GENEVA (FIBA)
– The FIBA Central Board, the highest
executive body of the International
Basketball Federation, met Friday 25th
April and Saturday 26th April, in
Beijing, China. The Central Board has
taken some major and historic decisions
as with regards to the game rules. Upon
recommendation of the FIBA Technical
Commission (a group of experts that deal
with the game rules), the FIBA Central
Board has approved today several
amendments to the Official Basketball
Rules. The recommendations by the FIBA
Technical Commission and the decisions
taken by the Central Board were strived
by the attempt to further unify all
existing game rules and to have, in the
future, only one set of rules for the
game of basketball worldwide. Please
find below a summary of all approved
rule changes, which include historic
amendments like the extension of the
3-point line (in place since 1984) and
the change of the trapezoid restricted
area (in place since the 1950s) to a
rectangular one:
OFFICIAL BASKETBALL RULES 2008:
All
below-mentioned rules will come into
effect as of 1st October 2008, i.e.
after the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
Art.
4.3 Uniforms. The provision
that T-shirts may be worn by players
under their game uniforms is not valid
anymore.
Art.
25.2.3 Player falling on the floor.
It is legal when a player falls and
slides on the floor while holding the
ball.
Art.
28.1.3 Ball goes into team’s frontcourt.
The ball goes to the teams’ frontcourt
when, during the dribble from backcourt
to frontcourt, both feet of the dribbler
and the ball are in contact with the
frontcourt.
Art.
30.1.2 Ball returned to the backcourt.
It will not be a violation anymore if a
player, who jumps from his frontcourt,
establishes a new team control while
still airborne and then lands in his
team’s backcourt.
Art. 31
Goaltending and interference.
If a player reaches through the basket
from below and touches the ball, it is
an interference (and not a simple
violation) with all the relevant rule
consequences.
Art.
36.1.4 Unsportsmanlike foul. If
a defensive player causes contact with
an opponent from behind or laterally in
an attempt to stop a fast break and
there is no opponent between the
offensive player and the opponents’
Basket,
then the contact shall be judged to be
unsportsmanlike.
Art.
38.3.1 Technical foul. A
technical foul can be called on a player
for excessive swinging of elbows
(without contact).
OFFICIAL BASKETBALL RULES 2010:
The below
mentioned rule amendments will come into
effect as follows:
- For high
level competitions/Level 1 (main
FIBA official competitions: i.e.
Olympic Tournaments, World
Championships for Men and Women, U19
and U17 World Championships for Men
and Women and Zone/Continental
Championships for Men and Women): as
of 1st October 2010, i.e. after the
2010 FIBA World Championship.
- For medium
level competitions/Level 2 (i.e. all
other FIBA official competitions and
the high level competitions of the
national federations): as of 1st
October 2012, i.e. after the London
2012 Olympic Games.
Art.
2.2.3 Free-throw lines and restricted
areas. The restricted areas
shall be the floor rectangle areas
marked on the playing court. The
restricted (three-second) area shall be
a rectangle (not anymore a trapezoid) as
per the diagram below.
Art.
2.2.4 Three-point field goal area.
The distance of the three-point line
shall be 6.75 m (and not 6.25 m as
present).
Art.
2.2.6 Throw-in side lines. The
two (2) small lines shall be marked
outside the court, on the opposite side
of the scorer’s table and the team bench
areas, with the outer edge at the
distance of 8.325 m from the inside edge
of the end lines; in other words, level
to the top of the three-point line.
During the last two (2) minutes of the
game and of the extra period, following
the Time-out
granted to the team that has been
entitled to the
Possession of the ball from its
backcourt, the subsequent
Throw-in
will be taken on the opposite side of
the scorer’s table from the “throw-in
side line” and not as presently from the
centre line extended.
Art.
2.2.7 No-charge semicircles.
The no-charge semicircles shall be
marked on the playing court, under the
baskets. The distance of the inner edge
of the semicircles shall be 1.25 m from
the centre of the basket (on the floor).
A Charging
(offensive)
Foul should never be called if
the contact by the offensive player is
with the defensive player standing
within the no-charge semicircle.
Art. 29
Twenty-four seconds. If the
throw-in is to be administered in the
backcourt, if required by the respective
rules, the 24 second device shall be
reset to 24 seconds. If the throw-in is
to be administered in the frontcourt, if
required by the respective rules, the
24-second device shall be reset as
follows: - If 14 seconds or more are
displayed on the 24-second device at the
time the game was stopped, the 24-second
device shall not be reset and shall
remain the same. - If 13 seconds or less
are displayed on the 24-second device at
the time the game was stopped, the
24-second device shall be reset to 14
seconds. |
