CB explains Romania disqualification

ClanBase has explained the reasons behind the disqualification of Romania from NationsCup XIV.

Romania had defeated Hungary in the second qualifying round, but saw themselves out of the tournament after two of their players had not had their Steam IDs entered correctly.

Romania captain Dragos "KrieppeN" Karner had told HLTV.org that Catalin "bEe" Stanescu and Daniel "DaNy" Voinea had their correct Steam IDs written on their accounts, just in a different section than the one which is used for such purposes.

However, contacted by HLTV.org, Tiit "fUNCh" Ojamets, the admin of the match in question, stated that the Romanian duo did not add their Steam IDs until after the match, which is against the tournament's rulebook.

Moreover, Ojamets denied having been asked prior to the match by the Romanian players if everything was in place with their IDs.

The ClanBase admin confirmed that Romania asked for a rematch, but that such possibility always depended upon Hungary's judgement of the matter.

"[A rematch] is not on the rules, we would have allowed it of both teams agreed to it," he told HLTV.org.

"I asked both captains to talk it over and see if that was how both of them wanted it to end, but Hungary were pretty straightforward."

Hungary captain Zalán "BANCi" Németh told HLTV.org that his team did not agree to replay the match as the players do not have time for a new encounter.