How do disqualifying fouls and fighting work, and is there still an unsportsmanlike foul?

The FIBA Official Basketball Rules 2026 list these foul articles: personal (34), double (35), technical (36), disruptive (37), flagrant (38), disqualifying (39) and fighting (40). There is no separate unsportsmanlike foul article in this edition.

Disqualifying foul (Article 39): any flagrant unsportsmanlike action by a player, substitute, coach, excluded player or accompanying delegation member. Players or others guilty of flagrant acts of aggression on opponents or referees shall be disqualified, and the crew chief must report the incident to the organising body.

• The offender goes to the dressing room for the rest of the game or leaves the building.
• Penalty: 2 free throws for a non-contact foul, a foul on a player not shooting, or a head coach disqualification; a contact foul on a shooter gives the goal if made plus 1 free throw, or 2 or 3 free throws if missed. Then a throw-in from the throw-in line in the frontcourt opposite the scorer's table (jump ball at the start of the first quarter).
• A disqualified head coach is replaced by the first assistant coach on the scoresheet, or the captain if there is none.

Fighting (Article 40): substitutes, excluded players and accompanying delegation members who leave the team bench area during a fight, or a situation that may lead to one, are disqualified. Only the head coach and first assistant coach may leave to help the referees restore order without being disqualified; if they leave and do not help, they are disqualified. One technical foul ('B') is charged to the head coach regardless of how many people are disqualified.