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The standard court size in U.S. college and WNBA play is 94 by 50 feet (28.65 by 15.24 m), while the FIBA standard court is slightly smaller at 28 by 15 m (91 ft 10.36 in by 49 ft 2.55 in) . For most of its distance, the three-point line is 6.75 m (22 ft 1.75 in) from the middle of the basket under both FIBA and WNBA rules.
Basketball courts come in many different sizes. In the National Basketball Association (NBA), the court is 94 by 50 feet (28.7 by 15.2 m). Under International Basketball Federation (FIBA) rules, [2] the court is slightly smaller, measuring 28 by 15 meters (91.9 by 49.2 ft). In amateur basketball, court sizes vary widely.
The court is a compressed full court billed as 72 ft long by 49.2 ft wide. The width is slightly less than that of courts in the WNBA , 49.2 ft vs 50 ft, [ 4 ] and the length is also noticeably shorter, 72 ft instead of 94 ft (29 m) of college and professional competitions or the high school standard of 84 ft (26 m). [ 7 ]
NBA: 24 seconds. Court size. FIBA: 91.9 feet long, 49.2 feet wide. NBA: 94 feet long, 50 feet wide. ... One free throw and possession of the ball at center court. NBA: One free throw per technical ...
The American NBA & WNBA standard half-court distance is 15.24 m (50 ft) wide & 14.33 m (47 ft) long. The ball is the size of a size 6 basketball (720 mm, 28.5 in) [13] as used in the women's full-court game and its mass is that of the size 7 standard (620 g, 22 oz) [13] used in the men's full-court game. [14]
[2] [3] WNBA shares the same court dimensions, hoop height, and shot clock length as NBA, but has had shorter quarters of ten minutes each since 2006 and uses a smaller ball to match with international FIBA standards.
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