<p class="reg-lead">Book 2 of the Internal Regulations of the International Basketball Federation — Competitions, in force from 22 April 2026.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>In force</td><td><b>22 April 2026</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>Book 2 of the six Books of the Internal Regulations — 11 chapters, 63 pages</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current edition</strong> — supersedes the edition of 31 March 2019</td></tr>
</table>
<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>What Book 2 governs</h2>
<p>The regulations of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) consist of the <strong>General Statutes</strong> at the top and <strong>six Books of Internal Regulations</strong>: Book 1 general provisions, Book 2 competitions, Book 3 players and officials, Book 4 anti-doping, Book 5 zones, and Book 6 3x3 basketball. This document is <strong>Book 2</strong> of that set.</p><p>Official basketball competitions from the bid to host through to staging: the rights and obligations of the host, technical regulations, the draw, flags and anthems, protocol, accreditation of delegations, ceremonies, conditions of participation, and team apparel.</p>
</div>
<div class="reg-sec hi">
<h2>Structure of this edition<span class="reg-tag">Changes from the 31 March 2019 edition</span></h2>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">Bidding and hosting</b>Chapters 2 and 3 are devoted separately to bidding to host and then to the host's obligations — from technical preparations to flags, anthems and protocol.</li>
<li><b class="t">Team apparel is a chapter of its own</b>Chapter 5 alone, from page 15 to page 26, is devoted to team apparel — the area from which, in practice, most pre-competition disputes arise.</li>
<li><b class="t">Club competitions</b>Chapter 8 governs FIBA club competitions and Chapter 9 governs competitions recognised by the world federation.</li>
<li><b class="t">Esports</b>Chapter 10 is devoted to <strong>FIBA esports competitions</strong> — an area that had no separate place in the 2019 edition.</li>
<li><b class="t">Masters competitions</b>Chapter 11 covers Masters (veterans) competitions.</li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>For a national federation bidding to host, Chapters 2 and 3 provide the complete inventory of obligations. For participating teams, Chapter 5 (apparel) and Chapter 4 (conditions of participation) determine readiness ahead of the event.</p>
</div>

FIBA Internal Regulations Book 2 — Competitions 2026

<p class="reg-lead">The current edition, in force from 27 February 2026; it made the chain of responsibility for staging explicit and redefined the list of competitions under the FIVB.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>In force from</td><td><b>27 February 2026</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Published by</td><td>Fédération Internationale de Volleyball — 2026 edition</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>Four sections with operational annexes</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current edition</strong> — the governing Event Regulations</td></tr>
</table>
<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>What are the FIVB Event Regulations?</h2>
<p>The Event Regulations of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) govern the staging of international competitions: which event falls under which body, the calendar and frequency of staging, the composition and duties of the <strong>Control Committee</strong> and its sub-committees — organisational, refereeing, court operations, medical, media and information system — and the pre-match formalities from team registration to the preliminary inquiry.</p>
</div>
<div class="reg-sec hi">
<h2>About the February 2026 edition<span class="reg-tag">Changes from November 2020</span></h2>
<h3>Most significant changes from the previous edition</h3>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">Chain of responsibility for staging</b>The persons and bodies responsible for the technical staging are enumerated: <strong>the FIVB, its subsidiary companies, its agents, inspectors and contracted third parties, the Control Committee, the local organiser and the host national federation</strong> — with the express provision that <strong>ultimate responsibility rests with the FIVB, its companies and the local organiser</strong>.</li>
<li><b class="t">Duty of the host national federation</b>The national federation of the host country is required to <strong>assist the FIVB</strong> in ensuring compliance with these regulations in the technical staging of the event.</li>
<li><b class="t">Redefined list of competitions</b>The list of competitions under the FIVB was rewritten and its age categories made explicit: <strong>the World Championship and its qualification tournaments, Olympic qualification, the men's and women's U21 Championships, U19, and the U17 youth Championship</strong>.</li>
<li><b class="t">Separation of the bodies governing each competition</b>For each group of international competitions, a separate <strong>governing body</strong> was designated, so that the boundary of jurisdiction between the FIVB, the confederations and the organisers is clear.</li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>For federations and clubs acting as hosts or participants, this document sets the operational obligations: team registration forms, the preliminary inspection of team composition, jerseys and numbers, and the body competent to hear protests in the course of an event. A point that bears on impartiality: a <strong>member sharing the nationality of one of the parties to a protest</strong> may not sit in the hearing.</p>
</div>

FIVB Event Regulations 2026

<p class="reg-lead">The International Handball Federation's competition regulations for indoor handball, in force from 21 August 2024.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>Adoption</td><td><b>21 August 2024</b> — International Handball Federation</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>Chapter V of the IHF regulations</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current version</strong> — supersedes the edition of 14 January 2018</td></tr>
</table>
<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>What these regulations govern</h2>
<p>This document is <strong>Chapter V</strong> of the IHF regulations and governs the staging of the International Handball Federation's competitions from beginning to end: conditions of participation, registration and team composition, the draw and competition format, host obligations, accommodation and transport, media and marketing, and equipment rules.</p>
</div>
<div class="reg-sec hi">
<h2>Key changes in this edition<span class="reg-tag">Changes from the edition of 14 January 2018</span></h2>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">Scope narrowed to indoor handball</b>The title and scope of the document have been narrowed to <strong>indoor handball</strong>, and beach handball competitions have been moved to their own separate regulations. The document's structure has gone from seven chapters to eight.</li>
<li><b class="t">Addition of the men's U17 and women's U16 world championships</b>A new chapter is devoted to the <strong>men's U17 and women's U16</strong> world championships, which did not exist in the previous edition.</li>
<li><b class="t">Super Globe replaced by the world club championship</b>The chapter on the Super Globe has given way to a chapter on the <strong>world club championship</strong>.</li>
<li><b class="t">Larger registration lists</b>The preliminary list has been increased from <strong>28 players to 35 players and 10 officials</strong>, and the final list, previously 16 players and 5 officials, is now <strong>18 players and 6 officials</strong>. Once the deadline has passed, the preliminary list is final and cannot be changed, even if fewer than 35 persons have been registered.</li>
<li><b class="t">Selection of the composition for each match through the platform</b>The composition for each match — <strong>16 players and a maximum of 5 officials</strong> — is selected from the final list of 18 players and six officials through the <strong>Player Management Platform</strong>, no later than one hour before the start of that match, and cannot be changed in any way once the deadline has passed. In the previous edition the final list was submitted once, on a paper form, one hour before the technical meeting.</li>
<li><b class="t">Composition of the delegation</b>The delegation entitled to take part comprises 24 persons — 18 players and 6 officials — and each national federation may increase it up to a maximum of 30 persons. The organiser bears the accommodation costs of 21 persons, and the team pays the costs of persons 22 to 24.</li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>For participating federations, the change to the registration mechanism is the most important practical point: the larger preliminary list allows greater flexibility in selection, but its finality after the deadline means that any name left out can no longer be added; and the selection of the composition for each match through the platform has moved the deadlines from a single one at the start of the competition to one before each match.</p><p>For hosts, accommodation obligations and costs are calculated on the basis of that same 24-person delegation.</p>
</div>

Notes related to the tag مقررات_مسابقات

FIBA Internal Regulations Book 2 — Competitions 2026

FIVB Event Regulations 2026

IHF Regulations for Competitions (Indoor Handball) 2024