3x3 Basketball Tournament Rules:
1. The latest FIBA 3X3 basketball rules will be followed.
2. The players and the team officials shall abide by all the rules of the Tournament committee.
3. All the Participating teams must report to the venue 30 minutes prior to the scheduled time.
4. The Players/teams must produce Aadhar cards & School ID cards whenever demanded and photocopies of the same should be submitted along with the complete team list to organizing committee before the first game.

Court and Ball
1. The game will be played on 1 half court with 1 hoop.
2. The size 5 ball shall be used in all categories.
Teams
1. Maximum 4 Players in each team (3 players on the court and 1 substitute).
2. Each team member shall wear a shirt numbered on the front and back with plain numbers, of a colour contrasting with the colour of the shirt. The numbers shall be clearly visible.
3. Teams may only use jersey numbers 0 and 00 and numbers from 1 to 99.

Uniform and Colour Clash
1. The uniform of all team members shall consist of shirts of the same dominant colour front and back as the shorts. If shirts have sleeves, they must end above the elbow. Long sleeved shirts are not permitted.
2. The first team named in the schedule (home team) shall wear light-coloured shirts (preferably white). The second team named in the schedule (visiting team) shall wear dark-coloured shirts
3. However, if the 2 teams agree, they may interchange the colours of the shirts
4. In case of a colour clash, the first team named in the schedule shall wear bibs or change the Jersey
Coaching
Coaches on the playground and/or coaching from the side-lines are not allowed.
Game Officials
The game officials shall consist of 2 referees and 3 table officials.

Playing Time/Winner of a Game
1. The regular playing time shall be 1 period of 10 minutes. The game clock shall be stopped during dead ball situations and free throws.
2. The Short clock will be 12-seconds.
3. No Break after scoring.
4. No Quarters and Half-Time.
5. However, the first team which scores 21 points or more wins the game if it happens before the end of regular playing time.
6. If the score is tied at the end of regular playing time, an overtime shall be played. There shall be an interval of 1 minute before the overtime starts. The first team to score 2 points in the overtime wins the game.

Beginning of the Game
1. A coin flip shall determine which team gets the first possession. The team that wins the coin flip can either choose to benefit from the ball possession at the beginning of the game or at the beginning of a potential overtime.
2. The game must start with 3 players of each team on the court.
Scoring
Every shoot inside the arc shall be awarded 1 point and behind the arc shall be awarded 2 points and every successful free throw shall be awarded 1 point.

Time-outs
Each team is granted 1 team time-out. Any player or substitute can call the time-out in a dead ball situation.
Protest
The captain shall inform the crew chief no later than 10 minutes following the end of the game, if his/her team is protesting against the result of the game and sign the scoresheet in the 'Captain's signature in case of protest' column with a formal complaint in writing with non-refundable fee of Rs.1000/-