Drone Soccer Rules

Understanding the drone soccer rules helps players, coaches and referees compete safely and consistently. This guide explains the basic arena setup, player roles, scoring system and match format used in drone soccer.

Stadium

The official arena has the following dimensions and is 4-5m high.

Drone soccer rules and arena dimensions

The goalpost has an inner diameter of 60cm, an outer diameter of 100cm, and a width of 20cm, and the center of the goal is located between 3 and 3.5m in height from the surface of the stadium.

Each team consists of a maximum of 5 players and 5 drone balls on the field during a drone soccer match.
One of the five drones is labeled as a striker.

Only the striker can score points by passing an opponent’s goal.

The other player either supports the striker in the attack or defends against the opponent’s striker.

3 Minutes

The cockpit is assigned to the match order. The designated cockpit does not change within the game.

3 Sets

One match is 3 sets of 3 minutes each. During the set, Operation time is not allowed.

5 Break Time

Each team must use set-to-set maintenance time to parallel maintenance and operation time.