• Brazilian
Confederation of Sand Soccer •
Official rules
for Sand Soccer 2002 - 2005
Preface
The Brazilian Confederation of
Sand Soccer feels proud to present this book with the
official rules for sand soccer, containing the current
version of the rules to the sport, it will be valid in
2002/2005.
The rules for sand soccer combine the principles of
the traditional soccer with pioneering concepts of the
television and sportive marketing making the game
faster and more beautiful, with exciting movements
that attract the spectator.
The fast format of two halves of twenty minutes each,
unlimited number of substitutions, free kicks without
wall and lateral kicks using feet make this sport a
dynamic product to the television coverage.
The publication of this rules helps to popularize the
concepts of sand soccer through the public, players,
couches, managers and referees.
The great attraction to this modality of the sport is
the Fair Play Spirit. The supervisors of the
confederation introduced strict punishments to avoid
violent fouls, as well as to control the behavior of
the fans.
1.
Objectives of the game
The
friendship, healthy competition and fair play spirit
must be present in all matches.
2. Game
area
The game area
includes the field and the free zone (presented in the
diagram at the end).
2.1
Field
dimensions
– The field must be rectangular, it must be at least 30
meters wide and 42 meters
long and no
more than 32 meters wide and 45 meters long circled by a
2 meters wide free zone. The field is limited by 4
(four) lines – 10 cm wide colored ribbons, 2 (two) on
the sides and 1 (one) in each back area.
2.2
Penalty area
– Four yellow flags will be placed on the free zone, 9
meters far from each corner to delimit the penalty area.
It will be delimited by two imaginary lines parallel to
the back, joining the flags two by two. The position of
the penalty kick is in the center of those imaginary
lines.
2.3
Corner and
midfield
– There are red flags in each corner and in the free
zone near the midfield. The imaginary lines that join
the central flags divide the field in the middle.
2.4
The goals are
put in the center of each back area.
They are composed by two vertical posts with a distance
of 5,50 m from each other and connected by an
horizontal bar with a distance of 2,20m from the ground.
2.5
The flagpole of the flags is 1,50 m high, one
meter over the sand. Its end can’t be acuminate.
3.
Teams’ formation
The game is
disputed by two teams with six players each, including
the goal keeper. It is allowed six reserves for each
team, one of them obligatory must be a goal keeper.
3.1
– There is no limit for substitutions and the
athlete that goes out, can return to the game. It is not
necessary to tell the referee about the substitutions.
The game is not interrupted.
3.2
- There is no limit for substitutions. The
substitute must enter the field only in the substitution
zone and after the other player had already gone and
given him the plate and the numeration.
Note: If the
team wants to substitute the goal keeper, it should be
advised to the control desk. The timekeeper will advise
the referees about the necessity of this substitution.
The referee will wait until the ball gets out of the
field, he will ask the timekeeper to stop the timepiece
and wait for the goal keeper’s substitution to restart
the game.
If a player enters the game before
the other gets out he will be punished receiving a
yellow card. If he repeats the same breach he will
receive a blue card and he is not going to be allowed
to continue being a reserve in the game.
3.3
- The game will only start after the two teams
present at least four players, with the goal keeper,
properly identified.
3.4
- The tolerance to delays can happen only at the
first game of a round, this criteria of use is exclusive
to the regulation of each competition.
3.5
- The number of players in a team can be
completed any time during the game.
3.6
- The player who substitutes the goal keeper must
wear the appropriate uniform for the position, but the
number in the shirt will continue the same registered at
the beginning of the game.
4. Ball, ball
during the game and goal
4.1 – It will
be spherical, made of leather or other appropriate
material. Its circumference can not be superior to 70 cm
neither inferior to 68cm. Its weight could not be
superior to 450g neither inferior to 410g. Its pressure
has to be equivalent to 0,6-1,1 - atmospheres
(600-1100g/cm2) in the sea level. Only the referee can
analyze the conditions and approve the ball(s) in game.
4.2 – The
ball will be out of game when it totally cross the
delimited line through air or ground.
4.3 – A
player is considered out of the field when he touches
the ground out of the delimited lines.
4.4 – A goal
will only be accepted if the ball crosses completely the
goal line through air or ground between the posts and
under the crossbar.
4.5 – The
goal keeper cannot score a goal to his team directly
with his hands if the ball doesn’t touch any player,
except the other goal keeper.
4.6 – If the
goal keeper exceed five seconds with the ball, the team
will be punished with a lateral kick from the opponent
next to the flag of 9m.
5. Referee team
5.1 - The
referee team is composed by one first main referee, one
second auxiliary referee, one third referee, one
timekeeper/annotator.
5.2 – The
referees direct the game from the beginning until the
end staying in the field. They divide the field in two
areas delimited by an imaginary line. The third referee
can stay inside or outside the field and can act only
eventually.
5.3 – During
the game, the referees decisions are definitely. They
determine, before or during the game, if the game area
and circumstances obey to the necessary conditions.
5.4 – When
the two referees have different opinions about an
infraction , they can ask the opinion of the third
referee to correct the rule or define the movement.
5.5 – The
timekeeper is the responsible to control the timepiece
that indicates the time of the game, he should activate
it at the beginning of the game. He must indicate the
end of each half of 20 minutes with a whistle or a horn.
If a player hurts himself and the referee whistles, he
must interrupt the timepiece and restart when the
referee whistles again.
5.6 – The
annotator must observe if the substitute has the
substitution plaque in his hand and up his head and
advise the referee about irregular substitutions.
5.7 – The
timekeeper ends each half. The referees must listen the
whistle or the horn and whistle to make official the end
of the half.
Note – If the
ball has already been kicked, the referee must wait the
conclusion of the movement to whistle to end the half or
the game. If a free kick or a penalty were necessary
they must happen before the game or the half has been
officially finished.
6. Players’
equipment
It is
forbidden the use of shoes or anything similar. If the
referees authorize, the players can wear socks and/or
elastic anklets.
6.1 – The
players’ uniforms are composed by a shirt and shorts.
The players of the same team, except the goal keeper,
must wear the uniform with the same color and standard,
and the numbers of identification must be visible and in
the shirt.
6.2 – If both
teams present uniforms of the same or similar colors,
the one on the left on the table of the games must
change its uniform to facilitate the referees job.
Note – The
numeration of the uniforms must be from 01 to 12.
7. Beginning,
duration and how to win a game
At the
beginning of the game, the choice between field’s side
or beginning the game with the ball will be done by
raffle by the first referee in the presence of the two
teams captains. The team that win the raffle has the
option to choose the field’s side or the first kick, the
other will stay with the option not used by the first.
The first kick is going to happen in the middle of the
field after the referee’s authorization. A goal can only
happen after the first kick after the ball has been
moved by the initial player to another one. The players
of the opponent team must be at least five meters far
from the ball. After a goal, the game restarts at the
same point after the referee’s authorization. The first
kick will be in direction to the opponent’s field.
7.1 – The
game has two halves of twenty minutes each. The teams
have five minutes to change the field in the break,
alternating the first kick.
7.2 – The
matches can end with the victory of one of the teams or
both tied. In competitions where the extra time is
necessary to define the winner, it will be an extra time
of three minutes. The first to score a goal is the
winner. If the game continues tied, there will be the
execution of three penalties to each team. If it
continues tied the teams will continue disputing
penalties. The penalties can be kicked by any player
from the team. If necessary a player can only kick the
penalty again after all his other colleagues have
kicked.
8. Direct and
indirect free kick
8.1 –
Indirect: The lateral and kick from the goal must be
with two touches.
Direct: In
direct kicks, all the athletes must stand out of the
cone’s area between the ball line and the two posts, the
player must use the feet or the ball to adapt the sand
on the ground. The free kick must be executed in less
than five seconds. If the player exceed this period the
other team will have the right to do it.
8.2 – If the
ball is kicked directly to its own goal , in the free
kicks or at the restart of the game, the opponent team
will be able to have a corner kick.
8.3 – The
player who kicks the free kick or the replacement of the
ball in the game must not touch two times consecutive
the ball. If he disobeys this rule the other team will
be able to have an indirect free kick at the same place.
8.4 – Fouls
received in the infrator’s breastwork field will be
punished with a free kick without wall, all the players
must be out of the area until the player have kicked.
8.5 – Fouls
received in the infractor’s attack field will be
punished with an indirect free kick or in the center of
the field with a direct free kick with cone after the
referee’s authorization.
8.6 – After
the free kick the ball must not be touched (except by
the goal keeper of the opponent team).
9. Penalty
The penalty
will happen when a team commit an infraction inside its
penalty area. It will be kicked direct with a distance
of 9 meters from the center of the goal.
9.1 – The
player who kicks the penalty must do it in a continue
movement.
9.2 – The
goal keeper must stand on the goal line, between the
posts, he can move from side to side before the ball has
been kicked.
9.3 – If
there is an infraction during the penalty kick, the
following will happen:
a)
if the infraction was committed by the team that
is kicking the penalty and the goal was scored, it will
be repeated.
b)
if the infraction was committed by the opponent
team and the goal was scored, it will be valid.
c)
if the infraction was committed by the opponent
team and the goal was not scored, it will be repeated.
10. Goal keeper’s
kick and replacement of the ball during the game
When one of
the players of the attacker team kick the ball through
the back line, the goal keeper can begin the game in its
area with his hands, he has five seconds to do it. If
the goal keeper delays the replacement of the ball in
the game, its team will be punished with a lateral kick
in the line of 9m. It cannot happen a goal directly from
the goal keepers kick.
11. Corner kick
The corner
kick will happen when a player kick the ball through the
back line in its breastwork field. The corner kick will
be kicked with the feet and it will happen inside the
field, no more than 0,50cm far from the flag. A goal can
happen directly form a corner kick.
Note: If the
player doesn’t kick it in five seconds after the ball
has been put in the place, it will be reverted to a goal
keepers kick.
12. Lateral
The lateral
can happen when a player kicks the ball through the
lateral line that delimits the field.
12.1 – The
game restart on the place where the ball got out of
field. It can be done with hands or feet. If the player
decide to do it with his feet, he is not allowed to
touch the ball with his hands after he has put it on the
ground.
12.2 – It
cannot happen a goal after a lateral if the ball doesn’t
hit another athlete. If it hits the goal keeper and gets
in ,it will be goal keepers kick. It must be effected
behind the side line and cannot be kicked to the goal
keeper and he gets it with his hands. If the player
exceeds five seconds, it will be his opponents turn.
12.3 – The
opponent players must be at least five meters far from
the place.
13. Any athlete can
kick the foul, if he is in the field at the moment of
the infraction.
14. Infractions
suggested to cards
a)
Hit, try to hit or spit any opponent, offend with
words any person participating in the game, organizers
of the event or public. If the player infracts those
items he can suffer expulsion from the game and
additional caveats and/or expulsion from the
competition.
b)
It will not be allowed the movement called
“carrinho”, where the player projects his feet in
direction to the ball or to the opponent.
14.1 – The
referee will give a yellow, blue or red card to the
player when he:
a)
Infringes the rules of the game.
b)
Commit a serious foul.
c)
Be aggressive through acts or words, disagreeing
to the referees decisions and present a bad behavior.
d)
Acts in a bad way, trying to induce the referee
to commit a mistake.
15. Cards
Yellow –
adverts
Blue – the athlete can be replaced
Red – the athlete is eliminated from the competition and
he cannot be replaced. He will be judged after by the
council.
16. Physical
violence against referees, timekeepers, managers,
athletes or organizers during or even after the end of
the match will be punished with the automatic expulsion
from the tournament if the council decide so.
17. The
player or member of the technical commission that has
been punished with expulsion cannot stand on the game
area or neither near it, he will not be allowed to
instruct athletes.
Note:
“Soccer is a collective and solidarity sport.” The
team is responsible to the athlete and fans. Any act of
bad behavior that doesn’t obey the priorities of
respect, loyalty and integration that are constant part
of sand soccer can be analyzed by the council.
18 –If a team
abandon the game for any reason and the score was three
or more goals against it, this score will be considered
the final one. In any other case, the team who stays in
the field will be the winner by the score 3 x 0,
independent by other actions that may be decided by the
council.
19 – Goal keepers
action
a)
The goal keeper should throw the ball with his
hands in any part of the field;
b)
The ball being withdrawn for the second time and
the goleiro to catch it or to touch it with the hands,
and have equipped will be penalizada with the collection
of maximum penalty.
c)
The goal keeper can stay with the ball in the
area no more than five seconds either with his hands or
feet. After this time it is going to be lateral to the
opponent team.
d)
The goal keeper can get out of the area playing,
but he cannot return and get the ball with his hands.
The infraction will be punished with penalty.
20. This book
of rules is irrevocable. The cases not presented in this
book will be judged by the CONAR (National Commission of
Rules and Arbitrage).
Functions
in official games:
Referee:
there can be two or three in a game. They direct the
game according to the rules, acting with honesty and
candor.
Timekeepers/annotators:
They should control the time of the game. They should
confer the numeration of the athletes, the reserves,
substitutions and organize them.
Delegate:
It is one of the most important positions. He should
supervise the match, inside and outside the game. He
should wear a uniform and have the same accessories of a
referee. He can interfere the game, enter in the field,
help the referee, interrupt or finish a match, advert
and punish a player with expulsion.
Supervisor:
He must coordinate the event. He is the responsible to
solute doubts in relation to the rules of the
competition. He defines the referees of each game,
control the arena, security, staff coordination. He can
act and answer in name of the confederation.
Board:
It is the responsible to identify and fill in the sumula
. It must verify the athletes and directors
documentation, verify the ones who suffered expulsion
and hand in the sumula in time to the annotator. It must
confer the sumula of the game (if it is properly filled
in and signed by the referees).