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Law 16: Game Delays
2 Tests · 20 Fakten · aktualisiert am 25. Oktober 2026 · Markdown
What counts as a delay, from prolonged interruptions to repeated improper requests, and the delay warning and delay penalty: team sanctions that last the whole match.
16.161What Counts as a Delay
The listed types of delay and match situations from the FIVB Casebook.
Test 1What counts as a delayTest machen
A delay is an improper action by a team that defers the resumption of the game.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.1 · Wissen
Asking for an illegal substitution is one of the listed delays.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.1.3 · Wissen
Prolonging an interruption after being instructed to resume is a delay.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.1.2 · Anwendung
One improper request is forgiven with a note on the score sheet; the next one is sanctioned.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.1.4, 15.11.3 · Wissen
Delaying the game by any team member is listed as a delay.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.1.5 · Wissen
Cheering is allowed, but if the huddle is used to delay the game consistently the team is sanctioned for delay.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.1.2, 16.1.5; Casebook 2024 4.39 · Anwendung
Mopping requests are the 1st referee's call, and obvious stalling may be sanctioned as a delay.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.2; Casebook 2024 4.40 · Anwendung
Staying in a huddle after being told to resume prolongs the interruption; the others are proper or only an improper request.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.1, 15.11.2 · Anwendung
Ranking: a proper request costs nothing, a first wrong one is noted, a repeat holds up play.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 15.11, 16.1.4 · Anwendung
Leaving needs the referees' permission; the team is reminded so as not to be in default and is then sanctioned for delay.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.2; Casebook 2024 4.41 · Anwendung
16.162Delay Sanctions
Delay warning and delay penalty, how they are counted, recorded and applied between sets.
Test 1Delay sanctionsTest machen
Both delay sanctions are imposed on the team as a whole.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.2.1 · Wissen
Delay sanctions remain in force for the entire match.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.2.1.1 · Wissen
The first delay by a team member in the match brings a delay warning.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.2.2 · Wissen
Second and later delays are faults sanctioned with a delay penalty, a point and service to the opponents.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.2.3 · Wissen
Delays are counted per team: the second delay of any type by any member is a delay penalty.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.2.3 · Anwendung
Delay sanctions imposed before or between sets are applied in the following set.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.2.4 · Wissen
All delay sanctions are recorded on the score sheet.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.2.1.2 · Wissen
The set-1 warning stays in force for the match, so a further delay in set 3 is a delay penalty.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.2.1.1, 16.2.3 · Anwendung
Only the first delay earns a warning; every later delay is a penalty.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.2.2, 16.2.3 · Wissen
A sanction given between sets is recorded and applied in the following set.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.2.1.2, 16.2.4 · Anwendung
Quellen
FIVB Official Volleyball Rules 2025-2028, Rule 16 (paraphrased in original wording; original questions authored from the Rules, not reproduced)
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.2.32
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.11
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.1.31
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.1.21
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.1.4, 15.11.31
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.1.51
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.1.2, 16.1.5; Casebook 2024 4.391
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.2; Casebook 2024 4.401
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.1, 15.11.21
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 15.11, 16.1.41
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.2; Casebook 2024 4.411
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.2.11
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.2.1.11
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.2.21
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.2.41
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.2.1.21
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.2.1.1, 16.2.31
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.2.2, 16.2.31
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 16.2.1.2, 16.2.41