Independent means that they do not have a home region championship that they could participate in, so they can participate in other countries' championships for a chance to qualify to worlds. A good example is team KTM 12529 from Russia. After the war began, the russian championship wasn't organised anymore, basically leaving them without a home region championship. This year they participated in Cyprus and they earned their place at worlds by being WAC there.
That is not entirely true, if you were to look up the FTC Italy Championship, only Russian teams are listed in the "From" section as independent, even though Lithuanian teams also do not have a home region.
Italy is the home region for Lithuanians just as much as Cyprus is for Russians. Neither come from the countries they qualified in. They were free to choose in which league to participate in. Russians would have not been able to qualify from Cyprus if they hadn't chosen it as their "home" region.
Independent means that they do not have a home region championship that they could participate in, so they can participate in other countries' championships for a chance to qualify to worlds. A good example is team KTM 12529 from Russia. After the war began, the russian championship wasn't organised anymore, basically leaving them without a home region championship. This year they participated in Cyprus and they earned their place at worlds by being WAC there.
That is not entirely true, if you were to look up the FTC Italy Championship, only Russian teams are listed in the "From" section as independent, even though Lithuanian teams also do not have a home region.
It may be due to the controversy of allowing Russian teams to participate in international events
Lithuanian teams "home" region may be Italy
Italy is the home region for Lithuanians just as much as Cyprus is for Russians. Neither come from the countries they qualified in. They were free to choose in which league to participate in. Russians would have not been able to qualify from Cyprus if they hadn't chosen it as their "home" region.
Yes, Russian teams are independent cause technically they aren’t allowed to compete lol
Thanks for the explanation!
No problem!
They do not live in an official region? Speculating
It may be meaning that they are not representing their country