Field Hockey · Rules of Hockey
Law 12: Penalties
2 tests · 19 datos · actualizado el 30 de octubre de 2026 · markdown
Advantage, free hits, penalty corners, penalty strokes and offences before a penalty is taken.
12.121Advantage and Free Hits
Advantage, where free hits are given and a second offence before a penalty is taken.
Test 1Advantage, free hits and a second offenceHacer un test
A penalty is awarded only when a player or team has been disadvantaged by an opponent breaking the Rules.
Fuente: FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.1 · recuerdo
Any player's offence between the 23-metres areas gives a free hit to the opposing team.
Fuente: FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.2 (a) · recuerdo
An attacker's offence in the 23-metres area the opponents defend gives them a free hit.
Fuente: FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.2 (b) · recuerdo
An unintentional offence by a defender outside the circle in their 23-metres area gives the attackers a free hit.
Fuente: FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.2 (c) · recuerdo
Intent changes the penalty: the same place, done on purpose, earns the attackers a corner.
Fuente: FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.3 (c) · recuerdo
If another offence or misconduct happens before the penalty is taken, a more severe penalty and a personal penalty may be awarded.
Fuente: FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.5 · aplicación
A penalty may be reversed if the later offence was committed by the team first awarded it.
Fuente: FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.5 (c) · aplicación
Light was not disadvantaged, so no penalty is given; the umpire's arm, raised high towards light's attack, shows advantage.
Fuente: FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.1 · aplicación
A free hit, then a penalty corner, then a penalty stroke.
Fuente: FIH Rules 2027, Rules 12.2-12.4 · aplicación
An intentional offence there gives a penalty corner, taken from the back-line inside the circle.
Fuente: FIH Rules 2027, Rules 12.3 (c), 13.3 · aplicación
12.122Corners and Strokes
When an offence in or near the circle brings a penalty corner or a penalty stroke.
Test 1Penalty corners and penalty strokesHacer un test
A defender's offence in the circle that does not stop a probable goal gives a penalty corner.
Fuente: FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.3 (a) · recuerdo
Stopping a likely goal by an offence is punished harder than an ordinary circle offence: a stroke.
Fuente: FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.4 (a) · recuerdo
An intentional offence in the circle against an opponent without the ball or a chance to play it gives a penalty corner.
Fuente: FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.3 (b) · aplicación
Possession of the ball, or a real chance to play it, is what turns this deliberate foul into a stroke.
Fuente: FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.4 (b) · aplicación
A penalty corner is awarded when the ball lodges in a player's clothing or equipment in the circle they defend.
Fuente: FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.3 (e) · recuerdo
Goalkeepers may deflect the ball with stick, protective equipment or any part of the body in any direction, including over the back-line.
Fuente: FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.3 (d) · recuerdo
The circle is part of the defenders' 23-metres area, so an attacker's foul there is a free hit for the defence.
Fuente: FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.2 (b) · aplicación
With the goalkeeper stranded, the offence prevented the probable scoring of a goal.
Fuente: FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.4 (a) · aplicación
A foul that prevents a probable goal gives a penalty stroke, taken from the penalty spot.
Fuente: FIH Rules 2027, Rules 12.4, 13.7 · aplicación
Fuentes
FIH Rules of Hockey, 2027 edition in force from 1 November 2026, Rule 12 (paraphrased in original wording; original questions authored from the Rules, not reproduced)
- FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.12
- FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.2 (b)2
- FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.4 (a)2
- FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.2 (a)1
- FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.2 (c)1
- FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.3 (c)1
- FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.51
- FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.5 (c)1
- FIH Rules 2027, Rules 12.2-12.41
- FIH Rules 2027, Rules 12.3 (c), 13.31
- FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.3 (a)1
- FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.3 (b)1
- FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.4 (b)1
- FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.3 (e)1
- FIH Rules 2027, Rule 12.3 (d)1
- FIH Rules 2027, Rules 12.4, 13.71