Law 17: Exceptional Game Interruptions

The referee must stop the game immediately and permit medical assistance to enter the court.

Source : FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 17.1.1 · restitution

The rally interrupted for the accident is replayed.

Source : FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 17.1.1 · restitution

In that case the player gets three minutes to recover.

Source : FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 17.1.2 · restitution

The recovery time is granted no more than once for the same player in the match.

Source : FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 17.1.2 · restitution

If the player does not recover, the team is declared incomplete.

Source : FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 17.1.2 · restitution

Any external interference means play is stopped and the rally is replayed.

Source : FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 17.2 · restitution

A replay is for danger or a real influence on play; a ball arriving at the very end with no effect needs none.

Source : FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 17.2; Casebook 2024 4.48 · application

A second ball on court is a danger and an external interference, so the rally is stopped and replayed.

Source : FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 17.2; Casebook 2024 4.48 · application

Safety first: play stops, medical help enters, the player is replaced, and the interrupted rally is replayed.

Source : FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 17.1.1, 15.7 · application

The recovery time comes only after both kinds of substitution are ruled out.

Source : FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 17.1.2 · application

The 1st referee, the organiser and the Control Committee, if there is one, decide the measures.

Source : FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 17.3.1 · restitution

On the same court the set continues normally from where it stopped.

Source : FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 17.3.2.1 · restitution

On another court the interrupted set is cancelled and replayed with the same team members and starting line-ups.

Source : FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 17.3.2.2 · restitution

Whether on the same or another court, completed sets keep their scores.

Source : FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 17.3.2 · restitution

Beyond 4 hours in total the whole match is replayed.

Source : FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 17.3.3 · restitution

The replayed set uses the same line-ups except expelled or disqualified players, who are replaced.

Source : FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 17.3.2.2; Casebook 2024 8.3 · application

The record of all sanctions is maintained when the set is replayed.

Source : FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 17.3.2.2 · restitution

Over 4 hours in total, the match is replayed; on the same court a set goes on, and on a new court it is replayed.

Source : FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 17.3.2, 17.3.3 · application

Nothing, then the interrupted set, then the whole match.

Source : FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 17.3.2, 17.3.3 · application

The 1st referee stops play, the organiser or Technical Delegate restores order, and it is written down.

Source : FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 17.2, 17.3; Casebook 2024 4.42 · application