3.9 Competition and Playing area

Court

The court measures 18 x 9 meters and is surrounded by free zones. The center line divides the court into two halves of 9 x 9 meters. All lines that border the field of play or the front zones must be 5 cm wide. The lines always belong to the zone that delimits them: therefore, the attack lines belong to the front zone and the baselines and sidelines belong to the playing field.

 Fig. : Court

Playing area

The playing area is composed of the court and the free zone.

 Fig. 2: The court is surrounded by the free zone and is bounded by a perimeter (e.g., boards), the scorer's table, and the team benches.

Competition area

The competition area includes the playing area and the area around it to the end of the hall, the spectator areas or another boundary.

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Areas and zones on the competition area

 Fig. 3: The warm-up areas can be behind the bench or outside the free zone in the corner, in any case, the same for both teams. The home team specifies where they are. Both teams have to comply with it.

 Fig.: The substitution zone is from the extension of the attack line to the imaginary extension of the center line on both sides.