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Study the rules. Understand the game.
FIBA Official Basketball Rules is a practical basketball rules companion for referees, coaches, players, and fans. Explore the 2026 rule articles, keep personal study notes, and get additional explanations with the optional Basketball Referee Assistant.
Includes the 2026 basketball rules, effective 1 October 2026.
Make your rule study easier:
- Read rule articles offline, wherever you are.
- Tap an article to open its full content directly.
- Search the rulebook to find relevant information.
- Bookmark articles you want to revisit.
- Add personal notes and review them in Annotations.
- Adjust the reading font size for your comfort.
- Continue reading from where you left off.
For deeper study, the optional premium subscription unlocks Basketball Referee Assistant and removes advertisements.
Ask questions in your own words, choose an article for an explanation, or describe a game situation. The assistant uses AI and the app’s rule content to explain relevant articles, rulings, and penalties, with references that help you return to the source material.
Successful answers are automatically saved to Annotations under Assistant Responses. Revisit your saved explanations alongside your personal notes, including when you are offline.
Premium includes:
- Basketball Referee Assistant for questions about the rules.
- Article explanations and help understanding game situations.
- Answers with references to relevant rule articles.
- Automatic saving of answers to Annotations.
- Reading without banner or interstitial advertisements.
No separate app account is required. The free version includes advertisements. Premium is an optional monthly subscription, with the current price displayed in the app and at Google Play checkout. Subscriptions renew automatically until canceled through Google Play. There is no free trial, and access continues until the end of the paid period after cancellation.
An internet connection and an active subscription are required to ask the assistant new questions. Daily and billing-period question limits apply and are shown in the app. Previously saved answers remain available on your device without an active subscription.
Basketball Referee Assistant is a study aid and may make mistakes. Check the cited articles and official FIBA rules and interpretations before applying a ruling.