Tournament Rules
 1) Organization: Managed by the St Julià de Vilatorta Basketball Association.
2) Rules of play: all teams will play a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 6 matches (depending on category). All the matches will be officiated by referees and scorekeepers designated by the Catalan Basketball Federation and will be played by current ACB Rules, except for the duration of matches (4 periods of 7.5 minutes , with a 5 minute break). The coaches will have 2 time-outs per period and 1 in each period of overtime
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3) Informative meeting: This will be held on Thursday August 25, 2011 at 20.00 in the events room of the Pavelló Municipal de Sant Julià de Vilatorta . This briefing meeting is not compulsory. However, the presence of one or more members of each team is highly recommended!!! The official tournament magazine will be supplied (with the fixture list for the 27th Tournament and calendar of complementary activities), plus tickets for free entry to the Sant Julià de Vilatorta Swimming Pool and the sports material and other gifts for the participating teams. You will be able to sign up for the Slam-Dunk and Three Point Contests. We will go over the main points of the 27th Tournament. Finally, the organisers will be available to clear up any doubts you have regarding the competition, accommodation, meals, etc. The event will conclude with a 27th Tournament Welcome Cocktail , to which you are all invited! Any teams that cannot attend this meeting for whatever reason will be able to collect their documentation from the Pavelló Municipal de Sant Julià de Vilatorta during the tournament .
4) Balls: Given the high number of matches being played (about 700) and courts being used during the tournament at the same time (about 30), the organization will not be providing balls for warm-ups. Each team must bring as many balls as they feel they need for their warm-up. The organization will be providing the official match ball supplied by Baden, which will be used for all matches
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5) Prizes:
a) Trophy for the Champion and runner-up in each category. b) “Intersport MVP Trophy”, for the best male and female players in the Tournament (Trophy + 250 euro sports material voucher). c) Cristina Codina Trophy for the highest placed home team. d) Cash prizes for the Slam-Dunk Contest, €1,000 for the champion and €500 for the runner-up. e) Cash prize for the Three Point Contest, €500 for the champion and €250 for the runner-up. All the trophies will be presented in the Pavelló Municipal de Sant Julià de Vilatorta on Sunday August 28 after the senior men's A final .
6) Tie-breaks: The criteria if two teams in the same group are tied on points will be: 1) direct result between the teams, 2) overall basket average and 3) team with least penalties
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7) Inscription of players: A match cannot be started with less than 5 players. A maximum of 15 players can be inscribed per team. All the players must sign the Inscription Form before participating in any matches/activities involved in the 27th Tournament
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8) Participation of one player with different teams in the Tournament: This is only permitted in 2 situations. a) When dealing with teams of different ages (for example, a junior can also play with an Under 21 or senior team). These players will not be counted among the maximum of 15 players per team of a higher age group. b) If these are 2 federated teams of the same age, whereby the players from a B team play as reinforcements of an A team (never the other way round), and two other requirements must be met: 1. That they are from the same club and 2. That the B team plays the season in a lower category to the A team. The B team players will not be counted among the maximum of 15 players of the A team.
Important: If the aforementioned requirements are not met, a player can NOT appear in two teams of the same age category (for example, federated senior and non federated senior – even if one of these teams has been knocked out of the 27th Tournament
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9) Suspensions: In the case of a player (or team) behaving unfairly or uncivilly, the Competition Committee of the 27th Tournament may decide to suspend that player (or team) for one match, for several matches, or even the remainder of the 27th Tournament. There shall be no appeals against the decisions of the Competition Committee
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10) Punctuality: Warm-ups will be done off-court, before the start of the match. The time between the end of one match and the start of the next (for the on-court warm-up) will be 5 minutes. If a team is not on court 15 minutes after the official start time, they automatically lose the match
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11) Final considerations: The main objective of the Tournament is the enjoyment of basketball. Therefore, fair play is the basic rule of this Tournament. The organization reserves the right to make decisions regarding unexpected or conflictive situations, always in consideration of the benefit of the participating teams. The inscription of a team for the Tournament automatically supposes acceptance of these rules
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