The 2024-25 season will see some rule updates to the Euroleague Basketball rule book as part of the constant effort to make games in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and BKT EuroCup as fair as possible for participants and clear for fans.
Backcourt violations have been added to the Instant Replay System (IRS). Henceforth, if the referees have called a backcourt violation on the team with possession of the ball, the call is reviewable by the referees in the last 2 minutes of Q4 and last 2 minutes of overtime. Coaches can challenge this call at any time during the game.
The other rule updates align the Euroleague Basketball rule book with FIBA rules concerning a jump ball violation and the defensive semicircle.
If there is a violation that occurs during a jump ball, it will no longer result in a throw-in, with the player inbounding the ball while straddling the center line and the team having 24 seconds on the shot clock. Going forward, if the violation occurred on the frontcourt of the opposite team, then the ball will be inbounded on the backcourt with 24 seconds on the shot clock. And if the violation occurred on the backcourt, the ball will be inbounded on the frontcourt with 14 seconds on the shot clock.
Regarding block/charge calls, a defensive player will now be considered to be outside the defensive semicircle (DSC) if his foot is elevated above the DSC line like shown below, whereas up until now he was considered to be inside in this specific case.
