# Rule 3.1 Tournament director (USHA Four-Wall Rules, September 2020, 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 line judges.

## A. Responsibilities

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

## B. Rules briefing

The current official USHA rules as posted on the USHA web site will apply and be made available. Any modifications made by the tournament director must be approved by the USHA and stated on the entry form, and/or 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)
- [Line judge](https://handball.theperfectship.com/line-judge.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)
- [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 29 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Tournament director: mentioned together in 9 sub-rules.
- Player relates to USHA: mentioned together in 8 sub-rules.
- Referee relates to Line judge: mentioned together in 6 sub-rules.
- Referee relates to Tournament director: mentioned together in 8 sub-rules.
- Referee relates to Chief of referees: mentioned together in 6 sub-rules.
- Referee relates to USHA: mentioned together in 5 sub-rules.
- Tournament director relates to Chief of referees: mentioned together in 5 sub-rules.
- No link to the other terms shown: Floor manager.
- 5 weaker links (terms mentioned together in few sub-rules) are not drawn.

Rulebook: [USHA Four-Wall Rules, September 2020](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-fourwall-2020-09.md)

Source: Four-Wall Rulebook (Wayback capture 20200921100628 of ushandball.org). USHA rules text, used with the USHA's written permission (letter not yet filed).