FIVB Volleyball Rules 2015-2016 EN V3 20150205 · 05.02.2015 · the referee within this framework – be ... official volleyball rules 2015-2016. ... their responsibilities and official

2015-2016

OFFICIAL VOLLEYBALL RULES 2015-2016

GAME CHARACTERISTICS 7

PART 1: PHILOSOPHY OF RULES AND REFEREEING 8

PART 2 - SECTION 1: GAME 11

CHAPTER 1: FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 12

CHAPTER 2: PARTICIPANTS 17

CHAPTER 3: PLAYING FORMAT 21

CHAPTER 4: PLAYING ACTIONS 26


CHAPTER 5: INTERRUPTIONS, DELAYS AND INTERVALS 35

CHAPTER 6: THE LIBERO PLAYER 41

CHAPTER 7: PARTICIPANTS’ CONDUCT 45

PART 2 - SECTION 2: THE REFEREES, THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND OFFICIAL HAND SIGNALS 48

CHAPTER 8: REFEREES 49


PART 2 - SECTION 3: DIAGRAMS 57

PART 3: DEFINITIONS 78

INDEX 81

GAME CHARACTERISTICS

PHILOSOPHY OF RULES AND REFEREEING

THE REFEREE WITHIN THIS FRAMEWORK

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GAME

FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

See Rules

1 PLAYING AREA

1.1 DIMENSIONS

For FIVB, World and Of>cial Compet it ions, the free zone shall

measure a minimum of 5 m f rom the side lines and 6.5 m f rom

the end lines. The f ree playing space shall measure a minimum of

12.5 m in height f rom the playing surface.

1.2 PLAYING SURFACE

For FIVB, World and Of>cial Competit ions, only a w ooden or

synthet ic surface is allowed. Any surface must be previously

approved by the FIVB.

For FIVB, World and Of>cial Compet it ions, white colours are

required for the lines. Other colours, dif ferent f rom each other,

are required for the playing court and the f ree zone.

PART 2 - SECTION 1: GAME

1.3 LINES ON THE COURT

For FIVB, World and Of>cial Compet it ions, the at tack line is

extended by the addit ion of broken lines f rom the side lines,

w ith >ve 15 cm short lines 5 cm w ide, drawn 20 cm from each

other to a total length of 1.75 m. The “ coach’s restrict ion line” (a

broken line w hich extends f rom the at tack line to the end line

of the court , parallel to the side line and 1.75 metres f rom it ) is

composed of 15 cm short lines drawn 20 cm apart to mark the

limit of the coach’s area of operat ion.

1.4 ZONES AND AREAS


For FIVB, World and Of>cial Compet it ions, the warm-up areas,

sized approximately 3 x 3 m, are located in both of the bench-

side corners, outside the f ree zone.

1.5 TEMPERATURE

For FIVB, World and Of>cial Compet it ions, the maximum

temperature shall not be higher than 25° C (77° F) and the

minimum not lower than 16° C (61° F).

1.6 LIGHTING

For FIVB, World and Of>cial Compet it ions, the light ing on the

playing area should be 1000 to 1500 lux measured at 1 m above

the surface of the playing area.

2 NET AND POSTS

2.1 HEIGHT OF THE NET


2.2 STRUCTURE

For FIVB, World and Of>cial Compet it ions, in conjunct ion w ith

speci>c compet it ion regulat ions, the mesh may be modi>ed to

facilitate advert ising according to market ing agreements.

2.3 SIDE BANDS

2.4 ANTENNAE

2.5 POSTS

For all FIVB, World and Of>cial Compet it ions, the posts support ing

the net are placed at a distance of 1 m outside the side lines.


2.6 ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT

3 BALLS

3.1 STANDARDS

3.2 UNIFORMITY OF BALLS

FIVB, World and Of>cial Compet it ions, as well as Nat ional or

League Championships, must be played w ith FIVB approved

balls, unless by agreement of FIVB.

3.3 FIVE-BALL SYSTEM

For FIVB, World and Of>cial Compet it ions, >ve balls shall be

used. In this case, six ball ret rievers are stat ioned, one at each

corner of the f ree zone and one behind each referee.


PARTICIPANTS

See Rules

4 TEAMS

4.1 TEAM COMPOSITION

– a maximum of tw o assistant coaches,

– team therapist

For FIVB, World and Of>cial compet it ions for Seniors, up to 14

players may be recorded on the score sheet and play in a match.

The maximum >ve staff members on the bench (including the

coach) are chosen by the coach him/herself but must be listed on

the score sheet , and be registered on the O-2(bis).

For FIVB, World and Of>cial Compet it ions, a medical doctor and

team therapist should be part of the Delegat ion and accredited

beforehand by the FIVB. However, for FIVB, World and Of>cial

Compet it ions for Seniors, if they are not included as members

on the team bench, they must sit against the delimitat ion fence,

inside the Compet it ion-Control Area and may only intervene if

invited by the referees to deal w ith an emergency to the players.

The team therapist (even if not on the bench) may assist w ith

the warm up unt il the start of the of>cial net warm up session.

4.2 LOCATION OF THE TEAM


w ithin their own

f ree zone. During the extended interval between sets 2 and 3 (if

used), players may use their own court as w ell.

4.3 EQUIPMENT

(except for the Libero)

(except for the Liberos)

4.4 CHANGE OF EQUIPMENT


(except for the Liberos)

4.5 FORBIDDEN OBJECTS

For FIVB, World and Of>cial compet it ions for seniors, these

devices must be of the same colour as the corresponding part of

the uniform.

5 TEAM LEADERS

5.1 CAPTAIN


5.2 COACH

For FIVB, World and Of>cial Compet it ions, the coach is rest ricted

to performing his/her funct ion behind the coach’s rest rict ion line.

5.3 ASSISTANT COACH


PLAYING FORMAT

See Rules

6 TO SCORE A POINT, TO WIN A SET AND THE MATCH

6.1 TO SCORE A POINT

Rally and completed rally

rally

completed rally

This includes the award of a penalty and loss of service for

serving faults out-w ith the t ime limit .

6.2 TO WIN A SET


6.3 TO WIN THE MATCH

6.4 DEFAULT AND INCOMPLETE TEAM

7 STRUCTURE OF PLAY

7.1 THE TOSS

7.2 OFFICIAL WARM-UP SESSION

For FIVB, World and Of>cial compet it ions, teams w ill be ent it led

to a 10 minute warm up period together at the net .


7.3 TEAM STARTING LINE-UP


7.4 POSITIONS

7.5 POSITIONAL FAULT


7.6 ROTATION

7.7 ROTATIONAL FAULT


PLAYING ACTIONS

See Rules

8 STATES OF PLAY

8.1 BALL IN PLAY

8.2 BALL OUT OF PLAY

8.3 BALL ” IN”

8.4 BALL “ OUT”


9 PLAYING THE BALL

9.1 TEAM HITS

(except Rules 9.2.3, 14.2 and 14.4.2).

9.2 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HIT


9.3 FAULTS IN PLAYING THE BALL

10 BALL AT THE NET

10.1 BALL CROSSING THE NET


10.2 BALL TOUCHING THE NET

10.3 BALL IN THE NET

11 PLAYER AT THE NET

11.1 REACHING BEYOND THE NET

11.2 PENETRATION UNDER THE NET


11.3 CONTACT WITH THE NET

Contact w ith the net by a player between the antennae, during

the act ion of playing the ball, is a fault .

The act ion of playing the ball includes (among others) take-off ,

hit (or at tempt) and landing.

11.4 PLAYER’S FAULTS AT THE NET

–

–

–

–

–

12 SERVICE

12.1 FIRST SERVICE IN A SET


12.2 SERVICE ORDER

12.3 AUTHORIZATION OF THE SERVICE

12.4 EXECUTION OF THE SERVICE

12.5 SCREENING


12.6 FAULTS MADE DURING THE SERVICE

12.7 SERVING FAULTS AND POSITIONAL FAULTS

13 ATTACK HIT

13.1 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ATTACK HIT

13.2 RESTRICTIONS OF THE ATTACK HIT


13.3 FAULTS OF THE ATTACK HIT

14 BLOCK

14.1 BLOCKING


14.2 BLOCK CONTACT

14.3 BLOCKING WITHIN THE OPPONENT’S SPACE

14.4 BLOCK AND TEAM HITS

14.5 BLOCKING THE SERVICE

14.6 BLOCKING FAULTS


INTERRUPTIONS, DELAYS AND INTERVALS

See Rules

15 INTERRUPTIONS

regular game

15.1 NUMBER OF REGULAR GAME INTERRUPTIONS

For FIVB, World and Of>cial compet it ions for Seniors, the FIVB

may reduce, by one, the number of team and/ or Technical Time

Outs in accordance w ith sponsorship, market ing and broadcast

agreements.

15.2 SEQUENCE OF REGULAR GAME INTERRUPTIONS

requests

15.3 REQUEST FOR REGULAR GAME INTERRUPTIONS


15.4 TIME-OUTS AND TECHNICAL TIME-OUTS

For FIVB, World and Of>cial Compet it ions it is obligatory to use

the buzzer and then the hand signal to request t ime-out .

For FIVB, World and Of>cial Compet it ions, in sets 1-4, two

addit ional 60-second “Technical Time-Outs” are applied

automat ically when the leading team reaches the 8th and 16th

point .

In the deciding (5th) set , there are no “Technical Time- Outs” ; only

two t ime-outs of 30 seconds durat ion may be requested by each

team.

During all t ime-outs, the players in play must go to the f ree zone

near their bench.

15.5 SUBSTITUTION

15.6 LIMITATION OF SUBSTITUTIONS

15.7 EXCEPTIONAL SUBSTITUTION


15.8 SUBSTITUTION FOR EXPULSION OR DISQUALIFICATION

15.9 ILLEGAL SUBSTITUTION

15.10 SUBSTITUTION PROCEDURE


For FIVB, World and Of>cial Compet it ions, numbered paddles

are used to facilitate the subst itut ion.

15.11 IMPROPER REQUESTS

16 GAME DELAYS

16.1 TYPES OF DELAYS


16.2 DELAY SANCTIONS

“Delay warning” delay penalty”

17 EXCEPTIONAL GAME INTERRUPTIONS

17.1 INJURY / ILLNESS

17.2 EXTERNAL INTERFERENCE

17.3 PROLONGED INTERRUPTIONS


18 INTERVALS AND CHANGE OF COURTS

18.1 INTERVALS

18.2 CHANGE OF COURTS


THE LIBERO PLAYER

See Rules

19 THE LIBERO PLAYER

19.1 DESIGNATION OF THE LIBERO

In FIVB, World and Of>cial compet it ions for Seniors, if a team

has more than 12 players recorded in the score sheet , TWO

Liberos are mandatory in the team list .

19.2 EQUIPMENT

For FIVB, World and Of>cial compet it ions, the re-designated

Libero should, if possible, wear the same style and colour of jersey

as the original Libero, but should keep his/her own number.

19.3 ACTIONS INVOLVING THE LIBERO


–

–


19.4 RE-DESIGNATION OF A NEW LIBERO

becomes

declared

Act ing

immediately and direct ly to court

Libero who is the subject of a

re-designation may not play for the remainder of the match.


19.5 SUMMARY


PARTICIPANTS’ CONDUCT

See Rules

20 REQUIREMENTS OF CONDUCT

20.1 SPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT

20.2 FAIR PLAY

21 MISCONDUCT AND ITS SANCTIONS

21.1 MINOR MISCONDUCT


21.2 MISCONDUCT LEADING TO SANCTIONS

21.3 SANCTION SCALE

Penalty, Expulsion or Disquali>cat ion.


21.4 APPLICATION OF MISCONDUCT SANCTIONS

21.5 MISCONDUCT BEFORE AND BETWEEN SETS

21.6 SUMMARY OF MISCONDUCT AND CARDS USED


THE REFEREES, THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES

AND OFFICIAL HAND SIGNALS

PART 2 - SECTION 2: THE REFEREES, THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND OFFICIAL HAND SIGNALS

REFEREES

See Rules

22 REFEREEING CORPS AND PROCEDURES

22.1 COMPOSITION

–

–

–

–

For FIVB, World and Of>cial Compet it ions an assistant scorer is

compulsory.

22.2 PROCEDURES


either

23 1st REFEREE

23.1 LOCATION

23.2 AUTHORITY


23.3 RESPONSIBILITIES


24 2nd REFEREE

24.1 LOCATION

24.2 AUTHORITY

For FIVB, World and Of>cial Compet it ions, the dut ies recorded

under 24.2.5 and 24.2.10 are carried out by the Reserve Referee.



25 SCORER

25.1 LOCATION



26 ASSISTANT SCORER

26.1 LOCATION



For FIVB, World and Of>cial Compet it ions which use an e-score

sheet , the Assistant Scorer acts w ith the Scorer to announce the

subst itut ions and ident ify the Libero replacements.

27 LINE JUDGES

27.1 LOCATION

For FIVB, World and Of>cial Compet it ions, it is compulsory to

have four line judges.

They stand in the f ree zone at 1 to 3 m f rom each corner of the

court , on the imaginary extension of the line that they control.



28 OFFICIAL SIGNALS

28.1 REFEREES’ HAND SIGNALS

28.2 LINE JUDGES’ FLAG SIGNALS

DIAGRAMS

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DIAGRAM 1a: COMPETITION / CONTROL AREA

PART 2 - SECTION 3: DIAGRAMS

DIAGRAM 1b: THE PLAYING AREA

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DIAGRAM 2: THE PLAYING COURT

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Lines should be 17 in all.

Each line should be15cm long

with 20cm gap in

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DIAGRAM 3: DESIGN OF THE NET

Axis

0.50 m / 1 m

Cord9.50 - 10 m

1 m

Cord

Cable

9 m

2.43 mMen

2.24 mWomen

0.80 m

0.07 m

0.10x

0.10 m

0.05 m

0.01 m

0.10 m

Cable

Cord

Side band

Top band

0.07 m

0.05 m

2.55 m


DIAGRAM 4: POSITION OF PLAYERS

Fault

Back-row player

Front-row player

Back-row player

Correct Fault

Back-row player

Front-row playerFront-row player

C

L (G)

R (D)

Correct

R (D)

L (G)

C

Fault

Correct R (D)

L (G)

C

Fault

R (D)CC

L (G)

Example A:

Determination of the positions between a front-row player and the corresponding back-row player

Example B:

Determination of the positions between players of the same row

C (C) = Centre player

R (D) = Right player

L (G) = Left player

C (C)C (C)

C (C)

C (C)


DIAGRAM 5a: BALL CROSSING THE VERTICAL PLANE OF THE NET TO THE OPPONENT COURT

= Fault

= Correct crossing

Crossing spaceExternal space External space

Lower space


DIAGRAM 5b: BALL CROSSING THE VERTICAL PLANE OF THE NET TO THE OPPONENT FREE ZONE


DIAGRAM 6: COLLECTIVE SCREEN

DIAGRAM 7: COMPLETED BLOCK

= Correct = Fault

Ball bounces off the netBall above the net Ball lower than

the top of the netBall touches the net


DIAGRAM 8: BACK ROW PLAYER’S ATTACK

A B

C

A B

C

A = CorrectB, C = Fault

A = CorrectB = Fault

A

B

Height of the ball at the moment of the attack-hit

Net

Attack Line

Front Zone

Net


DIAGRAM 9: SANCTION SCALES AND CONSEQUENCES

SANCTIONS SCALE AND CONSEQUENCES

DELAY WARNING SYMBOLS AND SANCTIONS

CATEGORIES OCCURRENCE OFFENDER SANCTION CARDS CONSEQUENCE

RUDE

CONDUCT

First

Second

Third

OFFENSIVE

CONDUCT

First

Second

AGGRESSION First

CATEGORIES OCCURRENCE OFFENDER DETERRENT or

SANCTION

CARDS CONSEQUENCE

DELAY First

Second and

subsequent


DIAGRAM 10: LOCATION OF REFEREEING CORPS AND THEIR ASSISTANTS

= First Referee

= Second Referee

S/AS = Scorer/Assistant Scorer

= Lines Judges (numbers 1-4 or 1-2)

= Ball Retrievers (numbers 1-6)

= Floor Moppers

4

2

R2

R1

2

2

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1

1

1

R1

4

5

3 2

4

R2

L

L

L

L

S/AS


DIAGRAM 11: REFEREES’ OFFICIAL HAND SIGNALS

1 AUTHORISATION TO SERVE

2 TEAM TO SERVE

3 CHANGE OF COURTS

4 TIME-OUT

F

F

F S

F S

F S


5 SUBSTITUTION

6b MISCONDUCT PENALTY

6a MISCONDUCT WARNING

7 EXPULSION

F S

F

F

F


8 DISQUALIFICATION

F

9 END OF SET (OR MATCH)

10 BALL NOT TOSSED OR RELEASED AT THE SERVICE HIT

11 DELAY IN SERVICE

F S

F

F


13 POSITIONAL OR ROTATIONAL FAULT

14 BALL “ IN”

15 BALL “ OUT”

F S

F S

F

12 BLOCKING FAULT OR SCREENING

F S

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