Coach & Team Manager Code of Conduct

Quick reference summary

1. Who this Code applies to

This Code applies to every person registered with the team in any official capacity, including but not limited to:

• Head coach
• Assistant coaches
• Team manager / team administrator
• Athletic trainers, physiotherapists and team doctors
• Any accredited delegation member granted access to the field of play, bench area, locker rooms or technical meetings

The head coach and registering organisation are responsible for ensuring every member of their delegation has received, understood and agreed to comply with this Code.

2. Player welfare and safeguarding

Every player participating in SIYBO 2026 is a minor under the age of 18. Coaches and team managers must:

• Provide a physically and emotionally safe environment at all times.
• Never engage in, tolerate, conceal or fail to report any form of physical, verbal, emotional or sexual abuse involving a player — whether by an adult, teammate or any other person.
• Maintain appropriate adult-minor boundaries at all times, including:
  • maintaining appropriate supervision and accommodation arrangements for minors, avoiding one-on-one room-sharing arrangements between adults and unrelated players wherever reasonably possible;
  • avoiding unsupervised one-on-one private settings; and
  • refraining from sexually explicit communication of any kind.
• Follow age-appropriate training intensity and player welfare standards. Mandatory rest, hydration and substitution requirements under applicable FIBA youth playing rules apply.
• Carry up-to-date medical authorisations and emergency contact information for every player.
• Immediately report any safeguarding concern involving a minor to the SIYBO Tournament Director or appropriate authorities. SIYBO reserves the right to escalate safeguarding matters to local law enforcement or child protection agencies where appropriate.

3. Sportsmanship and respect

Coaches and team managers represent their team, club, school and country. SIYBO expects:

• Respect for opposing teams, players, coaches, staff and supporters before, during and after games.
• Respect for officials and their decisions. Disagreements must be raised through the official protest process and not through abusive, aggressive or threatening conduct.
• No use of profanity directed at individuals, racial slurs, sexist remarks, religious slurs or any form of harassment or intimidation, including through social media or digital communications.
• Coaches and team managers to model these standards for players at all times.

4. Anti-discrimination and inclusion

SIYBO 2026 brings together teams from more than 18 countries and territories.

SIYBO does not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or socio-economic background.

Comments, gestures or conduct that demean, intimidate or exclude another participant on these grounds may result in disciplinary action, including suspension, expulsion from the venue or removal from the tournament.

5. Substances and intoxication

• No alcohol, smoking or vaping is permitted at competition venues, on tournament-operated team transport, or within official team-designated areas of the event hotel during the tournament period.
• No team official may perform tournament duties — including coaching, supervising minors or operating a vehicle — while intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol or any controlled substance.
• The use, possession or distribution of any illegal or prohibited substance at any tournament-related location is strictly prohibited and may be reported to the relevant authorities.
• FIBA anti-doping regulations apply throughout the tournament. Coaches and team officials must never administer or encourage the use of banned substances by players.

6. Game integrity

• No team official may place, facilitate or benefit from any wager relating to a SIYBO 2026 game, division or tournament outcome, whether directly or indirectly.
• No team official may improperly approach, influence or attempt to influence referees, table officials, opposing coaches or players in relation to the outcome of a game.
• Any approach by an outside party involving match-fixing, illegal betting, bribery, intimidation or manipulation of results must be reported to the SIYBO Tournament Director within 24 hours.
• Roster fraud, age fraud, falsification of eligibility documents or the registration of ineligible players may result in immediate disqualification and forfeiture of registration fees.

7. Communications, photography and media

SIYBO live-streams games and produces photography, broadcast and highlight content for tournament-related purposes.

By registering for SIYBO 2026, the registering organisation and team confirm that all necessary parental or guardian consents relating to player participation, photography, filming and live broadcast have been obtained in accordance with applicable laws and regulations in their home jurisdiction.

Personal data collected by SIYBO will be handled in accordance with applicable Singapore data protection laws.

Team officials may not film or photograph inside locker rooms, medical areas or any other non-public/private area of tournament venues.

Photography or filming of players who are not members of your own team is restricted to the field of play and public competition areas. Close-up photography of another team’s players outside gameplay should not be conducted without the consent of that team’s manager.

Personal live-streaming from benches, locker-room-adjacent areas or other restricted tournament zones may be prohibited by SIYBO.

Public statements made by team officials about the tournament, opponents, officials, hosts or participants must remain respectful and consistent with this Code. Abusive, defamatory, inflammatory or threatening social media content may result in disciplinary action.

8. Compliance with tournament rules

All games are played under official FIBA rules together with the youth-tournament adjustments published in the SIYBO 2026 Tournament Handbook, released no later than 30 days before the event.

Coaches and team managers are responsible for understanding and complying with all tournament requirements, including:

• Eligibility rules (age cut-offs, roster limits and jersey requirements);
• Game format rules (period length, time-outs and mercy rules);
• Bench conduct regulations (technical fouls, suspensions and ejections); and
• Tournament operational procedures (arrival timing, warm-up schedules and protest deadlines).

9. Discipline and consequences

Breaches of this Code may result in disciplinary action determined by the SIYBO Disciplinary Committee, including:

• Verbal or written warnings;
• Single-game or multi-game suspensions;
• Removal from the venue or revocation of accreditation;
• Disqualification of the team from SIYBO 2026 without refund of registration fees;
• Permanent exclusion from future SIYBO events; and/or
• Referral to law enforcement authorities, FIBA, the relevant national federation, school or employer where conduct may be criminal, unethical or materially damaging to player welfare or tournament integrity.

Decisions of the SIYBO Disciplinary Committee are final and binding for the duration of the tournament.

10. Reporting a concern

If you witness or experience conduct that may breach this Code — including any safeguarding concern involving a minor — report it as soon as possible.

During the event:

• Speak to any SIYBO Tournament Steward (yellow lanyard); or
• Contact the Tournament Director directly.

By email at any time:

• siybo@touchdown.sg

Reports may be made anonymously where permitted by applicable law. SIYBO will make reasonable efforts to protect the confidentiality of reports and protect reporters from retaliation.

11. Acknowledgment

By ticking the “I accept the SIYBO Coach Code of Conduct” box during registration, the registering organisation and head coach confirm that:

• they have read and understood this Code;
• they agree to comply with it in full; and
• all team officials listed in the registration have been provided a copy of this Code and agree to comply with it.

12. Governing law

This Code shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Singapore.

Any dispute arising from or relating to this Code or participation in SIYBO 2026 shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Singapore.

Issued by: Touchdown Sports Pte Ltd, organiser of SIYBO 2026. Questions regarding this Code: siybo@touchdown.sg. SIYBO reserves the right to amend or update this Code at any time. The version published at 2026.siybo.org/code-of-conduct.html on the first day of competition shall be the binding version.