# Law 36: Technical Foul (FIBA Official Basketball Rules)

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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.

## 36.361 Conduct and the Two Categories

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

### Test 1: Rules of conduct and categories

- Players, coaches, substitutes, excluded players and delegation members must cooperate with the officials. (Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.1.1)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- A category 1 technical counts towards game disqualification; a category 2 does not. (Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.1)
- Baiting, taunting or provoking, including contact below flagrant level, is a category 1 technical. (Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.1)
- Delaying the game by touching the ball after a basket is a category 2 technical. (Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.1)
- Play in between stays valid; the penalty is given as of the moment it is charged. (Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.1.5)
- Minor acts can be overlooked or warned; repetition after a warning brings a technical. (Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.1.4)
- 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)

### Test 2: Category 1 or category 2

- Excessive swinging of elbows without contact is a category 1 technical. (Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.1)
- 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)
- Grasping the ring momentarily after a dunk, or to prevent injury, is not a technical. (Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.1)
- 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)
- 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)
- A bench person's technical for disrespect towards the officials is category 1. (Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.2)
- Faking being fouled is category 1; the other three are category 2. (Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.1)
- 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)
- Covering the shooter's sight is a category 1 act. (Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.1)
- One category 1 technical plus one flagrant disqualifies; category 2 technicals do not count towards it. (Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.3)

## 36.362 Disqualification and the Penalty

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

### Test 1: Game disqualification

- Two category 1 technicals disqualify a player for the remainder of the game. (Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.3)
- One category 1 technical and one flagrant foul disqualify a player. (Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.3)
- Only category 1 technicals add up towards it. (Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.1)
- Two category 1 technicals as 'C' for his own unsportsmanlike behaviour disqualify the head coach. (Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.4)
- 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)
- That technical is the only foul penalised; no extra penalty for the disqualification is given. (Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.5)
- One 'C' plus two for bench conduct reaches the three needed. (Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.4)
- 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)
- The two heavy marks together end his game. (Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.2.3)
- 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)

### Test 2: The free throw and the restart

- Any player technical goes down as his foul and adds to the team's tally. (Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.3.1)
- 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)
- The opponents are awarded 1 free throw. (Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.3.2)
- The free throw is administered immediately, whatever the order of any other penalties. (Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.3.2)
- The team in control or entitled to the ball resumes from where the game was interrupted. (Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.3.2)
- 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)
- The game still starts with the jump ball in the centre circle. (Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.3.2)
- The shot comes first; possession then returns to the side that had it. (Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.3.2)
- Goal first, then control or entitlement, then a jump ball. (Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Art. 36.3.2)
- 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)

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

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