Law 56: Appendix E: Media Time-outs

The organising body decides whether media time-outs are used and how long they are.

Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Appendix E, E.1 · recall

The organising body may choose 60, 75, 90 or 100 seconds.

Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Appendix E, E.1 · recall

One media time-out is permitted in each quarter, in addition to team time-outs.

Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Appendix E, E.2.1 · recall

Media time-outs in an overtime are not permitted.

Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Appendix E, E.2.1 · recall

The first time-out in each quarter, team or media, is 60, 75, 90 or 100 seconds.

Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Appendix E, E.2.2 · recall

All other time-outs in a quarter last 60 seconds.

Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Appendix E, E.2.3 · recall

A team that calls the opening time-out of a quarter gets the longer break.

Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Appendix E, E.2.2, E.2.4 · recall

Opening break long, every later one a minute.

Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Appendix E, E.2.2-E.2.3 · applied

60, 75, 90 or 100 seconds.

Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Appendix E, E.1 · recall

The second time-out of any quarter is a plain 60 seconds.

Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Appendix E, E.2.2-E.2.3 · applied

Ideally the media time-out is taken before the game clock shows 5:00 or less in the quarter.

Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Appendix E, E.3.1 · recall

It is granted at the first opportunity when the ball is dead and the game clock stopped.

Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Appendix E, E.3.2 · recall

That time-out is not charged against either team.

Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Appendix E, E.3.2 · recall

A team time-out before 5:00 is used as the media time-out and also counts as that team's time-out.

Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Appendix E, E.3.3 · applied

There is a minimum of 1 time-out in each quarter.

Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Appendix E, E.3.4 · recall

Six at most before half-time: two per team and one media per quarter.

Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Appendix E, E.3.4 · recall

Ideally before 5:00, but there is no guarantee that this shall be the case.

Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Appendix E, E.3.1 · recall

At the first dead ball after 5:00, a media time-out is granted and charged to nobody.

Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Appendix E, E.3.2 · applied

An early team time-out doubles as the media time-out and still counts for the team.

Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Appendix E, E.3.3 · applied

With no time-out before 5:00, a media time-out comes at the first dead ball with the clock stopped, charged to neither.

Source: FIBA OBR 2026, Appendix E, E.3.2 · applied