Some of the Russian squad's players were unable to obtain visas ahead of the tournament.

Virtus.pro have withdrawn from IEM Dallas 2023 following the inability of a few of their players to obtain visas for the American event. fnatic were invited to replace the Russian core due to their fourth-place finish in the closed qualifier.

According to ESL rules, in the event of a team withdrawing from the tournament after the qualifier stage and before the replacement deadline, the next available squad from the bracket will be invited. In this case, William "⁠mezii⁠" Merriman and company finished in fourth place in the closed qualifier behind OG, Cloud9, and Astralis — teams already invited or qualified for the competition.

If the team dropout occurred before the start of the closed qualifier, then the next available team from the region in the ESL World Ranking would have received the invite.

This is the second development from IEM Dallas recently announced as earlier on Wednesday it was revealed that OG was invited to the tournament instead of an unnamed participant. Iulian "⁠regali⁠" Harjău was also announced to be stepping in for Abdul "⁠degster⁠" Gasanov at the tournament due to the Russian AWPer taking time off after the Paris Major.

IEM Dallas will take place May 29 - June 4 in the Texas city of Dallas and will host 16 teams battling it out for a $250,000 prize pool and a direct invite spot to IEM Cologne 2023. The winners will also fight for a notch in the Intel Grand Slam belt as the race for the fifth season of ESL's premier prize got started with Vitality's win at IEM Rio in April.

fnatic will join the tournament alongside the likes of HEROIC, G2, and ENCE as they tackle their first LAN tournament following their elimination from the Paris Major in 9-11th place.

The list of teams attending IEM Dallas is as follows: