Wheelchair Basketball

Every team is comprised of five players and seven substitutes. The match consists of four periods of ten minutes. After the first and the third period there is an interval of one minute. There is a 15-minute interval between the second and third period. If the score is tied at the end of playing time for the fourth period, the match will be continued with an extra period of five minutes or with as many such periods of five minutes as are necessary to break the tie.

A goal is credited to the team attacking the basket into which the ball has entered as follows:

A goal from a free throw counts one (1) point.

A goal from the two-point field goal area counts two (2) points.

A goal from the three-point field goal area counts three (3) points.

Every team has 24 seconds to complete its attempt to score a basket. If the team with the ball exceeds this time limit, then the ball and the right of play is granted to the opposing team.

As in able-bodied Basketball, players must dribble the ball when having gained control of the ball on the court. It is a traveling violation to take more then two pushes on the wheels without dribbling the ball. A player is not allowed to touch the playing surface with his or her feet while in possession of the ball.

        轮椅篮球是一项对抗性较强的比赛项目，运动员是由下肢截肢、儿麻或脊柱损伤的选手组成。最大的特征就是运动员通过轮椅在篮球场上进行比赛。除了许多特殊规则外，轮椅篮球与一般篮球从场地到规则基本相同，所不同的是每一名运动员都有自己的医学分级分。

　　比赛中，上场的5名运动员的医学分级总分不得超过14分。轮椅篮球没有两次运球违例，但场上队员持球移动时，推动轮椅1~2次后就必须拍球一次或多次，或传球、投篮。比赛时，运动员的脚不能触击地面，臀部亦不能离开轮椅。

 
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