# Law 20: Requirements of Conduct

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Knowing and keeping the rules, accepting decisions without dispute, asking only through the game captain, not trying to influence the referees, and fair play towards everyone in the hall.

## 20.201 Sportsmanlike Conduct

Accepting decisions, asking through the game captain, and not influencing the referees, with Casebook cases.

### Test 1: Sportsmanlike conduct

- Participants must know the Official Volleyball Rules and abide by them. (Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.1.1)
- Decisions are accepted with sportsmanlike conduct and without dispute. (Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.1.2)
- Clarification may be requested only through the game captain. (Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.1.2)
- Actions or attitudes aimed at influencing the referees or covering up a team's faults are not allowed. (Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.1.3)
- The net contact interfered with play, and trying to mislead the referees is rude conduct, sanctioned with a penalty. (Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.1.3, 21.2.1; Casebook 2024 6.2)
- Certain normal reactions are allowed; the referee calms the coach, and only stage-2 behaviour earns a yellow card. (Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.1.2, 21.1; Casebook 2024 6.3)
- Explanations exist, but a player has to go through his captain while the ball is dead. (Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.1.2, 5.1.2.1)
- Tugging the net to fake an attacker's touch tries to mislead the referees; the others are allowed. (Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.1.3, 20.2.2; Casebook 2024 6.2, 6.3)
- Questions go through the game captain once the ball is out of play. (Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.1.2, 5.1.2)
- A brief gesture is calmed, stage-2 misconduct earns a yellow card, and repeating it is penalised for rude conduct. (Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 21.1; Casebook 2024 6.3)

## 20.202 Fair Play

Respect and courtesy towards referees, officials, opponents, team-mates and spectators, and talking within the team.

### Test 1: Fair play

- Fair play is owed not only to the referees but to officials, opponents, team-mates and spectators. (Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.2.1)
- Rule 20.2 names it: the spirit of FAIR PLAY. (Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.2.1)
- Team members may talk to each other during the match. (Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.2.2)
- Respect and courtesy towards the opponents are part of fair play. (Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.2.1)
- Spectators are named among those owed respectful and courteous behaviour. (Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.2.1)
- Participants must accept referees' decisions without disputing them; doubts go through the game captain. (Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.1.2)
- The rule names referees, other officials, opponents, team-mates and spectators. (Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.2.1)
- Only the game captain may ask, and only with the ball out of play; shouting, arguing and crowding the referee are not. (Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.1.2, 5.1.2)
- The player cannot go to the referee himself; his captain asks for him once play has stopped. (Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.1.2, 5.1.2)
- Knowing the rules comes first, conduct during play next, and the captain thanks the referees at the end. (Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.1, 5.1.3.1)

Fonti: FIVB Official Volleyball Rules 2025-2028, Rule 20 (paraphrased in original wording; original questions authored from the Rules, not reproduced)

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