ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
A player must observe the General Statutes and Internal Regulations of FIBA. - CORRECT
ANSWER To be eligible to participate in FIBA competitions
The national member federation is responsible and strictly liable for - CORRECT
ANSWER the eligibility of its players at all times and will bear the consequences of
any infractions of the Regulations governing Eligibility, National Status, International
Transfer, and Age of Players.
All players who participate in Competitions of FIBA and/or those of its national member
federations must: - CORRECT ANSWER a. Respect the Code of Conduct and Fair
Play and act accordingly at all times on and off the court;
b. Refrain from using substances and methods prohibited by the regulations of FIBA and
those of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and World Anti-Doping Agency
(WADA);
c. Agree to submit at any time to medical tests and controls, particularly doping controls,
carried out in compliance with the regulations of FIBA, the International Olympic
Committee, and WADA.
d. Collaborate with FIBA in any investigation regarding a possible violation of the FIBA
General statutes or Internal regulations
e. Be covered by adequate insurance
f. Receive approval from FIBA after registering on the FIBA Information system
A national member federation or FIBA is authorised to deny participation in Competitions of
FIBA to players who do not - CORRECT ANSWER respect the provisions provided
for in article 3-3 above.
Permission to play may be refused also to any player who does not provide the entry form, as
required for Competitions of FIBA, in which he agrees to accept inter alia:
,a. The conditions in force for doping control.
b. The jurisdiction of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Lausanne, to the exclusion of any
recourse to ordinary courts, in the event of a dispute with FIBA which cannot be settled
within FIBA.
Players in breach of the principles set out in article 3-3 may not be eligible to - CORRECT
ANSWER participate in the Competitions of FIBA
Player contracts shall have a maximum duration of - CORRECT ANSWER four (4)
years. It is recommended that the parties to a player contract state their agreement in writing.
Players who participate in professional leagues must be registered with - CORRECT
ANSWER organisations which are affiliated to a national member federation;
otherwise they will not be able to participate in the Competitions of FIBA.
No financial remuneration (money paid for work) for - CORRECT ANSWER the
performance of a player or a team is permitted during the Olympic Games.
It is within the spirit of all FIBA Regulations that players make themselves available for -
CORRECT ANSWER competitions of both their club and their national team. The
national member federations are encouraged to enact regulations securing the participation of
all players under their jurisdiction in their respective national teams.
Provisions governing National Status of Players - CORRECT ANSWER apply to all
Competitions of FIBA, except FIBA 3x3. They apply at national team level and at
international club level.
If necessary for reasons of mandatory international law, the Zones are authorised to draw up
specific regulations applicable to - CORRECT ANSWER club competitions within the
Zone in question. Such regulations are subject to the prior approval of the FIBA Executive
committee prior to their implementation
,FIBA may ask that evidence be provided to verify the legal nationality (or nationalities), age
or other info of - CORRECT ANSWER any player by requesting any documents it
deems appropriate by FIBA General statutes, Internal regulations or Zone regulations.
Proof of legal nationality of a country by itself does not constitute sufficient evidence to -
CORRECT ANSWER guarantee a player's right to play as a national for the national
team of that country or club in club competition (refer to specific requirements by club
competition for this)
In order to play for the national team of a country, a player must - CORRECT
ANSWER hold the legal nationality of that country, and have fulfilled also the
conditions of eligibility according to the FIBA Internal Regulations.
Any player with two legal nationalities or more, by birth or by naturalisation, may choose at
any age - CORRECT ANSWER the national team for which he wishes to play. Any
such choice must be made in a written declaration to FIBA. This provision applies also to any
player having acquired legal nationality by birth, or having the right to acquire a second
nationality at birth, but who does not lay claim to this right until a given time in the future.
However, if a player having two (2) or more nationalities is summoned by a national member
federation after reaching the age of eighteen (18), he is obliged to choose - CORRECT
ANSWER for which national team he wishes to play. If he has declined the summons,
the player may choose only the national team of the other country/one of the other countries,
unless he declares, in writing, within fifteen (15) days of receiving the summons that he has
chosen the country that summoned him first.
Any player having played in a main official competition (appeared in final team delegation)
of FIBA including 3x3 for a national team for which he is eligible is considered as -
CORRECT ANSWER having chosen the national team of that country.
Choices made under articles 3-15, 3-16, and 3-17 are - CORRECT
ANSWER irrevocable.
, A player who has transferred as a young player according to article 3-73 3-74 may not choose
until he has reached the age of - CORRECT ANSWER twenty-three (23) the national
team of any country other that the country from which he transferred.
The Secretary General may, in his sole discretion, partially or entirely lift the restrictions of
3.19.a in exceptional circumstances, which may include, without limitation, the following:
The player already played (see article 3-17) for the national team of another country than the
one from which the player initially transferred.
The player had two (2) or more nationalities (and was in possession of the relevant passports)
at the time of the initial transfer.
The player is not eligible to play for the national team of the country from which the player
initially transferred.
A national team participating in a Competition of FIBA may have only one player on its team
who has acquired the legal nationality of that country by naturalisation or by any other means
after having reached the age of sixteen (16), regardless of whether the additional nationality
acquired is deemed effective at birth. This provision applies also to any player having the
right to acquire another nationality at birth but who did not lay claim to this right until after
having reached the age of sixteen (16). - CORRECT ANSWER For purposes of letter
(a.) above, in the event that a player claims to have acquired a legal nationality before having
reached the age of sixteen (16), without presenting the respective passport with a date of issue
before the player's sixteenth (16) birthday, the Secretary General may decide in his sole
discretion that the player falls under the restriction of letter (a.) above. In taking this decision,
the Secretary General shall take into account the following criteria:
The number of years during which the player has lived in the country of the national team for
which the player wishes to play;
The number of seasons during which the player has participated in domestic competitions in
the country of the national team for which the player wishes to play;