INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE VOLLEYBALL SCORE SHEET
1 BEFORE THE MATCH
The scorer must check the lines or the boxes identifying the match to be played have been properly filled in. If not, they
must be filled in as follows:
A. On the Upper Part of the Form: Fig. 1
1.1 Name of the Competition
1.2 Site [city] and Country Code
1.3 Hall [name of stadium or gymnasium]
1.4 Round to be played (indicate the pool/phase) as follows:
- Elimination round : Elim.
- Play-Off: Seeding or Qual.
- Final round: Final
1.5 Match number
1.6 Division: Men, Women (put an X in the box)
1.7 Category: Masters, Senior, Junior (Juvenie), Midget, Bantam or age group (Put an X in the Box)
1.8 Date (day, month, year)
1.9 Starting time (according to the programme of the day)
1.10 Teams Country Codes (write the team names according to the order of the programme of the day and
leave the circles (O) for A or B blank: they must be filled in after the toss - see 2.3)
B. In the square on the lower right-hand part of the form (Fig. 2)
1.11 Teams (one name on the left, the other on the right in the same order as in 1.10 above, leaving circles
for A and B blank).
1.12 Number and the name of the players of each team (put a circle [O] for the team captain). The number
and name of the Libero Player shall be only recorded in the special line as mentioned on the line-up
sheet for the 1st set (“L”). Fig. 4
1.13 Name of C Head Coach
CC# Coach Registration No.
AC Assistant Coach
T Trainer
Med Medical Doctor
1.14 Obtain
signatures of the team captains (after verifying 1.11, 1.12 and 1.13)
.
1.15 Obtain s
ignature of the coach of each team (
after verifying 1.11, 1.12 and 1.13
).
C. In lower
left entitled “APPROVAL”, print the names and countries of (Fig. 3)
1.16 1st. Referee
1.17 2nd. Referee
1.18 Scorer
1.19 Assistant scorer
1.20 Line judges (names only)
2 AFTER THE TOSS FOR SERVICE
But before the match, the scorer must obtain the following
2.1
From the 1st Referee
a) the side of the playing court where each team begins.
b) the team that serves first.
Text reproduced ‘verbatim’ from the handout - Volleyball Canada • Graphics by OVA Ref. Francis D’Souza, Kitchener• 519-578-2885
• March 2008
Name of the Competition
City Country Code Date Time
Gym Pool/Phase Match No.
Division: Men Women Category
Masters/35+ 20U 17U 15U
TEAMS
Senior 18U 16U
vs
A
or
B
Fig. 1
N
O
.
NAME OF THE PLAYER
N
O
. NAME OF THE PLAYER
TEAMS
A
or
B
C
CC #
AC.
T.
Med.
TEAM LEADERS
SIGNATURES
A
or
B
Team Captain
Coach
Team Captain
Coach
Fig. 2
SET I
Line-up
SHEET
CAN
LIBERO
No.
6
TEAM
VI
I
V
III
IIIV
2 5 4
1 13 8
Fig. 4
Referees
1st
2nd
Scorer
Assist
scorer
Line
Judges
Team
Captains
1
3
A
2
4
B
Name Country Signature
APPROVAL
Fig. 3
A
or
B
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2.2 From the 2nd referee the line-up sheet for the 1st SET (fig. 4) with the numbers
of the players recorded in their starting positions and the number of the Libero Player “L”
2.3 With the information obtained, the scorer proceeds as follows (fig.5):
a) In the upper left square, entitled “Set 1”, he/she records the country codes of the teams “A” and
“B” in the boxes corresponding to the sides of the playing court in which each team begins the set
(team “A” is to the left of the scorer and “B” to the right) and marks with an X the encircled S of the team
serving first and an
other
X
on the
R
of the team
receiving first.
The corresponding letters “A” or “B” are placed in the blank circles as follows:
i) in the Teams section (see 1.10) in the top portion of the Score sheet;
ii) in the ‘Teams” section in the bottom right portion of the Score sheet (see 1.11).
b) Then, in the square on the right entitled “SET 2” he/she writes on the right side the name of team
“A” and on the left side the name of team “B”. The scorer marks with an X the encircled S or R of
each team to indicate tha
t for this set the serving team is the team which received th
e first service of
the previous set and vice versa.
c) Below the square “SET 1” is the square “SET 3”. Here he/she records the names of the teams and
marks the encircled letters S and R in the same way as for SET 1.
d) If necessary, on
the right under the square “SET 2” is the square “SET 4”, in which the names are
recorded and the circled S and R are marked as
SET
2.
2.4 With the line-up sheet obtained from the 2nd referee, the scorer proceeds before each set as follows:
a) He/she record
s in the boxes under the Roman numerals I to VI on the line entitled “STARTING PLAY
ERS”
on the side of each team, the numbers of the recorded players following the order determined by
the Roman numerals I to VI of the respective line-up sheet.
b) Example (fig. 5)
for the team “A” Under I no. 8
Under II no. 4
Under III no. 5 etc.
For the team “B” Under I no. 3
Under II no. 1
Under III no. 6 etc.
3 DURING THE MATCH
During the match the scorer proceeds as follows:
3.1 At the top of the square “SET I”, in the box ”START time” he/she enters the time at which the referee whistles
for the 1st. service.
Example: 16:02 (actual starting time in hours and minutes).
3.2 He/she checks the order of service according to the order in which the players were recorded under Roman
numerals I to VI printed on the second line of the square of each set and which they must follow.
3.3 He/she records the services of each player and controls the result for each service following the order of
the boxes numbered 1 to 8, in the column in which is recorded the number of the server which correspond
to the 4 lines marked “SERVICE ROUNDS” in the left part of the square of the set.
The scorer proceeds as follows:
a) The first service is in
dicated by ticking (3) off the number of the box marked
1
in the column of the serving
player. Once
the team has lost
the service, the total number of points scored by th
e serving team to
that
point are recorded in this box.
b) The scorer then passe
s to the other team section of the square of the first set and puts an X in the
service
box 1 of the column I of the opponent team. The
team then must rotate
and the player whose number is
recorded in the column II serves. The number in box 1 column II must be ticked off (3).
c) On the right of column I to VI of each team there is a “ POINTS” column, numbered 1 to 48. This is the
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Service order
N
o
of Starting players
N
o
of player
Substitutes
Score at
change
1st 5th
Service
2nd 6th
rounds
3
rd
7
nd
4
th
8
th
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
POINTS
POINTS
B
TEAM
TEAM A
END
time
H mn
START
time
H mn
I II III IV V VI
I II III IV V VI
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Libero #
1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5
2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6
3 7 3 7 3 7 3 7 3 7 3 7
4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8
1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5
2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6
3 7 3 7 3 7 3 7 3 7 3 7
4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8
: : : : : :
Team line-up
“T”
:
“T”
:
S
E
T
1
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
S
R
S
R
Fig. 5
: : : : : :
: : : : : :
: : : : : :
Libero #
“T”
:
“T”
:
CAN
JP N
16:02
X
X
X
2
4
3
7
3
3 1 6 4 2 8
8 4 5 2 1 13
column to record from top to bottom the score of the corresponding team by slashing (/) the number of
points scored. When the team losses the ser
vice, the last number marked in the “POINTS” column is re-
corded under the box whose ticked off (3) number [in this case
1
] corresponds to the player wh
o had the
service.
3.4 Example of recording of points and control of service in a set.
a) Team “A” wins the right to serve first and No. 8 who was recorded in position I serves first. Team “A” wins
the
rally and also a point, the scorer slashes (/) the 1 of the “POINTS” column. The following rally is also
won by
team “A”, the scorer slashes off (/) the 2 of the column “POINTS”, etc.
After winning 4 consecutive points, Team “A”
loses the service. The scorer writes the number
4
in the box
1
o
f the
column I of the player No 8 of Team “A”. Thus we know that the team has won 4 points when the player No. 8
had the service.
b) The scorer then pass
es on to the section corresponding to the team “B”.
After winning the rally and right t
o
serve,
the team “B”
gains
1
point and the p
o
int 1 of the “POINTS” column of that te
am is to be slashed (/).
Next,
the scorer cancels with a
n X in the bo
x 1 of the column I, since t
his team must now rotate
for its
first service
to made by the following player. The scorer then ticks off (
3
) No 1 of the box corresponding to column II. This
shows that player No 1 of the team “B” serves first. Team “B” wins the next rally and gains a point.
The 2 of the “POINTS” column of that team is slashed off (/).
T
he team “B” loses
the next rally and thus loses the service. The score
r writes number 2 in the box o
f player
No 1 of the Team “B” which had the service. This indicates that team “B” has scored two points when player
No 1 finished his first service.
c) Im
mediately
the scorer returns to service section of team “A” and slashes off (/) the next point (
5
) in the
col
umn
“POINTS”, since to win the rally means to win a point. He/she then ticks off (/) the figure 1 in the box column
II t to show that player
No 4
, recorded in this column, is the one who now serves. Player No 4 wins two points before los-
ing the service. The scorer writes the number 7 in the box
1
of the column II of the player No 4 of the team “A”
, etc
d) The scorer continues this way successively until the end of the set which finished on the score of 25-22 for the
team “A” . At this moment, he/she notes down the time (e.g.
18.24
) in the box “END Time” reserved
for this purpose ( Fig. 6)
e) If there is a tie 24:24, the set continues until a two
(2)
point lead is achieved (
26:24 - 27:25
)
f) The numbers not slashed off (/) in the “POINTS” column of each team are cancelled and the last point
scored is noted by circling (O) in the service round box of the player who served last. If the receiving team
won the set, the last point is noted in the service round box of the player who would have served.
3.5 In the case of a deciding set (5th set) - Fig 7
a) After the toss the scorer writes in the blank circles the letter “A” or “B” assigned to each team, putting in
the left section the team playing on his/her left.
b) The scorer then follow the same procedure established for the “SET 1”, using the first two sections of the
square entitled “SET 5”
c) NB: The change of courts is affected after the 8th point has been scored by either team. The line-up
of team at left is repeated in the far right section.
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Service order
N
o
of Starting players
N
o
of player
Substitutes
Score at
change
1
st
5
th
Service
2
nd
6
th
rounds
3
rd
7
nd
4
th
8
th
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
POINTS
POINTS
B
TEAM
TEAM A
END
time
H mn
START
time
H mn
I II III IV V VI
I II III IV V VI
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Libero #
1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5
2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6
3 7 3 7 3 7 3 7 3 7 3 7
4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8
1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5
2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6
3 7 3 7 3 7 3 7 3 7 3 7
4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8
: : : : : :
Team line-up
“T”
:
“T”
:
S
E
T
5
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
S
R
S
R
Fig. 7
: : : : : :
: : : : : :
: : : : : :
Libero #
“T”
:
“T”
:
CAN
JPN
X
X
3 1 6 4 2 8
8 4 5 2 1 13
TEAM A POINTS AT CHANGE POINTS
I II III IV V VI
1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5
2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6
3 7 3 7 3 7 3 7 3 7 3 7
4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8
: : : : : :
: : : : : :
8 4 5 2 1 13
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
C
H
A
N
G
E
S
I
D
E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
“T”
:
“T”
:
Libero #
3
Service order
N
o
of Starting players
N
o
of player
Substitutes
Score at
change
1st 5th
Service
2nd 6th
rounds
3
rd
7
nd
4
th
8
th
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
POINTS
POINTS
B
TEAM
TEAM A
END
time
H mn
START
time
H mn
I II III IV V VI
I II III IV V VI
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Libero #
1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5
2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6
3 7 3 7 3 7 3 7 3 7 3 7
4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8
1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5
2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6
3 7 3 7 3 7 3 7 3 7 3 7
4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8
: : : : : :
Team line-up
“T”
:
“T”
:
S
E
T
1
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
S
R
S
R
Fig. 6
: : : : : :
: : : : : :
: : : : : :
Libero #
“T”
:
“T”
:
CAN
JP N
16:02
X
X
X
2 3 4 7 9
14 16 18 19 21 22
4
3
7
3
9
3
12
3
14
3
15
3
16 17 19 21 24 25
3 1 6 4 2 8
7 5
8 4 5 2 1 13
7 12
9 4 10 7
10 7 12 8
19 21 3 7 21 23
7 9
3 3 3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3 3 4
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18:24
15 14 7 12
21 23
d) Upon the change of court after point 8, the scorer continues in the third section on the far right to record
the service order and the points of the team which were originally recorded in the 1st section on the left.
The total number of points scored by this team at the moment of the change is recorded in the box
entitled “POINTS AT CHANGE” on the top of line of the same third section. Any points scored after the
change must be marked in the column “POINTS” on the far right.
e) When there is a change of service, this team which obtains the right to serve marks a point the scorer
slashes out (/) the next point in the column headed “P0INTS” and ticks ( 4) the number of the small box
in column II (cf 3.4.c).
f) If there is a tie 14-l4, the set continues until a team obtains a two points lead on the other .
3.6 SUBSTITUTIONS:
The procedure for recording the substitution of a player who begins a set is following:
a) The number of the substituting player must be put in the box below number of the player leaving the court.
b) In the same column, in the upper box of the “SUBSTITUTES SCORE”, the scores of both teams up to that
moment must be recorded ( the score of the substituting team on the left, the other on the right).
When the substituting player is, in turn, replaced.
d) The scorer ensures that the number of the player replacing him/her is identical to that recorded above the
number of the player leaving the court. The latter’s number is circled (O) to show that he/she may not
legally re-enter the court in the same set.
f) The number of points scored by the teams up to that moment must be recorded in the lower box of the
line “SUBSTITUTES SCORE”.
Example: Player No. 5 of the team “B” replaced No. 6 when the score was 3:7 and No. 6 returned to his place when
the score was 7:9. The first digit of the score is always the number of points scored up to that moment by the team that
makes the substitution.
Exceptional substitutions for an injured player or replacement of an injured Libero Player must be recorded in the
“REMARKS” section. The scorer must indicate the set, the team’s name, number and name of the injured player or
Libero and that of the new player or
Libero and the score at change.
3.7 TIME OUTS
Below the “POINTS” in of each team, are two boxes headed with a “T”
a) When a team obtains its first time-out, the scorer records, in the upper box, the points scored by both teams
up to that moment.
b) When the same team obtains it’s second time-out, the scorer
records
, in the lower box, the points scored the teams up to that
point.
The first digit of the score-is always the number of points scored up
to that moment by the team that reque
sted the time-out.
c) Example:
The team
“B”
requested its first time out when the score
was
7:12
and its second time out was taken when the score was
21-23.
3.8 Recording OF SANCTIONS (Fig 8)
For Misconduct Sanctions:
1 All sanctions must be recorded in the lower l
eft part square of the sheet, by marking the
N°
of the sanctioned
player or the initial of the functions as in the “OFFICIALS” section of the lower right hand square (see 1.13) for
sanctions in the corresponding column: ‘P’ for a penalty. ‘ E’ for an expulsion and ‘D’ for a disqualification. ‘A’
o
r ‘
B’
is put in the column of the team to indicate the team, and the No. of the set and the score at th
e moment
of the sanction are indicated in the respective columns.
2.
Points scored
due to sanctioned for misconduct of the opponent must be circled (O) in the “{POINTS” se
ction.
For Delay sanctions:
1. Delay sanctions must be, recorded in the lower left part square of the score sheet, by marking a ‘D’ for delay
sanctions in the corresponding c
olumn. ‘W’ for a warning, ‘P’ for a penalty. ‘A’ or ‘B’ is put in the col
umn of the
teams to indicate the team, and the N° of the set and the score at the moment of the sanction are indicated in
the respective columns.
W P E D
A
SET SCORE
Warning Penalty Expulsion Dispelled
B
OR
D A 1 17 : 15
D A 1 24 : 21
5 B 3 15 : 6
D
B 3 15 : 6
AC B 3 15 : 6
13 A 3 22 : 20
SANCTIONS
Fig 8
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2. The delay pena
lty entails the loss of rally. The scorer shall record it following the normal procedure by cir
cling
(O) it in the “POINTS”. column, after having filled in the penalty box as indicated above.
4 AFTER THE MATCH
At the end of each set and match, the scorer records in the square “RESULTS” (Fig. 9)
4.1 the name of
team
‘A’
in the left-hand section of the square and
the name of team
‘B’
in the right-hand section;
4.2 in the column entitled “SET” (DURATION), opposite the number
of each set played, he/she puts in brackets the time the set
lasted, and in the box marked “TOTAL SET DURATION”’ he/she
records the total length in minutes of all the sets played
a) duration of a set: a set starts from the referee’s whistles for
the first service of this set and ends with the referee’s whistle
for the last point of that set;
b) total duration of a match: a match starts from the referee’s
whistle for the first service of the first set and ends with the
referee’s whistle for the last point of the final set:
4.3 in the column marked “POINTS” of each team, he/she writes
in the box corresponding to each set, the points scored by
the respective teams, and in the box corresponding to the
line “TOTAL” he/she records the sum of the points scored in
all the sets played;
4.4 in the column marked ‘W’, he/she writes the letter ‘W’ in the box
corresponding to each set on the side of the team that won the set. He/she then records the sum of the
sets won by each team in the box corresponding to the line “TOTAL”
4.5 In the column marked ‘S’ (Substitutions), he/she writes in the box corresponding to each set the number of
substitutions made by the respective teams in the box corresponding to the “TOTAL” line, he/she records
the sum of the substitutions made by each team during all the sets played;
4.6 in the column marked ‘T’ (time-outs), he/she records, in the box corresponding to each set, the number of
time-outs granted to the respective team. In the box corresponding to the “TOTAL” line, he/she records
the sum of the time-outs granted to each team during all the sets played;
4.7 the scorer the
n records the
STARTING TIME
and
ENDING TIME
of the match on the two correspondin
g
boxes in the lower section, and indicates the total DURATION OF THE MATCH in the right hand section;
4.8 on the last line,
he/she records the name of the WINNING TEAM, and on the right side he/she writ
es
the
number of sets that they have WON/LOST
4.9 he/she records (or allows with the permission of the first referee the recording of} any protests presented in
due time. The team captain will dictate or write the protest in the section “REMARKS”
4.10 finally, in the respective square (Fig. 2) the signatures of “APPROVAL” are recorded in the following order:
a) the assistant scorer and/or the scorer
b) the two team captains
c) the second referee
d) the first referee
Please note: The Score Sheet
comes in different styles and forms.
The graphics on this Instructions are
taken from Volleyball Canada handout.
Francis D’Souza • 519-578-2885
R E SU LT S
Team C A N
A B
J P N Team
T S W P SET P W S T
Duration
1 4 w 25 1 ( 22 ) 22 4 2
1 3 23 2 ( 28 ) 25 w 6 2
1 5 w 33 3 ( 37 ) 31 5 2
1 1 w 25 4 ( 18 ) 15 4 1
5 ( )
Total Set Duration
4 13 3 106 (105 mn) 93 1 19 7
Match Starting Time
Match Ending Time
Total Match Duration
16 h : 02 m 17 h : 56 m 1 h : 54 m
W I N N E R U S A 3 : 1
Fig 9
Referees
1st
2nd
Scorer
Assist
scorer
Line
Judges
Team
Captains
1
3
A
2
4
B
Name Country Signature
APPROVAL
Fig. 3
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