What rules, game timing and fixture format apply at the Under 16, Under 18 and Under 20 Nationals?
Rule- Australia
- Basketball Australia
- National Championships
- Under 16-Under 20
- 2023
- Team managers
- Junior representative
The National Championships are conducted under the Official Basketball Rules of FIBA, with these variations for Under 16, 18 and 20:
- Warm-up: 15 minutes
- Playing time: 4 x 10-minute quarters, fully timed
- Half time: 10 minutes. Quarter-time and three-quarter time breaks: 2 minutes. (In special situations the Championship Technical Committee may reduce the warm-up and half-time intervals to 10 and 5 minutes.)
- Extra time: 5 minutes, with a 2-minute break. All games must have a result, so no ties.
- Time-outs: 2 in the first half, 3 in the second half and 1 only in extra time.
- Official ball: Spalding TF1000 Legacy.
Duration and format
- Under 16 and Under 18 run for a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 8 days of competition. Under 20 runs for a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 6 days.
- The draw is available no later than 4 weeks before the Championship starts.
- With 7 teams or fewer, teams play a round robin. With 8 or more, teams play round robins in pools and then a knockout phase with quarter finals, semi-finals and classification games.
- Basketball Australia seeds the pools. In the initial seeding no two teams from the same state are in the same pool.
Basketball Australia manages the National Championships and prepares the regulations, guidelines and handbook for them.
Added 24 Oct 2026