The game: officials, time and scoring

7 rules

1. 4Officials

   Who runs an arena event and game: the host committee, the umpire or umpires and referee, the timekeeper, the scorekeeper and goal judges.

2. 5Length and number of periods

   How long an arena game lasts, how a period ends, how a tie is broken by extra periods or a shootout, and how the clock treats stoppages, goals and late penalties.

3. 5ARound robins

   When a three-team arena event may be played as a one-day round robin, how the games are drawn, and how the winner is found.

4. 6Scoring

   How arena goals are scored and counted, including the two-point goal, goals at the whistle and the buzzer-beater.

5. 17Handicaps

   How arena team handicaps are worked out and given as goals, and what happens when a player's handicap changes during an event.

6. 18Protests and variations from the rules

   How protests are handled, who may vary the arena rules, and the time limit for questioning the score or the clock.

7. Handicap MatrixArena handicap matrix

   A look-up table for the goals given by handicap in arena games of different lengths.