<p class="reg-lead">The January 2027 edition of the International Standard for Results Management, approved on 5 December 2025 and in force from 1 January 2027; it introduced the "Independent Review Expert" process, the application to lift a mandatory provisional suspension, and a rewrite of the Athlete Biological Passport and whereabouts annexes.</p>

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<tr><td>Approval</td><td><b>5 December 2025</b> — WADA Executive Committee</td></tr>
<tr><td>In force from</td><td><b>1 January 2027</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td><b>11 articles</b> in four parts + Annex A (Review of Potential Non-Compliance), Annex B (Whereabouts Failures) and Annex C (Athlete Biological Passport) + Appendix 1 (Definitions)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td>Approved; in force from 1 January 2027 — until that date the previous edition governs</td></tr>
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<h2>What is the International Standard for Results Management?</h2>
<p>The International Standard for Results Management (ISRM) is one of the binding International Standards of the world anti-doping system. It determines the procedure to be followed after an adverse analytical finding arises: initial review, notification, provisional suspension, charge, the right to a fair hearing, notification of the decision and the appeal route. According to the document's introduction, the Standard was approved in 2019 and came into effect in January 2021, and was amended in May 2021.</p>
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<h2>About the January 2027 edition<span class="reg-tag">Changes from the 2023 edition</span></h2>
<p>This edition was approved by the WADA Executive Committee on <strong>5 December 2025</strong> and applies from <strong>1 January 2027</strong>. The revision is extensive compared with the previous edition: a new article has been added, and the articles on provisional suspension, notification and hearings, together with two annexes, have been rewritten.</p>
<h3>Key changes from the previous edition</h3>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">Independent Review Expert (Article 5.5)</b>In the rare cases where, following the initial review of an adverse analytical finding, the Results Management Authority intends to close the case or depart from the ordinary route, it must seek the opinion of the Independent Review Expert (Article 7.8 of the Code). The Expert gives a written opinion within 20 days of receiving the complete file; the authority's decision is thereafter appealable directly to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.</li>
<li><b class="t">Responsibility for results management</b>Article 4.1 is new: jurisdiction over results management is referred to Article 7.1 of the Code, and the commentary to it states that results management must not be delegated to a third-party agent that creates an actual or potential conflict of interest.</li>
<li><b class="t">Notification and admission of the violation</b>In the notice, the athlete must be informed of the possibility of admitting the violation and its consequences, and of providing Substantial Assistance or other valuable information and assistance (Articles 10.7.2 to 10.7.4 of the Code); the deadline for an explanation is set as "short"; and in cases without an adverse analytical finding (Article 5.3), delaying or withholding notification is possible only with WADA's written agreement (5.3.2.4).</li>
<li><b class="t">20-day deadline for the B sample</b>If the athlete and their representative are not available on the alternative dates, or if agreement is not reached on all points within 20 days of the request for analysis of the B sample, the laboratory proceeds with an independent witness (5.1.2.8). The athlete cannot postpone the B sample request by waiting for the laboratory documentation package.</li>
<li><b class="t">Provisional suspension and the application to lift it</b>Article 6 has been rewritten. For a mandatory provisional suspension, before appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport the athlete must apply to the Results Management Authority (and, in some systems, to the hearing panel under Article 8) to have it lifted; the optional provisional suspension also has a separate article (6.1.1 to 6.1.2).</li>
<li><b class="t">Charge and hearing</b>The 20-day deadline following the charge now has two routes: admitting the violation with its consequences, or requesting a hearing (7.1). The single hearing before the Court of Arbitration for Sport has been extended to the violation of participating while ineligible as well, and WADA may, if it objects, refer the case back to the authority's first-instance panel (7.6). The hearing panel must consist of one arbitrator or three members, and reasonable accommodations must be made for athletes with a disability; the deadline for issuing the decision is two months, and serious or repeated breach of it may carry a compliance consequence for the authority (8).</li>
<li><b class="t">Annexes B and C</b>In Annex B, the "administrative review" stage for a failure to file or a missed test at the declared location has been removed: the athlete responds to the notice; the recording of a whereabouts failure is not appealable; and every recorded failure is examined again and afresh in the charge under Article 2.4 of the Code. In Annex C, the three-member panel of Athlete Biological Passport experts has become the first expert plus two further experts, and in the absence of consensus the Passport may still be used, together with other evidence, to establish Use.</li>
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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>This document is the backbone of defence procedure in doping cases. The deadlines, the right to be heard before a provisional suspension, the conditions for a fair hearing and the appeal route are all determined in it, and objections based on non-observance of these are one of the common lines of defence before the Court of Arbitration for Sport. From 1 January 2027, athletes, counsel and Results Management Authorities must attend to such matters as the application to lift a mandatory provisional suspension and the B sample deadlines. The official text is published in English and French, and in the event of any conflict the English text prevails.</p>
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2027 International Standard for Results Management (ISRM) - In Force on 1 January 2027

<p class="reg-lead">The current edition of the International Standard for Education, adopted by the Sixth World Conference on Doping in Sport in Busan on 5 December 2025 and in force from 1 January 2027.</p>
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<tr><td>Adopted</td><td><b>5 December 2025</b> — Executive Committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency, Busan Conference</td></tr>
<tr><td>In force from</td><td><b>1 January 2027</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>International Standard for Education, 2027 edition</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current edition</strong> — in force from 1 January 2027</td></tr>
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<h2>What is the International Standard for Education?</h2>
<p>The International Standard for Education (ISE) is one of the <strong>mandatory International Standards</strong> of the global anti-doping system. The Standards set out the technical detail of implementing the Code, and compliance with them is mandatory for all Signatories to the Code. This Standard sets out Signatories' obligations in the field of <strong>education and prevention</strong>: education planning, priority audiences and the measurement of effectiveness.</p>
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<h2>About the January 2027 edition<span class="reg-tag">Changes from 2021</span></h2>
<h3>Key changes from the previous edition</h3>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">Busan Conference revision</b>The first revision of this Standard was adopted at the <strong>Sixth World Conference on Doping in Sport in Busan</strong> on 5 December 2025.</li>
<li><b class="t">Alignment with the 2027 Code</b>It takes effect alongside the <strong>2027 edition of the Code</strong>, in which the place of education within the global programme has been markedly strengthened.</li>
<li><b class="t">Drafted in consultation with stakeholders</b>The text was prepared in consultation with <strong>Signatories, public authorities, athletes and other stakeholders</strong>.</li>
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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>For national anti-doping organisations and national federations, this document is binding: the absence of a compliant education programme can itself give rise to a compliance case. The text makes clear that <strong>education is a right of the athlete</strong>, not merely a duty of the organisation.</p><p>Each case is governed by the edition of this Standard that was in force at the time of the relevant event; for that reason, earlier editions remain available on this page. The official text is published in English and French, and in the event of a divergence <strong>the English text prevails</strong>.</p>
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2027 International Standard for Education (ISE) - In Force on 1 January 2027

<p class="reg-lead">The 2027 edition of the World Anti-Doping Code, in force from 1 January 2027; it created the office of the Independent Review Expert, placed the consequences of Signatory non-compliance within the Code itself, and appreciably expanded the scope of protection for Protected Persons.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>In force from</td><td><b>1 January 2027</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Published by</td><td>World Anti-Doping Agency — 2027 edition</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>Code, 2027 edition</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current version</strong> — in force from 1 January 2027</td></tr>
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<h2>What is the World Anti-Doping Code?</h2>
<p>The World Anti-Doping Code (WADA Code) is the foundational document of the global anti-doping system: it defines doping violations, sets the burden and standard of proof, enumerates the sanctions and the conditions for their reduction and aggravation, and organises the procedure for results management, hearings and appeals. All international federations, National Olympic Committees and national anti-doping organisations that have accepted it are required to bring their own rules into conformity with it; the International Standards — from the Prohibited List to sample collection, therapeutic use exemptions, results management, education and privacy — set the technical detail of its implementation.</p>
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<h2>About the January 2027 edition<span class="reg-tag">Changes from 2021</span></h2>
<h3>The most important changes from the previous edition</h3>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">Independent Review Expert</b>A new office, the <strong>Independent Review Expert</strong>, was created, and a category of cases is referred to it for review before proceeding further. This office did not exist in the 2021 edition.</li>
<li><b class="t">Consequences of Signatory non-compliance</b>The <strong>Signatory Consequences</strong> provisions appear in detail in the Code itself for the first time; previously that detail was found only in the International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories.</li>
<li><b class="t">Expanded protection for Protected Persons</b>References to the <strong>Protected Person</strong> more than doubled compared with the 2021 edition, and the concept spread from the sanctions provisions across the entire text — from sample collection to results management and notification.</li>
<li><b class="t">Strengthened education and whereabouts rules</b>Education, with far more references, became one of the explicit pillars of the global programme, and the rules on athlete <strong>whereabouts</strong> information were also considerably elaborated.</li>
<li><b class="t">Legal foundations made explicit</b>The text emphasises that the Code was drafted <strong>with regard to human rights and the principle of proportionality</strong>, and lists the <strong>rule of law</strong> among the objectives of the global programme.</li>
</ol>
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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>Every athlete doping case, in any sport, ultimately comes back to this text; the anti-doping regulations of the international federations are nothing other than the implementation of this Code in that sport. Three points are decisive in the defence: liability in doping is <strong>strict</strong>, and proof of intent or fault is not required; the burden and standard of proof are defined in the Code itself and are not the same as criminal standards; and each case is governed by the edition that was <strong>in force at the time of the violation</strong>, unless a later edition is more favourable to the person charged.</p>
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2027 World Anti-Doping Code - In Force on 1 January 2027

<p class="reg-lead">The January 2027 edition of the Procedural Rules Governing the FIFA Football Tribunal, approved on 10 June 2026 and in force from 1 January 2027; in Article 3 it provides that the Tribunal is to apply the FIFA regulations primarily and Swiss law additionally.</p>

<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>Approved</td><td><b>10 June 2026</b> — Bureau of the FIFA Council</td></tr>
<tr><td>In force from</td><td><b>1 January 2027</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td><b>35 articles</b> + one annexe, in four parts</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td>In force from the start of 2027; until then the January 2026 edition governs</td></tr>
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<h2>What are the Procedural Rules Governing the Football Tribunal?</h2>
<p>The Football Tribunal is FIFA's quasi-judicial body, composed of three chambers: the <strong>Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC)</strong> for contractual disputes and training compensation cases, the <strong>Players' Status Chamber (PSC)</strong> for regulatory cases such as the international transfer of players under 18 and changes of association, and the <strong>Agents Chamber (AC)</strong> for disputes concerning football agents. The present Procedural Rules determine the rules of procedure before all three chambers: from how a claim is lodged and the applicable time limits to evidence, the language of proceedings and the notification of decisions.</p>
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<h2>About the January 2027 edition<span class="reg-tag">Changes from January 2026</span></h2>
<p>This document is the <strong>seventh edition</strong> of the Procedural Rules Governing the Football Tribunal since the Tribunal was established (previous editions: October 2021, June 2022, October 2022, March 2023, January 2025 and January 2026).</p>
<p>The present edition was approved by the <strong>Bureau of the FIFA Council</strong> on <strong>10 June 2026</strong> and, pursuant to its Article 35, comes into force on <strong>1 January 2027</strong>, replacing the January 2026 edition (approved by the FIFA Council on 17 December 2025). The overall structure of the document — 35 articles and one annexe — has been retained.</p>
<p><strong>Transitional rule:</strong> contrary to the common assumption that new procedural rules govern only new claims, Article 32(1) of this edition specifies that proceedings initiated <strong>before</strong> its entry into force are also subject to these Rules, and decisions on the details of their application to pending cases rest with the FIFA general secretariat (Article 32(2)).</p>
<h3>The most significant substantive change from the January 2026 edition — Article 3</h3>
<p>The title of this article has changed from "Applicable law" to "Applicable rules and regulations" and its text has been rewritten in full:</p>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">2026 text</b>The chambers of the Tribunal apply the FIFA Statutes and regulations "whilst taking into account all relevant arrangements, laws and/or collective bargaining agreements that exist at national level".</li>
<li><b class="t">2027 text</b>"The Football Tribunal will primarily apply the FIFA regulations and, additionally, Swiss law."</li>
</ol>
<p>The express reference to national laws and collective bargaining agreements has thus been removed from Article 3 and replaced by Swiss law as the subsidiary law — a point of direct significance, when drafting submissions, for parties who build their case on domestic rules (including national association regulations or contracts governed by national law).</p>
<p>Among the formal changes: the title of Article 35 has changed from "Entry into force" to "Adoption and entry into force", and the transitional paragraph on the entry into force of the Agents Chamber provisions as of 1 October 2023 — which had become obsolete — has been deleted.</p>
<div class="reg-note"><strong>Operative status:</strong> until 31 December 2026, the January 2026 edition continues to govern proceedings before the Football Tribunal.</div>
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<h2>Structure of the document</h2>
<p>The document comprises 35 articles and one annexe, arranged in four parts: <strong>general provisions</strong> (scope, jurisdiction, composition of the chambers, independence and conflicts of interest, confidentiality); <strong>general procedural rules</strong> (parties, notifications, time limits, submissions and evidence, language of proceedings and publication of decisions); <strong>specific proceedings</strong>, covering claims before each of the three chambers, including claims for training compensation (Article 28), the international transfer or first registration of a minor player (Article 30) and petitions for a change of association (Article 31); and <strong>final provisions</strong>, including transitional rules, matters not provided for and force majeure.</p>
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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>Players and coaches in a contractual dispute with a foreign club, clubs involved in international transfer cases or claims for training compensation and the solidarity mechanism, FIFA-licensed agents, and sports lawyers must comply with the formal rules of this document before bringing any claim before the Football Tribunal; failure to observe its time limits and formalities can lead to a claim being dismissed on formal grounds.</p>
<p>The full English text of this edition is available via the download button on this page, and the other editions can be viewed in the "Editions of these regulations" box.</p>
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Procedural Rules Governing the Football Tribunal - January 2027 edition

<p class="reg-lead">The January 2027 edition of the FIFA Disciplinary Code, approved on 10 June 2026 and in force from 1 January 2027; a sanction for failure to enforce decisions of national dispute resolution chambers (NDRCs) within 60 days has been added to the regulations.</p>

<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>Approved</td><td><b>10 June 2026</b> — Bureau of the FIFA Council</td></tr>
<tr><td>In force from</td><td><b>1 January 2027</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td><b>76 articles</b> + Annexe 1</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td>Forthcoming edition — in force from the start of 2027; until then the May 2026 edition governs</td></tr>
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<h2>What is the FIFA Disciplinary Code?</h2>
<p>The FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC) defines disciplinary offences in football, determines the corresponding sanctions, and regulates the organisation and jurisdiction of FIFA's judicial bodies and the procedure before them. Its scope covers FIFA matches and competitions, as well as offences that do not fall within the jurisdiction of the confederations or the member associations; member associations are also required to bring their own disciplinary regulations into line with the principles of this document.</p>
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<h2>About the January 2027 edition<span class="reg-tag">Changes from May 2026</span></h2>
<p>Under Article 76, this document was approved by the <strong>Bureau of the FIFA Council</strong> on <strong>10 June 2026</strong> and enters into force on <strong>1 January 2027</strong>. The change in this edition compared with the May 2026 edition is focused and confined to a single subject.</p>
<h3>Key changes from the previous edition</h3>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">Sanction for failure to enforce decisions of national dispute resolution chambers</b>For the first time, it is provided that where a decision has been issued by a <strong>national dispute resolution chamber (NDRC) recognised in accordance with the FIFA regulations</strong> and the association concerned fails to enforce it <strong>within 60 days</strong>, the disciplinary consequences set out in this article may be applied. This provision did not exist in the May 2026 edition or in earlier editions.</li>
</ol>
<div class="reg-note"><strong>Scope of the change:</strong> Apart from the addition of the provision on national dispute resolution chambers and the updating of the adoption article, this edition contains no other substantive difference from the May 2026 edition.</div>
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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>Clubs and federations involved in international disciplinary proceedings, players and coaches subject to suspensions, and sports lawyers appearing before the FIFA Disciplinary Committee and the FIFA Appeal Committee rely on the text of these regulations. In any given case, the governing edition is the one in force at the time the offence was committed — unless later regulations provide for a more lenient sanction; for that reason, access to the text of earlier editions is of practical importance.</p>
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FIFA Disciplinary Code - January 2027 edition

<p class="reg-lead">The January 2027 edition of the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players, approved on 10 June 2026 and in force from 1 January 2027; Article 17 (consequences of terminating a contract without just cause) has been rewritten in its entirety.</p>

<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>Approved</td><td><b>10 June 2026</b> — Bureau of the FIFA Council</td></tr>
<tr><td>In force from</td><td><b>1 January 2027</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td><b>29 articles</b> + 7 annexes</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td>Forthcoming edition — in force from the start of 2027; until then, the July 2025 edition governs</td></tr>
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<h2>What are the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players?</h2>
<p>The FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (RSTP) lay down the global, binding framework for the registration of players, their amateur or professional status, transfers between clubs affiliated to different associations, contractual stability, the protection of minors, and the training compensation and solidarity mechanisms. A number of the articles of these regulations must be incorporated without amendment into the internal regulations of every national association.</p>
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<h2>About the January 2027 edition<span class="reg-tag">Changes from July 2025</span></h2>
<p>This edition was approved by the Bureau of the FIFA Council on <strong>10 June 2026</strong> and enters into force on <strong>1 January 2027</strong>. It is the most significant rewriting of Article 17 in the history of these regulations; the previous mechanism for calculating compensation ('mitigated compensation' and 'additional compensation' equal to three months' salary) has been removed from the text entirely and replaced with a new system.</p>
<h3>Key changes from the previous edition</h3>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">Replacement of 'positive interest' with 'full compensation'</b>It is now provided that, in the absence of agreed compensation, the party injured by the breach of contract is entitled to <strong>full compensation for the damage caused by the breach</strong>, with compensation calculated in light of the damage suffered and the circumstances of each case, on the basis of the prescribed criteria. For the player, it is specified that the damage includes, in particular, <strong>the residual value of the breached contract</strong> and other items.</li>
<li><b class="t">A guaranteed minimum in termination agreements</b>It is now provided that any agreement on the financial compensation payable to the player must be <strong>at least equivalent to the residual value of the breached contract</strong>, unless exceptional circumstances justify a lower amount.</li>
<li><b class="t">A presumption of inducement within 45 days</b>For the first time, it is provided that if a player signs a new contract <strong>within 45 days</strong> of the breach of contract, <strong>the new club is presumed to have induced the player to commit the breach</strong>. The presumption is rebuttable, provided that the new club proves the contrary <strong>'to the comfortable satisfaction of the Football Tribunal'</strong>.</li>
<li><b class="t">A defined standard of proof for joint and several liability</b>The joint and several liability of the new club is now conditional on inducement being established <strong>on the 'balance of probabilities'</strong> — a standard that was not expressly stated in the text of previous editions.</li>
<li><b class="t">Graduated sporting sanctions with a two-year recidivism period</b>In place of the previous single sanction, a graduated system has been introduced: a first breach within the <strong>two-year recidivism period</strong> → a warning and a fine; a second breach → a restriction to registering no more than five new players in one registration period, together with a fine; a third breach → <strong>a complete ban on registering any new player for one entire period</strong>.</li>
<li><b class="t">A defined period of ineligibility for the player in breach</b>It is now provided that a player who commits a breach of contract during the protected period is banned from playing in official matches for <strong>four months</strong>, and that where aggravating circumstances exist this period increases to <strong>six months</strong>; the ban applies immediately upon notification of the decision.</li>
<li><b class="t">Extension of the Ukraine contract-suspension deadline to 30 June 2027</b>The deadline laid down in the annexe governing the war in Ukraine has been extended by a further year.</li>
</ol>
<div class="reg-note"><strong>Note:</strong> A comparison of Articles 13 to 18 of this edition with the July 2025 edition shows that the rewriting of Article 17 was accompanied by a rearrangement of the internal headings (joint and several liability, the presumption of inducement, sporting sanctions against clubs and against players). The remaining articles retain their previous structure.</div>
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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>For clubs engaged in international transfers, players and coaches under contract with a club abroad, and agents and sports lawyers, this document is the principal basis for the legal assessment of a case. In any dispute, the edition of the regulations that applies is the one in force at the time the event occurred; for that reason, access to the text of earlier editions is of practical importance for past cases.</p>
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Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players_January 2027

<p class="reg-lead">A summary of the changes to the FIBA Official Basketball Rules, in force from 1 October 2026.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>In force</td><td><b>1 October 2026</b> — published in July 2026, version 1.1</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>25 pages — prepared by FIBA Referee Operations</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current version</strong></td></tr>
</table>
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<h2>What is this document?</h2>
<p>A document FIBA publishes alongside the full text of the rules to ease preparation for the changes. For each amended article it provides two things: the <strong>reason for the change</strong> and the <strong>new rulebook text</strong>. Articles covered: 1 Definitions, 2 Court, 4 Teams, 15 Player in the act of shooting, 24 Dribbling, 36 Technical foul, 37 Unsportsmanlike foul, 38 Disqualifying foul, and the appendices on officials' signals, the scoresheet, the classification of teams and the Instant Replay System.</p>
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<h2>Key points</h2>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">Primacy of the official text</b>The document itself states that the summary <strong>does not cover all minor and editorial changes</strong> and that, in the event of conflict, <strong>the final text of the Official Basketball Rules prevails</strong>. Legal citation must refer to the text of the rules, not to this summary.</li>
<li><b class="t">Value of the "reason for the change"</b>For each article, the reason for the change is set out expressly — something that does not appear in the rulebook itself and is of value in interpreting the rule-maker's intent.</li>
<li><b class="t">Publication timeline</b>The full text of the rules is published in July 2026 and the official interpretations in September 2026; the summary of changes becomes available before both.</li>
<li><b class="t">Restriction on use</b>The document states that its content must not be altered and must not be presented under the federation's mark without the written permission of FIBA Referee Operations.</li>
</ol>
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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>For referees, coaches and instructors, the fastest way to see what changes from 1 October 2026. For a lawyer, the "reason for the change" sections can assist in interpreting the new articles — with the caveat that the document itself gives priority to the text of the rules.</p>
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FIBA Official Basketball Rules Changes 2026

<p class="reg-lead">FIBA Basketball Equipment, in force from 1 October 2026.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>In force</td><td><b>1 October 2026</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>32 pages — the "Equipment" part of the two-part publication of the Official Basketball Rules</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current edition</strong></td></tr>
</table>
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<h2>What this document determines</h2>
<p>The Official Basketball Rules are published in two documents, and this is the second: the <strong>technical specifications for equipment</strong> — backboard, ring and net, backboard support structure, ball, game clock and shot clock, scoreboard, and table equipment.</p>
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<h2>Key points</h2>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">Separate but integral</b>This document is part of the Official Basketball Rules, not a supplement to them; it enters into force on the same date and with the same authority.</li>
<li><b class="t">Relationship to FIBA approval</b>The technical specifications in this document form the basis of the FIBA equipment approval programme; the list of approved suppliers for designated events is published in an appendix to Book 1 of the Internal Regulations.</li>
<li><b class="t">Use in venue design</b>For organisers and venue owners, this document determines what equipment is acceptable for an official event.</li>
</ol>
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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>To equipment manufacturers and organisers. In claims concerning injury or challenges to the conditions under which an event was staged, the equipment's compliance or non-compliance with these specifications is the technical basis of assessment.</p>
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FIBA Basketball Equipment 2026

<p class="reg-lead">The International Basketball Federation's Official Basketball Rules, in force from 1 October 2026.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>In force</td><td><b>1 October 2026</b> — approved by the FIBA Central Board</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>108 pages — the "Basketball Rules" part of the two-part publication of the Official Rules</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current edition</strong></td></tr>
</table>
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<h2>What are the Official Basketball Rules?</h2>
<p>The Official Basketball Rules (OBR) are approved by the FIBA Central Board and published in two separate documents: <strong>Basketball Rules</strong> and <strong>Basketball Equipment</strong>. A new edition normally comes into force on <strong>1 October</strong> each year. Before approval, the Rules Advisory Group (RAG) — composed of basketball and officiating experts — reviews all proposals and presents them to the Technical Commission.</p>
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<h2>Key changes in this edition</h2>
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<li><b class="t">Restructuring of the foul system</b>The most significant structural change: <strong>the unsportsmanlike foul has given way to two new categories</strong> — Article 37, the <strong>Disruptive Foul</strong>, and Article 38, the <strong>Flagrant Foul</strong>. Article 39 remains the disqualifying foul. Between the personal foul and disqualification there are now two steps rather than one.</li>
<li><b class="t">Definition of the disruptive foul</b>A disruptive foul is illegal contact that does not rise to the level of a flagrant foul but <strong>disrupts the flow of the game</strong> and places the opponent at a disadvantage: unnecessary contact by a defender who is making no legitimate attempt to play the ball and seeks to stop the attacking team's progress on a fast break, or to stop the game clock and shot clock at the end of a quarter or overtime, or contact from behind or from the side against a player advancing towards the opponents' basket with no defender between that player and the basket.</li>
<li><b class="t">Two classes of technical foul</b>Article 36 divides technical fouls into <strong>Class 1 and Class 2</strong>. <strong>Only a Class 1 technical foul leads to ejection from the game</strong>; Class 2 does not count towards ejection. Class 1 covers conduct such as disrespectful contact with referees and officials, using provocative language or gestures towards spectators, and baiting or taunting an opponent.</li>
<li><b class="t">Redefinition of the "act of shooting"</b>Article 15 defines more precisely where the <strong>act of shooting</strong> begins and ends, and sets out separate definitions for the jump shot, the drive to the basket and other moving shots. The stated reason is explicit: players are increasingly manipulating the situation to draw a shooting foul. In addition, <strong>a shot from a team's own half of the court is disregarded</strong>, except at the end of a quarter or overtime or at the end of the shot clock.</li>
<li><b class="t">Second dribble</b>Article 24 clarifies that after a player's first dribble has ended, the player may dribble again only if they have lost control of the live ball — through a shot, through an opponent touching the ball, or when the ball touches another player on a pass or a fumble.</li>
<li><b class="t">Colour of the court lines</b>Article 2.5: the colour of the boundary lines and court markings may vary to make <strong>event branding</strong> possible — provided that all boundary lines are the same colour and each pair of markings on the two halves of the court match. The centre line and centre circle may be a different colour.</li>
<li><b class="t">Apparel</b>Article 4.3: the requirement that <strong>socks be visible</strong> has been removed. Long-sleeved shirts are not permitted, sleeves must end above the elbow, the shirt must be tucked into the shorts and the shorts must end above the knee; the socks of all team members must be of the same dominant colour.</li>
<li><b class="t">Commissioner and technical delegate</b>Article 1.1: wherever the rule book refers to the "commissioner", this also includes the <strong>technical delegate</strong>.</li>
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