The following rules have been designed to ensure fair play for all participants.  Any questions or concerns should be directed to the Viet Hoops staff (info@viethoops.com)

Game Play

• Each game will be started by a jump ball at mid-court.
• Five-on-five.
• Two girls on the court at all times.
• To ensure fair play, boys will be able to guard females but may not block shots (i.e. hands must be kept down).
• Regular baskets are worth one point and three-pointers are worth two points.
• Subs are only permitted after a basket or when the game is stopped for any particular reason. No subs allowed during play.

Set-up

• All games = 15 minutes (except for playoffs, where games =  20 minutes).
  
• No time-outs.
• No overtime.
• Teams that are late more than 5 minutes for their game will suffer a forfeit.
• Players may not play for more than one team.

Fouls

• All games will be refereed.
• After 5 team fouls, each subsequent foul will result in an automatic point for the other team.
• All jump balls become the possession of the defensive team.
• Foul and basket counts, defensive team gets ball. 
  
• Foul and miss, offensive team gets throw-in.
• Flagrant foul - victim gets 2 free throws and possession of the ball.
• 2 flagrant fouls in a game is an automatic tournament ejection.  Any fighting will also result in an automatic ejection.
• Captains are expected to ensure fair play and sportsmanship for their teams throughout the tournament.
  

Sportsmanship

• Fighting results in an automatic tournament ejection.
• No unnecessary vulgarity or abusive conduct -- foul language will lead to offending players being removed from the game.
• No stalling is allowed.  The referee, court monitor or event staff member may institute a 30-second shot clock at any time.  After a team has been warned about stalling, failure to attempt a shot within 30 seconds will result in loss of possession.

Score Keeping

• All playoff seeding for the tournament will be determined by win/loss record (ties will be broken by point differential).
• An electronic scoreboard at each court will be used as the official score of games.

After the Game

• The captain of the winning team shall obtain the score sheet from the referee or scorekeeper and deliver this score sheet to the Convenor's Table.