# Rule 5.6 Tournament conduct (USHA Four-Wall Rules, 20 June 1990, historical)

> **Historical rulebook: not the current rules.** The current rules are here: https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/four-wall/

USHA rules text used with permission of the U.S. Handball Association (ushandball.org); credit: U.S. Handball Association. Source: https://www.ushandball.org/

In all USHA-sanctioned tournaments, the referee is empowered to default a match if a player conducts himself in a manner detrimental to the tournament or the game of handball.

This includes the right to request the removal of abusive fans,and to default a match if such abusive fans are not removed.

## Mentioned here

- [Player](https://handball.theperfectship.com/player.md)
- [Referee](https://handball.theperfectship.com/match-referee.md)
- [Forfeit / default](https://handball.theperfectship.com/forfeit.md)
- [USHA](https://handball.theperfectship.com/usha.md)

How this rule changed: [wording in every rulebook](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/clause-history/code-onewall-smallball/5-6.md)

## Relationships

- Player relates to Referee: mentioned together in 30 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Forfeit / default: mentioned together in 5 sub-rules.
- Player relates to USHA: mentioned together in 7 sub-rules.
- Referee relates to Forfeit / default: mentioned together in 4 sub-rules.
- Referee relates to USHA: mentioned together in 4 sub-rules.

Rulebook: [USHA Four-Wall Rules, 20 June 1990](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-fourwall-1990-06-20.md)

Source: The Official United States Handball Association Handball Rules With Interpretations and One-Wall and Three-Wall Addendum Revised 1991 (Wayback capture 19980519203944 of cohandball.com). USHA rules text, used with the USHA's written permission (letter not yet filed).