The director of the Intercontinental eSports League, former president of the Russian and Moscow Computer Sports Federations, Alexander Gorbachenko, told that he sees nothing wrong with the team’s suspension. Virtus.pro for Rainbow Six Siege qualifying tournaments for the Malta Cyber Series: VII competition, since the tournament operator acted in accordance with the regulations.
On Tuesday, the press service of Russian-Armenian esports organization Virtus.pro reported that the club’s R6 squad had been disqualified due to the team’s “national origin of players.” There are five Russians playing in the VP roster.
— Formally, the organizers of the GMR tournament did everything correctly and correctly in full compliance with the tournament qualification rules, which clearly state: “Active rosters must contain at least 3 out of 5 players from the list of countries allowed for each stage. .” In 5 categories, only European countries plus Ukraine are listed. At the same time, representatives of not only Russia are not allowed to participate in the tournament if there are more than two of them in one team, but also the states of Central Asia and Transcaucasia, including Armenia. Therefore, in order to avoid such situations, before traveling to international tournaments, I would recommend the club management to always carefully study the lists of countries allowed to participate.
There is no discrimination in the Russians’ refusal. If the team had three Bulgarians and two Russians, everything would be fine. But if there are five Russians in the team at once, and Russia is not on the list of accepted countries, you can only blame yourself. The organizer organizes his tournament according to his own rules and has the right to decide who he is willing to admit or not.
Given that the Russian FCC was kicked out of the European Esports Federation (EEF), we cannot expect help from this side. Moreover, in this case it is worth considering that Virtus.pro is de jure an Armenian e-sports club, so it is logical that the Russian-Armenian team was suspended from participation in the competition,” Gorbachenko told .
Source : MatchTV
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