FIBA Rules Explained: Unsportsmanlike Foul

Art 37: This video looks at Unsportsmanlike fouls and the five categories they fall within. Understanding the five categories helps determine which situation occurred and can potentially make communicating the information to others easier.

Video Breakdown
0:13 Unsportsmanlike foul intro
0:20 Unsportsmanlike foul Penalty
1:39 Unsportsmanlike foul Category 1
2:20 Unsportsmanlike foul Category 2
3:29 Unsportsmanlike foul Category 3
5:05 Unsportsmanlike foul Category 4
6:10 Unsportsmanlike foul Category 5** This is now a Throw-In Foul ** Learn more at the 2022 FIBA Rule Changes video
8:05 Film Room Session
11:52 Make the Decision

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[HMac-mxqr]

Love this video. Would love for a technical foul one though.

[philippe]

Hello, any opinion on the UF called at eurobasket ??
- France / Turkey : UF called on TMC
- Spain / Lithuania : UF called on Brazdeikis
There seems to be some inconsistency and at the end of day, is it still allowed to make tactical fouls to stop the clock ?

[kevinpan]

As you have mentioned in the video. There is one situation that could happen and should be understand as a UF, but it's not specifically and clearly mentioned in any of the UF category.
When it's last 2mins in last quarter, ball has been inbound but in order to stop the clock, they didn't foul the ballhandler instead the foul on the worst shooter on the court. let's just say it's all base on the ref's judgement to decide if the foul is on purpose or not.
There's no doubt if he did that on purpose, it's C1-UF. The question is if he's not on purpose of doing it and ref decided to give him a normal foul and the shooter missed all the shots and ended up their team lose the game.

I've seen some refs taking some actions to prevent this potential difficulty from happening. They talk to the players on the court " foul on the ballhandler only, otherwise it's a UF no matter it's on purpose or not". C1
Would that be fair?
What's your thoughts and how do we tackle things like this?

[mastergamingnic]

Kinda late but is the shooter’s landing space foul a thing in FIBA?

[matc]

Thanks for this video. Bit of a noob to basketball. I just watched an old game between Galatasaray and Bakken Bears. Gala had committed one team foul. Then one of their players committed an unsportsmanlike foul and Gala's team fouls jumped from 1 to 3. Why is that? Why didnt it go from 1 to 2?

Thanks