<p class="reg-lead">A summary of the changes to the FIBA Official Basketball Rules, in force from 1 October 2026.</p>
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<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>
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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>
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<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>
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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>
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<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>
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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>
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<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>
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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>
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<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>
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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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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>In any challenge to a referee's decision, the text of the rules is the starting point. The restructuring of the foul system has a direct practical effect: conduct previously classed as "unsportsmanlike" must now fall into one of the two categories of disruptive or flagrant foul, and the distinction between Class 1 and Class 2 technical fouls determines whether a player is ejected from the game. The <strong>Official Interpretations (OBRI)</strong>, which show how these rules are applied, are published separately.</p>
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FIBA Official Basketball Rules 2026

<p class="reg-lead">Athlete portrait photograph requirements, International Judo Federation.</p>
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<h2>What the document does</h2>
<p>Technical specifications for the official athlete photograph to be registered in the federation's systems. It is an operational document; together with the <strong>Accreditation and Access Guide</strong> it forms part of the registration procedure for a delegation.</p>
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IJF Athletes' Portrait Photo Requirements

<p class="reg-lead">The International Judo Federation Event Organisation Guide (EOG).</p>
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<h2>What the document does</h2>
<p>This is the same document that the <strong>Sports and Organisation Rules</strong> refer to as the EOG in their list of abbreviations. It is the organiser's practical guide, converting what the rules establish at the level of principle into an operational checklist: the venue, equipment, accommodation, transport and match-day procedures.</p>
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International Judo Federation Event Organisation Guide (EOG)

<p class="reg-lead">The International Judo Federation's event risk assessment system.</p>
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<h2>What the document does</h2>
<p>It is a risk assessment tool for event organisers. In liability claims arising from an incident, the decisive question is usually whether the foreseeable risk was assessed and addressed; this document supplies the standard for that assessment and is read alongside the <strong>insurance and civil liability</strong> provision of the sporting and organisational regulations.</p>
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IJF Event Risk Assessment System

<p class="reg-lead">Model protocol for the military and police commission of the International Judo Federation.</p>
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<h2>What does the document do?</h2>
<p>It is a template that national federations may use to conclude agreements with the military and law-enforcement bodies of their country. It is read alongside the <strong>Memorandum of Understanding between the International Judo Federation and the International Military Sports Council (CISM)</strong>, which is the overarching framework for this same cooperation.</p>
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IJF Medical and Police Commission Protocol Template

<p class="reg-lead">IJF Sport and Organisation Rules, version 14 August 2026 — the reference text for staging IJF events and for who may take part in them.</p>
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<tr><td>Version</td><td><b>14 August 2026</b> — replaces the version of 24 July 2026</td></tr>
<tr><td>Extent</td><td>298 pages, thirteen chapters and seven appendices</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>In force</strong></td></tr>
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<h2>What the SOR governs</h2>
<p>The SOR is the largest and most frequently used IJF instrument, turning what the Statutes set at the level of principle into operating rules: eligibility, nationality, entries and accreditation, weigh-in, competition systems, world ranking lists, judogi rules, refereeing rules, and the medical and anti-doping handbook. Unlike the Statutes, it is revised often — this version replaces one published less than a month earlier.</p>
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<h2>Athlete nationality and changing it<span class="reg-tag">section 1.7</span></h2>
<p>An athlete must hold the nationality of the federation entering them, evidenced by a valid passport; an athlete with several citizenships may compete for only one country.</p>
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<li><b class="t">The three-year rule</b>An athlete who has represented a country at the Olympic Games, world, continental or regional championships, or events on the IJF calendar may represent a new country only after <strong>three years</strong> have passed since last representing the former one.</li>
<li><b class="t">Shortening it</b>The IJF may shorten or waive the three years — but only on the <strong>written agreement of both national federations</strong> and with a passport for the new country. The authority is Rule 41 of the Olympic Charter and its Bye-law.</li>
<li><b class="t">The filing deadline</b>A request tied to a specific event must reach the IJF <strong>21 days before that event's registration deadline</strong>; later than that, the IJF gives no assurance it will be processed in time.</li>
<li><b class="t">Exclusions</b>Veterans, military and kata competitors who appear on no world ranking list fall outside the rule and may change sporting nationality at any time on producing a passport.</li>
<li><b class="t">Refugee status</b>Separate routes exist for athletes holding official refugee status and for the IJF Refugee Team, where a refugee travel document or photographic identity plus an IJF authorisation letter stands in for the passport.</li>
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<p>Referee nationality runs a parallel regime of its own at section 1.8.</p>
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<h2>Power of amendment</h2>
<p>The IJF states expressly that it may amend its rules "in a reasonable manner at any time" and notify members "by any method as the IJF deems appropriate" — email, website publication, or a declaration at a meeting. For anyone citing the SOR, that makes the version date part of the citation: a reference to "the SOR" without one points at a moving text.</p>
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IJF Sport and Organisation Rules (SOR) — version 14 August 2026

<p class="reg-lead">The current edition, in force from 1 August 2026; it broke the advertising tariff down by national-federation category, gave the solidarity distribution to clubs a defined mechanism, and made federation investment conditional on expert review.</p>
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<tr><td>In force from</td><td><b>1 August 2026</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Published by</td><td>Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) — 2026 edition</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>Financial Regulations, 2026 edition + annex of tariffs and signature policy</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current edition</strong> — the governing financial regulations</td></tr>
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<h2>What are the FIVB Financial Regulations?</h2>
<p>The FIVB Financial Regulations govern the federation's sources of revenue and how it is spent: the annual membership fees of national federations, event revenue and commercial rights, the share received from the International Olympic Committee, fines, and, on the other side, financial support for national federations, confederations and development centres. The tariff for advertising on team shirts and the policy on signing financial documents are also set out in this document.</p>
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<h2>About the August 2026 edition<span class="reg-tag">Changes from June 2018</span></h2>
<h3>Key changes from the previous edition</h3>
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<li><b class="t">Advertising tariff by national-federation category</b>The tariff for shirt advertising was set separately by category. For <strong>category three</strong> federations: the senior World Championship 7,500 francs, Olympic qualification tournaments 5,000, the U21 World Championship 1,750, the U19 and U17 championships 1,250, the Club World Championships 2,500 and the Nations League 5,000 francs; the figures for the higher category are double these amounts. For <strong>category one and two</strong> federations, <strong>no tariff</strong> is charged in world competitions.</li>
<li><b class="t">Solidarity distribution and international transfers</b>The mechanism for <strong>solidarity distribution to clubs</strong> was made explicit; if a national federation does not forward a club's request to the FIVB, <strong>the club may apply directly</strong> to the FIVB or the confederation. International transfers are subject to the International Transfer Certificate (ITC) procedure.</li>
<li><b class="t">Document signature policy</b>All contracts and mandates must be concluded in accordance with the <strong>signature policy approved by the Board of Administration</strong>, and the text of that policy is annexed to the regulations.</li>
<li><b class="t">Expert-review condition for investments</b>Before any investment, and likewise before the sale of an invested asset, the federation is required to <strong>consult experts and carry out the necessary review in accordance with market standards</strong>.</li>
<li><b class="t">Support payments made conditional</b>No payment is made to a confederation that <strong>has not submitted its annual report and financial statements</strong>, and support for development centres is conditional on a report showing the coaches, the number and names of participants, the duration and programme, and the support received.</li>
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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>For national federations, two parts of this document have direct application: the tariffs and payment deadlines — breach of which leads to loss of voting rights at the Congress — and the <strong>development support</strong> mechanism, receipt of which is conditional on submitting reports and financial statements. Clubs, in turn, deal with this text through the <strong>solidarity distribution</strong> mechanism and international transfers.</p>
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FIBA Official Basketball Rules Changes 2026

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FIBA Official Basketball Rules 2026

IJF Athletes' Portrait Photo Requirements

International Judo Federation Event Organisation Guide

IJF Event Risk Assessment System

IJF Medical and Police Commission Protocol Template

IJF Sport and Organisation Rules — version 14 August 2026

FIVB Financial Regulations 2026