FIBA Official Basketball rules 2022

APPENDIX D – CLASSIFICATION OF TEAMS D.1 Procedure D.1.1

Teams shall be classified according to their win-loss record, namely 2 classification points for each game won, 1 classification point for each game lost (including lost by default) and 0 classification points for a game lost by forfeit. The procedure shall be used for all competitions with a round-robin system. If 2 or more teams have the same win-loss record of all games in the group, the game(s) between these 2 or more teams shall decide on the classification. If these 2 or more teams have the same win-loss record of the games between them, further criteria shall be used in the following order: • Higher game points difference of the games between them. • Higher number of game points scored in the games between them. • Higher game points difference of all games in the group. • Higher number of game points scored in all games in the group. If still tied before all games have been played in the group, tied teams shall share the same ranking. If these criteria still cannot decide at the end of the group phase, the relevant FIBA ranking shall decide on the final classification. If at any level of these criteria one or more team(s) are already classified, the proce dure of D.1.3 shall be repeated from the start for all the remaining teams not classified yet.

D.1.2 D.1.3

D.1.4

D.2

Examples

D.2.1

Example 1 A vs. B

100 – 55 90 – 85 75 – 80

B vs. C B vs. D C vs. D

100 – 95 80 – 75 60 – 55

A vs. C A vs. D

Classification points

Team Games played Wins Losses

Game points Game points difference

A B C D

3 3 3 3

2 2 1 1

1 1 2 2

5 5 4 4

265 : 220 235 : 270 240 : 245 210 : 215

+ 45 - 35

- 5 - 5

Therefore: 1 st

A – winner against B

3 rd 4 th

C - winner against D

2 nd

B

D

D.2.2

Example 2 A vs. B

100 – 55 90 – 85 120 – 75

B vs. C B vs. D C vs. D

100 – 85 75 – 80 65 – 55

A vs. C A vs. D

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OFFICIAL BASKETBALL RULES 2022

September 2022