americas Minor is the following:

Invited:
NRG
Rogue
eUnited
Ghost
Complexity
boxr
Luminosity
TeamOne Qualified:
Swole Patrol
Bravado
Mythic
Dignitas
Armada
The Entourage
The Pioneers
Freedom 35 Bravado #67 Dimitri 'Detrony' HadjipaschaliRuan 'ELUSIVE' van WykAran 'Sonic' GroesbeekRhys 'Fadey' ArmstrongJohnny 'JT' Theodosiou The Pioneers #97 Michael 'MAiNLiNE' JaberConnor 'CONNOR93' GloverCollin 'wrath' McSweeganChad 'Oderus' Miller Luminosity #50 Lucas 'steel' LopesHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesGabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoGustavo 'yel' Knittel TeamOne #45 Pedro 'Maluk3' CamposJean-Michel 'mch' D'OliveiraNicolas 'NikoM' MiozziVictor 'iDk' TorracaAlencar 'trk' Rossato Fierce Tiger Kun 'LEo' Hou Freedom 35 #60 Sam '4sh0t' MarianoDavid 'Toy' HanVictor 'food' WongJonathan 'Jonji' CareyTyson 'TenZ' Ngo Swole Patrol #47 Ryan 'freakazoid' AbadirSamuel 'SileNt' PortilloDerrick 'LILMAN' BoyneJordan 'Zellsis' MontemurroAustin 'Cooper' Abadir boxr #55 Kory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenStephen 'reltuC' CutlerDavid 'DAVEY' StaffordTaylor 'Drone' Johnson Mythic #79 Eric 'adreN' HoagTodd 'anger' WilliamsJames 'hazed' CobbErik 'fl0m' FlomAdam 'Polen' Polen Rogue #28 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinCasper 'cadiaN' MøllerRicardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandHunter 'SicK' MimsDaniel 'vice' Kim eUnited #30 Skyler 'Relyks' WeaverWill 'dazzLe' LoafmanMichael 'dapr' GulinoKaleb 'moose' JayneBrandon 'Ace' Winn Complexity #36 Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanRory 'dephh' JacksonPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzJaccob 'yay' WhiteakerBradley 'ANDROID' Fodor Armada #107 Addison 'zecK' GorzeckBen 'ky0' EdwardsJohn 'Jm0' WilliamsTucker 'Tucker' WatsonGarrett 'Bunny' Molle David 'Xp3' Garrido Age: 30 Team: The Entourage Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 468 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.69 Ghost #63 James 'JamezIRL' MacaulayKenneth 'koosta' SuenMatt 'Pollo' WilsonYassine 'Subroza' TaoufikMatthew 'WARDELL' Yu Dignitas #66 Peter 'ptr' GurneyRonnie 'ryx' BylickiMitch 'mitch' SemagoMichael 'Grim' WinceGage 'Infinite' Green Fam143 #105 Justin 'NEX' McLellanWilliam 'LaffyTs' RobertinJakeb 'Siberia' BibbCaleb 'jchancE' DavisBranden 'Anzoh' Anzovino NRG #7 Damian 'daps' SteeleJacob 'FugLy' MedinaVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov The Entourage #103 David 'Xp3' GarridoAlex 'aproto' ProtopapasDylan 'RIKO' Sabin-ArnceAustin 'crashies' RobertsIan 'tex' Botsch