CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL OFFICIALS FIBA RULE CASEBOOK created and updated by Paul Deshaies CABO National Interpreter with the co-operation of Bill Denney BC Provincial interpreter and Seward Neilsen NB Provincial Interpreter This is the October 2012 Edition The purpose of this document is to help officials understand how the FIBA rules apply in actual game situations. It is made available on-line and is updated on a regular basis. If, after reading parts of this document, uncertainties persist regarding the application of the rules, please contact your local or provincial interpreter, or the national interpreter for clarification. \\REGAN-NEW\00_Steve's Work\REFEREES\CABO 2012 Casebook_SGS Reformat.Doc On your behalf I would like to thank the Canadian Association of Basketball Officials for the work they have done in preparing this Casebook on the FIBA Rules. The FIBA Technical Commission which continually monitors international basketball rules, and from time to time makes recommendations for changes, does not formally endorse this Casebook. Nor does it produce an alternative. At various times the FIBA Technical Commission does issue “Interpretations” to add to the information and add some clarity to the information in the Rulebook, Equipment Manual and Manuals for Two and Three Person Officiating. These “Interpretations” can be found on the FIBA website www.fiba.com under the “Inside FIBA” menu. I am happy to recommend this publication to any official wanting to improve their understanding of the FIBA Rules and improve their ability to deal with the many diverse situations they might face when they have the whistle in their mouth. Nevertheless, it needs to be read with some caution. It is written primarily for a Canadian audience where many other sets of rules besides FIBA rules are used in various competitions. There are some questions and some situations which have been written, very obviously, with local conditions in mind, so not everything in the book is a FIBA rule. Some examples can be found at Article 4.3, Article 36.6 and Article 37.2. There may be others. In this reformat of the publication “metres” have been changed to “metres” “favor” has been changed to “favour” to try to make the reading more familiar to Oceania eyes. You would help us, and your colleagues if you pointed out any errors you detect in the creation of this document. Again, I acknowledge the generous efforts of the Canadian Association of Basketball Officials (CABO), whose ownership is indicated on the footer of each page. The original CABO publication can be downloaded from http://www.cabocanada.org Steve Smith Secretary General FIBA Oceania [email protected] © Copyright Canadian Association of Basketball Officials, October 2012 Page 2 of 44 Contents ARTICLE 1 Definitions ....................................................................................... 5 ARTICLE 2 Court .............................................................................................. 5 ARTICLE 3 Equipment ...................................................................................... 5 ARTICLE 4 Teams ............................................................................................ 5 ARTICLE 5 Players: Injury ................................................................................. 6 ARTICLE 6 Captains: Duties and powers ............................................................. 6 ARTICLE 7 Coaches: Duties and powers .............................................................. 6 ARTICLE 8 Playing time, tied score and extra periods ........................................... 7 ARTICLE 9 Beginning and end of a period or the game ......................................... 7 ARTICLE 10 Status of the ball ............................................................................ 8 ARTICLE 11 Location of a player and an official.................................................... 9 ARTICLE 12 Jump ball and alternating position .................................................... 9 ARTICLE 13 How the ball is played ................................................................... 11 ARTICLE 14 Control of the ball ........................................................................ 12 ARTICLE 15 Player in the act of shooting .......................................................... 12 ARTICLE 16 Goal: When made and its value ...................................................... 12 ARTICLE 17 Throw-in ..................................................................................... 13 ARTICLE 18 Time-out ..................................................................................... 16 ARTICLE 19 Substitution ................................................................................. 18 ARTICLE 20 Game lost by forfeit ...................................................................... 20 ARTICLE 21 Game lost by default..................................................................... 21 ARTICLE 22 Violations .................................................................................... 21 ARTICLE 23 Player out-of-bounds and ball out-of-bounds ................................... 21 ARTICLE 24 Dribbling ..................................................................................... 21 ARTICLE 25 Travelling .................................................................................... 22 ARTICLE 26 Three seconds ............................................................................. 23 ARTICLE 27 Closely guarded player .................................................................. 24 ARTICLE 28 Eight seconds .............................................................................. 24 ARTICLE 29 Twenty-four seconds .................................................................... 26 ARTICLE 30 Ball returned to the backcourt ........................................................ 28 ARTICLE 31 Goal tending and interference ........................................................ 30 ARTICLE 32 Fouls .......................................................................................... 31 ARTICLE 33 Contact: General principles ............................................................ 32 ARTICLE 34 Personal foul ................................................................................ 32 © Copyright Canadian Association of Basketball Officials, October 2012 Page 3 of 44 ARTICLE 35 Double foul .................................................................................. 33 ARTICLE 36 Unsportsmanlike foul .................................................................... 33 ARTICLE 37 Disqualifying foul .......................................................................... 34 ARTICLE 38 Technical foul .............................................................................. 34 ARTICLE 39 Fighting ...................................................................................... 36 ARTICLE 40 Five fouls by a player .................................................................... 36 ARTICLE 41 Team fouls: Penalty ...................................................................... 37 ARTICLE 42 Special situations ......................................................................... 37 ARTICLE 43 Free throws ................................................................................. 39 ARTICLE 44 Correctable errors ........................................................................ 39 ARTICLE 45 Officials, table officials and commissioner ........................................ 40 ARTICLE 46 Referee: Duties and powers ........................................................... 40 ARTICLE 47 Officials: Duties and powers .......................................................... 40 ARTICLE 48 Scorer and assistant scorer: Duties ................................................ 41 ARTICLE 49 Timer: Duties .............................................................................. 41 ARTICLE 50 Twenty-four second operator: Duties .............................................. 41 © Copyright Canadian Association of Basketball Officials, October 2012 Page 4 of 44 ARTICLE 1 Definitions 1-1 Which basket is a team's own basket? The basket which a team defends is its own basket. The basket which a team attacks is the opponent's basket. ARTICLE 2 Court 2-1 Is the 3-point line part of the 3-point area? No. 2-2 Is the mid-court line part of the backcourt? Yes. 2-3 Are the no-charge semi-circle lines part of the no-charge semi-circle areas? No. In order to be in the no-charge semi-circle area, a player must have both feet completely inside the area without touching the line. ARTICLE 3 Equipment There are no questions on Article 3 ARTICLE 4 Teams 4-1 A1 is wearing a metal splint on his finger. The splint is completely covered with soft padding. The official decides that wearing such equipment is illegal. Is the official correct? Yes (ART: 4.4.2) 4-2 May a player play with an artificial lower arm limb made of hard plastic? The rule does not permit any hard object worn on the hand, wrist or forearm, even if covered with soft padding. Article 4.4.2 states: The following are not permitted: Finger, hand, wrist, elbow or forearm guards, casts or braces made of leather, plastic, pliable (soft) plastic, metal or any other hard substance, even if covered with soft padding. By extension, a whole lower arm made of hard material should not be permitted. If an organization wishes to let a person play with an artificial limb on the lower