Israeli animations are not to be judged

[Yov]

I would like to tell you about something that really annoyed me.
last night, at 12 am and something, our mentor and chairman of FIRST Israel, told me he recieved an Email saying that all of the 12 Israeli teams animations shall not be included in the AVA competition.
As an animator I feel very disappointed, since i have worked hard & long hours for the past month on our team's animation. I made our animation from scratch, without help from mentors (we don't have any mentors who know 3dsmax), I poured my heart out into this animation, and now it's not even going to be seen?
what disturbed me even more, is that they decided not to include us in the competition, only a few days before the animation deadline.
Does anyone know the reason for this?
Does it seem right to you?