The Koru Games 3×3 Basketball competitions will be played under the FIBA Rules of the Game.

1. ​​​​​All games will be played in the spirit of ‘Fair Play’. To mark this all players will shake hands before and after each game.
2. Each team will consist of five players with three on court at any time.
3. All games will be played on half a court.
4. A game of paper, scissors, rock will determine who starts with the ball.
5. Successful shots from within the arc are worth 1 point, outside the arc 2 points and from the free throw line 1 point.
6. Each game shall consist of one 12 minute period, there is no half time.
7. Once a team has reached 9 team fouls subsequent fouls will result in free throws.
8. No personal fouls will be collated but the official has the right to eject anyone they believe to be playing in an unsporting fashion.
9. Fouls committed in the act of shooting inside the arc result in one free throw and outside the arc result in two free throws.
10. Play is restarted after successful shots by the non-scoring team checking the ball from the top of the key. No scoring can occur until the ball has traveled outside the arc.
11. Substitutions can happen by either team any time the ball becomes dead.
12. There will be no warming up with basketballs within the Rec Centre due to limited space. You will be able to warm up/practise on the outdoor half court.

Boys and Girls tournaments will be played separately.

Girls are permitted to play within a ‘boys’ team if needed to make up numbers but they will compete in the Boys competition. 

Each school can only enter one team in each competition. If you have additional teams wanting to play, please add them to the waitlist form and we will be in contact once registrations close if there are spaces available in that competition.

The Basketball tournament has separate boys and girls competitions. 

Please see link below for further detail of competition formats for each sport

Competition Formats (All sports)

Match balls will be supplied. Schools are asked not to bring additional balls into the centre due to the lack of space available and the disruption caused by large numbers of balls in the small space.

We are committed to using this tournament as a development for youth officials.  Each team will need their own referee and whistle, we encourage you to use senior student referees from your School or a Highschool near you.  Otherwise a parent/caregiver/coach will be great. Upskilling can happen prior to the tournament for those that need it.

All teams/schools need to have first aid support onsite.

Habit Health will be at the Rolleston Hub to support competitors throughout the Games.

Rolleston Hub

• Bangkok Wok
• The Coffee Lady
• Tracey's Grub on Hubs