FIRST REFEREE SECOND REFEREE
A. Location. A. Location
Seated or standing (mostly) on a referee’s Stands at the post outside the playing court
stand located at one end of the net. His view on the opposite side of and facing the first
is about 50 cm. above the net. referee.
B. Authority. B. Authority
1. Directs the match from the start until the 1. Assists the first referee although he has
end. his own range of jurisdiction.
2. Has authority over all officials and the 2. May replace the first referee.
members of the teams.
3. May signal faults outside his jurisdiction
3. Makes final decisions; overrules the but may not insist them to the first referee.
decisions of other officials.
4. Controls the work of the scorer.
4. Controls the work of the ball retrievers.
5. Supervises the team members on the
5. Has the power to decide on any matter team bench and reports their misconduct to
involving the game. the first referee.
6. Determines before and during the match 6. Controls the players on the warm-up
whether the playing area and the conditions areas,
meet playing requirements.
7. Authorizes the interruptions, controls their
C. Responsibilities. duration and rejects improper requests.
Prior to the match, the first referee: 8. Controls the number of timeouts and
substitutions used by each team and reports
1. Inspects the conditions of the playing the second timeout and 5th and 6th
area, the ball and other equipment. substitutions to the first referee and the
2. Performs the toss with the team captains. coach concerned.
3. Controls the teams’ warming up. 9. Authorizes a substitution or recovery time,
in the case of an injury of a player.
During the match, the first referee:
10. Checks the floor condition, mainly in the
1. Sanctions misconducts and delays. front zone and checks, during the match,
that the balls still fulfill the regulations.
2. Decides upon:
C. Responsibilities
• The faults of the server and of the
positions of the serving team 1. Checks that the actual position of the
including the screen. players on the court correspond to those on
• The faults in playing the ball the line-up sheets.
• The faults above the net and at its
2. During the match, the second referee
upper part.
decides, whistles, and signals:
• Positional of the receiving team
• Contact of the player with the net an
with the antenna on his side of the
court
• Penetration into the opponents court At the end of the match, the scorer:
space under the net
• The attack hit or blocking faults of the • Records the final resutls
back row players • Signs the score sheet and obtains
• The ball that crosses the net outside the signatures of the team captains
of the crossing space or touches the and the referees
antenna on his side of the court • Writes or permits the captain to write
• The contact of the ball with an on the score sheet a statement on
outside object on the floor when the the incident protested if there is any.
first referee is not in position to see
the contact.
ASSISTANT SCORER
A. Location
SCORER Sits at the scorer's table next to the
A. Location scorekeeper.
B. Responsibilities
The scorer is seated at the scorer’s table on The assistant scorer's main function is to
the opposite side of and face the first record libero replacements on to a libero
referee. tracking sheet.
1. Notifies any fault with libero
B. Responsibilities. replacements
The scorer keeps the score sheet according 2. Operates the manual scoreboard on
to the rules: the scorer's table
3. Checks the score on the scoreboard
Prior to the match, the scorer: with the score on the scoresheet
• Registers the data of the match and
teams and obtains the signatures of
the captains and the coaches. LINESMEN / LINEJUDGES
• Records the starting line-up of each A. Location
from the line-up sheet.
They stand in the free zone at 1 to 3 m. from
During the match, the scorer: each corner of the court, on the imaginary
extension of the line that they control.
• Records the points scored and
ensures that the score board B. Responsibilities.
indicates the right score.
• Controls the serving order of each The linesmen perform their functions by
team and indicates any error to the using flags.
referees immediately after the 1. Signal the ball in and out whenever the
service hit. ball lands near their lines
• Records the timeouts and player
substitutions, controlling their number 2. Signal the touches of out ball by the team
and informs the second referee. receiving the ball
• Notifies the referees of a request for
3. Signal when the ball crosses the net
interruption that is out of order.
outside the crossing space, touching the
• Announces to the referees the end of antenna, etc.
the set and the scored of the 8th
point in the deciding set. 4. Signal the foot faults of the server.
• Records the sanctions, warnings and
penalties.
