Law 20: Requirements of Conduct

Participants must know the Official Volleyball Rules and abide by them.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.1.1 · recall

Decisions are accepted with sportsmanlike conduct and without dispute.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.1.2 · recall

Clarification may be requested only through the game captain.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.1.2 · recall

Actions or attitudes aimed at influencing the referees or covering up a team's faults are not allowed.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.1.3 · recall

The net contact interfered with play, and trying to mislead the referees is rude conduct, sanctioned with a penalty.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.1.3, 21.2.1; Casebook 2024 6.2 · applied

Certain normal reactions are allowed; the referee calms the coach, and only stage-2 behaviour earns a yellow card.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.1.2, 21.1; Casebook 2024 6.3 · applied

Explanations exist, but a player has to go through his captain while the ball is dead.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.1.2, 5.1.2.1 · applied

Tugging the net to fake an attacker's touch tries to mislead the referees; the others are allowed.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.1.3, 20.2.2; Casebook 2024 6.2, 6.3 · applied

Questions go through the game captain once the ball is out of play.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.1.2, 5.1.2 · recall

A brief gesture is calmed, stage-2 misconduct earns a yellow card, and repeating it is penalised for rude conduct.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 21.1; Casebook 2024 6.3 · applied

Fair play is owed not only to the referees but to officials, opponents, team-mates and spectators.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.2.1 · recall

Rule 20.2 names it: the spirit of FAIR PLAY.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.2.1 · recall

Team members may talk to each other during the match.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.2.2 · recall

Respect and courtesy towards the opponents are part of fair play.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.2.1 · applied

Spectators are named among those owed respectful and courteous behaviour.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.2.1 · recall

Participants must accept referees' decisions without disputing them; doubts go through the game captain.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.1.2 · applied

The rule names referees, other officials, opponents, team-mates and spectators.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.2.1 · recall

Only the game captain may ask, and only with the ball out of play; shouting, arguing and crowding the referee are not.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.1.2, 5.1.2 · applied

The player cannot go to the referee himself; his captain asks for him once play has stopped.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.1.2, 5.1.2 · recall

Knowing the rules comes first, conduct during play next, and the captain thanks the referees at the end.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 20.1, 5.1.3.1 · recall