# Rule 3.1 Tournament director (USHA Four-Wall Rules, 31 January 1999, 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/

All tournaments shall be managed by a tournament director, who shall designate the officials. Whenever possible, the officials should include a chief of referees, a floor manager, match referees and linesmen.

## A. Responsibilities

The tournament director is responsible for overseeing the entire tournament. He, or his delegated representative, shall be present at all times.

## B. Rules briefing

Before all tournaments, all officials and players should be briefed on rules and on local court hinders or other regulations. This briefing should also be in writing. The current USHA rules will apply and be made available. Any modifications made by the Tournament Director should be stated on the entry form, and be available to all players at registration. It is also recommended that referee clinics be held before all USHA-sanctioned tournaments.

## Mentioned here

- [Player](https://handball.theperfectship.com/player.md)
- [Referee](https://handball.theperfectship.com/match-referee.md)
- [Floor manager](https://handball.theperfectship.com/floor-manager.md)
- [Tournament director](https://handball.theperfectship.com/tournament-director.md)
- [Chief of referees](https://handball.theperfectship.com/chief-of-referees.md)
- [Hinder](https://handball.theperfectship.com/hinder.md)
- [Court](https://handball.theperfectship.com/court.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/3-1.md)

## Relationships

- Player relates to Referee: mentioned together in 32 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Tournament director: mentioned together in 9 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Hinder: mentioned together in 18 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Court: mentioned together in 17 sub-rules.
- Player relates to USHA: mentioned together in 7 sub-rules.
- Referee relates to Tournament director: mentioned together in 7 sub-rules.
- Referee relates to Hinder: mentioned together in 11 sub-rules.
- Referee relates to Court: mentioned together in 9 sub-rules.
- Hinder relates to Court: mentioned together in 10 sub-rules.
- No link to the other terms shown: Chief of referees, Floor manager.
- 7 weaker links (terms mentioned together in few sub-rules) are not drawn.

Rulebook: [USHA Four-Wall Rules, 31 January 1999](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-fourwall-1999-01-31.md)

Source: The Official USHA Handball Rules, 1999 (Wayback capture 20000914195049 of cohandball.com). USHA rules text, used with the USHA's written permission (letter not yet filed).