Basketball · FIBA
Based on the supplied FIBA Official Basketball Rules 2026, version 1.1, valid from 1 October 2026.
Rules
FIBA basketball: the game, court and equipment
The playing area, scoring aim, court markings and equipment required for FIBA basketball.
Teams, uniforms, coaches and injuries
Who may play, how teams register and what happens when a player needs assistance.
Playing time, overtime and the game clock
Quarter lengths, breaks, overtime, live balls and clock operation.
Jump balls, possession and playing the ball
The opening jump, possession arrow and legal ways to move the ball.
Scoring and the act of shooting
Point values, shooting continuation and last-second attempts under the 2026 rules.
Throw-ins and out-of-bounds
Five-second releases, boundary restrictions and advancing the ball late in a game.
Time-outs and substitutions
Time-out allowances, eligible stoppages, substitutions and optional media breaks.
Dribbling, travelling and time violations
Double dribbles, pivot feet, legal steps and the three-, five- and eight-second rules.
The 24-second shot clock
Release deadlines, offensive rebounds and the difference between 24- and 14-second resets.
Goaltending and basket interference
When a shot is protected and why touching the ball after the rim has exceptions.
Contact, guarding and personal fouls
Legal defensive position, screens, shooting fouls and special late-game throw-in contact.
Technical, disruptive and flagrant fouls
The foul categories used in the supplied 2026 FIBA rules and their consequences.
Foul limits, team penalties and multiple fouls
Five-foul exclusion, disqualification combinations, the team bonus and cancelling penalties.
Free throws
Who shoots, the five-second limit, lane positions and violations.
Correctable errors
When officials can fix scorekeeping, free-throw and clock mistakes.
Referees, table officials and the scoresheet
Official responsibilities, signalling, timing and the game record.
Forfeits, protests and team rankings
Administrative losses, protest deadlines, group tie-breaks and aggregate-score series.
Protocols & guidance
See how the two rulebooks differ, from court dimensions to fouls and video review.