Friday 14 February 2025

PLAYING RULES During The Camp

During the camp games we will officiate according to the following rules . Please get familiar with them before the camp starts.

XIII. PLAYING RULES

Basic

  1. Warm-up – 15 minutes

  2. Playing time – 4 x 10 minute quarters

  3. 24 second clock will be used

  4. Half-time interval – 10 minutes

  5. Intervals between 1st & 2nd and 3rd & 4th quarters – 2 minutes

  6. Each team may request three time outs during the first and second half with a maximum of two

    per quarter.

  7. In the event of a tie, a five minute overtime period will be played. Overtime periods will

    continue until a winner is determined. Overtime shall have one time-out per team. Interval

    between overtimes – 2 minutes.

  8. Sanctions of use of ineligible player(s):

  9. First infraction: the game is awarded to the opponents of the offending team. If the offending team lost the actual game by more than twenty (20) points, the result shall stand; if not then the game shall be awarded to the opponents of the offending team by a score of twenty to zero (20:0). In either case, the offending team shall receive zero (0) points in the classification.

  10. Second infraction: the team shall be disqualified for the remainder of that competition

  11. Any playing rule not expressly modified herein, shall be governed by the valid Official Basketball Rules as approved by FIBA. 

 

XIV. EXCEPTIONS OF RULES FOR UPPER CATEGORIES

47. The men categories of 65+ and older and women category of 55+ will be played by standard rules except:

  1. Playing time will be set – 4 x 8 minute quarters.

  2. The team must bring the ball frontcourt without any limit of time.

 

XX. DOUBLE TECHNICAL FOUL

  1. A player punished in the game with a second technical foul will be disqualified from the game.

  2. A disqualified player in a game is suspended for the next game. Head Referee must follow the decision made.