No you can't ... I was without a clan for awhile when I started playing and KvK's were already going on before I ever joined a clan and I did not get to participate in KvK events ...
aha ... well there are enough "puzzles" to try to figure out and I think I will pass on this one since well does not seem to be a problem for you anymore and well was so long ago and not really a way to experiment to find out what could have happened ... only so much time in a day/week/month/year ... lol