Law 5: Team Leaders

Before play the team captain goes to the toss and then signs the score sheet.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 5.1.1 · recall

On court during the match, the team captain acts as the game captain.

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

When the team captain is off the court, the coach or the team captain names another player on court.

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

The role ends when that player leaves the court, the team captain comes back, or the set is over.

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

Only the game captain may address the referees, and only while the ball is out of play.

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

The game captain may ask permission to change kit, to verify positions, and to check the floor, net, ball and so on.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 5.1.2.2 · recall

The team captain thanks the referees and signs the score sheet to ratify the result.

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

With the team captain off the court, a game captain on court takes over the right to talk to the referees.

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

Toss and signature come first, then the game-captain role, and a final signature confirms the result.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 5.1 · recall

A protest must be announced to the 1st referee at the time and is written on the score sheet after the match.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 5.1.2.1, 5.1.3.2 · applied

Throughout the match the coach directs play from outside, picks line-ups and substitutes and takes time-outs.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 5.2.1 · recall

In these functions the coach's contact is the 2nd referee.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 5.2.1 · recall

A filled-in, signed line-up goes to the 2nd referee or the scorer before every set; a tablet transmission counts as official.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 5.2.3.1 · recall

The coach sits on the bench nearest the scorer but may leave it.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 5.2.3.2 · recall

The coach and other team members may instruct the players, without disturbing or delaying the match.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 5.2.3.4 · recall

An assistant coach sits on the bench and has no right to intervene in the match.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 5.3.1 · recall

For the coach's absence an assistant coach may step in, after the game captain confirms it to the referee.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 5.3.2 · applied

The coach may move in the free zone in front of the bench, from the attack-line extension to the warm-up area, which is A.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 5.2.3.4 · applied

The roster is signed before the match, a line-up goes in before each set, and time-outs come during play.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 5.2.2, 5.2.3 · recall

The assistant coach may act as coach only after the game captain has confirmed it.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 5.3.2 · applied

Explanations are requested by the game captain; the coach has no such right.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 5.1.2, 5.2.3.4; Casebook 2024 1.6 · applied

Another team member may press the buzzer, but the coach must still make the official signal.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 5.2.3.3, 5.3.1; Casebook 2024 1.7 · applied

A written protest needs the game captain to have told the 1st referee about it when the incident happened.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 5.1.2.1, 5.1.3.2; Casebook 2024 7.4 · applied

A protest concerns the referee's application or interpretation of the rules, not ordinary judgement calls.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 5.1.2.1, 5.1.3.2; Casebook 2024 1.5 · applied

Before the toss the coach may designate a new team captain, marked on the score sheet, with the full rights and duties.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 5.1.1; Casebook 2024 4.34 · applied

After the toss no new team captain is named; a game captain takes on the duties and signs after the match.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 5.1; Casebook 2024 4.34 · applied

Rule 5 states that a Libero can be either team captain or game captain.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 5 · recall

The assistant coach sits on the bench and may not intervene; walking along the side line is for the coach.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 5.2.3.4, 5.3.1; Casebook 2024 7.8 · applied

Going beyond the game captain's role first earns a warning; if it continues, a sanction for rude conduct follows.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 5.1.2, 21; Casebook 2024 1.3 · applied

Requests are made only with the ball out of play; only detail of one's own team is given, and the request must not be abused.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 5.1.2.2; Casebook 2024 1.4 · applied