How many players are on a team, and when am I out of the game for fouls?
Rule- Canada
- Wheelchair Basketball Canada
- Wheelchair basketball
- Classification
- All ages
- 2024
- IWBF Rules 2024
- Players
Under the 2024 IWBF rules:
- A team has no more than 12 team members entitled to play, including a captain, plus a head coach and up to 8 accompanying delegation members (including assistant coaches who may sit on the bench).
- 5 team members from each team are on the court at a time.
- A team member who has committed 5 fouls is an excluded player and is no longer entitled to play.
- You must be named on the scoresheet before the start of the game to be entitled to play.
- You may not stay in the opponents' restricted area for more than 3 consecutive seconds while your team controls a live ball and the game clock is running. Your wheels and any anti-tip castors that continually touch the court must all be outside the restricted area for you to count as outside it.
Source: IWBF Official Wheelchair Basketball Rules 2024, Articles 4 and 26.
Added 25 Oct 2026