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Basketball · Official Basketball Rules

Law 36: Technical Foul

2 parts · 4 tests · 40 facts · updated 22 October 2026 · markdown

The rules of conduct, the two categories of technical foul, game disqualification of players and head coaches, and the free throw and restart that follow.

36.361Conduct and the Two Categories

Cooperation, warnings, late calls, and which acts are category 1 or 2.

Test 1Rules of conduct and categoriesTake a test

  1. Players, coaches, substitutes, excluded players and delegation members must cooperate with the officials.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.1.1 · recall

  2. Any deliberate or repeated non-cooperation or non-compliance with the spirit of the rule is a technical foul.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.1.3 · recall

  3. Officials may give warnings or overlook minor, obviously unintentional infractions with no direct effect on the game.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.1.4 · recall

  4. The game is stopped, the technical charged as of then, and whatever happened in between remains valid.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.1.5 · applied

  5. A category 1 technical counts towards game disqualification; a category 2 does not.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.1 · recall

  6. Baiting, taunting or provoking, including contact below flagrant level, is a category 1 technical.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.1 · applied

  7. Delaying the game by touching the ball after a basket is a category 2 technical.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.1 · applied

  8. Play in between stays valid; the penalty is given as of the moment it is charged.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.1.5 · applied

  9. Minor acts can be overlooked or warned; repetition after a warning brings a technical.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.1.4 · applied

  10. Hanging on the ring is category 2; taunting, faking and a hand near the eyes are category 1.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.1 · applied

Test 2Category 1 or category 2Take a test

  1. Excessive swinging of elbows without contact is a category 1 technical.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.1 · applied

  2. Obstructing an opponent's vision by waving a hand near the eyes is a category 1 technical.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.1 · applied

  3. Grasping the ring momentarily after a dunk, or to prevent injury, is not a technical.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.1 · applied

  4. Goaltending by a defender on the last free throw: 1 point, then a category 2 technical penalty.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.1 · recall

  5. Coming on late to start the game or the second half is a delaying, category 2 technical.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.1 · applied

  6. A bench person's technical for disrespect towards the officials is category 1.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.2 · applied

  7. Faking being fouled is category 1; the other three are category 2.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.1 · recall

  8. Hanging with the weight on the ring, with no dunk moment or injury risk, is category 2.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.1 · applied

  9. Covering the shooter's sight is a category 1 act.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.1 · applied

  10. One category 1 technical plus one flagrant disqualifies; category 2 technicals do not count towards it.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.3 · applied

36.362Disqualification and the Penalty

When players and head coaches are disqualified, and the free throw and restart.

Test 1Game disqualificationTake a test

  1. Two category 1 technicals disqualify a player for the remainder of the game.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.3 · recall

  2. One category 1 technical and one flagrant foul disqualify a player.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.3 · applied

  3. Only category 1 technicals add up towards it.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.1 · recall

  4. Two category 1 technicals as 'C' for his own unsportsmanlike behaviour disqualify the head coach.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.4 · recall

  5. Three category 1 technicals, all 'B' or 'BD' or one of them 'C', disqualify the head coach.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.4 · recall

  6. That technical is the only foul penalised; no extra penalty for the disqualification is given.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.5 · recall

  7. One 'C' plus two for bench conduct reaches the three needed.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.4 · applied

  8. Two category 1 technicals disqualify; the technical's own penalty is the only one given.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.3, 36.2.5 · applied

  9. The two heavy marks together end his game.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.3 · applied

  10. Two 'C' disqualify him; two 'B', one 'C' and one 'B', or a single 'C' do not yet.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.4 · applied

Test 2The free throw and the restartTake a test

  1. Any player technical goes down as his foul and adds to the team's tally.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.3.1 · recall

  2. A bench person's category 1 technical is charged against the head coach and does not count as a team foul.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.3.1 · recall

  3. The opponents are awarded 1 free throw.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.3.2 · recall

  4. The free throw is administered immediately, whatever the order of any other penalties.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.3.2 · recall

  5. The team in control or entitled to the ball resumes from where the game was interrupted.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.3.2 · applied

  6. After a valid goal or a last free throw, the game resumes with a throw-in from behind the end line.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.3.2 · applied

  7. The game still starts with the jump ball in the centre circle.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.3.2 · applied

  8. The shot comes first; possession then returns to the side that had it.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.3.2 · applied

  9. Goal first, then control or entitlement, then a jump ball.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.3.2 · applied

  10. The opponents of B6 take 1 free throw, then Team A, in control, resumes where play stopped.

    Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.3.2 · applied

Sources

FIBA Official Basketball Rules 2026 (v1.1), Article 36 (paraphrased in original wording; original questions authored from the Rules, not reproduced)

  • FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.113
  • FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.3.28
  • FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.34
  • FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.44
  • FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.1.42
  • FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.1.52
  • FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.3.12
  • FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.1.11
  • FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.1.31
  • FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.21
  • FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.51
  • FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.3, 36.2.51