How does the points limit work for the five players on court?

Each player's class number (1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and so on up to 4.5) is their point value. Under the 2024 IWBF rules, at no time in a game may a team have players participating whose total point value is more than 14.

• If a team exceeds the limit at any time, a technical foul is charged to the coach and the line-up must be corrected at the same time.
• The IWBF says the 14-point total applies to its main official competitions (the World Championships, the Paralympic Games and their qualifying tournaments) and that variations in the points total may apply in other competitions.
• The Wheelchair Basketball Canada pages and documents used for this guide do not publish a separate limit for Canadian competitions, so 14 is the only figure that can be confirmed from official sources.

Source: IWBF Official Wheelchair Basketball Rules 2024, Article 51 (hosted at wheelchairbasketball.ca/technical/iwbf-rules).