-
Official Basketball
Rules 2014
As approved by
FIBA Central Board
Barcelona, Spain, 2nd February 2014
Valid as of 1stOctober 2014February
2014
Page 2 of 82
OFFICIAL
BASKETBALL RULES 2014
Table of contents
/ Table of diagrams
RULE
ONE
–
THE
GAME..............................................
..................................................
..............................4
Art.
1
Definitions...............
..................................................
..................................................
..................4
RULE
TWO
–
COURT
AND
EQUIPMENT...............
..................................................
.................................4
Art.
2
Court.....................
..................................................
..................................................
......................4
Art.
3
Equipment.................
..................................................
..................................................
................9
RULE
THREE
-
TEAMS.....................
..................................................
..................................................
......10
Art.
4
Teams .................................
..................................................
..................................................
.....10
Art.
5
Players:
Injury.............
..................................................
..................................................
............11
Art.
6
Captain:
Duties
and
powers..................
..................................................
.................................12
Art.
7
Coaches:
Duties
and
powers
..................................................
................................................12
RULE
FOUR
-
PLAYING
REGULATIONS ........
..................................................
.......................................14
Art. 8 Playing time, tied score and
extra periods ....................................
.......................................14
Art. 9 Beginning and end of a period or
the game..........................................
...............................14
Art.
10
Status
of
the
ball....................
..................................................
..................................................
15
Art.
11
Location
of
a
player
and
an
official..................................
..................................................
....16
Art. 12 Jump ball and
alternating possession............................
..................................................
.....16
Art.
13
How
the
ball
is
played...................
..................................................
..........................................17
Art.
14
Control
of
the
ball .....
..................................................
..................................................
.............18
Art.
15
Player
in
the
act
of
shooting..
..................................................
................................................18
Art.
16
Goal:
When
made
and
its
value...................
..................................................
.........................19
Art.
17
Throw-in.................
..................................................
..................................................
.................19
Art.
18
Time-out...............................
..................................................
..................................................
...21
Art.
19
Sub
stitution.........................................
..................................................
......................................22
Art.
20
Game
lost
by
forfeit..
..................................................
..................................................
.............24
Art.
21
Game
lost
by
default....................................
..................................................
...........................24
RULE
FIVE
-
VIOLATIONS
..................................................
..................................................
.....................26
Art.
22
Violations...............
..................................................
..................................................
..................26
Art. 23 Player
out-of-bounds and ball out-of-bounds..............
..................................................
......26
Art.
24
Dribbling.........................................
..................................................
...........................................26
Art.
25
Travellin
g.................................................
..................................................
..................................27
Art.
26
3
seconds.......................................
..................................................
...........................................28
Art.
27
Closely
guarded
player..............
..................................................
.............................................28
Art.
28
8
seconds.......................................
..................................................
...........................................28
Art.
29
24
seconds......................................
..................................................
..........................................29
Art.
30
Ball
returned
to
the <
/p>
backcourt...............................
..................................................
...............30
Art.
31
Goaltending
and
I
nterference.......................................
..................................................
........31
RULE
SIX
-
FOULS.....................
..................................................
..................................................
.............33
Art.
32
Fouls......................................
..................................................
..................................................
...33
Art.
33
Contact:
General
principles........................................
..................................................
...........33
Art.
34
Personal
foul...............
..................................................
..................................................
............38
Art.
35
Double
foul.................
..................................................
..................................................
.............38
Art.
36
Technical
foul..............
..................................................
..................................................
...........39
Art.
37
Unsportsmanlike
foul........
..................................................
..................................................
....41
Art.
38
Disqualifying
foul..........
..................................................
..................................................
.........41
Art.
39
< br>Fighting....................................... .................................................. ...............................................42O
FFICIAL BASKETBALL RULES 2014
Table of contents
February
2014
Page 3 of 82
RULE
SEVEN
-GENERAL
PR
OVISIONS..........................................
..................................................
.....44
Art.
40
5
fouls
by
a
player.......................................
..................................................
.............................44
Art.
41
Team
fouls:
p>
Penalty..................................
..................................................
...............................44
Art.
42
Special
situat
ions..............................................
..................................................
......................44
Art.
43
Free
throws...
..................................................
..................................................
..........................45
Art.
44
Correctable
er
rors..............................................
..................................................
.....................47
RULE
EIGHT
-OFFICIALS,
TABLE
OFFICIALS,
COMMISSIONER:
DUTIES
AND
POWERS...........49
Art.
45
Officials,
table
officials
and
com
missioner.........................................
..................................49
Art.
46
Referee:
Duties
and
powers
..................................................
..................................................
49
Art.
47
Officials:
Duties
and
powers..................
..................................................
................................50
Art.
48
Scorer
and
assistant
scorer:
Duties ................................
..................................................
....51
Art.
49
Timer:
Duties...............
..................................................
..................................................
............52
Art.
50
Shot
clock
operator:
Duties............
..................................................
.......................................53
A
-OFFICIALS
’
SIGNALS..................................... .................................................. ...................................55
B
-
THE
SCORESHEET.
..................................................
..................................................
..........................61
C
-
PROTEST
PROCEDURE .............................
..................................................
........................................68
D
-
CLASSIFICATION
OF
TEAMS............................................
..................................................
..............69
E
-
MEDIATIME-OUTS.........................
..................................................
................................................
p>
...74
INDEX
TO
THE
RULES...................
..................................................
..................................................
........75
TABLE OF DIAGRAMS
Diagram
1
Full
size
playing
cour
t.................................................
..................................................
....6
Diagram 2 Restricted area........
..................................................
..................................................
......7
Diagram 3 2-point/3-point field
goal area.........................................
...............................................8
Diagram 4 Scorer's table and
substitution chairs...............................
...........................................8
Diagram
5
Cylinder
principle..........
..................................................
................................................33
Diagram 6 Players' positions during
free throws.......................................
..................................46
Diagram
7
Officials'
signals..........
..................................................
..................................................
60
Diagram
8
Scor
esheet............................................
..................................................
.........................61
Diagram 9
Top of the scoresheet.............................
..................................................
.....................62
Diagram 10
Teams on the scoresheet...........................
..................................................
.................63
Diagram
11
Running
score.
..................................................
..................................................
.............66
Diagram
12
Summing
up..................
..................................................
.................................................6
7
Diagram
13
Bottom
of
the
scoresheet................................
..................................................
............67February 2014
Page 4 of
82
OFFICIAL BASKETBALL RULES 2014
Rule One
–
The game
Throughout the
Official Basketball Rules, all references made to
a player, coach, official, etc.
in the male gender also apply to the
female gender. It must be understood that this is
done for
practical reasons
only.
RULE ONE
–
THE GAME
Art. 1 Definitions
1.1 Basketball game
Basketball is played by 2 teams of 5
players each. The aim of each team is to score
in the opponents' basket
and to prevent the other team from scoring.
The game is controlled by the
officials, table officials and a commissioner, if
present.
1.2
Basket: opponents'/own
The basket that
is attacked by a team is the opponents' basket and
the basket which
is
defended by a team is their own basket.
1.3 Winner of a game