An exciting and close match between Portugal and Czech Republic had a sad ending. Portuguese player luna used silent run which is against the rules of ClanBase NationsCup.

The match was played as BO3 at train, dust2, and inferno. Czech Republic came best from start by winning the first map 16-13 but then Portugal responded. At dust2, the Portuguese national team claimed a 16-9 victory, and followed up at inferno by winning 16-14.

Shortly after the match, it was revealed that luna from Portugal had used silent run multiple times. That's strictly forbidden and against the following rule:

Tapping duck in order to quieten your footsteps' sound significantly (=silent run aka russian jumps) is considered to be bug abuse and results in a forfeit loss.

Therefore, ClanBase has taken the consequences of luna's act and forfeited Portugal's win which means that Czech Republic proceeds in the tournament. After the news about the forfeit had come to their ear, Czech Republic has offered to replay the match. The ClanBase admins didn't acknowledge the proposal, though.

Portugal's team captain, Helder "coachi" Sancho said following on behalf of their early exit from NationsCup:

The rule is ridiculous. We all know all the best players in the world use it, and I don t need to say names, you all know. Why some people that know nothing about counter-strike made such a rule? You are forbidding an ability. So you should forbid bunny-jumps too, you run faster with that... It just doesn’t make any sense. We won the game playing in worse conditions and they just take away our victory, because they have the power.

It is so frustrating to win a match and a good match and in the end someone take us the victory. That is why esports have no credibility; u never saw a football team losing a game by forfeit it is just stupid. The admin's of ClanBase were very arrogant talking to me, even in the small issues, it is really sad those kind of people are leading tournaments. What can i do ? Portugal is just a small country.

With the win against Portugal, Czech Republic will proceed to group A, where following teams await:

Denmark
Bulgaria
Ukraine
Estonia
Spain

For results, groups, and demos from NationsCup XI, drop by our coverage section.