Wargaming doesnt follow its own rules.

lord_farquad: Teams are chosen by the "Last Modified" attribute, when a team applies the attribute updates and does not allow further modification by team members. It should be noted that this attribute is also modified again once the team is accepted.
If you believe you were eligible and not accepted, I would be more than happy to take a look, as we'd like to know if there are issues with the process. If you could provide your team name and a description of exactly what happened (and what you saw prior to it) in a PM that would be very helpful!