Rules

FBANA INTERNATIONAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

18th FBA-NA INTERCITY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

AUGUST 3-4, 2024

RULES AND REGULATIONS

ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST ADHERE TO THE FOLLOWING RULES AND REGULATIONS

ARTICLE IV GAME RULES

Section 4.01

FIBA BASKETBALL RULES APPLIES

Section 4.02

A team must have a minimum five (5) players to start the game. If a team has fewer than five (5) after the three (3) minutes warm up interval before the start of the game, a forfeit will be declared. A plus (+) 20 points score will be awarded to the winning team,

minus (-) 20 points for the losing team.

Section 4.04

Each team is awarded two (2) timeouts per half, each consisting of thirty (30) seconds.

Unused timeout(s) cannot be carried over to the second half or overtime period.

Section 4.05

Each game consists of two (2), twenty (20) minutes halves.

Section 4.06

All games are PLAYED RUNNING TIME except TIMEOUTS and the last two (2) minutes of

second half. During the last 2 minutes of the game, (second half or any extra period),the

game clock STOP on every made basket, fouls and timeout.

Section 4.07

During the last 2 minutes of the game, (second half or extra period), A TEAM GRANTED

A TIMEOUT FOLLOWING A MADE BASKET AND BEFORE THE BALL HAS GONE LIVE AND

WILL BE AWARDED THE SUBSEQUENT THROW-IN IN THE FRONT COURT OPPOSITE THE

SCORE TABLE.

Section 4.08

IF A TIMEOUT IS GRANTED AFTER THE BALL HAS GONE LIVE IN THE BACKCOURT, THE

TEAM WILL NOT PROVIDE AN OPTION TO ADVANCE THE BALL.

Section 4.09

OVERTIME PERIOD;

A two (2) minute STOP TIME will be awarded.
Only one (1) 30 second timeout per team will be allowed in the first overtime.
If after the first overtime period and the game is still tied, a SUDDEN DEATH will be played.
“SUDDEN DEATH” overtime means the team that scores first is declared the WINNER.
NO TIMEOUT is awarded during the sudden death overtime period.

Section 4.10

BASKETBALL SIZES;

SIZE 27.5 (5) for 9u, 10u, 11u and 12u.
SIZE 28.5 (6) for 13u, 14, and ALL FEMALE Divisions.
Size 29.5 (7) for 15U, 16U, 18U, 20U, 6’ UNDER, MENS OPEN, SENIORS, MASTERS DIVISION AND GRAND MASTERS DIVISIONS

Section 4.11

Dropback rule is applied for 10u, 11u, 12u, 13u and 14u. If a team is up by 20 points or

more the team must fall back to half court defense. If a team violates a warning will be

issued and if violated again a technical will be rewarded to the opposing team.

ARTICLE V AGE SPECIFIC RULES

10U TO 12U

Section 5.01

All teams will play two (2) games in the Preliminary Round on Saturday.

Section 5.02

Elimination bracket seeding will be based on the number of wins and losses and Point

Differential with the Maximum of 20 points

Section 5.03

PRELIMINARY ROUND TEAM STANDING TIE BREAKER, should there’ll be teams that have

identical Preliminary round record, the following tie breaker rules will be applied to

determine the ranking.

HEAD TO HEAD. In case the two (2) tied teams played each other in the preliminary round.
The team with the greater POINT DIFFERENTIAL will be seeded higher.
The team with fewer POINTS AGAINST will be seeded higher

Section 5.04

Minimum Shifts per player

NUMBER OF PLAYERS	MINIMUM SHIFTS PER PLAYER	MAXIMUM SHIFTS PER PLAYER
15	1	2
14	1	2
13	1	2
12	1	2
11	1	2
10	2	2
9	2	3
8	2	3
7	2	3
6	3	4
5	4	4

Section 5.05

Teams must play Half Court Defense during the shifting period (1st Half). No full court

pressure allowed.

Section 5.05

Teams must play Half Court Defense during the shifting period (1st Half). No full court

pressure allowed.

Section 5.05

Teams must play Half Court Defense during the shifting period (1st Half). No full court

pressure allowed.

ARTICLE VI TECHNICAL FOULS / EJECTIONS / PROTEST

Section 6.01 TECHNICAL FOULS AND EJECTION

Any player(s) who receives two (2) technical fouls in the same game is automatically ejected from the game and he/she should leave the bench area.
Any player(s) who is ejected from a game will automatically suspended for the next scheduled games.
ZERO TOLERANCE FOR FIGHTING; Player(s), Coach(es) involved in a fight, racial slurs, harassment and verbal abuse against player(s), coaches, staff, officials, volunteers, and spectators will not be tolerated and will result in an automatic suspension for the remainder of the tournament.

Section 6.02. PROTEST;