Melbourne Tigers
Tournament

TOURNAMENT RULES

Eligibility

• Declaration sheets: all teams are required to submit a Tournament entry form together with a clear indication of the status of players in the team, eg 2 players from VJL 1, 2 or 3 from VJL 3, 2 from B2, all domestic, nearly all domestic but a few no higher than B1. Failure to do so will result in teams being placed in higher grades than your team has been nominated. The Tournament committee reserves the right to penalise teams that understate grade of entry. eg they enter club B with potentially a competitive team in Rep. Teams in breach of the grading rule will lose points for each game in which they play an ineligible player, eg in club B, all VJL division 1,2 & 3 & country Div 1 are ineligible.
• Players must be of the correct age for the teams chosen age group: that is, they must be Under 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 or 23 as at 31st December 2012. Their current playing status must be valid. 
• It is the Club & club officials responsibility to correctly divulge all relevant Information to the Tournament organisers, and to guarantee this info on the Team Entry Form / Declaration sheet. 
• Any team playing an ineligible player will forfeit all points for those games in which the player participated.
• Up to ten players may play for a team in any one match.
• Players may not play for more than one team.
• To be eligible to play in finals, players must have had their details (as requested) fully disclosed on their Team Entry Form / Declaration sheet, and have played in at least two of the preliminary games.

Starting the game

• Each team is asked to fill out the scoresheet 10 minutes before the scheduled game time. Each team is asked to supply a bench official. 
• Teams are asked to ensure that all players are correctly uniformed. The first team listed on the fixture will be expected to change in the event of a colour clash. A spare set of singlets will be held in the Tournament Office in case of emergency.
• No team may commence a game with fewer than four players.
• There is a two point penalty for each minute late. Failure to appear within ten minutes of the scheduled game time means a forfeit: score 20-0.

Playing rules

• Five seconds in the key applies in Under 10, & Under 12.  The three seconds rule applies in Under 14, 16 and 18 age groups.
• A size 6 ball will be used for the girls in all age groups and for boys in Under 10, 12 and 14 age groups. 
• A size 7 ball will be used in Under 16, 18 and 23 boys games.
• The short free-throw line will be used for Under 10 and Under 12.  The standard free-throw line will be used in Under 14, Under 16 Under 18 and Under 23.
• Three point shots count in all age grades.

Ranking

• The usual premiership points apply: three points for a win, two for a draw, one for a loss and none for a forfeit. 
• In the case of teams having equal win-loss records after the preliminary games, the positions will be decided on the results of games between the tied teams.  If this does not split the teams, then the results of the games played against other teams will be taken into account.

Timing rules for all games except grand finals:

• Two minutes warm-up time is allowed prior to the start of the match. Matches consist of two eighteen minute halves.  Half time is two minutes.  Players should be ready to start the second half immediately the half-time interval is concluded.  Games will not be delayed because players are not on court.  
• Teams are allowed one time-out per half
• The clock shall stop for all time outs and in the last three minutes of the second half on all referee whistles. No time out is permitted in the last one (1) minute of the first half.
• Draws are allowed, except in semi-finals and grand-finals.  In the case of a draw in finals, extra time will be played.  Each extra-period will be three minutes.

Timing rules for grand finals:

• Two minutes warm-up time is allowed prior to the start of the match.  Matches consist of two twenty minute halves.  Half time is two minutes.  Teams are allowed two time-outs per half.  The clock stops for time-outs.  In the last minute of the first half and the last three minutes of the second half, the clock stops for all whistles.

Trophies

• Trophies will be awarded to the winning team and the runners up at the conclusion of the grand final. Presentations are in the upstairs BAR area at Dandenong stadium. There will also be an MVP award for the best player in the grand final.

Complaints and disputes

• Any complaints/disputes should be lodged with the Tournament Office within an hour of the game in question. These will be decided upon by the Tournament Committee. Decisions by the Tournament committee shall be final. If the complaint is sufficiently serious — for example, a reported player — such matters may be referred to Basketball Victoria Tribunals.