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<strong>Official</strong> <strong>Volleyball</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> 2013-2016<br />
Published by <strong>FIVB</strong> in 2012 – www.fivb.org<br />
Design and layout: Samuel Chesaux<br />
Illustrations: © <strong>FIVB</strong> 2012<br />
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CONTENTS<br />
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GAME CHARACTERISTICS 7<br />
PART 1: PHILOSOPHY OF RULES AND REFEREEING 8<br />
PART 2 - SECTION 1: GAME 11<br />
CHAPTER 1: FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 12<br />
1 PLAYING AREA. ...................................................................................................................12<br />
1.1 DIMENSIONS..............................................................................................................12<br />
1.2 PLAYING SURFACE.....................................................................................................12<br />
1.3 LINES ON THE COURT ................................................................................................13<br />
1.4 ZONES AND AREAS....................................................................................................13<br />
1.5 TEMPERATURE ...........................................................................................................14<br />
1.6 LIGHTING...................................................................................................................14<br />
2 NET AND POSTS ..................................................................................................................14<br />
2.1 HEIGHT OF THE NET...................................................................................................14<br />
2.2 STRUCTURE ...............................................................................................................15<br />
2.3 SIDE BANDS...............................................................................................................15<br />
2.4 ANTENNAE ................................................................................................................15<br />
2.5 POSTS........................................................................................................................15<br />
2.6 ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT ..........................................................................................15<br />
3 BALLS..................................................................................................................................16<br />
3.1 STANDARDS ..............................................................................................................16<br />
3.2 UNIFORMITY OF BALLS ..............................................................................................16<br />
3.3 THREE-BALL SYSTEM .................................................................................................16<br />
CHAPTER 2: PARTICIPANTS 17<br />
4 TEAMS ................................................................................................................................17<br />
4.1 TEAM COMPOSITION.................................................................................................17<br />
4.2 LOCATION OF THE TEAM...........................................................................................17<br />
4.3 EQUIPMENT ...............................................................................................................18<br />
4.4 CHANGE OF EQUIPMENT...........................................................................................18<br />
4.5 FORBIDDEN OBJECTS .................................................................................................18<br />
5 TEAM LEADERS ...................................................................................................................19<br />
5.1 CAPTAIN....................................................................................................................19<br />
5.2 COACH .....................................................................................................................20<br />
5.3 ASSISTANT COACH....................................................................................................20<br />
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CHAPTER 3: PLAYING FORMAT 21<br />
6 TO SCORE A POINT, TO WIN A SET AND THE MATCH..........................................................21<br />
6.1 TO SCORE A POINT....................................................................................................21<br />
6.2 TO WIN A SET............................................................................................................21<br />
6.3 TO WIN THE MATCH..................................................................................................22<br />
6.4 DEFAULT AND INCOMPLETE TEAM.............................................................................22<br />
7 STRUCTURE OF PLAY...........................................................................................................22<br />
7.1 THE TOSS...................................................................................................................22<br />
7.2 OFFICIAL WARM-UP SESSION.....................................................................................22<br />
7.3 TEAM STARTING LINE-UP ...........................................................................................23<br />
7.4 POSITIONS .................................................................................................................24<br />
7.5 POSITIONAL FAULT.....................................................................................................24<br />
7.6 ROTATION..................................................................................................................25<br />
7.7 ROTATIONAL FAULT ...................................................................................................25<br />
CHAPTER 4: PLAYING ACTIONS 26<br />
8 STATES OF PLAY ..................................................................................................................26<br />
8.1 BALL IN PLAY .............................................................................................................26<br />
8.2 BALL OUT OF PLAY ....................................................................................................26<br />
8.3 BALL “IN”..................................................................................................................26<br />
8.4 BALL “OUT” ..............................................................................................................26<br />
9 PLAYING THE BALL ............................................................................................................. 27<br />
9.1 TEAM HITS.................................................................................................................27<br />
9.2 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HIT ..................................................................................27<br />
9.3 FAULTS IN PLAYING THE BALL ....................................................................................28<br />
10 BALL AT THE NET.................................................................................................................28<br />
10.1 BALL CROSSING THE NET...........................................................................................28<br />
10.2 BALL TOUCHING THE NET..........................................................................................29<br />
10.3 BALL IN THE NET........................................................................................................29<br />
11 PLAYER AT THE NET.............................................................................................................29<br />
11.1 REACHING BEYOND THE NET ....................................................................................29<br />
11.2 PENETRATION UNDER THE NET ..................................................................................29<br />
11.3 CONTACT WITH THE NET...........................................................................................30<br />
11.4 PLAYER’S FAULTS AT THE NET ....................................................................................30<br />
12 SERVICE ..............................................................................................................................30<br />
12.1 FIRST SERVICE IN A SET..............................................................................................30<br />
12.2 SERVICE ORDER .........................................................................................................30<br />
12.3 AUTHORIZATION OF THE SERVICE..............................................................................31<br />
12.4 EXECUTION OF THE SERVICE .....................................................................................31<br />
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12.5 SCREENING................................................................................................................31<br />
12.6 FAULTS MADE DURING THE SERVICE .........................................................................31<br />
12.7 SERVING FAULTS AND POSITIONAL FAULTS ................................................................32<br />
13 ATTACK HIT.........................................................................................................................32<br />
13.1 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ATTACK HIT.....................................................................32<br />
13.2 RESTRICTIONS OF THE ATTACK HIT............................................................................32<br />
13.3 FAULTS OF THE ATTACK HIT.......................................................................................33<br />
14 BLOCK ................................................................................................................................33<br />
14.1 BLOCKING .................................................................................................................33<br />
14.2 BLOCK CONTACT ......................................................................................................34<br />
14.3 BLOCKING WITHIN THE OPPONENT’S SPACE..............................................................34<br />
14.4 BLOCK AND TEAM HITS.............................................................................................34<br />
14.5 BLOCKING THE SERVICE ............................................................................................34<br />
14.6 BLOCKING FAULTS.....................................................................................................34<br />
CHAPTER 5: INTERRUPTIONS, DELAYS AND INTERVALS 35<br />
15 INTERRUPTIONS...................................................................................................................35<br />
15.1 NUMBER OF REGULAR GAME INTERRUPTIONS ..........................................................35<br />
15.2 SEQUENCE OF REGULAR GAME INTERRUPTIONS .......................................................35<br />
15.3 REQUEST FOR REGULAR GAME INTERRUPTIONS ........................................................35<br />
15.4 TIME-OUTS AND TECHNICAL TIME-OUTS...................................................................35<br />
15.5 SUBSTITUTION ...........................................................................................................36<br />
15.6 LIMITATION OF SUBSTITUTIONS..................................................................................36<br />
15.7 EXCEPTIONAL SUBSTITUTION.....................................................................................36<br />
15.8 SUBSTITUTION FOR EXPULSION OR DISQUALIFICATION..............................................37<br />
15.9 ILLEGAL SUBSTITUTION..............................................................................................37<br />
15.10 SUBSTITUTION PROCEDURE .......................................................................................37<br />
15.11 IMPROPER REQUESTS.................................................................................................38<br />
16 GAME DELAYS ....................................................................................................................38<br />
16.1 TYPES OF DELAYS ......................................................................................................38<br />
16.2 DELAY SANCTIONS ....................................................................................................39<br />
17 EXCEPTIONAL GAME INTERRUPTIONS ................................................................................ 39<br />
17.1 INJURY/ILLNESS.........................................................................................................39<br />
17.2 EXTERNAL INTERFERENCE ..........................................................................................39<br />
17.3 PROLONGED INTERRUPTIONS ....................................................................................39<br />
18 INTERVALS AND CHANGE OF COURTS ................................................................................40<br />
18.1 INTERVALS .................................................................................................................40<br />
18.2 CHANGE OF COURTS ................................................................................................40<br />
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36 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... vcvG 15 . 5<br />
36 ................................................................................................................................................................... cG c 15 . 6<br />
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37 ............................................................................................................................ G aC vG v vcvG 15 . 8<br />
37 ........................................................................................................................................................ dvFaFvG v vcG 15 . 9<br />
37 ................................................................................................................................................................... cG GAGE 15 . 10<br />
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CHAPTER 6: THE LIBERO PLAYER 41<br />
19 THE LIBERO PLAYER.............................................................................................................41<br />
19.1 DESIGNATION OF THE LIBERO ....................................................................................41<br />
19.2 EQUIPMENT ...............................................................................................................41<br />
19.3 ACTIONS INVOLVING THE LIBERO ..............................................................................41<br />
19.4 RE-DESIGNATION OF A NEW LIBERO ..........................................................................43<br />
19.5 SUMMARY ................................................................................................................44<br />
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20 REQUIREMENTS OF CONDUCT ............................................................................................45<br />
20.1 SPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT ......................................................................................45<br />
20.2 FAIR PLAY ..................................................................................................................45<br />
21 MISCONDUCT AND ITS SANCTIONS ....................................................................................45<br />
21.1 MINOR MISCONDUCT ...............................................................................................45<br />
21.2 MISCONDUCT LEADING TO SANCTIONS....................................................................46<br />
21.3 SANCTION SCALE ......................................................................................................46<br />
21.4 APPLICATION OF MISCONDUCT SANCTIONS .............................................................47<br />
21.5 MISCONDUCT BEFORE AND BETWEEN SETS ..............................................................47<br />
21.6 SUMMARY OF MISCONDUCT AND CARDS USED ......................................................47<br />
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CHAPTER 8: REFEREES 49<br />
22 REFEREEING CORPS AND PROCEDURES...............................................................................49<br />
22.1 COMPOSITION...........................................................................................................49<br />
22.2 PROCEDURES.............................................................................................................49<br />
23 1 st REFEREE..........................................................................................................................50<br />
23.1 LOCATION .................................................................................................................50<br />
23.2 AUTHORITY ...............................................................................................................50<br />
23.3 RESPONSIBILITIES .......................................................................................................51<br />
24 2 nd REFEREE .........................................................................................................................52<br />
24.1 LOCATION .................................................................................................................52<br />
24.2 AUTHORITY ...............................................................................................................52<br />
24.3 RESPONSIBILITIES .......................................................................................................53<br />
25 SCORER...............................................................................................................................53<br />
25.1 LOCATION .................................................................................................................53<br />
25.2 RESPONSIBILITIES .......................................................................................................53<br />
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26 ASSISTANT SCORER.............................................................................................................54<br />
26.1 LOCATION .................................................................................................................54<br />
26.2 RESPONSIBILITIES .......................................................................................................54<br />
27 LINE JUDGES .......................................................................................................................55<br />
27.1 LOCATION .................................................................................................................55<br />
27.2 RESPONSIBILITIES .......................................................................................................56<br />
28 OFFICIAL SIGNALS ...............................................................................................................56<br />
28.1 REFEREES’ HAND SIGNALS .........................................................................................56<br />
28.2 LINE JUDGES’ FLAG SIGNALS .....................................................................................56<br />
PART 2 - SECTION 3: DIAGRAMS 57<br />
D1a COMPETITION/CONTROL AREA........................................................................................58<br />
D1b THE PLAYING AREA ..........................................................................................................59<br />
D2 THE PLAYING COURT........................................................................................................60<br />
D3 DESIGN OF THE NET..........................................................................................................61<br />
D4 POSITION OF PLAYERS ......................................................................................................62<br />
D5a BALL CROSSING THE VERTICAL PLANE OF THE NET TO THE OPPONENT COURT................63<br />
D5b BALL CROSSING THE VERTICAL PLANE TO THE OPPONENT FREE ZONE .............................64<br />
D6 COLLECTIVE SCREEN ........................................................................................................65<br />
D7 COMPLETED BLOCK .........................................................................................................65<br />
D8 BACK ROW PLAYER’S ATTACK..........................................................................................66<br />
D9 SANCTION SCALES ...........................................................................................................67<br />
D10 LOCATION OF THE REFEREEING CORPS AND THEIR ASSISTANTS .......................................68<br />
D11 REFEREES’ OFFICIAL HAND SIGNALS ............................................................................69-75<br />
D12 LINE JUDGES’ OFFICIAL FLAG SIGNALS ........................................................................76-77<br />
PART 3: DEFINITIONS 78<br />
INDEX 81<br />
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54 ......................................................................................................................................................................................... aG 26 . 1<br />
54 .............................................................................................................................................................................. caG 26 . 2<br />
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56 .......................................................................................................................................................... vv cvG GvE 28 . 1<br />
56 .................................................................................................................................. avG dvGv vcGvG GvE 28 . 2<br />
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GAME CHARACTERISTICS<br />
<strong>Volleyball</strong> is a sport played by two teams on a<br />
playing court divided by a net. There are different<br />
versions available for specific circumstances<br />
in order to offer the versatility of the game to<br />
everyone.<br />
The object of the game is to send the ball over the<br />
net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court,<br />
and to prevent the same effort by the opponent.<br />
The team has three hits for returning the ball (in<br />
addition to the block contact).<br />
The ball is put in play with a service: hit by the<br />
server over the net to the opponents. The rally<br />
continues until the ball is grounded on the playing<br />
court, goes “out” or a team fails to return it<br />
properly.<br />
In <strong>Volleyball</strong>, the team winning a rally scores a<br />
point (Rally Point System). When the receiving<br />
team wins a rally, it gains a point and the right<br />
to serve, and its players rotate one position<br />
clockwise.<br />
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<strong>Volleyball</strong> is one of the most successful and popular competitive and recreational sports in the<br />
world. It is fast, it is exciting and the action is explosive. Yet <strong>Volleyball</strong> comprises several crucial<br />
overlapping elements whose complimentary interactions render it unique amongst rally games.<br />
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Rotation<br />
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Defense<br />
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In recent years the <strong>FIVB</strong> has made great strides in adapting the game to a modern audience.<br />
This text is aimed at a broad <strong>Volleyball</strong> public – players, coaches, referees, spectators, commentators –<br />
for the following reasons:<br />
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understanding the rules better, allows better play – coaches can create better team structure and<br />
tactics, allowing players full rein to display their skills;<br />
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understanding the relationship between rules allows officials to make better decisions.<br />
This introduction at first focuses on <strong>Volleyball</strong> as a competitive sport, before setting out to identify<br />
the main qualities required for successful refereering.<br />
VOLLEYBALL IS A COMPETITIVE SPORT<br />
Competition taps latent strengths. It exhibits the best of ability, spirit, creativity and aesthetics.<br />
The rules are structured to allow all of these qualities. With a few exceptions, <strong>Volleyball</strong> allows<br />
all players to operate both at the net (in attack) and in the back of the court (to defend or serve).<br />
William Morgan, the game’s creator, would still recognize it because <strong>Volleyball</strong> has retained certain<br />
distinctive and essential elements over the years. Some of these it shares with other net/ball/<br />
racquet games:<br />
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Service<br />
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Attack<br />
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Defence<br />
<strong>Volleyball</strong> is, however, unique amongst net games in insisting that the ball is in constant flight<br />
– a flying ball – and by allowing each team a degree of internal passing before the ball must be<br />
returned to the opponents.<br />
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The playing area includes the playing court and the free zone. It shall be<br />
rectangular and symmetrical.<br />
1.1 DIMENSIONS D2<br />
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free zone which is a minimum of 3 m wide on all sides.<br />
The free playing space is the space above the playing area which is free<br />
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1.2.1 The surface must be flat, horizontal and uniform. It must not present<br />
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slippery surfaces.<br />
For <strong>FIVB</strong>, World and <strong>Official</strong> Competitions, only a wooden or<br />
synthetic surface is allowed. Any surface must be previously<br />
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1.3.1 All lines are 5 cm wide. They must be of a light colour which is different<br />
from the colour of the floor and from any other lines.<br />
1.3.2 Boundary lines<br />
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and end lines are drawn inside the dimensions of the playing court.<br />
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On each court, an attack line, whose rear edge is drawn 3 m back from<br />
the axis of the centre line, marks the front zone.<br />
For <strong>FIVB</strong>, World and <strong>Official</strong> Competitions, the attack line is<br />
extended by the addition of broken lines from the side lines,<br />
with five 15 cm short lines 5 cm wide, drawn 20 cm from each<br />
other to a total length of 1.75 m. The “coach’s restriction line” (a<br />
broken line which extends from the attack line to the end line<br />
of the court, parallel to the side line and 1.75 metres from it) is<br />
composed of 15 cm short lines drawn 20 cm apart to mark the<br />
limit of the coach’s area of operation.<br />
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1.4 ZONES AND AREAS D1b, D2<br />
1.4.1 Front zone 19.3.1.4,<br />
23.3.2.3e, D2<br />
On each court the front zone is limited by the axis of the centre line and<br />
the rear edge of the attack line.<br />
The front zone is considered to extend beyond the side lines to the end<br />
of the free zone.<br />
1.4.2 Service zone<br />
The service zone is a 9 m wide area behind each end line.<br />
It is laterally limited by two short lines, each 15 cm long, drawn 20 cm<br />
behind the end line as an extension of the side lines. Both short lines are<br />
included in the width of the service zone.<br />
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1.4.3 Substitution zone<br />
The substitution zone is limited by the extension of both attack lines up<br />
to the scorer's table.<br />
1.4.4 Libero Replacement zone<br />
The Libero Replacement zone is part of the free zone on the side of<br />
the team benches, limited by the extension of the attack line up to the<br />
end line.<br />
1.4.5 Warm-up area<br />
For <strong>FIVB</strong>, World and <strong>Official</strong> Competitions, the warm-up areas,<br />
sized approximately 3 x 3 m, are located in both of the benchside<br />
corners, outside the free zone.<br />
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A penalty area, sized approximately 1 x 1 m and equipped with two<br />
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end line. They may be limited by a 5 cm wide red line.<br />
1.5 TEMPERATURE<br />
The minimum temperature shall not be below 10° C (50° F).<br />
For <strong>FIVB</strong>, World and <strong>Official</strong> Competitions, the maximum<br />
temperature shall not be higher than 25° C (77° F) and the<br />
minimum not lower than 16° C (61° F).<br />
1.6 LIGHTING<br />
For <strong>FIVB</strong>, World and <strong>Official</strong> Competitions, the lighting on the<br />
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2.1.1 Placed vertically over the centre line there is a net whose top is set at the<br />
height of 2.43 m for men and 2.24 m for women.<br />
2.1.2 Its height is measured from the centre of the playing court. The net<br />
height (over the two side lines) must be exactly the same and must not<br />
exceed the official height by more than 2 cm.<br />
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1 . 5<br />
1 . 6<br />
2<br />
2 . 1<br />
2 . 1 . 1<br />
2 . 1 . 2<br />
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2.2 STRUCTURE<br />
The net is 1 m wide and 9.50 to 10 metres long (with 25 to 50 cm on<br />
each side of the side bands), made of 10 cm square black mesh.<br />
At its top a horizontal band, 7 cm wide, made of two-fold white canvas,<br />
is sewn along its full length. Each extreme end of the band has a hole,<br />
through which passes a cord, fastening the band to the posts for<br />
keeping its top taut.<br />
Within the band, a flexible cable fastens the net to the posts and keeps<br />
its top taut.<br />
At the bottom of the net there is another horizontal band, 5cm wide,<br />
similar to the top band, through which is threaded a rope. This rope<br />
fastens the net to the posts and keeps its lower part taut.<br />
2.3 SIDE BANDS<br />
Two white bands are fastened vertically to the net and placed directly<br />
above each side line.<br />
They are 5 cm wide and 1 m long and are considered as part of the net.<br />
D3<br />
1.3.2, D3<br />
D.3<br />
1.3.2<br />
D.3<br />
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2 . 2<br />
2 . 3<br />
2.4 ANTENNAE<br />
2.5 POSTS<br />
An antenna is a flexible rod, 1.80 m long and 10 mm in diameter, made<br />
of fibreglass or similar material.<br />
An antenna is fastened at the outer edge of each side band. The<br />
antennae are placed on opposite sides of the net.<br />
The top 80 cm of each antenna extends above the net and is marked<br />
with 10 cm stripes of contrasting colour, preferably red and white.<br />
The antennae are considered as part of the net and laterally delimit the<br />
crossing space.<br />
2.5.1 The posts supporting the net are placed at a distance of 0.50-1.00 m<br />
outside the side lines. They are 2.55 m high and preferably adjustable.<br />
For all <strong>FIVB</strong>, World and <strong>Official</strong> Competitions, the posts supporting<br />
the net are placed at a distance of 1 m outside the side lines.<br />
2.5.2 The posts are rounded and smooth, fixed to the ground without wires.<br />
There shall be no dangerous or obstructing devices.<br />
2.6 ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT<br />
All additional equipment is determined by <strong>FIVB</strong> regulations.<br />
2.3, D3<br />
10.1.1, D3,<br />
D5a, D5b<br />
D3<br />
2.3<br />
D.3<br />
10.1.1<br />
D.3, D.5a,b<br />
D.3<br />
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2 . 5 . 2<br />
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3 BALLS<br />
3.1 STANDARDS<br />
The ball shall be spherical, made of a flexible leather or synthetic leather<br />
case with a bladder inside, made of rubber or a similar material.<br />
Its colour may be a uniform light colour or a combination of colours.<br />
Synthetic leather material and colour combinations of balls used in<br />
international official competitions should comply with <strong>FIVB</strong> standards.<br />
Its circumference is 65-67 cm and its weight is 260-280 g.<br />
Its inside pressure shall be 0.30 to 0.325 kg/cm 2 (4.26 to 4.61 psi) (294.3<br />
to 318.82 mbar or hPa).<br />
3.2 UNIFORMITY OF BALLS<br />
All balls used in a match must have the same standards regarding<br />
circumference, weight, pressure, type, colour, etc.<br />
<strong>FIVB</strong>, World and <strong>Official</strong> Competitions, as well as National or<br />
League Championships, must be played with <strong>FIVB</strong> approved<br />
balls, unless by agreement of <strong>FIVB</strong>.<br />
3.3 THREE-BALL SYSTEM<br />
For <strong>FIVB</strong>, World and <strong>Official</strong> Competitions, three balls shall be<br />
used. In this case, six ball retrievers are stationed, one at each<br />
corner of the free zone and one behind each referee.<br />
3.1<br />
D10<br />
3.1<br />
D.10<br />
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3<br />
3 . 1<br />
3 . 2<br />
3 . 3<br />
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4 TEAMS<br />
4.1 TEAM COMPOSITION<br />
CHAPTER 2<br />
PARTICIPANTS<br />
4.1.1 For the match, a team may consist of up to 12 players, plus<br />
– Coaching Staff: one coach, a maximum of two assistant coaches,<br />
– Medical Staff: one team therapist and one medical doctor.<br />
Only those listed on the score sheet may normally enter the Competition/<br />
Control Area and take part in the official warm up and in the match.<br />
For <strong>FIVB</strong>, World and <strong>Official</strong> Competitions the medical doctor and<br />
team therapist must be accredited beforehand by the <strong>FIVB</strong>.<br />
4.1.2 One of the players, other than the Libero, is the team captain, who shall<br />
be indicated on the score sheet.<br />
4.1.3 Only the players recorded on the score sheet may enter the court and<br />
play in the match. Once the coach and the team captain have signed the<br />
score sheet, (team list for electronic score sheet) the recorded players<br />
cannot be changed.<br />
4.2 LOCATION OF THE TEAM<br />
4.2.1 The players not in play should either sit on their team bench or be in<br />
their warm-up area. The coach and other team members sit on the<br />
bench, but may temporarily leave it.<br />
The benches for the teams are located beside the scorer's table, outside<br />
the free zone.<br />
4.2.2 Only the team composition members are permitted to sit on the bench<br />
during the match and to participate in the official warm-up session.<br />
4.2.3 Players not in play may warm-up without balls as follows:<br />
See <strong>Rules</strong><br />
4.1.1.1, 5.2,<br />
5.3<br />
5.1, 19.1.3<br />
1, 4.1.1, 5.1.1,<br />
5.2.2<br />
1.4.5, 5.2.3,<br />
7.3.3<br />
D1a, D1b<br />
4.1.1, 7.2<br />
4.2.3.1 during play: in the warm-up areas; 1.4.5, 8.1, D1a,<br />
D1b<br />
4.2.3.2 during time-outs and technical time-outs: in the free zone behind their<br />
court.<br />
1.3.3, 15.4<br />
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5.2<br />
5.3<br />
5.1<br />
19.1.3<br />
1,4.1.1<br />
5.1.1<br />
5.2.2<br />
1.4.5<br />
5.2.3<br />
7.3.3<br />
D . 1a, D .1b<br />
4.1.1<br />
7.2<br />
1.4.5, 8.1<br />
D . 1a, D . 1b<br />
1.3.3<br />
15 . 4<br />
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4<br />
4 . 1<br />
4 . 1 . 1<br />
4 . 1 . 2<br />
4 . 1 . 3<br />
4 . 2<br />
4 . 2 . 1<br />
4 . 2 . 2<br />
4 . 2 . 3<br />
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4.2.4 During set intervals, players may warm-up using balls within their own<br />
free zone.<br />
4.3 EQUIPMENT<br />
A player's equipment consists of a jersey, shorts, socks (the uniform)<br />
and sport shoes.<br />
4.3.1 The colour and the design for the jerseys, shorts and socks must be<br />
uniform for the team (except for the Libero). The uniforms must be<br />
clean.<br />
4.3.2 The shoes must be light and pliable with rubber or composite soles<br />
without heels.<br />
18.1<br />
4.1, 19.2<br />
4.3.3 Players' jerseys must be numbered from 1 to 20. 4.3.3.2<br />
4.3.3.1 The number must be placed on the jersey at the centre of the front and<br />
of the back. The colour and brightness of the numbers must contrast<br />
with the colour and brightness of the jerseys.<br />
4.3.3.2 The number must be a minimum of 15 cm in height on the chest, and<br />
a minimum of 20 cm in height on the back. The stripe forming the<br />
numbers shall be a minimum of 2 cm in width.<br />
4.3.4 The team captain must have on his/her jersey a stripe of 8 x 2 cm<br />
underlining the number on the chest.<br />
4.3.5 It is forbidden to wear uniforms of a colour different from that of the<br />
other players (except for the Liberos), and/or without official numbers.<br />
4.4 CHANGE OF EQUIPMENT<br />
The 1 st referee may authorize one or more players: 23<br />
4.4.1 to play barefoot;<br />
4.4.2 to change wet or damaged uniforms between sets or after substitution,<br />
provided that the colour, design and number of the new uniform(s) are<br />
the same;<br />
4.4.3 to play in training suits in cold weather, provided that they are of the<br />
same colour and design for the whole team (except for the Liberos) and<br />
numbered according to Rule 4.3.3.<br />
4.5 FORBIDDEN OBJECTS<br />
4.5.1 It is forbidden to wear objects which may cause injury or give an artificial<br />
advantage to the player.<br />
4.5.2 Players may wear glasses or lenses at their own risk.<br />
5.1<br />
19.2<br />
4.3, 15.5<br />
4.1.1, 19.2<br />
18 . 1<br />
4.1<br />
19 . 2<br />
4.3.3.2<br />
5.1<br />
19 . 2<br />
23<br />
4 . 3, 15 . 5<br />
4.1.1<br />
19 . 2<br />
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4 . 3 . 4<br />
4 . 3 . 5<br />
4 . 4<br />
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4 . 5 . 2<br />
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5 TEAM LEADERS<br />
Both the team captain and the coach are responsible for the conduct<br />
and discipline of their team members.<br />
The Liberos cannot be either team or game captain.<br />
5.1 CAPTAIN<br />
5.1.1 PRIOR TO THE MATCH, the team captain signs the score sheet and<br />
represents his/her team in the toss.<br />
5.1.2 DURING THE MATCH and while on the court, the team captain is the<br />
game captain. When the team captain is not on the court, the coach<br />
or the team captain must assign another player on the court, but not<br />
the Libero, to assume the role of game captain. This game captain<br />
maintains his/her responsibilities until he/she is substituted, or the team<br />
captain returns to play, or the set ends.<br />
When the ball is out of play, only the game captain is authorized to<br />
speak to the referees:<br />
5.1.2.1 to ask for an explanation on the application or interpretation of the<br />
<strong>Rules</strong>, and also to submit the requests or questions of his/her teammates.<br />
If the game captain does not agree with the explanation of the<br />
1 st referee, he/she may choose to protest against such decision and<br />
immediately indicates to the 1 st referee that he/she reserves the right<br />
to record an official protest on the score sheet at the end of the match;<br />
5.1.2.2 to ask authorization:<br />
20<br />
7.1, 25.2.1.1<br />
15.2.1<br />
8.2<br />
23.2.4<br />
a) to change all or part of the equipment, 4.3, 4.4.2<br />
b) to verify the positions of the teams, 7.4, 7.6<br />
c) to check the floor, the net, the ball, etc.; 1.2, 2, 3<br />
5.1.2.3 in the absence of the coach to request time-outs and substitutions. 15.3.1, 15.4.1,<br />
15.5.2<br />
5.1.3 AT THE END OF THE MATCH, the team captain: 6.3<br />
5.1.3.1 thanks the referees and signs the score sheet to ratify the result; 25.2.3.3<br />
5.1.3.2 may, when it has been notified in due time to the 1 st referee, confirm<br />
and record on the score sheet an official protest regarding the referee’s<br />
application or interpretation of the rules.<br />
5.1.2.1,<br />
25.2.3.2<br />
20<br />
7 .1,<br />
25.2.1.1<br />
15.2.1<br />
8.2<br />
23.2.4<br />
4.3,4.4.2<br />
7.4,7.6<br />
1 . 2, 2, 3<br />
15, 3.1,15 . 4.1<br />
15.5.2<br />
6.3<br />
25.2.3.3<br />
5.1.2.1,<br />
25.2.3.2<br />
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5 . 1<br />
5 . 1 . 1<br />
5 . 1 . 2<br />
5 . 1 . 2 . 1<br />
5 . 1 . 2 . 2<br />
5 . 1 . 2 . 3<br />
5 . 1 . 3<br />
5 . 1 . 3 . 1<br />
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5.2 COACH<br />
5.2.1 Throughout the match, the coach conducts the play of his/her team<br />
from outside the playing court. He/she selects the starting line-ups, the<br />
substitutes, and takes time-outs. In these functions his/her contacting<br />
official is the 2 nd referee.<br />
1.1, 7.3.2,<br />
15.4.1, 15.5.2<br />
1.1<br />
7.3.2, 15.4.1,<br />
15.5.2<br />
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5 . 2<br />
5 . 2 . 1<br />
5.2.2 PRIOR TO THE MATCH, the coach records or checks the names and<br />
numbers of his/her players on the score sheet, and then signs it.<br />
5.2.3 DURING THE MATCH, the coach:<br />
4.1, 19.1.3,<br />
25.2.1.1<br />
4.1<br />
19.1.3<br />
25.2.1.1<br />
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5.2.3.1 prior to each set, gives the 2 nd referee or the scorer the line-up sheet(s)<br />
duly filled in and signed;<br />
5.2.3.2 sits on the team bench nearest to the scorer, but may leave it; 4.2<br />
7.3.2, 7.4, 7.6<br />
7.3.2, 7.4,7.6<br />
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5 . 2 . 3 . 1<br />
5.2.3.3 requests time-outs and substitutions; 15.4, 15.5<br />
5.2.3.4 may, as well as other team members, give instructions to the players<br />
on the court. The coach may give these instructions while standing or<br />
walking within the free zone in front of his/her team’s bench from the<br />
extension of the attack line up to the warm-up area, without disturbing<br />
or delaying the match.<br />
For <strong>FIVB</strong>, World and <strong>Official</strong> Competitions, the coach is restricted<br />
to performing his/her function behind the coach’s restriction line.<br />
5.3 ASSISTANT COACH<br />
1.3.4, 1.4.5, D2<br />
D1a, D1b, D2<br />
4.2<br />
15 . 4, 15 . 5<br />
1.3.4<br />
1.4.5<br />
D.2<br />
D . 1a, D . 1b<br />
D.2<br />
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5 . 2 . 3 . 2<br />
5 . 2 . 3 . 3<br />
5 . 2 . 3 . 4<br />
5.3.1 The assistant coach sits on the team bench, but has no right to intervene<br />
in the match.<br />
5.3.2 Should the coach have to leave his/her team for any reason including<br />
sanction, but excluding entering the court as a player, an assistant coach<br />
may assume the coach's functions for the duration of the absence, once<br />
confirmed to the referee by the game captain.<br />
5.1.2, 5.2<br />
5.1.2<br />
5.2<br />
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5 . 3<br />
5 . 3 . 1<br />
5 . 3 . 2<br />
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6 TO SCORE A POINT, TO WIN A SET AND THE MATCH<br />
6.1 TO SCORE A POINT<br />
6.1.1 Point<br />
See <strong>Rules</strong><br />
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6<br />
6 . 1<br />
6 . 1 . 1<br />
A team scores a point:<br />
6.1.1.1 by successfully grounding the ball on the opponent’s court; 8.3, 10.1.1<br />
8.3<br />
10.1.1<br />
.vFG v bv MvF IvG vG<br />
6 . 1 . 1 . 1<br />
6.1.1.2 when the opponent team commits a fault; 6.1.2<br />
6.1.2<br />
.v vFG vcG vc vF<br />
6 . 1 . 1 . 2<br />
6.1.1.3 when the opponent team receives a penalty. 16.2.3, 21.3.1<br />
6.1.2 Fault<br />
A team commits a fault by making a playing action contrary to the rules<br />
(or by violating them in some other way). The referees judge the faults<br />
and determine the consequences according to the rules:<br />
6.1.2.1 if two or more faults are committed successively, only the first one is<br />
counted;<br />
16.2.3<br />
21.3.1<br />
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.Gav k v vFG Gavc a AvG vG c ,)iC<br />
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6 . 1 . 1 . 3<br />
6 . 1 . 2<br />
6 . 1 . 2 . 1<br />
6.1.2.2 if two or more faults are committed by opponents simultaneously, a<br />
DOUBLE FAULT is called and the rally is replayed.<br />
6.1.2, D11 (23)<br />
6.1.2,<br />
D. 11 (23)<br />
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6 . 1 . 2 . 2<br />
6.1.3 Rally and completed rally<br />
A rally is the sequence of playing actions from the moment of the<br />
service hit by the server until the ball is out of play. A completed rally<br />
is the sequence of playing actions which results in the award of a point.<br />
6.1.3.1 If the serving team wins a rally, it scores a point and continues to serve.<br />
6.1.3.2 If the receiving team wins a rally, it scores a point and it must serve next.<br />
8.1, 8.2,<br />
12.2.2.1,<br />
15.2.3,<br />
15.11.1.3,<br />
19.3.2.1,<br />
19.3.2.9<br />
8.1,8.2<br />
12.2.2.1,<br />
15.2..3<br />
15.11.1.3,<br />
19.3.2.1<br />
19.3.2.9<br />
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.G D avc HC vc a vF c ,aG G cG v GE<br />
6 . 1 . 3<br />
6 . 1 . 3 . 1<br />
6 . 1 . 3 . 2<br />
6.2 TO WIN A SET D11 (9)<br />
A set (except the deciding 5 th set) is won by the team which first scores<br />
25 points with a minimum lead of two points. In the case of a 24-24 tie,<br />
play is continued until a two-point lead is achieved (26-24; 27-25; …).<br />
6.3.2<br />
D.11 (9)<br />
6.3.2<br />
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6.3.1 The match is won by the team that wins three sets. 6.2<br />
6.3.2 In the case of a 2-2 tie, the deciding 5 th set is played to 15 points with a<br />
minimum lead of 2 points.<br />
6.4 DEFAULT AND INCOMPLETE TEAM<br />
6.4.1 If a team refuses to play after being summoned to do so, it is declared<br />
in default and forfeits the match with the result 0-3 for the match and<br />
0-25 for each set.<br />
7.1<br />
6.2, 6.3<br />
D . 11 (9)<br />
6.2<br />
7.1<br />
6.2,6.3<br />
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6 . 3<br />
6 . 3 . 1<br />
6 . 3 . 2<br />
6 . 4<br />
6 . 4 . 1<br />
6.4.2 A team that, without justifiable reason, does not appear on the playing<br />
court on time is declared in default with the same result as in Rule 6.4.1.<br />
6.4.3 A team that is declared INCOMPLETE for the set or for the match, loses<br />
the set or the match. The opponent team is given the points, or the<br />
points and the sets, needed to win the set or the match. The incomplete<br />
team keeps its points and sets.<br />
6.2, 6.3, 7.3.1<br />
6.2,6.3<br />
7.3.1<br />
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6 . 4 . 2<br />
6 . 4 . 3<br />
7 STRUCTURE OF PLAY<br />
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7 .<br />
7.1 THE TOSS<br />
Before the match, the 1 st referee carries out a toss to decide upon the<br />
first service and the sides of the court in the first set.<br />
12.1.1<br />
If a deciding set is to be played, a new toss will be carried out. 6.3.2<br />
7.1.1 The toss is taken in the presence of the two team captains. 5.1<br />
7.1.2 The winner of the toss chooses:<br />
EITHER<br />
7.1.2.1 the right to serve or to receive the service, 12.1.1<br />
OR<br />
7.1.2.2 the side of the court.<br />
The loser takes the remaining choice.<br />
12.1.1<br />
6.3.2<br />
5.1<br />
12.1.1<br />
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7 . 1<br />
7 . 1 . 1<br />
7 . 1 . 2<br />
7 . 1 . 2 . 1<br />
7 . 1 . 2 . 2<br />
7.2 OFFICIAL WARM-UP SESSION<br />
7.2.1 Prior to the match, if the teams have previously had a playing court at<br />
their disposal, they are entitled to a 6-minute official warm-up period<br />
together at the net; if not, they may have 10 minutes.<br />
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7 . 2<br />
7 . 2 . 1<br />
7.2.2 If either captain requests separate (consecutive) official warm-ups at the<br />
net, the teams are allowed 3 minutes each or 5 minutes each.<br />
7.2.1<br />
7.2.1<br />
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7.2.3 In the case of consecutive official warm-ups, the team that has the first<br />
service takes the first turn at the net.<br />
7.3 TEAM STARTING LINE-UP<br />
7.3.1 There must always be six players per team in play. 6.4.3<br />
The team's starting line-up indicates the rotational order of the players<br />
on the court. This order must be maintained throughout the set.<br />
7.3.2 Before the start of each set, the coach has to present the starting line-up<br />
of his/her team on a line-up sheet. The sheet is submitted, duly filled in<br />
and signed, to the 2 nd referee or the scorer.<br />
7.3.3 The players who are not in the starting line-up of a set are the substitutes<br />
for that set (except the Liberos).<br />
7.3.4 Once the line-up sheet has been delivered to the 2 nd referee or scorer, no<br />
change in the line-up may be authorized without a regular substitution.<br />
7.3.5 Discrepancies between players’ position on court and on the line-up<br />
sheet are dealt with as follows:<br />
7.1.2.1, 7.2.2<br />
7.6<br />
5.2.3.1, 24.3.1,<br />
25.2.1.2<br />
7.3.2, 15.5<br />
15.2.2, 15.5,<br />
D11 (5)<br />
24.3.1<br />
7.1.2.1,7.2.2<br />
6.4.3<br />
7.6<br />
5.2.3.1<br />
24.3.1,<br />
25.2.1.2<br />
7.3.2,<br />
15 . 5<br />
15.2.2, 15.5<br />
D11 (5)<br />
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7 . 2 . 3<br />
7 . 3<br />
7 . 3 . 1<br />
7 . 3 . 2<br />
7 . 3 . 3<br />
7 . 3 . 4<br />
7.3.5.1 when such a discrepancy is discovered before the start of the set,<br />
players' positions must be rectified according to those on the line-up<br />
sheet – there will be no sanction;<br />
7.3.5.2 when, before the start of the set, any player on court is found not to be<br />
registered on the line-up sheet of that set, this player must be changed<br />
to conform to the line-up sheet – there will be no sanction;<br />
7.3.5.3 however, if the coach wishes to keep such non-recorded player(s) on<br />
the court, he/she has to request regular substitution(s), by use of the<br />
corresponding hand signal, which will then be recorded on the score<br />
sheet.<br />
If a discrepancy between players’ positions and the line-up sheet is<br />
discovered later, the team at fault must revert to the correct positions.<br />
The opponent’s points remain valid and in addition they receive a point<br />
and the next service. All points scored by the team at fault from the<br />
exact moment of the fault up to the discovery of the fault are cancelled.<br />
7.3.5.4 Where a player is found to be on court but he/she is not registered on<br />
the score sheet list of players, the opponent’s points remain valid, and<br />
in addition they gain a point and service. The team at fault will lose all<br />
points and/or sets (0:25, if necessary) gained from the moment the nonregistered<br />
player entered the court, and will have to submit a revised<br />
line-up sheet and send a new registered player into the court, in the<br />
position of the non-registered player.<br />
7.3.2<br />
7.3.2<br />
15.2.2, D11 (5)<br />
6.1.2, 7.3.2<br />
24.3.1<br />
7.3.2<br />
7.3.2<br />
15.2.2,<br />
D11 (5)<br />
6.1.2, 7.3.2<br />
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c a c \c ca ,G G G a F K<br />
.G G G G E c Ea HGaG<br />
7 . 3 . 5<br />
7 . 3 . 5 . 1<br />
7 . 3 . 5 . 2<br />
7 . 3 . 5 . 3<br />
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At the moment the ball is hit by the server, each team must be positioned<br />
within its own court in the rotational order (except the server).<br />
7.4.1 The positions of the players are numbered as follows:<br />
7.4.1.1 the three players along the net are front-row players and occupy<br />
positions 4 (front-left), 3 (front-centre) and 2 (front-right);<br />
7.4.1.2 the other three are back-row players occupying positions 5 (back-left), 6<br />
(back-centre) and 1 (back-right).<br />
7.4.2 Relative positions between players:<br />
7.6.1, 8.1, 12.4<br />
D.4<br />
7.6.1, 8.1<br />
12.4<br />
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: v vvG Gv v<br />
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7 . 4<br />
7 . 4 . 1<br />
7 . 4 . 1 . 1<br />
7 . 4 . 1 . 2<br />
7.4.2.1 each back-row player must be positioned further back from the centre<br />
line than the corresponding front-row player;<br />
7.4.2.2 the front-row players and the back-row players, respectively, must be<br />
positioned laterally in the order indicated in Rule 7.4.1.<br />
7.4.3 The positions of players are determined and controlled according to the<br />
positions of their feet contacting the ground as follows:<br />
7.4.3.1 each front-row player must have at least a part of his/her foot closer<br />
to the centre line than the feet of the corresponding back-row player;<br />
7.4.3.2 each right (left) side player must have at least a part of his/her foot<br />
closer to the right (left) sideline than the feet of the centre player in<br />
that row.<br />
7.4.4 After the service hit, the players may move around and occupy any<br />
position on their court and the free zone.<br />
7.5 POSITIONAL FAULT D4, D11 (13)<br />
7.5.1 The team commits a positional fault, if any player is not in his/her correct<br />
position at the moment the ball is hit by the server. This includes when<br />
a player is on court through illegal substitution.<br />
7.5.2 If the server commits a serving fault at the moment of the service hit,<br />
the server's fault is counted before a positional fault.<br />
7.5.3 If the service becomes faulty after the service hit, it is the positional fault<br />
that will be counted.<br />
7.5.4 A positional fault leads to the following consequences:<br />
D4<br />
1.3.3<br />
1.3.2<br />
7.3, 7.4, 15.9<br />
12.4, 12.7.1<br />
12.7.2<br />
7.5.4.1 the team is sanctioned with a point and service to the opponent; 6.1.3<br />
7.5.4.2 players' positions must be rectified. 7.3, 7.4<br />
D.4<br />
1.3.3<br />
1.3.2<br />
D.4, D.11(13)<br />
7 . 3, 7 . 4,<br />
15 . 9<br />
12 . 4<br />
12 . 7 .1<br />
12 . 7 .2<br />
6.1.3<br />
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.vG v v c vG<br />
jG aJ G H DG v k DG c F<br />
.c<br />
: cvG vFG bvE vG v jvc<br />
.F DGa F cvG ivc<br />
v<br />
7 . 4 . 2<br />
7 . 4 . 2 . 1<br />
7 . 4 . 2 . 2<br />
7 . 4 . 3<br />
7 . 4 . 3 . 1<br />
7 . 4 . 3 . 2<br />
7 . 4 . 4<br />
7 . 5<br />
7 . 5 . 1<br />
7 . 5 . 2<br />
7 . 5 . 3<br />
7 . 5 . 4<br />
7 . 5 . 4 . 1<br />
7.3,7.4<br />
.vG vG cv c<br />
7 . 5 . 4 . 2<br />
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7.6 ROTATION<br />
7.6.1 The rotational order is determined by the team's starting line-up and<br />
controlled with the service order and players' positions throughout the<br />
set.<br />
7.6.2 When the receiving team has gained the right to serve, its players rotate<br />
one position clock-wise: the player in position 2 rotates to position 1 to<br />
serve, the player in position 1 rotates to position 6, etc.<br />
7.3.1, 7.4.1,<br />
12.2<br />
12.2.2.2<br />
7.3.1,<br />
7.4.1,12.2<br />
12.2.2.2<br />
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H \vG a ,c dvG cG vGa HGavG cv vc<br />
.avG Gav HvcvvG vGva vDG vcvv v<br />
G k Ga G k ga ac ,DG vG G cG c vF<br />
,vv 1 v bvE 2 v dv vG avc : vG vv gE <br />
.vE . . . 6 vv bvE 1 vv dv vvG avca<br />
7 . 6<br />
7 . 6 . 1<br />
7 . 6 . 2<br />
7.7 ROTATIONAL FAULT D11 (13)<br />
7.7.1 A rotational fault is committed when the SERVICE is not made according<br />
to the rotational order. It leads to the following consequences:<br />
7.6.1, 12<br />
7.7.1.1 the team is sanctioned with a point and service to the opponent; 6.1.3<br />
7.7.1.2 the players' rotational order must be rectified. 7.6.1<br />
7.7.2 Additionally, the scorer should determine the exact moment when the<br />
fault was committed, and all points scored subsequently by the team at<br />
fault must be cancelled. The opponent's points remain valid.<br />
If that moment cannot be determined, no point(s) cancellation takes<br />
place, and a point and service to the opponent is the only sanction.<br />
25.2.2.2<br />
6.1.3<br />
D . 11 (13)<br />
7.6.1<br />
12<br />
6.1.3<br />
7.6.1<br />
25.2.2.2<br />
6.1.3<br />
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7 . 7<br />
7 . 7 . 1<br />
7 . 7 . 1 . 1<br />
7 . 7 . 1 . 2<br />
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8 STATES OF PLAY<br />
8.1 BALL IN PLAY<br />
The ball is in play from the moment of the hit of the service authorized<br />
by the 1 st referee.<br />
12, 12.3<br />
12, 12 . 3<br />
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8.2 BALL OUT OF PLAY<br />
The ball is out of play at the moment of the fault which is whistled by<br />
one of the referees; in the absence of a fault, at the moment of the<br />
whistle.<br />
8.3 BALL ”IN” D11 (14),<br />
D12 (1)<br />
The ball is “in” when it touches the floor of the playing court including<br />
the boundary lines.<br />
1.1, 1.3.2<br />
D . 11 (14)<br />
D . 12 (1)<br />
1.1<br />
1.3.2<br />
D . 11 (15)<br />
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8.4 BALL “OUT”<br />
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The ball is “out” when:<br />
8.4.1 the part of the ball which contacts the floor is completely outside the<br />
boundary lines;<br />
8.4.2 it touches an object outside the court, the ceiling or a person out of<br />
play;<br />
8.4.3 it touches the antennae, ropes, posts or the net itself outside the side<br />
bands;<br />
8.4.4 it crosses the vertical plane of the net either partially or totally outside<br />
the crossing space, except in the case of Rule 10.1.2;<br />
1.3.2, D11 (15),<br />
D12 (2)<br />
D11 (15),<br />
D12 (4)<br />
2.3, D3, D5a,<br />
D11 (15),<br />
D12 (4)<br />
2.3, D5a, D5b,<br />
D11 (15),<br />
D12 (4)<br />
8.4.5 it crosses completely the lower space under the net. 23.3.2.3f, D5a,<br />
D11 (22)<br />
1.3.2<br />
D . 11 (15),<br />
D . 12 (2)<br />
D . 11 (15),<br />
D . 12 (4)<br />
2.3<br />
D.5a,<br />
D . 11(15),<br />
D . 12 (4)<br />
2.3 D.5a,<br />
D5b,<br />
D11 (15),<br />
D . 12 (4)<br />
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8 . 4 . 4<br />
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9 PLAYING THE BALL<br />
Each team must play within its own playing area and space<br />
(except Rule 10.1.2). The ball may, however, be retrieved from beyond<br />
the free zone.<br />
9.1 TEAM HITS<br />
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9 . 1<br />
A hit is any contact with the ball by a player in play. 14.4.1<br />
The team is entitled to a maximum of three hits (in addition to blocking),<br />
for returning the ball. If more are used, the team commits the fault of<br />
“FOUR HITS”.<br />
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9.1.1 CONSECUTIVE CONTACTS<br />
A player may not hit the ball two times consecutively 9.2.3, 14.2,<br />
14.4.2<br />
(except <strong>Rules</strong> 9.2.3, 14.2 and 14.4.2).<br />
9.1.2 SIMULTANEOUS CONTACTS<br />
Two or three players may touch the ball at the same moment.<br />
9.1.2.1 When two (or three) team-mates touch the ball simultaneously, it is<br />
counted as two (or three) hits (with the exception of blocking). If they<br />
reach for the ball, but only one of them touches it, one hit is counted. A<br />
collision of players does not constitute a fault.<br />
9.1.2.2 When two opponents touch the ball simultaneously over the net and<br />
the ball remains in play, the team receiving the ball is entitled to another<br />
three hits. If such a ball goes “out”, it is the fault of the team on the<br />
opposite side.<br />
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14.4.2<br />
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9 . 1 . 2 . 2<br />
9 . 1 . 2 . 3<br />
9.1.2.3 If simultaneous hits by two opponents over the net lead to an extended<br />
contact with the ball, play continues.<br />
9.1.3 ASSISTED HIT<br />
Within the playing area, a player is not permitted to take support from a<br />
team-mate or any structure/object in order to hit the ball.<br />
However, a player who is about to commit a fault (touch the net or<br />
cross the centre line, etc.) may be stopped or held back by a team-mate.<br />
9.2 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HIT<br />
9.2.1 The ball may touch any part of the body.<br />
9.1.2.2<br />
1<br />
1.3.3, 11.4.4<br />
1<br />
1.3.3, 11.4.4<br />
9.3.3<br />
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9.2.2 The ball must not be caught and/or thrown. It can rebound in any<br />
direction.<br />
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9.2.3 The ball may touch various parts of the body, provided that the contacts<br />
take place simultaneously.<br />
Exceptions:<br />
9.2.3.1 at blocking, consecutive contacts may be made by one or more player(s),<br />
provided that the contacts occur during one action;<br />
9.2.3.2 at the first hit of the team (except 9.2.4), the ball may contact various<br />
parts of the body consecutively, provided that the contacts occur during<br />
one action.<br />
9.2.4 It is a fault, during the reception of service, to make a double contact or<br />
catch using an overhand finger action.<br />
9.3 FAULTS IN PLAYING THE BALL<br />
14.1.1, 14.2<br />
9.1, 14.4.1<br />
9.2.3.2<br />
9.3.1 FOUR HITS: a team hits the ball four times before returning it. 9.1, D11 (18)<br />
9.3.2 ASSISTED HIT: a player takes support from a team-mate or any structure/<br />
object in order to hit the ball within the playing area.<br />
9.3.3 CATCH: the ball is caught and/or thrown; it does not rebound from<br />
the hit.<br />
9.3.4 DOUBLE CONTACT: a player hits the ball twice in succession or the ball<br />
contacts various parts of his/her body in succession.<br />
10 BALL AT THE NET<br />
10.1 BALL CROSSING THE NET<br />
10.1.1 The ball sent to the opponent's court must go over the net within the<br />
crossing space. The crossing space is the part of the vertical plane of the<br />
net limited as follows:<br />
10.1.1.1 below, by the top of the net; 2.2<br />
10.1.1.2 at the sides, by the antennae, and their imaginary extension; 2.4<br />
10.1.1.3 above, by the ceiling.<br />
10.1.2 The ball that has crossed the net plane to the opponent's free zone<br />
totally or partly through the external space, may be played back within<br />
the team hits, provided that:<br />
9.1.3<br />
9.2.2, D11 (16)<br />
9.2.3, D11 (17)<br />
2.4, 10.2, D5a<br />
9.1, D5b<br />
10.1.2.1 the opponent's court is not touched by the player; 11.2.2<br />
10.1.2.2 the ball, when played back, crosses the net plane again totally or partly<br />
through the external space on the same side of the court.<br />
The opponent team may not prevent such action.<br />
11.4.4, D5b<br />
14.1.1,<br />
14 . 2<br />
9.1,<br />
14.4.1<br />
9.2.3.2<br />
9.1<br />
D . 11 (18)<br />
9.1.3<br />
9 . 2. 2<br />
D . 11 (16)<br />
9 . 2. 3<br />
D . 11 (17)<br />
2.4,10.2, D.5a<br />
2.2<br />
2.4<br />
9 . 1, D . 5b<br />
11.2.2<br />
11.4.4<br />
D.5b<br />
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9 . 2 . 3 . 2<br />
9 . 2 . 4<br />
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9 . 3 . 2<br />
9 . 3 . 3<br />
9 . 3 . 4<br />
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10.1.3 The ball that is heading towards the opponent’s court through the lower<br />
space is in play until the moment it has completely crossed the vertical<br />
plane of the net.<br />
10.2 BALL TOUCHING THE NET<br />
While crossing the net, the ball may touch it. 10.1.1<br />
10.3 BALL IN THE NET<br />
10.3.1 A ball driven into the net may be recovered within the limits of the three<br />
team hits.<br />
10.3.2 If the ball rips the mesh of the net or tears it down, the rally is cancelled<br />
and replayed.<br />
11 PLAYER AT THE NET<br />
11.1 REACHING BEYOND THE NET<br />
11.1.1 In blocking, a player may touch the ball beyond the net, provided that<br />
he/she does not interfere with the opponent’s play before or during the<br />
latter's attack hit.<br />
11.1.2 After an attack hit, a player is permitted to pass his/her hand beyond<br />
the net, provided that the contact has been made within his/her own<br />
playing space.<br />
11.2 PENETRATION UNDER THE NET<br />
11.2.1 It is permitted to penetrate into the opponent’s space under the net,<br />
provided that this does not interfere with the opponent’s play.<br />
23.3.2.3f, D5a,<br />
D11 (22)<br />
9.1<br />
14.1, 14.3<br />
11.2.2 Penetration into the opponent's court, beyond the centre line: 1.3.3, 11.2.2.1,<br />
D11 (22)<br />
11.2.2.1 to touch the opponent's court with a foot (feet) is permitted, provided<br />
that some part of the penetrating foot (feet) remains either in contact<br />
with or directly above the centre line;<br />
11.2.2.2 to touch the opponent’s court with any part of the body above the feet<br />
is permitted provided that it does not interfere with the opponent’s play.<br />
11.2.3 A player may enter the opponent's court after the ball goes out of play. 8.2<br />
11.2.4 Players may penetrate into the opponent's free zone provided that they<br />
do not interfere with the opponent’s play.<br />
1.3.3, D11 (22)<br />
1.3.3, 11.2.2.1,<br />
D11 (22)<br />
23.3.2.3F<br />
D.5a<br />
D . 11 (22)<br />
10 . 1. 1<br />
9.1<br />
14 . 1<br />
14 . 3<br />
1.3.3<br />
11.2.2.1<br />
D . 11 (22)<br />
1 . 3. 3<br />
D. 11 (22)<br />
1.3.3<br />
11.2.2.1<br />
D . 11 (22)<br />
8.2<br />
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11.3 CONTACT WITH THE NET<br />
11.3.1 Contact with the net by a player is not a fault, unless it interferes with<br />
the play.<br />
11.3.2 Players may touch the post, ropes, or any other object outside the<br />
antennae, including the net itself, provided that it does not interfere<br />
with the play.<br />
11.3.3 When the ball is driven into the net, causing it to touch an opponent,<br />
no fault is committed.<br />
11.4.4,<br />
23.3.2.3c,<br />
24.3.2.3, D3<br />
D3<br />
11 . 4. 4,<br />
23.3.2.3C,<br />
24.3.2.3,<br />
D.3<br />
D.3<br />
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11 . 3 . 1<br />
11 . 3 . 2<br />
11.4 PLAYER’S FAULTS AT THE NET<br />
11.4.1 A player touches the ball or an opponent in the opponent's space<br />
before or during the opponent’s attack hit.<br />
11.4.2 A player interferes with the opponent's play while penetrating into the<br />
opponent’s space under the net.<br />
11.1.1,<br />
D11 (20)<br />
11.2.1<br />
11.4.3 A player’s foot (feet) penetrates completely into the opponent's court. 11.2.2.2,<br />
D11 (22)<br />
11.4.4 A player interferes with the opponent’s play by (amongst others):<br />
– touching the top band of the net or the top 80 cm of the antenna<br />
during his/her action of playing the ball, or<br />
11.3.1<br />
– taking support from the net simultaneously with playing the ball, or D11 (19)<br />
– creating an advantage over the opponent by touching the net, or<br />
– making actions which hinder an opponent’s legitimate attempt to<br />
play the ball.<br />
11.1.1<br />
D . 11 (20)<br />
11.2.1<br />
11.2.2.2,<br />
D . 11 (22)<br />
11.3.1<br />
D . 11 (19)<br />
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11 . 4<br />
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11 . 4 . 2<br />
11 . 4 . 3<br />
11 . 4 . 4<br />
12 SERVICE<br />
The service is the act of putting the ball into play, by the back-right<br />
player, placed in the service zone.<br />
12.1 FIRST SERVICE IN A SET<br />
12.1.1 The first service of the first set, as well as that of the deciding 5 th set is<br />
executed by the team determined by the toss.<br />
12.1.2 The other sets will be started with the service of the team that did not<br />
serve first in the previous set.<br />
12.2 SERVICE ORDER<br />
1.4.2, 8.1,<br />
12.4.1<br />
6.3.2, 7.1<br />
12.2.1 The players must follow the service order recorded on the line-up sheet. 7.3.1, 7.3.2<br />
1.4.2,8.1<br />
12.4.1<br />
6.3.2<br />
7.1<br />
7.3 , 7.3.2<br />
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12 . 1 . 1<br />
12 . 1 . 2<br />
12 . 2<br />
12 . 2 . 1<br />
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12.2.2 After the first service in a set, the player to serve is determined as<br />
follows:<br />
12.2.2.1 when the serving team wins the rally, the player (or his/her substitute)<br />
who served before, serves again;<br />
12.2.2.2 when the receiving team wins the rally, it gains the right to serve and<br />
rotates before actually serving. The player who moves from the frontright<br />
position to the back-right position will serve.<br />
12.3 AUTHORIZATION OF THE SERVICE<br />
The 1 st referee authorizes the service, after having checked that the two<br />
teams are ready to play and that the server is in possession of the ball.<br />
12.1<br />
6.1.3, 15.5<br />
6.1.3, 7.6.2<br />
12, D11 (1)<br />
12.4 EXECUTION OF THE SERVICE D11 (10)<br />
12.4.1 The ball shall be hit with one hand or any part of the arm after being<br />
tossed or released from the hand(s).<br />
12.4.2 Only one toss or release of the ball is allowed. Dribbling or moving the<br />
ball in the hands is permitted.<br />
12.4.3 At the moment of the service hit or take-off for a jump service, the<br />
server must not touch the court (the end line included) or the floor<br />
outside the service zone.<br />
After the hit, he/she may step or land outside the service zone, or inside<br />
the court.<br />
12.4.4 The server must hit the ball within 8 seconds after the 1 st referee whistles<br />
for service.<br />
12.4.5 A service executed before the referee's whistle is cancelled and repeated. 12.3<br />
1.4.2, 27.2.1.4,<br />
D11 (22),<br />
D12 (4)<br />
12.3, D11 (11)<br />
12.5 SCREENING D6, D11 (12)<br />
12.5.1 The players of the serving team must not prevent their opponent,<br />
through individual or collective screening, from seeing the server and<br />
the flight path of the ball.<br />
12.5.2<br />
12.5.2 A player or a group of players of the serving team make(s) a screen by<br />
waving arms, jumping or moving sideways during the execution of the<br />
service, or by standing grouped to hide the server and the flight path<br />
of the ball.<br />
12.6 FAULTS MADE DURING THE SERVICE<br />
12.6.1 Serving faults.<br />
The following faults lead to a change of service even if the opponent is<br />
out of position. The server:<br />
12.4, D6<br />
12.2.2.2,<br />
12.7.1<br />
12 . 1<br />
6 . 1. 3, 15 . 5<br />
6 . 1. 3<br />
7.6.2<br />
12<br />
D . 11 (1)<br />
D . 11 (10)<br />
1.4.2<br />
27.2.1.4<br />
D . 11 (22)<br />
D . 12 (4)<br />
12 . 3<br />
D . 11 (11)<br />
12 . 3<br />
D6, D.11 (12)<br />
12.5.2<br />
12 . 4<br />
D.6<br />
12.2.2.2<br />
12.7.1<br />
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12 . 2 . 2 . 1<br />
12 . 2 . 2 . 2<br />
12 . 3<br />
12 . 4<br />
aC K YGG H A j aC IGa c IG HC c 12 . 4 . 1<br />
.)HccG( cG H K<br />
K aC IG GG Hac a , I Ga aC c 12 . 4 . 2<br />
. k a HccG<br />
, ADG aC DG F G c 12 . 4 . 3<br />
.DG F L G aC )cKFG k ( G <br />
.G G aC DG F L ac HC aC aFG \ c ,G <br />
aG G I HGa 8 IG G c HC c 12 . 4 . 4<br />
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.ca G I Fc jG DG bc 12 . 4 . 5<br />
v DG A v<br />
v E<br />
12 . 5<br />
aC j AE KF GaFc C G cG d c 12 . 5 . 1<br />
.IG HG aC G c H d<br />
c AD G cG H G H a aC ac 12 . 5 . 2<br />
aC DG cF , F H G aC G aC YG<br />
.IvG HG va G dG aa<br />
v<br />
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12 . 6<br />
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FG H aa b DG c E vcG AG j<br />
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12.6.1.1 violates the service order, 12.2<br />
12.6.1.2 does not execute the service properly. 12.4<br />
12.6.2 Faults after the service hit.<br />
After the ball has been correctly hit, the service becomes a fault (unless<br />
a player is out of position) if the ball:<br />
12.6.2.1 touches a player of the serving team or fails to cross the vertical plane of<br />
the net completely through the crossing space;<br />
12.4, 12.7.2<br />
8.4.4, 8.4.5,<br />
10.1.1,<br />
D11 (19)<br />
12.6.2.2 goes “out”; 8.4, D11 (15)<br />
12.6.2.3 passes over a screen. 12.5, D11 (12)<br />
12.7 SERVING FAULTS AND POSITIONAL FAULTS<br />
12.7.1 If the server makes a fault at the moment of the service hit (improper<br />
execution, wrong rotational order, etc.) and the opponent is out of<br />
position, it is the serving fault which is sanctioned.<br />
12.7.2 Instead, if the execution of the service has been correct, but the service<br />
subsequently becomes faulty (goes out, goes over a screen, etc.), the<br />
positional fault has taken place first and is sanctioned.<br />
13 ATTACK HIT<br />
7.5.1, 7.5.2,<br />
12.6.1<br />
7.5.3, 12.6.2<br />
13.1 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ATTACK HIT 12, 14.1.1<br />
13.1.1 All actions which direct the ball towards the opponent, with the<br />
exception of service and block, are considered as attack hits.<br />
13.1.2 During an attack hit, tipping is permitted only if the ball is cleanly hit,<br />
and not caught or thrown.<br />
13.1.3 An attack hit is completed at the moment the ball completely crosses<br />
the vertical plane of the net or is touched by an opponent.<br />
13.2 RESTRICTIONS OF THE ATTACK HIT<br />
13.2.1 A front-row player may complete an attack hit at any height, provided<br />
that the contact with the ball has been made within the player's own<br />
playing space (except <strong>Rules</strong> 13.2.4 and 13.3.6).<br />
13.2.2 A back-row player may complete an attack hit at any height from<br />
behind the front zone:<br />
13.2.2.1 at his/her take-off, the player's foot (feet) must neither have touched<br />
nor crossed over the attack line;<br />
9.2.2<br />
7.4.1.1<br />
1.4.1, 7.4.1.2,<br />
19.3.1.2, D8<br />
1.3.4<br />
13.2.2.2 after his/her hit, the player may land within the front zone. 1.4.1<br />
12 . 2<br />
12 . 4<br />
12 . 4<br />
12.7.2<br />
8.4.4<br />
8.4.5<br />
10.1.1<br />
D . 11 (19)<br />
8.4,<br />
D . 11 (15)<br />
12 . 5,<br />
D . 11 (12)<br />
7.5.1<br />
7.5.2<br />
12.6.1<br />
7.5.3<br />
12.6.2<br />
12, 14 . 1 . 1<br />
9.2.2<br />
7.4.1.1<br />
1.4.1<br />
7.4.1.2<br />
19.3.1.2<br />
D.8<br />
1 . 3. 4<br />
1.4.1<br />
.DG c c 12 . 6 . 1 . 1<br />
.c Ia DG Fc 12 . 6 . 1 . 2<br />
:DG v vv Avv C 12 . 6 . 2<br />
Hc ( c Ia IG HC DG c<br />
: IG HC c )g L G<br />
jaG iavG a aC G cG H k 12 . 6 . 2 . 1<br />
: aG H k c <br />
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.AvDG av 12 . 6 . 2 . 3<br />
v v vG Av<br />
vCa v<br />
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.ic jGa DG <br />
DG C ca k c DG cF H GE , H a<br />
jG aJ G H )E .ADG a J , k J( k <br />
.ica aC <br />
vcva v Kv vG v v vG<br />
vcvav Kv vG v v v G <br />
12 . 7<br />
12 . 7 . 1<br />
12 . 7 . 2<br />
13<br />
13 . 1<br />
aC DG G c FG aF IG \a dG G 13 . 1 . 1<br />
.caJ G<br />
,Ga G F GE caKG G AFC D c 13 . 1 . 2<br />
.b aC <br />
k IG Kc dG G G caKG G Ha 13 . 1 . 3<br />
.FG Ga aC jaG iaG<br />
cva v vK v G v v vG acv v 13 . 2<br />
,YE jC F caKG G c HC dG G ac 13 . 2 . 1<br />
G AF( \ G IG Hac HC <br />
.)13.3.6a 13.2.4<br />
Hv YvE jC vF cavKG vG vc HC dvG vG vc 13 . 2 . 2<br />
: cG FG <br />
.gG aC aKG \E F )g( G HC c 13 . 2 . 2 . 1<br />
.cG FG G Fc HC \ c 13 . 2 . 2 . 2<br />
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13.2.3 A back-row player may also complete an attack hit from the front zone,<br />
if at the moment of the contact a part of the ball is lower than the top<br />
of the net.<br />
13.2.4 No player is permitted to complete an attack hit on the OPPONENT’S<br />
service, when the ball is in the front zone and entirely higher than the<br />
top of the net.<br />
1.4.1, 7.4.1.2,<br />
D8<br />
1.4.1<br />
1.4.1,<br />
7.4.1.2<br />
D.8<br />
1.4.1<br />
FG H caKG G c HC cC dG G c<br />
.G F G H C IG H A H GE cG<br />
F FG E caKG G c HC c <br />
. cG G H k c Ca cG FG IG Ha<br />
13 . 2 . 3<br />
13 . 2 . 4<br />
13.3 FAULTS OF THE ATTACK HIT<br />
13.3.1 A player hits the ball within the playing space of the opposing team. 13.2.1,<br />
D11 (20)<br />
13.3.2 A player hits the ball “out”. 8.4, D11 (15)<br />
13.3.3 A back-row player completes an attack hit from the front zone, if at the<br />
moment of the hit the ball is entirely higher than the top of the net.<br />
13.3.4 A player completes an attack hit on the opponent's service, when the<br />
ball is in the front zone and entirely higher than the top of the net.<br />
13.3.5 A Libero completes an attack hit if at the moment of the hit the ball is<br />
entirely higher than the top of the net.<br />
1.4.1, 7.4.1.2,<br />
13.2.3,<br />
D11 (21)<br />
1.4.1, 13.2.4,<br />
D11 (21)<br />
19.3.1.2,<br />
23.3.2.3d,<br />
D11 (21)<br />
13 . 2 . 1, D .<br />
11 (20)<br />
8.4, D.11 (15)<br />
1.4.1<br />
7.4.1.2<br />
13.2.3<br />
D . 11 (21)<br />
1.4.1,<br />
13.2.4,<br />
D . 11 (21)<br />
cv vavvKvG<br />
v v<br />
vG A v<br />
.FG cG G IG G c<br />
." k <br />
" IG G c<br />
F cG FG H caKG G dG G c<br />
. cG G a k c G F IG Ha<br />
Ha F ,FG cG E caKG G G c<br />
. cG G a k c cG FG IG<br />
v<br />
C<br />
13 . 3<br />
13 . 3 . 1<br />
13 . 3 . 2<br />
13 . 3 . 3<br />
13 . 3 . 4<br />
13.3.6 A player completes an attack hit from higher than the top of the net<br />
when the ball is coming from an overhand finger pass by a Libero in his/<br />
her front zone.<br />
1.4.1, 19.3.1.4,<br />
23.3.2.3e,<br />
D11 (21)<br />
19.3.1.2<br />
23.3.2.3d,<br />
D . 11 (21)<br />
G F IG F GE ,caKG G G G c<br />
. cG G a k <br />
13 . 3 . 5<br />
14 BLOCK<br />
14.1 BLOCKING<br />
14.1.1 Blocking is the action of players close to the net to intercept the ball<br />
coming from the opponent by reaching higher than the top of the net,<br />
regardless of the height of the ball contact. Only front-row players are<br />
permitted to complete a block, but at the moment of the contact with<br />
the ball, a part of the body must be higher than the top of the net.<br />
14.1.2 Block attempt<br />
A block attempt is the action of blocking without touching the ball.<br />
14.1.3 Completed block<br />
7.4.1.1<br />
1.4.1,<br />
19.3.1.4,<br />
23.3.2.3.e<br />
D . 11 (21)<br />
7.4.1.1<br />
v IG Ha F ,G C H caKG G G c<br />
.cG FG G G Ga G H Ic H<br />
v<br />
v<br />
vG<br />
vG AGB<br />
H G IG GD ,G H cG G aJ G<br />
YG H FG cG G H C aa a ,FG<br />
F Ha ,G dG G d ca ,aG IG<br />
.G H C G H A Hac HC c ,IG G <br />
13 . 3 . 6<br />
14<br />
14 . 1<br />
14 . 1 . 1<br />
A block is completed whenever the ball is touched by a blocker.<br />
14.1.4 Collective block<br />
A collective block is executed by two or three players close to each other<br />
and is completed when one of them touches the ball.<br />
D7<br />
D.7<br />
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.IG Ha G dJ G a<br />
v vv v vG v vG<br />
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dv v<br />
v vG v vG<br />
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.IG JC c F ca<br />
14 . 1 . 2<br />
14 . 1 . 3<br />
14 . 1 . 4<br />
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Consecutive (quick and continuous) contacts with the ball may occur<br />
by one or more blockers, provided that the contacts are made during<br />
one action.<br />
9.1.1, 9.2.3<br />
9.1.1<br />
9.2.3<br />
v<br />
v G v<br />
aC H I )a c( c HC ac<br />
.IGa AFC G i HC ,C<br />
v v<br />
14 . 2<br />
14.3 BLOCKING WITHIN THE OPPONENT’S SPACE<br />
In blocking, the player may place his/her hands and arms beyond the<br />
net, provided that this action does not interfere with the opponent’s<br />
play. Thus, it is not permitted to touch the ball beyond the net until an<br />
opponent has executed an attack hit.<br />
14.4 BLOCK AND TEAM HITS<br />
14.4.1 A block contact is not counted as a team hit. Consequently, after a<br />
block contact, a team is entitled to three hits to return the ball.<br />
14.4.2 The first hit after the block may be executed by any player, including the<br />
one who has touched the ball during the block.<br />
13.1.1<br />
9.1, 14.4.2<br />
14.4.1<br />
14.5 BLOCKING THE SERVICE 12, D11 (12)<br />
To block an opponent's service is forbidden.<br />
13.1.1<br />
9.1,<br />
14.4.2<br />
14.4.1<br />
12, D . 11 (12)<br />
D . 11 (20)<br />
v Fv<br />
vvG v<br />
v v G v v G<br />
G C ,G \cGa \cc a G c<br />
G IG c GJa ,FG G gJ<br />
.caKG G FG cF E<br />
cv v v G v<br />
v a v v G<br />
c c AFa c G <br />
.IG ID G<br />
jC Ga G aG G i HC ac<br />
.G AFC IG jG G<br />
v DG v<br />
.FG E Fc<br />
v v G AGB A v v C<br />
14 . 3<br />
14 . 4<br />
14 . 4 . 1<br />
14 . 4 . 2<br />
14 . 5<br />
14 . 6<br />
14.6 BLOCKING FAULTS D11 (20)<br />
14.6.1 The blocker touches the ball in the OPPONENT’S space either before or 14.3<br />
simultaneously with the opponent’s attack hit.<br />
14.6.2 A back-row player or a Libero completes a block or participates in a<br />
completed block.<br />
14.1, 14.5,<br />
19.3.1.3<br />
14.6.3 Blocking the opponent’s service. 14.5, D11 (12)<br />
14.6.4 The ball is sent “out” off the block. 8.4<br />
14.6.5 Blocking the ball in the opponent’s space from outside the antenna.<br />
14.6.6 A Libero attempts an individual or collective block. 14.1.1,<br />
19.3.1.3<br />
14 . 3<br />
14 . 1, 14 . 5<br />
19.3.1.3<br />
14 . 5<br />
D . 11 (12)<br />
8.4<br />
14.1.1,<br />
19.3.1.3<br />
Ga a aC E FG IG G c<br />
.F caKG G<br />
. c aC G G vG aC dvG vG c<br />
.FG E <br />
.G H " k " IG <br />
.cGaKG G L H FG IG <br />
.d aC j G G ac aC c<br />
14 . 6 . 1<br />
14 . 6 . 2<br />
14 . 6 . 3<br />
14 . 6 . 4<br />
14 . 6 . 5<br />
14 . 6 . 6<br />
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v v vG v<br />
v vG<br />
Ga GG , v v a v<br />
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15 INTERRUPTIONS<br />
An interruption is the time between one completed rally and the 1 st<br />
referee’s whistle for the next service.<br />
The only regular game interruptions are TIME-OUTS and<br />
SUBSTITUTIONS.<br />
6.1.3, 8.1, 8.2,<br />
15.4, 15.5,<br />
24.2.6<br />
GaG FG<br />
6.1.3,8.1,8.2<br />
15.4,15.5,24.2.6<br />
v v a v G<br />
aG G Ia Ga aG aG aJ aG<br />
.cGa G aG dJ cG G a G<br />
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15.1 NUMBER OF REGULAR GAME INTERRUPTIONS<br />
Each team may request a maximum of two time-outs and six<br />
substitutions per set.<br />
15.2 SEQUENCE OF REGULAR GAME INTERRUPTIONS<br />
15.2.1 Request for one or two time-outs, and one request for substitution<br />
by either team may follow one another, within the same interruption.<br />
15.2.2 However, a team is not authorized to make consecutive requests for<br />
substitution during the same interruption. Two or more players may be<br />
substituted at the same time within the same request.<br />
15.2.3 There must be a completed rally between two separate substitution<br />
requests by the same team.<br />
15.3 REQUEST FOR REGULAR GAME INTERRUPTIONS<br />
15.3.1 Regular game interruptions may be requested by the coach, or in the<br />
absence of the coach, by the game captain, and only by them.<br />
15.3.2 Substitution before the start of a set is permitted, and should be<br />
recorded as a regular substitution in that set.<br />
6.2, 15.4, 15.5<br />
15.4, 15.5<br />
15.5, 15.6.1<br />
6.1.3, 15.5<br />
5.1.2, 5.2,<br />
5.3.2, 15<br />
7.3.4<br />
6.2, 15.4, 15.5<br />
15.4, 15.5<br />
15.5, 15.6.1<br />
6.13, 15.5<br />
5.1.2,<br />
5.2,5.3.2,15<br />
7.3.4<br />
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.aG F G G k Ga k a c<br />
,aG F c c c c , <br />
.G F H aG F C aC c aca<br />
Ga c HcF aG FJ Hac HC c<br />
.cG F<br />
cG G a <br />
G c aC G Ga cG G a ac<br />
. KGaa aG c Ga<br />
j c \c ca ,aG cG cG c<br />
.aG <br />
cFG G aGa G aG<br />
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15 . 2<br />
15 . 2 . 1<br />
15 . 2 . 2<br />
15 . 2 . 3<br />
15 . 3<br />
15 . 3 . 1<br />
15 . 3 . 2<br />
15 . 4<br />
15.4 TIME-OUTS AND TECHNICAL TIME-OUTS<br />
15.4.1 Time-out requests must be made by showing the corresponding hand<br />
signal, when the ball is out of play and before the whistle for service.<br />
All requested time-outs last for 30 seconds.<br />
6.1.3, 8.2,<br />
12.3, D11 (4)<br />
6.1.3<br />
8.2, 12.3<br />
D. 4.11(4)<br />
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. IG a G L IG Ha<br />
.cF 30 Kc G aG<br />
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the buzzer and then the hand signal to request time-out.<br />
15.4.2 For <strong>FIVB</strong>, World and <strong>Official</strong> Competitions, in sets 1-4, two<br />
additional 60-second “Technical Time-Outs” are applied<br />
automatically when the leading team reaches the 8 th and 16 th<br />
point.<br />
15.4.3 In the deciding (5 th ) set, there are no “Technical Time- Outs”; only<br />
two time-outs of 30 seconds duration may be requested by each<br />
team.<br />
15.4.4 During all time-outs, the players in play must go to the free zone<br />
near their bench.<br />
D11 (4)<br />
26.2.2.3<br />
15.1<br />
D1a<br />
D.11 (4)<br />
26.2.2.3<br />
15.1<br />
D.1a<br />
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.G aG cG IE k cE aG GG<br />
k cB c ,cGa cG ,IG I aG G <br />
F k cE cF 60 yHcF H Haz 1-4 GaG <br />
.16a 8 FG E G cG c<br />
c ycF aCz a )G( G aG <br />
.c Ga cF 30 a c<br />
J IG FG E JG G G c<br />
.G aG c <br />
15 . 4 . 2<br />
15 . 4 . 3<br />
15 . 4 . 4<br />
15.5 SUBSTITUTION<br />
15.5.1 A substitution is the act by which a player, other than the Libero or his/<br />
her replacement player, after being recorded by the scorer, enters the<br />
game to occupy the position of another player, who must leave the<br />
court at that moment.<br />
15.5.2 When the substitution is enforced through injury to a player in play<br />
this may be accompanied by the coach (or game captain) showing the<br />
corresponding hand signal.<br />
19.3.2.1,<br />
D11 (5)<br />
5.1.2.3,<br />
5.2.3.3, 8.2,<br />
12.3, D11 (5)<br />
19.3.2.1<br />
D.11 (5)<br />
5.1.2.3, 5.2.3.3<br />
8.2,12.3,<br />
D.11 (5)<br />
cv v<br />
G aC G G G c \a jG AGDG aJ cG<br />
B c ,\c G HC ,G \ G<br />
.G F G I \c c jG<br />
HC c ,G G E H Ia cG c F<br />
.)aG c aC( G Ga KG cG IE KE GJ c<br />
vG<br />
15 . 5<br />
15 . 5 . 1<br />
15 . 5 . 2<br />
15.6 LIMITATION OF SUBSTITUTIONS<br />
15.6.1 A player of the starting line-up may leave the game, but only once in<br />
a set, and re-enter, but only once in a set, and only to his/her previous<br />
position in the line-up.<br />
7.3.1<br />
7.3.1<br />
I<br />
aG c<br />
Ha IaGa G I HGa dG cG c<br />
.HGaG c G ga ,aG IGa<br />
15 . 6<br />
15 . 6 . 1<br />
15.6.2 A substitute player may enter the game in place of a player of the<br />
starting line-up, but only once per set, and he/she can only be<br />
substituted by the same starting player.<br />
7.3.1<br />
7.3.1<br />
HGa dG cG H G c HC cG c<br />
.dG G F c HC Hca ,aG IGa I<br />
15 . 6 . 2<br />
15.7 EXCEPTIONAL SUBSTITUTION<br />
A player (except the Libero) who cannot continue playing due to injury<br />
or illness, should be substituted legally. If this is not possible, the team<br />
is entitled to make an EXCEPTIONAL substitution, beyond the limits of<br />
Rule 15.6<br />
An exceptional substitution means that any player who is not on the<br />
court at the time of the injury/illness, except the Libero, second Libero<br />
or their regular replacement player, may be substituted into the game<br />
for the injured/ill player. The substituted injured/ill player is not allowed<br />
to re-enter the match.<br />
15.6, 19.4.3<br />
15 . 6<br />
19.4.3<br />
dv vFv vv<br />
G vcv v vG<br />
G Ga vcc jG )G G G( G vc c<br />
c , k F v Hvc GEa , k cFaF k vc ,G aC DG <br />
.15 . 6 IG a L dFG c AGE c<br />
/DG a F Ga jC HC dFc dFDG cG<br />
,K G G aC dFG G G ,G G G G<br />
c ,cG/G G H G \GG ac<br />
.IGG aG I cG/G<br />
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An exceptional substitution cannot be counted in any case as a regular<br />
substitution, but should be recorded on the score sheet as part of the<br />
total of substitutions in the set and the match.<br />
15.8 SUBSTITUTION FOR EXPULSION OR DISQUALIFICATION<br />
An EXPELLED or DISQUALIFIED player must be substituted immediately<br />
through a legal substitution. If this is not possible, the team is declared<br />
INCOMPLETE.<br />
15.9 ILLEGAL SUBSTITUTION<br />
15.9.1 A substitution is illegal, if it exceeds the limitations indicated in Rule<br />
15.6 (except the case of Rule 15.7), or an unregistered player is<br />
involved.<br />
15.9.2 When a team has made an illegal substitution and the play has been<br />
resumed the following procedure shall apply, in sequence:<br />
6.4.3, 7.3.1,<br />
15.6, 21.3.2,<br />
21.3.3, D11 (5)<br />
8.1, 15.6<br />
15.9.2.1 the team is penalized with a point and service to the opponent, 6.1.3<br />
15.9.2.2 the substitution must be rectified,<br />
15.9.2.3 the points scored by the team at fault since the fault was committed<br />
are cancelled; the opponent’s points remain valid.<br />
15.10 SUBSTITUTION PROCEDURE<br />
15.10.1 Substitution must be carried out within the substitution zone. 1.4.3, D1b<br />
15.10.2 A substitution shall only last the time needed for recording the<br />
substitution on the score sheet, and allowing entry and exit of the<br />
players.<br />
15.10.3a The actual request for substitution starts at the moment of the<br />
entrance of the substitute player(s) into the substitution zone, ready<br />
to play, during an interruption. The coach does not need to make a<br />
substitution hand signal except if the substitution is for injury or before<br />
the start of the set.<br />
15.10.3b If the player is not ready, the substitution is not granted and the team<br />
is sanctioned for a delay.<br />
15.10.3c The request for substitution is acknowledged and announced by the<br />
scorer or 2 nd referee, by use of the buzzer or whistle respectively. The<br />
2 nd referee authorises the substitution.<br />
For <strong>FIVB</strong>, World and <strong>Official</strong> Competitions, numbered paddles<br />
are used to facilitate the substitution.<br />
15.10, 24.2.6,<br />
25.2.2.3<br />
16.2, D9<br />
24.2.6<br />
6.4.3, 7.3.1<br />
15.6, 21.3.2<br />
21.3.3, D.11(5)<br />
8 . 1, 15 . 6<br />
6.1.3<br />
1.4.3, D.1b<br />
15.10.24.2.6,<br />
25.2.2.3<br />
16.2, D.9<br />
24.2.6<br />
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15.10.4 If a team intends to make simultaneously more than one substitution,<br />
all substitute players must enter the substitution zone at the same time<br />
to be considered in the same request. In this case, substitutions must<br />
be made in succession, one pair of players after another. If one is illegal,<br />
the legal one(s) is/are granted and the illegal is rejected and subject to<br />
a delay sanction.<br />
15.11 IMPROPER REQUESTS<br />
15.11.1 It is improper to request any regular game interruption: 15<br />
15.11.1.1 during a rally or at the moment of or after the whistle to serve, 12.3<br />
1.4.3, 15.2.2<br />
15.11.1.2 by a non-authorized team member, 5.1.2.3, 5.2.3.3<br />
15.11.1.3 for a second substitution by the same team during the same<br />
interruption, except in the case of injury/illness of a player in play.<br />
15.11.1.4 after having exhausted the authorized number of time-outs and<br />
substitutions.<br />
15.11.2 The first improper request by a team in the match that does not affect<br />
or delay the game shall be rejected, but it must be recorded on the<br />
score sheet without any other consequences.<br />
15.11.3 Any further improper request in the match by the same team constitutes<br />
a delay.<br />
16 GAME DELAYS<br />
16.1 TYPES OF DELAYS<br />
An improper action of a team that defers resumption of the game is a<br />
delay and includes, among others:<br />
15.2.2, 15.2.3,<br />
16.1, 25.2.2.6<br />
15.1<br />
16.1, 25.2.2.6<br />
16.1.4<br />
16.1.1 delaying regular game interruptions; 15.10.2<br />
16.1.2 prolonging interruptions, after having been instructed to resume the<br />
game;<br />
16.1.3 requesting an illegal substitution; 15.9<br />
16.1.4 repeating an improper request; 15.11.3<br />
16.1.5 delaying the game by a team member.<br />
15<br />
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15.2.2<br />
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16.1,25.2.2.6<br />
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16.2 DELAY SANCTIONS D9<br />
16.2.1 “Delay warning” and “delay penalty” are team sanctions.<br />
16.2.1.1 Delay sanctions remain in force for the entire match. 6.3<br />
16.2.1.2 All delay sanctions are recorded on the score sheet. 25.2.2.6<br />
16.2.2 The first delay in the match by a team member is sanctioned with a<br />
“DELAY WARNING”.<br />
16.2.3 The second and subsequent delays of any type by any member of the<br />
same team in the same match constitute a fault and are sanctioned<br />
with a “DELAY PENALTY”: a point and service to the opponent.<br />
16.2.4 Delay sanctions imposed before or between sets are applied in the<br />
following set.<br />
17 EXCEPTIONAL GAME INTERRUPTIONS<br />
17.1 INJURY/ILLNESS 8.1<br />
17.1.1 Should a serious accident occur while the ball is in play, the referee<br />
must stop the game immediately and permit medical assistance to<br />
enter the court.<br />
The rally is then replayed.<br />
17.1.2 If an injured/ill player cannot be substituted legally or exceptionally, the<br />
player is given a 3-minute recovery time, but not more than once for the<br />
same player in the match.<br />
4.1.1, D11 (25)<br />
6.1.3, D11 (25)<br />
18.1<br />
15.6, 15.7,<br />
24.2.8<br />
If the player does not recover, his/her team is declared incomplete. 6.4.3, 7.3.1<br />
17.2 EXTERNAL INTERFERENCE<br />
If there is any external interference during the game, the play has to be<br />
stopped and the rally is replayed.<br />
17.3 PROLONGED INTERRUPTIONS<br />
17.3.1 If unforeseen circumstances interrupt the match, the 1 st referee, the<br />
organizer and the Control Committee, if there is one, shall decide the<br />
measures to be taken to re-establish normal conditions.<br />
17.3.2 Should one or several interruptions occur, not exceeding 4 hours in<br />
total:<br />
17.3.2.1 if the match is resumed on the same playing court, the interrupted set<br />
shall continue normally with the same score, players (except expelled<br />
or disqualified ones) and positions. The sets already played will keep<br />
their scores;<br />
6.1.3, D11 (23)<br />
6.1.3, D11 (23)<br />
23.2.3<br />
17.3.1<br />
1, 7.3<br />
D.9<br />
6.3<br />
25.2.2.6<br />
4.1.1,<br />
D . 11 (25)<br />
6.1.3<br />
D . 11 (25)<br />
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8.1<br />
6.1.3, D.11(23)<br />
15 . 6, 15 . 7,<br />
24.2.8<br />
6.4.3<br />
7.3.1<br />
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17.3.2.2 if the match is resumed on another playing court, the interrupted set<br />
is cancelled and replayed with the same team members and the same<br />
starting line-ups (except expelled or disqualified ones) and the record<br />
of all sanctions will be maintained. The sets already played will keep<br />
their scores.<br />
17.3.3 Should one or several interruptions occur, exceeding 4 hours in total,<br />
the whole match shall be replayed.<br />
18 INTERVALS AND CHANGE OF COURTS<br />
18.1 INTERVALS<br />
An interval is the time between sets. All intervals last three minutes. 4.2.4<br />
During this period of time, the change of courts and line-up registrations<br />
of the teams on the score sheet are made.<br />
The interval between the second and the third set can be extended up<br />
to 10 minutes by the competent body at the request of the organizer.<br />
7.3, 21.4.1, D9<br />
7.3.2, 18.2,<br />
25.2.1.2<br />
18.2 CHANGE OF COURTS D11 (3)<br />
18.2.1 After each set, the teams change courts, with the exception of the<br />
deciding set.<br />
18.2.2 In the deciding set, once the leading team reaches 8 points, the teams<br />
change courts without delay and the player positions remain the same.<br />
If the change is not made once the leading team reaches 8 points, it<br />
will take place as soon as the error is noticed. The score at the time that<br />
the change is made remains the same.<br />
7.1<br />
6.3.2, 7.4.1,<br />
25.2.2.5<br />
7 . 3, 21.4.1,<br />
D9<br />
4.2.4<br />
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25.2.1.2<br />
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CHAPTER 6<br />
THE LIBERO PLAYER<br />
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19.1 DESIGNATION OF THE LIBERO 5<br />
19.1.1 Each team has the right to designate from the list of players on the<br />
score sheet up to two specialist defensive players: Liberos.<br />
19.1.2 All Liberos must be recorded on the score sheet in the special lines<br />
reserved for this.<br />
19.1.3 The Libero on court is the Acting Libero. If there is another Libero, he/<br />
she is the second Libero for the team.<br />
Only one Libero may be on court at any time.<br />
19.2 EQUIPMENT 4.3<br />
The Libero player(s) must wear a uniform (OR JACKET/BIB FOR THE RE-<br />
DESIGNATED Libero) which has a different dominant colour from any<br />
colour of the rest of the team. The uniform must clearly contrast with<br />
the rest of the team.<br />
The Libero uniforms must be numbered like the rest of the team.<br />
For <strong>FIVB</strong>, World and <strong>Official</strong> competitions, the re-designated<br />
Libero should, if possible, wear the same style and colour<br />
of jersey as the original Libero, but should keep his/her own<br />
number.<br />
19.3 ACTIONS INVOLVING THE LIBERO<br />
19.3.1 The playing actions:<br />
See <strong>Rules</strong><br />
4.1.1<br />
19.3.1.1 The Libero is allowed to replace any player in a back row position. 7.4.1.2<br />
19.3.1.2 He/she is restricted to perform as a back row player and is not allowed<br />
to complete an attack hit from anywhere (including playing court and<br />
free zone) if at the moment of the contact the ball is entirely higher<br />
than the top of the net.<br />
5.2.2, 25.2.1.1,<br />
26.2.1.1<br />
13.2.2, 13.2.3,<br />
13.3.5<br />
19.3.1.3 He/she may not serve, block or attempt to block. 12.4.1, 14.6.2,<br />
14.6.6, D11 (12)<br />
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19.3.1.4 A player may not complete an attack hit when the ball is entirely higher<br />
than the top of the net, if the ball is coming from an overhand finger<br />
pass by a Libero in his/her front zone. The ball may be freely attacked<br />
if the Libero makes the same action from outside his/her front zone.<br />
19.3.2 Libero Replacements<br />
19.3.2.1 Libero Replacements are not counted as substitutions.<br />
They are unlimited but there must be a completed rally between two<br />
Libero replacements (unless a penalty causes the team to rotate and<br />
the Libero to move to position four, or the Acting Libero becomes<br />
unable to play, making the rally incomplete.)<br />
19.3.2.2 The regular replacement player may replace and be replaced by<br />
either Libero. The Acting Libero can only be replaced by the regular<br />
replacement player for that position or by the second Libero.<br />
19.3.2.3 At the start of each set, the Libero cannot enter the court until the 2 nd<br />
referee has checked the line-up and authorised a Libero replacement<br />
with a starting player.<br />
19.3.2.4 Other Libero replacements must only take place while the ball is out of<br />
play and before the whistle for service.<br />
19.3.2.5 A Libero replacement made after the whistle for service but before the<br />
service hit should not be rejected; however, at the end of the rally, the<br />
game captain must be informed that this is not a permitted procedure,<br />
and that repetition will be subject to delay sanctions.<br />
19.3.2.6 Subsequent late Libero replacements shall result in the play being<br />
interrupted immediately, and the imposition of a delay sanction. The<br />
team to serve next will be determined by the level of the delay sanction.<br />
19.3.2.7 The Libero and the replacing player may only enter or leave the court<br />
through the Libero Replacement Zone.<br />
19.3.2.8 Libero replacements must be recorded in the Libero Control Sheet (if<br />
one is used) or on the electronic score sheet.<br />
19.3.2.9 An illegal Libero replacement can involve (amongst others)<br />
1.4.1, 13.3.6,<br />
23.3.2.3d, e,<br />
D1b<br />
6.1.3, 15.5<br />
7.3.2, 12.1<br />
8.2, 12.3<br />
12.3, 12.4, D9<br />
16.2, D9<br />
1.4.4, D1b<br />
26.2.2.1,<br />
26.2.2.2<br />
– no completed rally between Libero replacements, 6.1.3<br />
– the Libero being replaced by a player other than the second Libero or<br />
the regular replacement player.<br />
An illegal Libero replacement should be considered in the same way as<br />
an illegal substitution:<br />
should the illegal Libero replacement be noticed before the start of<br />
the next rally, then this is corrected by the referees, and the team is<br />
sanctioned for delay;<br />
15.9<br />
15.9<br />
D9<br />
1.4.1,13.3.6,<br />
23.3.2.3.d.e<br />
D.1b<br />
6.1.3, 15.6<br />
7.3.2.12.1<br />
8.2.12.3<br />
12.3, 12.4, D.9<br />
16.2, D.9<br />
1.4.4,<br />
D.1b<br />
26.2.2.1<br />
26.2.2.2<br />
6.1.3<br />
15.9<br />
16.9<br />
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19 . 3 . 2 . 3<br />
19 . 3 . 2 . 4<br />
19 . 3 . 2 . 5<br />
19 . 3 . 2 . 6<br />
19 . 3 . 2 . 7<br />
19 . 3 . 2 . 8<br />
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should the illegal Libero replacement be noticed after the service hit,<br />
the consequences are the same as for an illegal substitution.<br />
15.9<br />
15.9<br />
,DG G dFaFG cG E gFG GE<br />
.dFaFG cG dJ G Ha<br />
19.4 RE-DESIGNATION OF A NEW LIBERO<br />
19.4.1 The Libero becomes unable to play if injured, ill, expelled or disqualified.<br />
The Libero can be declared unable to play for any reason by the coach<br />
or, in the absence of a coach, by the game captain.<br />
19.4.2 Team with one Libero<br />
19.4.2.1 When only one Libero is available for a team according to Rule 19.4.1,<br />
or the team has only one registered, and this Libero becomes or is<br />
declared unable to play, the coach (or game captain if no coach is<br />
present) may re-designate as Libero for the remainder of the match<br />
any other player (replacement player excepted) not on the court at the<br />
moment of the re-designation.<br />
19.4.2.2 If the Acting Libero becomes unable to play, he/she may be replaced by<br />
the regular replacement player or immediately and directly to court<br />
by a re-designated Libero. However, a Libero who is the subject of a<br />
re-designation may not play for the remainder of the match.<br />
If the Libero is not on court when declared unable to play, he/she may<br />
also be the subject of a re-designation. The Libero declared unable to<br />
play may not play for the remainder of the match.<br />
19.4.2.3 The coach, or game captain if no coach is present, contacts the second<br />
referee informing him/her about the re-designation.<br />
19.4.2.4 Should a re-designated Libero become or be declared unable to play,<br />
further re-designations are permitted.<br />
19.4.2.5 If the coach requests the team captain to be re-designated as the new<br />
Libero, this will be permitted – but the team captain must in this case<br />
relinquish all leadership privileges.<br />
19.4.2.6 In the case of a re-designated Libero, the number of the player redesignated<br />
as Libero must be recorded on the score sheet remarks<br />
section and on the Libero control sheet (or electronic score sheet if<br />
one is used.)<br />
19.4.3 Team with two Liberos<br />
19.4.3.1 Where a team has registered on the score sheet two Liberos, but one<br />
becomes unable to play the team has the right to play with only one<br />
Libero.<br />
No re-designation will be allowed, however, unless the remaining<br />
Libero is unable to continue playing for the match.<br />
21.3.2, 21.3.3,<br />
D9<br />
5.1.2.1, 5.2.1<br />
19.4, 19.4.1<br />
5.1.2.1, 5.2.1<br />
19.4.1<br />
5.1.2, 19.4.1<br />
25.2.2.7,<br />
26.2.2.1<br />
4.1.1, 19.1.1<br />
19.4<br />
21.3.2, 21.3.3,<br />
D.9<br />
5.1.2.1, 5.2.1<br />
19.4, 1.4.1<br />
5.1.2.1<br />
5.2.1<br />
19.4.1<br />
5.1.2, 19.4.1<br />
25.2.2.7<br />
26.2.2.1<br />
4.1.1<br />
19.1.1<br />
19.4<br />
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19 . 4 . 2<br />
19 . 4 . 2 . 1<br />
19 . 4 . 2 . 2<br />
19 . 4 . 2 . 3<br />
19 . 4 . 2 . 4<br />
19 . 4 . 2 . 5<br />
19 . 4 . 2 . 6<br />
19 . 4 . 3<br />
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19.5 SUMMARY<br />
19.5.1 If the Libero is expelled or disqualified, he/she may be replaced<br />
immediately by the team’s second Libero. Should the team have only<br />
one Libero, then it has the right to make a re-designation.<br />
19.4, 21.3.2,<br />
21.3.3<br />
9.4, 21.3.2,<br />
21.3.3<br />
G 19 . 5<br />
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c , Ga c H GE .c dFG G G<br />
.cG IE AG c<br />
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CHAPTER 7<br />
PARTICIPANTS’ CONDUCT<br />
v v v G v v vG<br />
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20 REQUIREMENTS OF CONDUCT<br />
20.1 SPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT<br />
20.1.1 Participants must know the “<strong>Official</strong> <strong>Volleyball</strong> <strong>Rules</strong>” and abide by<br />
them.<br />
20.1.2 Participants must accept referees' decisions with sportsmanlike conduct,<br />
without disputing them.<br />
In case of doubt, clarification may be requested only through the game<br />
captain.<br />
20.1.3 Participants must refrain from actions or attitudes aimed at influencing<br />
the decisions of the referees or covering up faults committed by their<br />
team.<br />
See <strong>Rules</strong><br />
5.1.2.1<br />
GaG FG<br />
5.1.2.1<br />
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20<br />
20 . 1<br />
20 . 1 . 1<br />
20 . 1 . 2<br />
20 . 1 . 3<br />
20.2 FAIR PLAY<br />
20.2.1 Participants must behave respectfully and courteously in the spirit<br />
of FAIR PLAY, not only towards the referees, but also towards other<br />
officials, the opponent, team-mates and spectators.<br />
20.2.2 Communication between team members during the match is permitted. 5.2.3.4<br />
21 MISCONDUCT AND ITS SANCTIONS<br />
21.1 MINOR MISCONDUCT<br />
Minor misconduct offences are not subject to sanctions. It is the<br />
1 st referee’s duty to prevent the teams from approaching the sanctioning<br />
level.<br />
This is done in two stages:<br />
Stage 1: by issuing a verbal warning through the game captain;<br />
Stage 2: by use of a YELLOW CARD to the team member(s) concerned.<br />
This formal warning is not in itself a sanction but a symbol that the team<br />
member (and by extension the team) has reached the sanctioning level<br />
for the match. It is recorded in the score sheet but has no immediate<br />
consequences.<br />
5.1.2, 21.3<br />
D9, D11 (6a)<br />
5.2.3.4<br />
5.1.2,21.3<br />
D9, D11 (6a)<br />
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20 . 2<br />
20 . 2 . 1<br />
20 . 2 . 2<br />
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21.2 MISCONDUCT LEADING TO SANCTIONS<br />
Incorrect conduct by a team member towards officials, opponents,<br />
team-mates or spectators is classified in three categories according to<br />
the seriousness of the offence.<br />
21.2.1 Rude conduct: action contrary to good manners or moral principles.<br />
21.2.2 Offensive conduct: defamatory or insulting words or gestures or any<br />
action expressing contempt.<br />
21.2.3 Aggression: actual physical attack or aggressive or threatening<br />
behaviour.<br />
21.3 SANCTION SCALE D9<br />
According to the judgment of the 1 st referee and depending on the<br />
seriousness of the offence, the sanctions to be applied and recorded on<br />
the score sheet are: Penalty, Expulsion or Disqualification.<br />
21.2, 25.2.2.6<br />
21.3.1 Penalty D11 (6b)<br />
The first rude conduct in the match by any team member is penalized<br />
with a point and service to the opponent.<br />
4.1.1<br />
4.1.1, 21.2.1<br />
21.3.2 Expulsion D11 (7)<br />
21.3.2.1 A team member who is sanctioned by expulsion shall not play for the<br />
rest of the set, must be substituted legally and immediately if on court<br />
and must remain seated in the penalty area with no other consequences.<br />
An expelled coach loses his/her right to intervene in the set and must<br />
remain seated in the penalty area.<br />
21.3.2.2 The first offensive conduct by a team member is sanctioned by expulsion<br />
with no other consequences.<br />
21.3.2.3 The second rude conduct in the same match by the same team member<br />
is sanctioned by expulsion with no other consequences.<br />
1.4.6, 4.1.1,<br />
5.2.1, 5.3.2,<br />
D1a, D1b<br />
5.2.3.3<br />
4.1.1, 21.2.2<br />
4.1.1, 21.2.1<br />
21.3.3 Disqualification D11 (8)<br />
21.3.3.1 A team member who is sanctioned by disqualification must be<br />
substituted legally and immediately if on court and must leave the<br />
Competition-Control Area for the rest of the match with no other<br />
consequences.<br />
21.3.3.2 The first physical attack or implied or threatened aggression is sanctioned<br />
by disqualification with no other consequences.<br />
21.3.3.3 The second offensive conduct in the same match by the same team<br />
member is sanctioned by disqualification with no other consequences.<br />
4.1.1, D1a<br />
21.2.3<br />
4.1.1, 21.2.2<br />
4 . 1. 1<br />
D.9<br />
21 . 2<br />
25.2.2.6<br />
D . 11 (6b)<br />
4.1.1<br />
21.2.1<br />
D . 11 (7)<br />
1.4.6<br />
4.1.1<br />
5.2.1 , 5.3.2<br />
D . 1a, D . 1b<br />
5.2.3.3<br />
4 . 1. 1<br />
21.2.2<br />
4 . 1. 1<br />
21.2.1<br />
D . 11 (8)<br />
4 . 1. 1<br />
D.1a<br />
21 . 2. 3<br />
4.1.1<br />
21.2.2<br />
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21 . 3<br />
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21 . 3 . 2 . 1<br />
21 . 3 . 2 . 2<br />
21 . 3 . 2 . 3<br />
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21 . 3 . 3 . 2<br />
21 . 3 . 3 . 3<br />
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21.3.3.4 The third rude conduct in the same match by the same team member is<br />
sanctioned by disqualification with no other consequences.<br />
21.4 APPLICATION OF MISCONDUCT SANCTIONS<br />
21.4.1 All misconduct sanctions are individual sanctions, remain in force for the<br />
entire match and are recorded on the score sheet.<br />
21.4.2 The repetition of misconduct by the same team member in the same<br />
match is sanctioned progressively (the team member receives a heavier<br />
sanction for each successive offence).<br />
21.4.3 Expulsion or disqualification due to offensive conduct or aggression<br />
does not require a previous sanction.<br />
21.5 MISCONDUCT BEFORE AND BETWEEN SETS<br />
Any misconduct occurring before or between sets is sanctioned<br />
according to Rule 21.3 and sanctions apply in the following set.<br />
4.1.1, 21.2.1<br />
21.3, 25.2.2.6<br />
4.1.1, 21.2,<br />
21.3, D9<br />
21.2, 21.3<br />
18.1, 21.2,<br />
21.3<br />
21.6 SUMMARY OF MISCONDUCT AND CARDS USED D11 (6a, 6b, 7, 8)<br />
Warning: no sanction – Stage 1: verbal warning<br />
Stage 2: symbol Yellow card<br />
Penalty: sanction – symbol Red card 21.3.1<br />
Expulsion: sanction – symbol Red + Yellow cards jointly 21.3.2<br />
Disqualification: sanction – symbol Red + Yellow card separately 21.3.3<br />
21.1<br />
4 . 1. 1,<br />
21.2.1<br />
21 . 3<br />
25.2.2.6<br />
4.1.1<br />
21 . 2, 21 . 3<br />
D.9<br />
21 . 2, 21 . 3<br />
18 . 1<br />
21 . 2, 21 . 3<br />
D.11<br />
(6a,6b,7,8)<br />
21 . 1<br />
21.3.1<br />
21.3.2<br />
21.3.3<br />
a F Ga IGG F G KG aG ic<br />
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21 . 3 . 3 . 4<br />
21 . 4<br />
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21 . 6<br />
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SECTION 2:<br />
THE REFEREES,<br />
THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES<br />
AND OFFICIAL<br />
HAND SIGNALS<br />
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CHAPTER 8<br />
REFEREES<br />
22 REFEREEING CORPS AND PROCEDURES<br />
22.1 COMPOSITION<br />
The refereeing corps for a match is composed of the following officials:<br />
– the 1 st referee, 23<br />
– the 2 nd referee, 24<br />
– the scorer, 25<br />
– four (two) line judges. 27<br />
Their location is shown in Diagram 10.<br />
For <strong>FIVB</strong>, World and <strong>Official</strong> Competitions an assistant scorer is<br />
compulsory.<br />
22.2 PROCEDURES<br />
22.2.1 Only the 1 st and 2 nd referees may blow a whistle during the match:<br />
See <strong>Rules</strong><br />
22.2.1.1 the 1 st referee gives the signal for the service that begins the rally; 6.1.3, 12.3<br />
22.2.1.2 the 1 st or 2 nd referee signals the end of the rally, provided that they<br />
are sure that a fault has been committed and they have identified its<br />
nature.<br />
22.2.2 They may blow the whistle when the ball is out of play to indicate that<br />
they authorize or reject a team request.<br />
22.2.3 Immediately after the referee’s whistle to signal the completion of the<br />
rally, they have to indicate with the official hand signals:<br />
22.2.3.1 if the fault is whistled by the 1 st referee, he/she will indicate in order:<br />
26<br />
5.1.2, 8.2<br />
22.2.1.2, 28.1<br />
a) the team to serve, 12.2.2, D11 (2)<br />
b) the nature of the fault,<br />
c) the player(s) at fault (if necessary).<br />
The 2 nd referee will follow the 1 st referee’s hand signals by repeating<br />
them.<br />
GaG FG<br />
23<br />
24<br />
25<br />
27<br />
26<br />
6.1.3,12.3<br />
5.1.2,8.2<br />
22.2.1.2<br />
28 .1<br />
12.2.2, D.11(2)<br />
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22 . 1<br />
22 . 2<br />
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FJ HC H Gc HC ,aGG cKF E dFGa aG HG c<br />
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22 . 2 . 1 . 2<br />
aC Ga KF ca G a AFC IG E K c 22 . 2 . 2<br />
.cG <br />
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22.2.3.2 If the fault is whistled by the 2 nd referee, he/she will indicate:<br />
a) the nature of the fault,<br />
b) the player at fault (if necessary),<br />
c) the team to serve following the hand signal of the 1 st referee. 12.2.2<br />
In this case, the 1 st referee does not show either the nature of the fault<br />
or the player at fault, but only the team to serve.<br />
22.2.3.3 In the case of an attack hit fault by back row or Libero players, both<br />
referees indicate according to 22.2.3.1 and 22.2.3.2 above.<br />
22.2.3.4 In the case of a double fault both referees indicate in order:<br />
D11 (2)<br />
12.2.2, 13.3.3,<br />
13.3.5,<br />
19.3.1.2,<br />
23.3.2.3d, e,<br />
D11 (21)<br />
a) the nature of the fault, 17.3, D11 (23)<br />
b) the players at fault (if necessary),<br />
c) the team to serve as directed by the 1 st referee. 12.2.2, D11 (2)<br />
23 1 st REFEREE<br />
23.1 LOCATION<br />
The 1 st referee carries out his/her functions standing on a referee's<br />
stand located at one end of the net on the opposite side to the scorer.<br />
His/her view must be approximately 50 cm above the net.<br />
23.2 AUTHORITY<br />
23.2.1 The 1 st referee directs the match from the start until the end. He/<br />
she has authority over all members of the refereeing corps and the<br />
members of the teams.<br />
During the match his/her decisions are final. He/she is authorized to<br />
overrule the decisions of other members of the refereeing corps, if it is<br />
noticed that they are mistaken.<br />
He/she may even replace a member of the refereeing corps who is not<br />
performing his/her functions properly.<br />
23.2.2 He/she also controls the work of the ball retrievers, floor wipers and<br />
moppers.<br />
23.2.3 He/she has the power to decide any matters involving the game,<br />
including those not provided for in the rules.<br />
D1a, D1b, D10<br />
4.1.1, 6.3<br />
23.2.4 He/she shall not permit any discussion about his/her decisions. 20.1.2<br />
3.3<br />
12.2.2<br />
D . 11 (2)<br />
12.2.2,<br />
13.3.3, 13.3.5<br />
19.3.1.2,<br />
23.3.2.3. d,e<br />
D . 11 (21)<br />
17.3, D.11(23)<br />
12.2.2, D.11(2)<br />
D . 1a, D . 1b<br />
D.10<br />
4.1.1<br />
6.3<br />
3.3<br />
20.1.2<br />
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However, at the request of the game captain, the 1 st referee will give<br />
an explanation on the application or interpretation of the rules upon<br />
which he/she has based the decision.<br />
If the game captain does not agree with this explanation and chooses<br />
to protest against such decision, he/she must immediately reserve the<br />
right to file and record this protest at the conclusion of the match. The<br />
1 st referee must authorize this right of the game captain.<br />
23.2.5 The 1 st referee is responsible for determining before and during the<br />
match whether the playing area equipment and the conditions meet<br />
playing requirements.<br />
23.3 RESPONSIBILITIES<br />
23.3.1 Prior to the match, the 1 st referee:<br />
23.3.1.1 inspects the conditions of the playing area, the balls and other<br />
equipment;<br />
23.3.1.2 performs the toss with the team captains; 7.1<br />
23.3.1.3 controls the teams' warming-up. 7.2<br />
23.3.2 During the match, he/she is authorized:<br />
5.1.2.1<br />
5.1.2.1,<br />
5.1.3.2,<br />
25.2.3.2<br />
23.3.2.1 to issue warnings to the teams; 21.1<br />
Chapter 1,<br />
23.3.1.1<br />
Chapter 1,<br />
23.2.5<br />
23.3.2.2 to sanction misconduct and delays; 16.2, 21.2, D9,<br />
D11 (6a, 6b, 7,<br />
8, 25)<br />
23.3.2.3 to decide upon:<br />
a) the faults of the server and of the positions of the serving team,<br />
including the screen;<br />
7.5, 12.4, 12.5,<br />
12.7.1, D4, D6,<br />
D11 (12,13)<br />
b) the faults in playing the ball; 9.3,<br />
D11 (16, 17)<br />
c) the faults above the net, and the faulty contact of the player with the<br />
net, primarily on the attacker’s side;<br />
11.3.1,11.4.1,<br />
11.4.4,<br />
D11 (20)<br />
d) the attack hit faults of the Libero and back-row players; 13.3.3, 13.3.5,<br />
24.3.2.4, D8,<br />
D11 (21)<br />
e) the completed attack hits made by a player on a ball above net<br />
height coming from an overhand pass with fingers by the Libero in his/<br />
her front zone;<br />
1.4.1, 13.3.6,<br />
24.3.2.4,<br />
D11 (21)<br />
f) the ball crossing completely the lower space under the net; 8.4.5, 24.3.2.7,<br />
D5a, D11 (22)<br />
5.1.2.1<br />
5.1.2.1<br />
5.1.3.2<br />
25.2.3.2<br />
aG G<br />
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aG G<br />
23 . 2 . 5<br />
7.1<br />
7.2<br />
21 . 1<br />
16 . 2, 21 . 2<br />
D9, D11<br />
(6a,6b,7,8,25)<br />
7 . 5, 12 . 4,<br />
12. 5, 12 . 7 .1,<br />
D.4,D6,<br />
D11(12,13)<br />
9.3,D11 (16,17)<br />
11.3.1,11.4.1,<br />
11.4.4, D11(20)<br />
13.3.3, 13.3.5<br />
24.3.2.4, D8,<br />
D . 11 (21)<br />
1.4.1, 13.3.6<br />
24.3.2.4,<br />
D . 11 (21)<br />
8.4.5<br />
24.3.2.7<br />
D.5a, D11(22)<br />
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g) the completed block by back row players or the attempted block by<br />
the Libero.<br />
14.6.2, 14.6.6,<br />
D11 (12)<br />
23.3.3 At the end of the match, he/she checks the score sheet and signs it. 24.3.3,<br />
25.2.3.3<br />
24 2 nd REFEREE<br />
24.1 LOCATION<br />
The 2 nd referee performs his/her functions standing outside the playing<br />
court near the post, on the opposite side of and facing the 1 st referee.<br />
24.2 AUTHORITY<br />
24.2.1 The 2 nd referee is the assistant of the 1 st referee, but has also his/her<br />
own range of jurisdiction.<br />
D1a, D1b, D10<br />
24.3<br />
14.6.2<br />
14.6.6<br />
D . 11 (12)<br />
24.3.3, 25.2.3.3<br />
D . 1a, D . 1b<br />
D.10<br />
24 . 3<br />
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24<br />
24 . 1<br />
24 . 2<br />
24 . 2 . 1<br />
Should the 1 st referee become unable to continue his/her work, the 2 nd<br />
referee may replace him/her.<br />
24.2.2 He/she may, without whistling, also signal faults outside his/her range<br />
of jurisdiction, but may not insist on them to the 1 st referee.<br />
24.2.3 He/she controls the work of the scorer(s). 25.2, 26.2<br />
24.2.4 He/she supervises the team members on the team bench and reports<br />
their misconduct to the 1 st referee.<br />
24.3<br />
4.2.1<br />
24.2.5 He/she controls the players in the warm-up areas. 4.2.3<br />
24 . 3<br />
25 . 2, 26 . 2<br />
4.2.1<br />
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24 . 2 . 3<br />
24 . 2 . 4<br />
24.2.6 He/she authorizes the regular game interruptions, controls their<br />
duration and rejects improper requests.<br />
24.2.7 He/she controls the number of time-outs and substitutions used by<br />
each team and reports the 2 nd time-out and 5 th and 6 th substitutions to<br />
the 1 st referee and the coach concerned.<br />
24.2.8 In the case of an injury of a player, he/she authorizes an exceptional<br />
substitution or grants a 3-minute recovery time.<br />
24.2.9 He/she checks the floor condition, mainly in the front zone. He/she<br />
also checks, during the match, that the balls still fulfil the regulations.<br />
24.2.10 He/she supervises the team members in the penalty areas and reports<br />
their misconduct to the 1 st referee.<br />
For <strong>FIVB</strong>, World and <strong>Official</strong> Competitions, the duties recorded<br />
under 24.2.5 and 24.2.10 are carried out by the Reserve Referee.<br />
15, 15.11,<br />
25.2.2.3<br />
15.1, 25.2.2.3<br />
15.7, 17.1.2<br />
1.2.1, 3<br />
1.4.6, 21.3.2<br />
4.2.3<br />
15, 15 . 11<br />
25.2.2.3<br />
15 . 1<br />
25.2.2.3<br />
15 . 7<br />
17.1.2<br />
1.2.1,3.<br />
1.4.6<br />
21.3.2<br />
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24 . 2 . 6<br />
24 . 2 . 7<br />
24 . 2 . 8<br />
24 . 2 . 9<br />
24 . 2 . 10<br />
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24.3 RESPONSIBILITIES<br />
24.3.1 At the start of each set, at the change of courts in the deciding set and<br />
whenever necessary, the 2 nd referee checks that the actual positions<br />
of the players on the court correspond to those on the line-up sheets.<br />
24.3.2 During the match, he/she decides, whistles and signals:<br />
5.2.3.1, 7.3.2,<br />
7.3.5, 18.2.2<br />
24.3.2.1 penetration into the opponent's court, and the space under the net; 1.3.3, 11.2,<br />
D5a, D11 (22)<br />
24.3.2.2 positional faults of the receiving team; 7.5, D4,<br />
D11 (13)<br />
24.3.2.3 the faulty contact of the player with the net primarily on the blocker’s<br />
side and with the antenna on his/her side of the court;<br />
24.3.2.4 the completed block by back row players or the attempted block by<br />
the Libero; or the attack hit fault by back row players or by the Libero;<br />
11.3.1<br />
13.3.3, 14.6.2,<br />
14.6.6,<br />
23.3.2.3d, e, g,<br />
D11 (12, 21)<br />
24.3.2.5 the contact of the ball with an outside object; 8.4.2, 8.4.3,<br />
D11 (15)<br />
24.3.2.6 the contact of the ball with the floor when the 1 st referee is not in<br />
position to see the contact;<br />
24.3.2.7 the ball that crosses the net totally or partly outside of the crossing<br />
space to the opponent’s court or contacts the antenna on his/her side<br />
of the court.<br />
8.3<br />
8.4.3, 8.4.4,<br />
D5a, D11 (15)<br />
24.3.3 At the end of the match, he/she checks and signs the score sheet. 23.3.3,<br />
25.2.3.3<br />
25 SCORER<br />
25.1 LOCATION<br />
The scorer performs his/her functions seated at the scorer's table on<br />
the opposite side of the court from and facing the 1 st referee.<br />
25.2 RESPONSIBILITIES<br />
He/she keeps the score sheet according to the rules, co-operating with<br />
the 2 nd referee.<br />
He/she uses a buzzer or other sound device to notify irregularities or<br />
give signals to the referees on the basis of his/her responsibilities.<br />
25.2.1 Prior to the match and set, the scorer:<br />
25.2.1.1 registers the data of the match and teams, including the names and<br />
numbers of the Liberos, according to the procedures in force, and<br />
obtains the signatures of the captains and the coaches;<br />
D1a, D1b, D10<br />
4.1, 5.1.1,<br />
5.2.2, 7.3.2,<br />
19.1.2,<br />
19.4.2.6<br />
5.2.3.1, 7.3.2,<br />
7.3.5, 18.2.2<br />
1.3.3, 11.2,<br />
D.5a, D11(22)<br />
7.5, D4,<br />
D11 (13)<br />
11.3.1<br />
13.3.3, 14.6.2,<br />
14.6.6<br />
23.3.2.3d, e,g,<br />
D11 (12, 21)<br />
8.4.2, 8.4.3,<br />
D11 (15)<br />
8.3<br />
8.4.3, 8.4.4<br />
D5a, D11 (15)<br />
23.3.3, 25.2.3.3<br />
D1a, D1b, D10<br />
4.1, 5.1.1<br />
5.2.2, 7.3.2<br />
19.1.2, 19.3.3.2<br />
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24 . 3 . 2 . 4<br />
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25.2.1.2 records the starting line-up of each team from the line-up sheet. 5.2.3.1, 7.3.2<br />
If he/she fails to receive the line-up sheets on time, he/she immediately<br />
notifies this fact to the 2 nd referee.<br />
25.2.2 During the match, the scorer:<br />
25.2.2.1 records the points scored; 6.1<br />
25.2.2.2 controls the serving order of each team and indicates any error to the<br />
referees immediately after the service hit;<br />
25.2.2.3 is empowered to acknowledge and announce requests for player<br />
substitutions by use of the buzzer, controlling their number, and<br />
records the substitutions and time-outs, informing the 2 nd referee;<br />
25.2.2.4 notifies the referees of a request for regular game interruption that is<br />
out of order;<br />
25.2.2.5 announces to the referees the ends of the sets, and the scoring of the<br />
8 th point in the deciding set;<br />
5.2.3.1<br />
12.2<br />
15.1, 15.4.1,<br />
15.10.3c,<br />
24.2.6, 24.2.7<br />
15.11<br />
6.2, 15.4.1,<br />
18.2.2<br />
25.2.2.6 records misconduct warnings, sanctions and improper requests; 15.11.3, 16.2,<br />
21.3<br />
25.2.2.7 records all other events as instructed by the 2 nd referee, i.e. exceptional<br />
substitutions, recovery time, prolonged interruptions, external<br />
interference, re-designation, etc.;<br />
25.2.2.8 controls the interval between sets. 18.1<br />
25.2.3 At the end of the match, the scorer:<br />
25.2.3.1 records the final result; 6.3<br />
25.2.3.2 in the case of protest, with the previous authorization of the 1 st referee,<br />
writes or permits the team/game captain to write on the score sheet a<br />
statement on the incident being protested;<br />
25.2.3.3 signs the score sheet him/herself, before obtaining the signatures of<br />
the team captains and then the referees.<br />
26 ASSISTANT SCORER<br />
15.7, 17.1.2,<br />
17.2, 17.3,<br />
19.4<br />
5.1.2.1,<br />
5.1.3.2, 23.2.4<br />
5.1.3.1, 23.3.3,<br />
24.3.3<br />
26.1 LOCATION 22.1, D1a, D1b,<br />
D10<br />
The assistant scorer performs his/her functions seated beside the scorer<br />
at the scorer’s table.<br />
26.2 RESPONSIBILITIES 19.3<br />
He/she records the replacements involving the Libero.<br />
5.2.3.1, 7.3.2<br />
6.1<br />
12 . 2<br />
15.1, 15.4.1,<br />
15.10.3c<br />
24.2.6, 24.2.7<br />
15.11<br />
6.2, 15.4.1<br />
18.2.2<br />
15.11.3, 16.2,<br />
21.3<br />
15.7, 17.1.2,<br />
17.2, 17.3<br />
19.4<br />
18 . 1<br />
6.3<br />
5.1.2.1,<br />
5.1.3.2, 23.2.4<br />
5.1.3.1, 23.3.3,<br />
24.3.3<br />
22.1, D1a, D1b<br />
D10<br />
19 . 3<br />
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26 . 2<br />
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He/she assists with the administrative duties of the scorer’s work.<br />
Should the scorer become unable to continue his/her work, the<br />
assistant scorer substitutes for the scorer.<br />
26.2.1 Prior to the match and set, the assistant scorer:<br />
26.2.1.1 prepares the Libero control sheet;<br />
26.2.1.2 prepares the reserve score sheet.<br />
26.2.2 During the match, the assistant scorer:<br />
26.2.2.1 records the details of the Libero replacements/re-designations; 19.3.1.1, 19.4<br />
26.2.2.2 notifies the referees of any fault of the Libero replacement, by using<br />
the buzzer;<br />
19.3.2<br />
26.2.2.3 starts and ends the timing of Technical Time-outs; 15.4.1<br />
26.2.2.4 operates the manual scoreboard on the scorer's table;<br />
26.2.2.5 checks that the scoreboards agree; 25.2.2.1<br />
26.2.2.6 if necessary, updates the reserve score sheet and gives it to the scorer. 25.2.1.1<br />
26.2.3 At the end of the match, the assistant scorer:<br />
26.2.3.1 signs the Libero control sheet and submits it for checking;<br />
26.2.3.2 signs the score sheet.<br />
For <strong>FIVB</strong>, World and <strong>Official</strong> Competitions which use an e-score<br />
sheet, the Assistant Scorer acts with the Scorer to announce the<br />
substitutions and identify the Libero replacements.<br />
27 LINE JUDGES<br />
27.1 LOCATION<br />
If only two line judges are used, they stand at the corners of the court<br />
closest to the right hand of each referee, diagonally at 1 to 2 m from<br />
the corner.<br />
Each one of them controls both the end line and side line on his/her<br />
side.<br />
For <strong>FIVB</strong>, World and <strong>Official</strong> Competitions, it is compulsory to<br />
have four line judges.<br />
They stand in the free zone at 1 to 3 m from each corner of the<br />
court, on the imaginary extension of the line that they control.<br />
D1a, D1b, D10<br />
D10<br />
19.3.1.1, 19.4<br />
19.3.2.1<br />
15 . 4 . 1<br />
25.2.2.1<br />
25.2.1.1<br />
D . 1a, D . 1b,<br />
D.10<br />
D.10<br />
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.ccG cG IG GE 26 . 2 . 1 . 2<br />
:G ac ,IGG AFC 26 . 2 . 2<br />
.FccG IE/G G Gc c Hac 26 . 2 . 2 . 1<br />
.aG G G G c H j G c 26 . 2 . 2 . 2<br />
. Kcca ccG cG IG a k<br />
.dFG G aG H dKFca Cc 26 . 2 . 2 . 3<br />
.G a cacG cFG a c 26 . 2 . 2 . 4<br />
. cFG a c 26 . 2 . 2 . 5<br />
aC Kc , k ca H GE 26 . 2 . 2 . 6<br />
:G ac ,IGG cKF F 26 . 2 . 3<br />
.c Kca G G G IG ac 26 . 2 . 3 . 1<br />
.cG IG ac 26 . 2 . 3 . 2<br />
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a v<br />
v<br />
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27<br />
27 . 1<br />
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27.2 RESPONSIBILITIES<br />
27.2.1 The line judges perform their functions by using flags (40 x 40 cm), to<br />
signal:<br />
27.2.1.1 the ball ”in” and “out” whenever the ball lands near their line(s); 8.3, 8.4,<br />
D12 (1, 2)<br />
27.2.1.2 the touches of "out" balls by the team receiving the ball; 8.4, D12 (3)<br />
27.2.1.3 the ball touching the antenna, the served ball and the third hit of the<br />
team crossing the net outside the crossing space, etc.;<br />
27.2.1.4 any player (except the server) stepping outside of his/her court at the<br />
moment of the service hit;<br />
D12<br />
8.4.3, 8.4.4,<br />
10.1.1, D5a,<br />
D12 (4)<br />
7.4, 12.4.3,<br />
D12 (4)<br />
27.2.1.5 the foot faults of the server; 12.4.3<br />
27.2.1.6 any contact with the top 80 cm of the antenna on their side of the court<br />
by any player during his/her action of playing the ball or interfering<br />
with the play;<br />
27.2.1.7 the ball crossing the net outside the crossing space into the opponent's<br />
court or touching the antenna on his/her side of the court.<br />
27.2.2 At the 1 st referee's request, a line judge must repeat his/her signal.<br />
28 OFFICIAL SIGNALS<br />
28.1 REFEREES’ HAND SIGNALS D11<br />
The referees must indicate with the official hand signal the reason for<br />
their whistle (the nature of the fault whistled or the purpose of the<br />
interruption authorized). The signal has to be maintained for a moment<br />
and, if it is indicated with one hand, the hand corresponds to the side<br />
of the team which has made the fault or the request.<br />
28.2 LINE JUDGES’ FLAG SIGNALS D12<br />
The line judges must indicate with the official flag signal the nature of<br />
the fault called, and maintain the signal for a moment.<br />
11.3.1, 11.4.4,<br />
D3, D12 (4)<br />
10.1.1, D5a,<br />
D12 (4)<br />
D. 12<br />
8.3,8.4<br />
D . 12 (1, 2)<br />
8.4<br />
D . 12 (3)<br />
8.4.3<br />
8.4.4<br />
10.1.1<br />
D5a, D12 (4)<br />
7.4<br />
12.4.3,<br />
D . 12 (4)<br />
12.4.3<br />
11.3.1<br />
11.4.4<br />
D.3, D . 12 (4)<br />
10.1.1<br />
D.5a<br />
D . 12 (4)<br />
D.11<br />
D.12<br />
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SECTION 3:<br />
DIAGRAMS<br />
dFG G<br />
:G A v vG<br />
vG<br />
OFFICIAL VOLLEYBALL RULES 2013-2016<br />
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G /GG F :1a <br />
1, 1.4.5, 1.4.6, 4.2.1, 4.2.3.1, 15.4.4, 19.3.2.7, 21.3.2.1, 21.3.3.1, 23.1, 24.1, 25.1, 26.1<br />
:G G GaG<br />
58
1, 1.4, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5, 1.4.6, 4.2.1, 4.2.3.1, 15.10.1, 19.3.1.4, 19.3.2.7, 21.3.2.1,<br />
23.1, 24.1, 25.1, 26.1<br />
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v G<br />
:G AG - dFG G<br />
G F :1b <br />
:G G GaG<br />
59<br />
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1.1, 1.3, 1.3.3, 1.3.4, 1.4.1, 5.2.3.4<br />
G C :2 <br />
:G G GaG<br />
60
v G<br />
:G AG - dFG G<br />
2, 2.1.6, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5.1, 11.3.1, 11.3.2, 27.2.1.6<br />
G c :3 <br />
:G G GaG<br />
61<br />
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7.4, 7.4.3, 7.5, 23.3.2.3a, 24.3.2.2<br />
G G :4 <br />
:G G GaG<br />
62
v G<br />
:G AG - dFG G<br />
FG E jaG iaG IG a :5a <br />
2.4, 8.4.3, 8.4.4, 8.4.5, 10.1.1, 10.1.3, 24.3.2.7, 27.2.1.3, 27.2.1.7<br />
:G G GaG<br />
63<br />
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F IG FG E jaG iaG IG a :5b <br />
10.1.2, 10.1.2.2, 24.3.2.7<br />
:G G GaG<br />
64
v G<br />
:G AG - dFG G<br />
12.5, 12.5.2, 23.3.2.3a<br />
dG ADG :6 <br />
:G G GaG<br />
G G :7 <br />
14.1.3<br />
:G G IG<br />
65<br />
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dG G aJ :8 <br />
13.2.2, 13.2.3, 23.3.2.3d, 24.3.2.4<br />
:G G GaG<br />
66
v G<br />
:G AG - dFG G<br />
GAGG aG :9 <br />
16.2, 21.3, 21.4.2<br />
:G G GaG<br />
aG Aa AG a<br />
G AG a<br />
67<br />
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Kca cG cJ HC :10 <br />
3.3, 23.1, 24.1, 25.1, 26.1, 27.1<br />
:G G GaG<br />
68
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GE<br />
cG<br />
cG<br />
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1<br />
MG<br />
D<br />
GaG<br />
G<br />
:G<br />
12.3, 22.2.1.1<br />
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cG<br />
I<br />
E<br />
gE<br />
DG<br />
2<br />
cG<br />
jG<br />
GaG<br />
G<br />
:G<br />
22.2.3.1, 22.2.3.2, 22.2.3.4<br />
<br />
YGG<br />
F<br />
cG<br />
jG<br />
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3<br />
c<br />
G<br />
GaG<br />
G<br />
:G<br />
18.2<br />
E<br />
HcG<br />
C<br />
k<br />
a<br />
k<br />
Ka<br />
a<br />
G<br />
4<br />
aG<br />
G<br />
GaG<br />
G<br />
:G<br />
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G<br />
v<br />
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v<br />
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69<br />
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:G<br />
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cG<br />
5<br />
15.5.1, 15.5.2, 15.8<br />
:G G GaG<br />
G K a Hc cG <br />
aG Aa F <br />
6a<br />
21.1, 21.6<br />
:G G GaG<br />
F AGG G KE<br />
aG Aa GFE<br />
6b<br />
21.3.1, 21.6, 23.3.2.2<br />
GF AGG G KE<br />
:G G GaG<br />
G<br />
7<br />
21.3.2, 21.6, 23.3.2.2<br />
k <br />
G KE<br />
:G G GaG<br />
70
8<br />
G<br />
GaG<br />
G<br />
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21.3.3.21.6.23.3.2.2<br />
KE<br />
G<br />
AGG<br />
AGGa<br />
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9<br />
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6.2, 6.3<br />
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E<br />
YGG<br />
IaG<br />
dGa<br />
cG<br />
K<br />
E<br />
C<br />
11<br />
G<br />
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DG<br />
GaG<br />
G<br />
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12.4.4<br />
E<br />
cF<br />
C<br />
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a<br />
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cG<br />
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2013<br />
-<br />
2016<br />
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12<br />
12.5, 12.6.2.3, 14.6.3, 19.3.1.3, 23.3.2.3a, g, 24.3.2.4<br />
HccG dGa k ca<br />
GG E<br />
:G G GaG<br />
HGaG aC G <br />
13<br />
7.5, 7.7, 23.3.2.2.3a, 24.3.2.2<br />
cG C<br />
:G G GaG<br />
yGz IG<br />
14<br />
8.3<br />
:G G GaG<br />
G aF Ga YG C<br />
yLz IG<br />
15<br />
8.4.1, 8.4.2, 8.4.3, 8.4.4, 24.3.2.5, 24.3.2.7<br />
a HccGa k ca HcG E<br />
G g KcGa<br />
:G G GaG<br />
72
16<br />
G<br />
GaG<br />
G<br />
:G<br />
9.2.2, 9.3.3, 23.3.2.3b<br />
E<br />
G<br />
A<br />
Ga<br />
cG<br />
KGa<br />
<br />
17<br />
G<br />
aG<br />
GaG<br />
G<br />
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9.3.4, 23.3.2.3b<br />
E<br />
E<br />
Hca<br />
a<br />
18<br />
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GaG<br />
G<br />
:G<br />
9.3.1, 23.3.2.3b<br />
E<br />
C<br />
C<br />
Ia<br />
a<br />
19<br />
G<br />
<br />
Ga<br />
,G<br />
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a<br />
IG<br />
H F<br />
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aG<br />
GaG<br />
G<br />
:G<br />
11.4.4, 12.6.2.1<br />
C<br />
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KG<br />
G<br />
G<br />
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cG<br />
G<br />
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cG<br />
I<br />
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2013<br />
-<br />
2016<br />
73<br />
G<br />
dFG<br />
-<br />
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:G<br />
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11.4.1, 13.3.1, 14.3, 14.6.1, 23.3.2.3c<br />
:G G GaG<br />
KGa cG G ,G a cG <br />
G aaG<br />
20<br />
:G G GaG<br />
FG E aC G G Ga ,dG G Ga -<br />
13.3.3, 13.3.4, 13.3.5, 23.3.2.3d, e, 24.3.2.4<br />
cG FG G G Ga G H Ic -<br />
:JGE aC \ G<br />
13.3.6<br />
a cGa C<br />
caKG G <br />
21<br />
8.4.5, 11.2.2, 12.4.3, 23.3.2.3a, f, 24.3.2.1<br />
G G G aC FG E C<br />
FG G cG<br />
aC G G IG a<br />
aC )cKFG ( G G c<br />
DG F \ L G ac<br />
:G G GaG<br />
22<br />
IDGa La <br />
23<br />
6.1.2.2, 17.2, 22.2.3.4<br />
ca KDG E<br />
:G G GaG<br />
k 74
24<br />
IG<br />
aG<br />
GaG<br />
G<br />
:G<br />
23.3.2.3b, 24.2.2<br />
E<br />
G<br />
cG<br />
C<br />
cG<br />
iG<br />
a<br />
ja<br />
25<br />
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F<br />
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GFE<br />
<br />
GaG<br />
G<br />
:G<br />
15.11.3, 16.2.2, 16.2.3, 23.3.2.2<br />
<br />
G<br />
<br />
AGG<br />
(<br />
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a<br />
AGG<br />
)GFE(<br />
GaG<br />
cG<br />
I<br />
IG<br />
2013<br />
-<br />
2016<br />
75<br />
G<br />
dFG<br />
-<br />
AG<br />
:G<br />
G<br />
v
aG dG cG cGG GE :12 <br />
yGz IG<br />
1<br />
8.3, 27.2.1.1<br />
:G G GaG<br />
G E cG C<br />
yLz IG<br />
2<br />
8.4.1, 27.2.1.1<br />
ca cGG E<br />
:G G GaG<br />
k 3<br />
27.2.1.2<br />
:G G GaG<br />
IG cG G JC Ca cGG E<br />
aG IG<br />
DG AFC jC Ga G aC d IG ,G cE AC<br />
4<br />
8.4.2, 8.4.3, 8.4.4, 12.4.3, 27.2.1.3,<br />
27.2.1.4, 27.2.1.6, 27.2.1.7<br />
:G G GaG<br />
dFG G aC cGaKG G E Ca CG a cG Ma <br />
76
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:G AG - dFG G<br />
o G E<br />
5<br />
G C HccGa GG E<br />
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PART 3<br />
DEFINITIONS<br />
G G<br />
cv v<br />
v G<br />
78<br />
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PART 3: DEFINITIONS<br />
cG :G G<br />
COMPETITION/CONTROL AREA<br />
The Competition/Control Area is a corridor around the playing court and free zone, which includes<br />
all spaces up to the outer barriers or delimitation fence. See diagram/fig 1a.<br />
ZONES<br />
These are sections within the playing area (i.e. playing court and free zone) as defined for a specific<br />
purpose (or with special restrictions) within the rule text. These include: Front Zone, Service Zone,<br />
Substitution Zone, Free Zone, Back Zone, and Libero Replacement Zone.<br />
AREAS<br />
G - GG F<br />
E G c dGa ,IG FGa G cJG dJ G G F<br />
.)1a FC( G LcG aC cG GaG<br />
FG<br />
) ac aC( ca )IG FGa G ( G F G C dJ<br />
FG ,IG FG ,cG F ,DG F ,cG FG dJa ,IG F H<br />
.G G c Fa ,cG<br />
These are sections of the floor OUTSIDE the free zone, identified by the rules as having a specific<br />
function. These include: warm-up area and penalty area.<br />
LOWER SPACE<br />
This is the space defined at its upper part by the bottom of the net and the cord joining it to the<br />
posts, at the sides by the posts, and the bottom by the playing surface.<br />
CROSSING SPACE<br />
The crossing space is defined by:<br />
– The horizontal band at the top of the net<br />
– The antennae and their extension<br />
– The ceiling<br />
The ball must cross to the opponent’s COURT through the crossing space.<br />
EXTERNAL SPACE<br />
The external space is in the vertical plane of the net outside of the crossing and lower spaces.<br />
SUBSTITUTION ZONE<br />
This is the part of the free zone through which substitutions are carried out.<br />
UNLESS BY AGREEMENT OF <strong>FIVB</strong><br />
This statement recognizes that while there are regulations on the standards and specification of<br />
equipment and facilities, there are occasions when special arrangements can be made by <strong>FIVB</strong> in<br />
order to promote the game of <strong>Volleyball</strong> or to test new conditions.<br />
<strong>FIVB</strong> STANDARDS<br />
The technical specifications or limits as defined by <strong>FIVB</strong> to the manufacturers of equipment.<br />
v v G<br />
F dJa ,I ca GaG Ga ,IG FG L G H C dJ<br />
.AGG Fa ADG<br />
G G<br />
Ha , Kc jG Ga G C Ga jaG K F G k G GJ Hac<br />
.G Ga G Ha ,G Ga FGaG<br />
a vG <br />
:Ga G k aG Hac<br />
.G F dG cG -<br />
.JGGa HcGaKG HG -<br />
.G -<br />
aG H FG E IG HC c<br />
dG G<br />
.G Ga aG L dGG iaG H dG G Hac<br />
cG F<br />
.cG jc K H dGa IG FG H G k A gJ Ha<br />
IG I aG G Ga E<br />
F FJ ,GcKGa Ga GaGa cc Ga FJ HC \FE cc G GJ<br />
aC IG IG A IG I aG G Ga c Hc F<br />
.Ic cD<br />
PENALTY AREA<br />
In each half of the competition/control area, there is a Penalty Area located behind the prolongation<br />
of the end line, outside the free zone, which should be placed a minimum of 1.5 metres behind<br />
the rear edge of the bench.<br />
IG I aG DG cc<br />
.GaG F IG I aG DG Ga aGa IG aC cFG GaG<br />
AGG F<br />
FG L cKFG GE KFa AG F FJ ,G G F H F <br />
.cG dG G k c 1.5 KF Hac HC ca ,IG<br />
OFFICIAL VOLLEYBALL RULES 2013-2016<br />
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FAULT<br />
a) A playing action contrary to the rules.<br />
b) A rule violation other than a playing action.<br />
DRIBBLING<br />
Dribbling means bouncing the ball (usually as a preparation to tossing and serving). Other<br />
preparatory actions could include (amongst others) moving the ball from hand to hand.<br />
TECHNICAL TIME-OUT<br />
This special mandatory time-out is, in addition to time-outs, to allow the promotion of <strong>Volleyball</strong>,<br />
analysis of the play and to allow additional commercial opportunities. Technical Time-Outs are<br />
mandatory for <strong>FIVB</strong>, World and <strong>Official</strong> competitions.<br />
BALL RETRIEVERS<br />
These are personnel whose job it is to maintain the flow of the game by rolling the ball to the<br />
server between rallies.<br />
RALLY POINT<br />
This is the system of scoring a point whenever a rally is won.<br />
INTERVAL<br />
The time between sets. The change of courts in the 5 th (deciding) set is not to be regarded as an interval.<br />
RE-DESIGNATION<br />
This is the act by which a Libero, who cannot continue or is declared by the team “unable to play”,<br />
has his/her role taken by any other player (except the regular replacement player) not on the court<br />
at the moment of the re-designation.<br />
REPLACEMENT<br />
This is the act by which a regular player leaves the court and either Libero (if more than one) takes<br />
his/her place. This can even include Libero for Libero exchanges. The regular player can then replace<br />
either Libero. There must be a completed rally between replacements involving any Libero.<br />
INTERFERING<br />
Any action which will create an advantage against the opponent team or any action which prevents<br />
an opponent from playing the ball.<br />
OUTSIDE OBJECT<br />
An object or a person which while outside the playing court or close to the limit of the free playing<br />
space provides an obstruction to the flight of the ball. For example: overhead lights, the referee’s<br />
chair, TV equipment, scorer’s table, and net posts. Outside objects do not include the antennae<br />
since they are considered as the part of the net.<br />
SUBSTITUTION<br />
This is the act by which one regular player leaves the court and another regular player takes his/<br />
her place.<br />
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A<br />
Actions involving the Libero........................ 41<br />
Additional Equipment................................. 15<br />
Antennae................................................... 15<br />
Application of misconduct sanctions........... 47<br />
Assistant Coach.......................................... 20<br />
Attack hit................................................... 32<br />
Authorization of the service........................ 31<br />
B<br />
Ball at the net............................................. 28<br />
Ball crossing the net ................................... 28<br />
Ball “in”......................................... 26, 72, 76<br />
Ball in play.................................................. 26<br />
Ball in the net............................................. 29<br />
Ball “out” ...................................... 26, 72, 76<br />
Ball out of play........................................... 26<br />
Ball touching the net.................................. 29<br />
Balls ........................................................... 16<br />
Block.................................................... 33, 65<br />
Block contact ............................................. 34<br />
Blocking............................................... 33, 72<br />
Block and team hits.................................... 34<br />
Blocking faults............................................ 34<br />
Blocking the service.................................... 34<br />
Blocking within the opponent’s space......... 34<br />
C<br />
Captain...................................................... 19<br />
Change of courts ................................. 40, 69<br />
Change of equipment ................................ 18<br />
Characteristics of the attack hit .................. 32<br />
Characteristics of the hit............................. 27<br />
Coach ........................................................ 20<br />
Contact with the net.................................. 30<br />
D<br />
Default and incomplete team ..................... 22<br />
Delay sanctions .......................................... 39<br />
Designation of the Libero ........................... 41<br />
Dimensions ................................................ 12<br />
E<br />
Equipment ........................................... 18, 41<br />
Exceptional game interruption.................... 39<br />
Exceptional substitution.............................. 36<br />
Execution of the service.............................. 31<br />
External interference .................................. 39<br />
F<br />
Fair play ..................................................... 45<br />
Faults in playing the ball............................. 28<br />
Faults made during the service ................... 31<br />
Faults of the attack hit................................ 33<br />
First Referee ............................................... 50<br />
– Authority................................................ 50<br />
– Location ................................................. 50<br />
First service in a set..................................... 30<br />
Forbidden objects....................................... 18<br />
G<br />
Game delays .............................................. 38<br />
Game interruptions .............................. 35, 39<br />
H<br />
Height of the net........................................ 14<br />
I<br />
Illegal substitution ...................................... 37<br />
Improper request........................................ 38<br />
Injury/Illness............................................... 39<br />
Interruptions .............................................. 35<br />
Intervals ..................................................... 40<br />
Intervals and change of courts.................... 40<br />
L<br />
Lighting...................................................... 14<br />
Limitation of substitutions .......................... 36<br />
Line judges...................................... 55, 76-77<br />
Line judges’ flag signals................... 56, 76-77<br />
– Location ................................................. 55<br />
– Responsibilities ....................................... 56<br />
Lines on the court ...................................... 13<br />
Location of the team.................................. 17<br />
M<br />
Minor misconduct ...................................... 45<br />
Misconduct and its sanctions...................... 45<br />
Misconduct before and between sets ......... 47<br />
Misconduct leading to sanctions................. 46<br />
N<br />
Net and posts............................................. 14<br />
Number of regular game interruptions ....... 35<br />
36........................................<br />
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15........................................ cDG GaG<br />
15.......................................... cGaKG dG<br />
47............................ aG Aa GAG c<br />
20............................................ G <br />
32........................................ caKG G<br />
31........................................ D MG<br />
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28........................................ G F IG<br />
28...................................... G IG a<br />
76 ,72 ,26................................ "G" IG<br />
26........................................... G IG<br />
29.......................................... G IG<br />
76 , 72-26............................... "L" IG<br />
26....................................... G L IG<br />
29........................................ G IG <br />
16.................................................... GG<br />
65 , 33.............................................. G<br />
34............................................... G <br />
72 , 33......................................... G AGC<br />
34................................... cG a G<br />
34......................................... G AGC AC<br />
34............................................. DG <br />
34.............................. FG H G<br />
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19............................................. cG c<br />
69 , 40..................................... G c<br />
18............................................ GaG c<br />
32............................. caKG G <br />
27........................................ G <br />
20.................................................... G<br />
30.............................................. G <br />
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22............................. G cGa G<br />
39.......................................... G GAG<br />
41....................................... G G c<br />
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39................................ cFG G a<br />
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<strong>Official</strong> signals...................... 56, 69-75, 76-77<br />
<strong>Official</strong> warm-up session ............................ 22<br />
P<br />
Player’s faults at the net.............................. 30<br />
Playing area.......................................... 12, 59<br />
Playing surface ........................................... 12<br />
Playing the ball........................................... 27<br />
Positions..................................................... 24<br />
Positional fault ........................................... 24<br />
Posts .......................................................... 15<br />
Prolonged interruptions.............................. 39<br />
R<br />
Reaching beyond the net...................... 29, 74<br />
Refereeing corps .................................. 49, 68<br />
– Procedures .............................................. 49<br />
– Responsibilities ...................... 51, 53, 54, 56<br />
Referees’ hand signals..................... 56, 69-75<br />
Request for regular game interruptions ...... 35<br />
Requirements of conduct ........................... 45<br />
Restrictions of the attack hit....................... 32<br />
Rotation..................................................... 25<br />
Rotational fault .................................... 25, 72<br />
S<br />
Sanction cards.......................... 47, 67, 70, 71<br />
Sanction scales..................................... 46, 67<br />
Scorer ........................................................ 53<br />
– Location ................................................. 53<br />
– Responsibilities ....................................... 53<br />
Screening............................................. 31, 72<br />
Second Referee .......................................... 52<br />
– Authority................................................ 52<br />
– Location ................................................. 52<br />
– Responsibilities ....................................... 53<br />
Service ....................................................... 30<br />
Service order .............................................. 30<br />
Sequence of regular game interruptions ..... 35<br />
Serving faults and positional faults ............. 32<br />
Side bands ................................................. 15<br />
Sportsmanlike conduct............................... 45<br />
Standards................................................... 16<br />
States of play ............................................. 26<br />
Structure.................................................... 15<br />
Structure of play......................................... 22<br />
Substitution................................................ 36<br />
Substitution for expulsion or disqualification. 37<br />
Substitution procedure ............................... 37<br />
T<br />
Teams......................................................... 17<br />
Team composition ...................................... 17<br />
Team leaders .............................................. 19<br />
Team hits.............................................. 27, 34<br />
Team starting line-up.................................. 23<br />
Temperature............................................... 14<br />
The Libero Player........................................ 41<br />
The toss ..................................................... 22<br />
Three-ball system ....................................... 16<br />
Time-out and Technical Time-out................ 35<br />
To score a point.......................................... 21<br />
To score a point, win a set and the match... 21<br />
To win a set................................................ 21<br />
To win the match ....................................... 22<br />
Types of delays ........................................... 38<br />
U<br />
Uniformity of balls...................................... 16<br />
Z<br />
Zones and areas ......................................... 13<br />
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17..................................................... G<br />
17............................................. cG Hca<br />
19............................................... cG I<br />
34 , 27.................................... cG <br />
23................................. dG HGaG c<br />
14............................................ IGG <br />
41.............................................. G G<br />
22.................................................... G<br />
16........................................ G G F<br />
35................. dFG G aGa G aG<br />
21............................................ F c<br />
21................... IGGa a aG ,F c<br />
21............................................. a aG<br />
22............................................. IG aG<br />
38........................................... GG YGaFC<br />
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13........................................ FGa G<br />
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77 , 76 , 75 , 69 , 56............ cG GDG<br />
22.................................... dG ADG I<br />
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30............................... G F G AC<br />
59 , 12...................................... G F<br />
12.............................................. G <br />
27................................................ IG <br />
24.................................................... GG<br />
24............................................... G <br />
15................................................... GaG<br />
39......................................... caG aG<br />
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74 , 29............................ G aaG<br />
68 , 49...................................... cG cJ<br />
49................................................ GAGDG<br />
56 , 54 , 53 , 51........................... caG<br />
75 , 69 , 56......................... cG GE<br />
35............................... cG G a <br />
45......................................... aG <br />
32.................................. caKG G ac<br />
25................................................... HGaG<br />
72 , 25...................................... HGaG <br />
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71 , 70 , 67 , 47....................... AGG <br />
67 , 46..................................... AGG aG<br />
53................................................... G<br />
53.................................................... aG<br />
53............................................... caG<br />
72 , 31............................................ ADG<br />
52............................................. dFG G<br />
52................................................... G<br />
52.................................................... aG<br />
53............................................... caG<br />
30.................................................. DG<br />
30........................................... DG c<br />
35............................. cG G a <br />
32........................... G ACa DG AC<br />
15........................................ cFG G<br />
45........................................ dcG aG<br />
16.................................................. ccG<br />
26............................................. G <br />
15................................................... cG<br />
22............................................... G F<br />
36................................................... cG<br />
37....................... G aC G cG<br />
37............................................ cG AGE<br />
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