This past week has seen three separate teams withdraw from the MLG Americas Minor Championship. Although MLG were able to replace two, the event will be forced to run with an empty slot beginning Jan. 15.

The three teams to withdraw were both South American qualifiers: Operation Kino and Team Alientech.BR, who were denied visas prior to event, and compLexity, who were unable to field a full roster for the event.

The two replacements will be Leader-1 eSports, who finished in 5th-6th place of the qualifier, and EZG eSports, who were just behind them in 7th-8th while playing under the name UNiTedMass Gaming.

The many changes sets the Minor's two groups as follows:

Group A Group B

OpTic Gaming Enemy

Winterfox Splyce

Obey Alliance Leader-1 eSports

EZG eSports

Although the event will feature one less team, the format is left unchanged, with OpTic Gaming receiving a bye to the Winners Match of Group A.

You can find the rest of the schedule below:

Friday

15:00 EST Doors Open to Players

16:45 EST Pregame Show

17:00 EST Group B - Enemy.GG vs. EZG

18:00 EST Group B - Splyce.GG vs. Leader 1

19:00 EST Group A - Obey.Trifecta vs. Winterfox

20:00 EST Group B - Losers Match

Saturday

11:00 EST Doors Open to Players

12:45 EST Pregame Show

13:00 EST Group B - Winners Match

14:00 EST Group A - Winners Match - OpTic Gaming vs. TBD

15:00 EST Group B - Final Match (Bo3)

17:00 EST Group A - Final Match (Bo3)

Sunday

8:00 EST Doors Open to Players

9:45 EST Pregame Show

10:00 EST Semifinal #1 (Bo3)

12:00 EST Semifinal #2 (Bo3)

14:00 EST Final Pregame Show

15:00 EST Final (Bo3)

Jacob Juillet writes about Counter-Strike for theScore eSports. Follow him on Twitter.