FIBA Official Basketball rules 2022

Article 34 Personal foul 34.1 Definition 34.1.1

A personal foul is a player’s illegal contact with an opponent, whether the ball is live or dead. A player shall not hold, block, push, charge, trip or impede the progress of an oppo nent by extending his/her hand, arm, elbow, shoulder, hip, leg, knee or foot, nor by bending his/her body into an 'abnormal' position (outside his/her cylinder), nor shall he/she indulge in any rough or violent play. A throw-in foul is a personal foul committed, when the game clock shows 2:00 minutes or less in the fourth quarter and in each overtime, by a defensive player on an opponent on the court when the ball is out-of-bounds for a throw-in and still in the hands of the referee or at the disposal of the player taking the throw-in. If the foul is committed on a player not in the act of shooting: • The game shall be resumed with a throw-in by the non-offending team from the place nearest to the infraction. • If the offending team is in the team foul penalty situation, then Article 41 shall apply. If the foul is committed on a shooter, that player shall be awarded a number of free throws as follows: • If the shot released from the goal area is successful, the goal shall count and, in addition, 1 free throw. • If the shot released from the 2-point goal area is unsuccessful, 2 free throws. • If the shot released from the 3-point goal area is unsuccessful, 3 free throws. The player who was fouled shall be awarded only 1 free throw, regardless whether the offending team is already in the team penalty situation. The game shall be resumed with a throw-in by the non-offending team from the place nearest to the infraction. If the foul is committed as a throw-in foul: • A double foul is a situation in which 2 opponents commit personal or unsportsman like/disqualifying fouls on each other at approximately the same time. To consider 2 fouls as a double foul the following conditions must apply: • Both fouls are player fouls. • Both fouls involve physical contact. • Both fouls are between the same 2 opponents fouling each other. • Both fouls are either 2 personal or any combination of unsportsmanlike and disqualifying fouls. Penalty A personal foul shall be charged against the offender.

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Article 35 Double foul 35.1 Definition 35.1.1

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OFFICIAL BASKETBALL RULES 2022

September 2022