Rules of futsal

RULES

There are two currently bodies which is AMF and FIFA for futsal. AMF and FIFA are responsible for maintaining and regulating the official rules of their respective versions of futsal. FIFA publishes its futsal rules as the 'Laws of the Game', in which each of the 17 'laws' is a thematically related collection of individual regulations. The laws define all aspects of the game, including what may be changed to suit local competitions and leagues.

There are many rules of futsal games. For example, the minimum length of the field is 25m x 16 m and the maximum length of the field is 42m x 25m. The size of the ball is 4 and the circumference of the ball must between 62cm to 64cm. The weight of the ball is between 400gram to 440 gram.

There are two periods of 20 minutes with time stopping at every dead ball. But, between the two periods, the is a break of 15 minutes. Each team may use one time-out per half, which last one minute. But, some lower leagues and tournaments use 24 minutes periods with running time. A yellow card is shown for unsporting behavior, dissent, time wasting, encroachment, persistent infringement, and illegal subbing. A red card is shown for serious foul play, violent conduct, spitting, illegally denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity, abusive language, and receiving a second yellow. Red carded players are ejected from the game and their team must play short for two minutes or until the other team scores a goal.

When we talk about the number of players, there are five players for each team in the field, one of them as a goalkeeper. The maximum number of 12 players that can be used each match. All direct free kicks count as accumulated fouls. A direct free kick is awarded for kicking, tripping, charging, jumping, pushing, striking, tackling, holding, spitting, and deliberate handling. Indirect free kicks, such as playing dangerously and impeding, do not count as accumulated fouls. A team is warned by the referee when they commit five accumulated fouls in a half.

For goalkeeper, When in possession of the ball, the goalkeeper has 4 seconds to get rid of the ball. If the ball is kept too long, the referee will give an indirect kick to the other team. The goalkeeper may play freely when in the opponent's half. Once the goalkeeper has released the ball either by kicking or throwing, the goalkeeper may not touch it again until the ball goes out of play or is touched by an opponent. The sanction for violation is an indirect free kick. The goalkeeper may receive the ball freely when on the opponent's half.