Length of the field

minimum 28x15m, maximum 40x20m

Free kick

6m from the center of the goal for penalties caused by fouls inside the 6m goal keeper's area, or 10m for cumulative fouls.

Ball

Size 4, circumference 62–64 cm, weight between 400-440g at the start of the game.

Dropped from an height of 2m, the first rebound must not be lower than 50 cm or more than 65 cm

Time

There are two periods of 20 actual minutes or of 30 non actual minutes each. Between the two periods there is a break of 15 minutes.

Number of players

There are five players for each team in the field, one of them as goalkeeper, and a maximum number of 12 players that can be used each match. Changes are flying and unlimited.

Play resumption

Every time the ball goes out of the field, a foul or a goal is perpetrated and the referee whistles to stop the game and to resume it. Every throw-in must be done in 5 seconds that are counted by the referee with his hand up.

Personal fouls

The referee will give a light-blue card to the player that commits 5 fouls in one match. Afterwards he is sent off but can be replaced by a team mate – as it happens for the expulsion for double yellow card, for a direct red card for complaint or for a last man foul. A player that gains a red card for violent conduct, instead, can’t be changed. All the kicks gained from the fouls are direct: so, at every free kick, the referee must always count 3

meters from the ball and the wall and whistle to resume the game.

Cumulative fouls

A team can make five cumulative fouls every period of the match, from the sixth foul on the opponent team gains a free kick. The reporter tells the referee when a team reaches five fouls by pulling out a red flag in the side of the table where the bench of the team that committed five fouls is.

Goalkeeper

In the penalty area the goalkeeper can touch the ball with his hands, while off he can freely play the ball like every other player, with the limit of exclusive play in his team's half field. If he overcomes the midfield and take part of the play, he is sanctioned with both a personal and a cumulative foul. When he’s in possession of the ball, he has 5 seconds to make a goal kick or, after saving an opponent’s shot, to get rid of the ball; if he commits an offence, the referee will stop the play and give a throw-in to the opponent team.

Goalkeeper return

The goalkeeper is not allowed to overcome the midfield when he tosses off the ball with his hands, unless the ball touches the ground before or a player receives it in the team's half field. Otherwise, the goalkeeper is sanctioned with a throw-in in the closest point to the midfield given to the opponent team, but neither with a cumulative or a personal foul.

Kick-in

There is no throw-in when the ball is out of play. The only available procedure is kick-in. The player must place the ball on the touchline or outside but not more than 25 cm from the place the ball when out of play. The ball must be in stationary position before a kick-in is taken within 4 seconds from the time being ready. During kick-in the opponent player must stand not less than 5 m from the ball; if a time offence or a wrong play resumption is committed, the referee will whistle a resumption change, but no sanction in terms of personal or cumulative fouls. It is not allowed to score directly from a throw-in: the goal is valid only if any player, goalkeeper excluded, touches the ball before it enters in goal.

Corner

The ball must be placed inside the arch nearest to the point where the ball crossed the goal line and the opponent must stand on pitch at least 5 m from the corner arch until the ball is in play. The corner kick must be taken within 4 seconds of being ready if not a goal kick will be awarded. The ball is in play when it is kicked and moves.

Play in the team's own half field

Once the goalkeeper gives away the ball, his team has 15 seconds to overcame the midfield. Otherwise, a throw-in from the closest point to where the foul happened is given to the defending team

Referees

For international matches, there must be two referees: one (first referee) is positioned in the longer side of the field near the reporter table and communicates with the reporter, while the other (second referee) is in the opposite side of the field. At the reporter table there are a reporter and a timekeeper; moreover, there are also two other bench referees that control the teams’ benches. In minor events, the two bench referees and the timekeeper are not contemplated.