# Law 18: Intervals and Change of Courts (FIVB Official Volleyball Rules)

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The 3-minute interval between sets and the one that may be extended, what happens in it, and when teams change courts, including the change at 8 points in the deciding set.

## 18.181 Intervals

How long intervals last, which one may be extended and by whom, and what is done during them.

### Test 1: Intervals between sets

- An interval is the time between sets. (Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 18.1)
- All intervals last three minutes. (Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 18.1)
- Only the interval between the second and third sets may be extended, to at most ten minutes. (Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 18.1)
- The competent body can extend it when the organiser asks. (Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 18.1)
- The teams change courts and their line-ups are registered on the score sheet. (Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 18.1)
- A team may not leave the competition area without the referees' permission. (Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 18.1; Casebook 2024 4.41)
- After two and a half minutes the 2nd referee reminds the team to come back so as not to be declared in default. (Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 18.1, 6.4.2; Casebook 2024 4.41)
- At the organiser's request the competent body may extend the set-2 interval to ten minutes at most. (Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 18.1)
- In the interval the teams change courts and register their line-ups before the next set starts. (Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 18.1)
- 30 seconds, 3 minutes, up to 10 minutes, and more than 4 hours. (Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 15.4.1, 18.1, 17.3.3)

## 18.182 Change of Courts

Changing courts after each set and at 8 points in the deciding set.

### Test 1: Change of courts

- Courts change after each set; for the deciding set a new toss decides. (Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 18.2.1)
- Once the leading team reaches eight points, the teams change courts. (Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 18.2.2)
- The change is made without delay and the player positions remain the same. (Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 18.2.2)
- The change takes place as soon as the error is noticed, and the score at that moment remains. (Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 18.2.2)
- The teams change courts at 8 points without delay. (Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 18.2.2)
- A new toss is carried out if a deciding set has to be played. (Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 7.1, 18.2.1)
- The change at 8 points belongs to the deciding set alone. (Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 18.2.2)
- Eight points for the leader means an immediate swap of ends with the same rotations. (Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 18.2.2)
- The fifth set starts from a fresh toss, and its mid-set swap comes at 8 points. (Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 7.1, 18.2.2)
- Each completed set brings a swap, set 5 opens with a toss, and it swaps again at 8. (Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 7.1, 18.2)

Sources: FIVB Official Volleyball Rules 2025-2028, Rule 18 (paraphrased in original wording; original questions authored from the Rules, not reproduced)

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