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| Pos | Starter # | Sub # | Sub # |
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| I | |||
| II | |||
| III | |||
| IV | |||
| V | |||
| VI |
| Pos | Starter # | Sub # | Sub # |
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| I | |||
| II | |||
| III | |||
| IV | |||
| V | |||
| VI |
| Team | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Sets Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOME | ||||||
| AWAY |
Write starting player numbers in Position I-VI. Position I is the server. Record substitutions in the sub columns when they occur.
Cross out or circle each point as it's scored. The team that reaches 25 (or 15 in set 5) with a 2-point lead wins the set.
Note the libero's number and which player they typically replace. Libero replacements don't count against the 18 sub limit.
Each team gets 2 timeouts per set. Cross out the boxes as they're used. Timeouts don't carry over between sets.
Skip the paper. Use our free digital volleyball scoreboard that syncs in real-time and can be shared with spectators.
Modern volleyball uses rally scoring, which means a point is awarded on every single rally — no matter who served. That's different from the old side-out scoring system, where only the serving team could score. Under rally scoring, if the receiving team wins the rally, they get the point and the serve switches to them (a side-out); if the serving team wins the rally, they get the point and keep serving. This is why volleyball scores can climb fast and why every rally matters on the sheet — there's no such thing as a 'free' rally that doesn't affect the score.
Teams rotate one position clockwise every time they win a side-out (win the serve back from the other team) — never when they score a point on their own serve. On a paper score sheet, rotation is usually tracked with a small court diagram showing which of the six positions each player currently occupies, updated each time a side-out happens. This matters for two reasons: it determines who serves next, and it keeps the team legal — players have to stay in their rotational order relative to each other even as they move around the court after the serve. A missed rotation (someone serving out of order) is a real fault that costs the point, so scorers who track rotation carefully catch it before the ref has to.
A standard set is played to 25 points, and you have to win by at least 2 — so a tied set at 24-24 keeps going until one team pulls ahead by two (26-24, 28-26, and so on, with no upper cap). Most matches are best of 5 sets at the high school, college, club, and international level; the deciding fifth set is shorter, played to 15 points, still win by 2. Recreational leagues, pool play, and some club formats use best of 3 instead. Beach volleyball has its own targets: sets to 21, with a shorter third/deciding set to 15 — both still win by 2. This score sheet supports up to 5 sets, so it covers the full range from a quick best-of-3 rec match to a full high school or college best-of-5.