There are three official different Football Skating Categories.

• Inline Football Skating

• Roller Football Skating

• Ice Football Skating

• Roller Skates: Roller Skates without Brake

• Inline Skates: Inline Skates without brakes

• Ice Skates: Ice Skates with banana shape blade and without toe pick.

• Shin guards

• Soft knee Pads,

• Helmet, preferably round shape

• Team Jersey with players name, number, and country Flag

• Goalkeeper special Jersey, different color

• Goalkeeper Gloves,

• Goalkeeper helmet,

Agile Skating, Flawless maneuvering throughout the court, ball control, dribble, pass, shoot, balance, strategy, excitement, fun, and much more are the main characteristics of the Football Skating game.

Player’s safety rules vary by age category:

• Under 10 years old → Full Protection Set

• Under 14 years old → Knee pads + Shin guards + Helmet

• Above 14 years old → Shin guards (Helmet optional but the player is responsible for any incident)

The courts are divided into 2 age categories with different dimensions as follow:

A. Under 14 years old courts dimensions:

a. Length: 20m with Width: 10m

b. Length: 25m with Width: 12.5m

B. Above 14 years old courts dimensions:

a. Length: 60m with Width: 30m (RollerSoccer)

b. Length: 40m with Width: 20m (Futins)

c. Length: 30m with Width: 15m (Futins)

The court material must be solidly made from the following materials. It must be an anti-glare surface.

• Parquet

• Wood

• Plastic Tiles

• Concrete

• Tar

• Smooth Asphalt

• Ice

As there is no “out of play” and “Corner kick” in Football Skating laws of the game, therefore the sides of the court must be enclosed with temporary or permanent walls.

The minimum and preferred size of the walls around the court must be a minimum of 1-meter height as it will be suitable for the audiences to watch the game from outside as well.

The minimum height of ceilings is 4m and shall be provided in the competition rules.

The pitch must be rectangular, the pitch splits up into two halves by a halfway line, which connects the midpoints of the two court walls.

The goal lines are the lines on the border which the goal posts are located, and they are the lines which when the ball passes it, it will be scored as a goal.

The center mark is drawn at the midpoint of the halfway line. A circle with a radius of 3m is marked around it.

Two imaginary lines of 6m in length are indicated from the outside of each goalpost and at right angles to the goal line; at the end of these lines a quarter circle is drawn, each with a radius of 6m from the outside of the goalpost. The top part of each quarter circle is connected by a line 3.16m in length drawn parallel to the goal line between the goalposts. The area bounded by these lines and the goal line is the penalty area. Inside each penalty area, a penalty mark is made 6m from the midpoint between the goalposts and at the same distance to them.

The goal lines are the lines on the border which the goal posts are located, and they are the lines which when the ball passes it, it will be scored as a goal.

The pitch is split up into two halves by a halfway line, which connects the midpoints of the two court walls.

The center mark is drawn at the midpoint of the halfway line. A circle with a radius of 3m is marked around it.

There are 4 Ball Holding marks in Football Skating Court. The Ball Holding Marks are in front of the penalty point with a one-meter distance from the wall.

Two imaginary lines of 6m in length are indicated from the outside of each goalpost and at right angles to the goal line, at the end of these lines a quarter circle is drawn, each with a radius of 6m from the outside of the goalpost. The top part of each quarter circle is connected by a line 3.16m in length drawn parallel to the goal line between the goalposts. The area bounded by these lines and the goal line is the penalty area. Inside each penalty area, a penalty mark is made 6m from the midpoint between the goalposts and at the same distance to them.

Football Skating has 4 different age categories which are as follows:

• Under 10 years old

• Under 14 years old (10-14)

• Under 17 years old (14-17 Juniors)

• Above 17 years old (Seniors)

• Under 10 years old categories

This age category will play Football Skating matches for 10 minutes each half and a 5-minute break in between. (10 – 5 – 10)

• Under 14 years old categories

This age category will play Football Skating matches for 14 minutes each half and a 5-minute break in between. (14 – 5 – 14)

• Under 17 years old categories (Juniors)

This age category will play Football Skating matches for 17 minutes each half and a 5-minute break in between. (17 – 5 – 17)

• Above 17 years old categories (Seniors)

This age category will play Football Skating matches for 20 minutes each half and a 5-minute break in between. (20 – 5 – 20)

Ball Size: The official Ball size will be (5.5) FIFS will produce the new standard Ball for this sport.

The Ball should be spherical, made of leather or synthetic materials with a smooth surface.

The Goalkeepers can use the Ball with their hands only for 3 seconds. more than 3 seconds holding the Ball with hands (Ball Holding) fouls will be indicated by the 1st or 2nd referees. The match will continue from the Ball Holding mark.

The goalkeeper will receive a personal foul by the table referee right after the third Ball Holding foul. The match will continue from the Ball Holding mark.

The goalkeeper will receive the second personal foul from the table referee right after the sixth Ball Holding foul, and a short penalty will be awarded by the table referee.

The match will continue from the short penalty mark.

The player’s jersey numbers must be 1 – 15 & 20.

1 – 2 - 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 – 10 – 11 – 12 – 13 – 14 – 15 – 20.

Shall constitute both Men and Women in the same team. One gender cannot be more than %80 on the team. For example, 5 Men/5 Women (Best team), 8 Men/2 Women or 8 Women/2 Men, 6 Men/4 Women, 6 Women/4 Men, etc

Teams that do not have a male or female player cannot be more than 8 people.

Team players must consist of ten male and female players. In each match, 5 players are inside the playing area, and the rest of the players are substitutes. The reserve players can be the substitute for unlimited times during the match.

The players of each team must officially have the citizenship or residence of the country they are playing for. All team members must have valid insurance. Please note that in case of any kind of accident or injury, the host and organizers of the Football Skating World Cup, the Federation International Football Skating FIFS, the International Professional Training Certification, IPTC, will not accept and take any kind of responsibilities

The maximum number of substitutes is 5 players. The maximum number of substitutes which is allowed for a team during the match is unlimited.

If a team has fewer than three players in the team, the match is abandoned and counted as a loss for the team with the lack of players.

A substitute player will receive a personal foul when 6 players show up in the match at the same time.

A substitute player receives a personal foul when entering the court before his/her teammate completely exits.

Football Skating can be played in Indoor, and outdoor facilities.

Goalkeeper will support the team in the goal post, and 4 players are trying to win the match through their great teamwork, passing play, and goal scores.

The Futins goal posts are divided into 2 categories with different dimensions as follow:

A. Under 14 years old goal posts dimensions → Length: 190cm, Height: 175cm, top width: 60 cm, bot tom width: 90cm

B. Above 14 years old goal posts dimension → Length: 300cm, Height: 200cm, top width: 80cm, bottom width: 100cm

The RollerSoccer goal post is dimension as follow:

A. All age groups → Length: 300cm, Height: 100cm,

A. In football skating game, After the start/restart of the match, when the ball is inside the court the match will continue; when the ball crosses the goal line and positions in the goal post, a goal is scored and when the ball is outside of the court, the match will stop.

B. In this game, all the 4 sides of the rectangle court are covered by wall/portable fences and if the ball hits the wall/portable fences and bounces the match will continue as it should. There is not out of play in football skating game unless the ball is outside of the court.

C. The football skating match will stop by the referee when the ball touches the ceiling in indoor courts and the game will restart from the same place by a “Jump Ball”. After the jump ball by the referee, players cannot hit the ball unless the ball touches the floor once.

There are 2 types of penalty shoots:

• Short way penalty

• Long way penalty

The referee will diagnosis which penalty shoot must be taken, and it will be done at referee’s discretion. It also depends on the foul area or number of fouls.

Short way Penalty Shoot must be taken from the defending team penalty mark to the defending team goal post which the distance is 6 meters.

The attacker will kick the ball from the defending team penalty mark to the defending team goal post, which the defending team goalkeeper will be present in the goal post during a short penalty kick. In short penalty kicks, all the players will gather behind the halfway line and can only move after the ball has been kicked

Long way Penalty Shoot must be taken from the attacking team penalty mark to the goalpost of the defending team goal post and the goal post of the defending team should be empty and there mustn’t be any goalkeeper.

In Long way penalty shoot, the ball has 3 seconds airtime after the kicker has made the shoot for 20x40 court size and 2 seconds airtime for 15 x 30 court size for above 14 years old which means the ball must advance inside the goalpost in maximum 3 or 2 seconds depending on the court size or else the score will not be awarded.

However, for under 14 years old who are going to play in 15 x 30 court size, the long way penalty shoot airtime is still 3 seconds.

In long penalty kicks, the goalkeeper of the defending team will stand out of the goalpost and the goal post of the defending team will be empty. If the ball doesn’t go to the goalpost, a goal is not scored, and the game will not continue right away.

In long penalty shoot, if a goal is scored, the game will start with the defending team from the middle of the court, if not, it will continue with the goalkeeper of the defending team.