Youth Outreach Charity Basketball Tournament 2025

Commencement Date: Expected to be held in June 2025

Time: 19:00-23:00 (Games held from Mondays to Friday), 09:00-23:00 (Games held on Saturday, Sundays)

Venue: Indoor Sports Hall at Youth Outreach Jockey Club Building* or Indoor Sports Hall under the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (Hong Kong Region/Kowloon)

*19:00-22:00 (Games held from Mondays to Wednesdays), 09:00-17:00 (Games held on Sundays)

Registration deadline: First come first served

Minimum fundraising amount: HK$8,300 per team

Number of places: Target 4 U12 teams/ 4 U19 teams/ 16 Open teams category * (Open teams category will be divided into 4 groups, 4 teams in each group)

Please deposit the minimum fundraising amount into the following bank account:

HSBC: 195-5-037369 (Account name: Youth Outreach)

After depositing, please provide the bank receipt to Youth Outreach’s Fundraising and Communication Department at

email: yodonation@yo.org.hk or WhatsApp to +852 9499 7705.

The Sportsart will provide the following quality services for each match

- Electronic scoreboard/projection scoreboard

- Professional referee

- Match results statistics

- Professional photographers take photos of the match

- FULL HD high-definition shooting of the entire exciting match process

Competition system

- U12, U19 4 teams play in a single round-robin format. After the single round-robin is completed, they will immediately enter the knockout rounds

- Knockout rounds, winners of the first place vs. the fourth place/the second place vs. the third place will advance to determine the championship/third place match

- The open teams group will be divided into 4 groups, each with 4 teams. 16 teams will immediately enter the knockout rounds.

- The open team group stage plays in a single round-robin format, that is, each team will play at least 4 games, and the knockout rounds can have a maximum of 7 games. For regular season games, the winner gets 3 points, the loser gets 1 point, the draw gets 2 points each, and the forfeit gets 0 points.

- If the teams have the same score, the winner wins. If the scores are the same, the goal difference will be calculated to determine the final ranking of the regular season.

- Each game will be divided into 4 quarters, each lasting 10 minutes. There will be a 1-minute break in the first and third quarters, and a 2-minute halftime break.

- Except for timeouts, the clock will not be stopped at other times. The clock will be stopped at the last 2 minutes of the fourth quarter when there is a dead ball.

- In the knockout round, if the two sides are tied within the statutory match time, the "first goal first wins" system will be adopted to determine the winner.

- After the regular season is completed, each team will enter the knockout round to compete for the championship trophy.

Notes:

- During the game, all players cannot wear any accessories such as earrings, bracelets, necklaces, etc.

- All teams must sign the team player health declaration before the game can officially start.

- The team must fill in the player number of the day on the score sheet 15 minutes before the start of the game.

- If a team still has less than 5 players or fails to play within 10 minutes after the statutory start time, the team will be automatically considered to have forfeited, and the score of 20:0 will be used as the result of the game. The forfeiting team will receive 0 points.

- Each participating team must register two colors of jerseys, as home (light) and away (dark) jerseys.

- The Sportsart will arrange what color jerseys the team will wear for the game. The details will be announced on the online schedule 7 days before the game, and the Sportsart will also notify the relevant teams via WhatsApp at the same time.

- If the team has only one color of jersey, please pay attention to the schedule. If the jerseys of both teams are the same color, the principle is home (light) and away (dark).

- If bibs are needed, please notify the organizer 48 hours before the game to make arrangements. The organizer will charge $60 as cleaning fees.

Registered players

- Each team can register a maximum of 20 players.

- All registered players can be sent to the game.

- Players can be added after registration, but there is no quota for deletion. After the game starts, the information of additional players must be notified to the association by email.

- All players must register and attend the regular season before they can participate in the the knockout stage.

- Players cannot represent another team  in the same group.

Technical Foul Guidelines

- This league strictly enforces team technical fouls

- Player technical fouls

- Interfering with the out-of-bounds ball, thereby delaying the game time

- Harassing the player who is shooting a basketball with a non-contact foul

- Improper attitude when talking and contacting with staff, field supervisors, scorers or opponents (if foul language is used by players on or off the court, a technical foul will be executed immediately) * The referee does not need to give any verbal warnings before executing a technical foul. The team leader, coach or team representative is responsible for managing player discipline, please pay attention to each person in charge.

Tournament Awards

- Each group has a Most Valuable Player (MVP) (this award is selected by the conference).

- U12, U19 trophies, champions, runners-up, third place, 20 medals per team

- Open category trophies, champions, runners-up, 20 medals per team

- The awards ceremony will be held after the finals.

Rescheduling

- Each team is requested to inform the association by email before the 1st of each month of the days they will not be able to play

- Example: Before January 1st, Whatsapp/email the days in February that they will not be able to play.

- Once the schedule is released, it cannot be changed.

Protest

- There will be no appeals at the conference. All results and decisions are subject to the final decision of the referee on the spot.

- If there is a dispute between a player and a staff member or a player from the opposing team during the game, the referee on duty will make the decision according to the rules. If the team is still dissatisfied, they can email to info@siayouth.com within 72 hours. The association will handle the reply as soon as possible. If the referee makes a mistake, internal punishment will be imposed.

Statement of the General Assembly

- All participating players and teams are fully aware of the accidents, collisions and injuries that occur during basketball games, and the Sportsart and the Youth Outreach will not be held responsible.

- If the team incurs or causes any person (including a third party) to suffer monetary, accidental injury or other material losses due to participating in any game organized by the Youth Outreach, the Sportsart will not be held responsible.

- The Sportsart and the Youth Outreach will not purchase any accident, personal and third-party insurance for any team or player,- The Sportsart and the Youth Outreach will not be liable to the player or the on-site coach, assistant coach, substitute or team member or participants if any of them has suffered personal or property loss or damage due to whatever reason in connection with the use of the venue or the game.

- The Sportsart and the Youth Outreach have the right to modify the contents of this charter at any time, and no further notice will be given if the modification is made.

Contact method:

Youth Outreach Fundraising and Communication Department

Email: yodonation@yo.org.hk