Law 8: States of Play

The ball comes into play at the authorised service hit, not at the whistle or the toss.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 8.1 · recall

The ball is out of play at the moment of the fault a referee whistles; with no fault, at the moment of the whistle.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 8.2 · recall

If at any moment of its floor contact some part of the ball touches the court, boundary lines included, it is in.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 8.3 · recall

Any part of the ball on the line is enough, since the boundary lines belong to the court.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 8.3 · applied

Without a fault, the whistle itself ends the ball's time in play.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 8.2 · applied

Under the 2025-2028 text the ceiling is like any object outside the court: touching it makes the ball out.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 8.4.2 · recall

What counts is any moment of the ball's contact with the floor; if part of it reaches the line, it is in.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 8.3 · applied

Only C touches the line; the others land completely outside it, B only just.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 8.3, 8.4.1 · applied

The authorised service hit starts play; the whistled fault ends it.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 8.1, 8.2 · recall

Inside the court and on the line are both in; completely outside the line is out.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 8.3, 8.4.1 · applied

Touching a person out of play makes the ball out.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 8.4.2 · applied

The ball is out if it touches the antennae, ropes, posts, or the net itself outside the side bands.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 8.4.3 · recall

The side bands mark the end of the playable net; a touch beyond them ends the rally.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 8.4.3 · applied

Crossing the net's plane partly or wholly outside the crossing space is out, apart from the play-back case of Rule 10.1.2.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 8.4.4 · recall

A ball that crosses the lower space completely is out.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 8.4.5 · recall

Going partly under the net and coming back does not make it out; the ball stays playable.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 8.4.5 · applied

The ball is out when all the parts of it in contact with the floor are completely outside the boundary lines.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 8.4.1 · recall

B goes into the net between the side bands and stays in play; A hits an antenna, C a post and D the net outside a side band.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 8.4.3 · applied

Touching the antenna makes the ball out; it is out of play at the whistled fault, and the opponents score.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 8.2, 8.4.3 · applied

The lower space is under the net, and the crossing space lies above its top band between the antennae.

Source: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 8.4.4, 8.4.5 · recall