Basketball Fiba Rules Study Guide
playing court - Answer Must be flat, hard surface free of obstruction with dimensions 28m to
15m in width measured from the inner edge of the boundary line.
back court - Answer A team’s own basket, the inbound part of the backboard and that part of
the playing court limited by the endline behind its own basket, the side lines and the center line.
front court - Answer The opponent’s basket, the inbounds part of the backboard
lines on a basketball court - Answer Must be of the same colour, 5 cm in width and clearly
visible.
Boundary lines are - Answer Endlines and sidelines (not part of the playing court)
obstruction (team bench) - Answer Must have 16 seats, Includes Seated coaches, assistant
coaches, substitutes, excluded players and accompanying delegating members must be at least
2 m from the court
Position of the score table - Answer 1- shot clock 2- timer 3- commissioner 4-Scorer 5-
Assistant scorer
team member eligibilty to play - Answer Is eligible to play when he has been authorized to
play for a team according to the regulation including regulations governing age limits of the
organising body of competition.
Team member entitled - Answer When his name has been entered on the score sheet before
the beginning of the game and as long as he has neither been disqualified nor committed 5
fouls.
During playing time a player is - Answer A player when is on the paying court and is entitled
to play, A substitute when he is not on the playing court but he is entitled to play. An excluded
player when he has committed 5 fouls and is no longer entitled to play.
Center circle - Answer Must have a radius of 1.80 m measured to the outer edge of the
circumference and is 3.60 m. 28 m from the base lines
3-point line is - Answer 8.325 from the base line and 6.75 m from the center of the No charge
circle.
playing court - Answer Must be flat, hard surface free of obstruction with dimensions 28m to
15m in width measured from the inner edge of the boundary line.
back court - Answer A team’s own basket, the inbound part of the backboard and that part of
the playing court limited by the endline behind its own basket, the side lines and the center line.
front court - Answer The opponent’s basket, the inbounds part of the backboard
lines on a basketball court - Answer Must be of the same colour, 5 cm in width and clearly
visible.
Boundary lines are - Answer Endlines and sidelines (not part of the playing court)
obstruction (team bench) - Answer Must have 16 seats, Includes Seated coaches, assistant
coaches, substitutes, excluded players and accompanying delegating members must be at least
2 m from the court
Position of the score table - Answer 1- shot clock 2- timer 3- commissioner 4-Scorer 5-
Assistant scorer
team member eligibilty to play - Answer Is eligible to play when he has been authorized to
play for a team according to the regulation including regulations governing age limits of the
organising body of competition.
Team member entitled - Answer When his name has been entered on the score sheet before
the beginning of the game and as long as he has neither been disqualified nor committed 5
fouls.
During playing time a player is - Answer A player when is on the paying court and is entitled
to play, A substitute when he is not on the playing court but he is entitled to play. An excluded
player when he has committed 5 fouls and is no longer entitled to play.
Center circle - Answer Must have a radius of 1.80 m measured to the outer edge of the
circumference and is 3.60 m. 28 m from the base lines
3-point line is - Answer 8.325 from the base line and 6.75 m from the center of the No charge
circle.
