East Volleyball Club Men’s League

Event Rules and Regulations

Purpose

The purpose of this document is to explain the rules and regulations for the East Volleyball Club (EVC) Men’s League. 

Teams and uniforms

1. Teams must provide at least 6 regular players at the beginning of the tournament. These players must be indicated on the tournament playing list.

2. Teams must provide at least 6 regular players at the beginning of each game. These players must be indicated on the team playing list.

3. Teams that fail to provide at least six of their regular players at the beginning of a game will technically default their game 3-0.  

4. In this situation teams are encouraged to play a friendly game with their remaining available players and may fill in players as required. If your team needs to default, please contact the organisers ahead of time so that they can alert the court supervisor.

5. Team uniforms must be worn and they must have a unique number to be displayed at the front and back of the uniform for scorecard purposes.

6. Players must wear the same or near colour shorts.

7. Players must wear fully enclosed footwear when playing (no Crocs/slides) - this is for the safety of all players. 

League format

8. Every team must pay the entry fee before their entry is confirmed in the league.

9. Each team will play a round robin of matches against every other team.

10. Weekly draws and results are posted on the website (eastvolleyballclub.co.nz) and on East Volleyball Club’s Facebook page after each round.  

11. The scoring system is shown below: 

12. The 4 highest ranked teams will enter the semi-final (Top 1-4 playoff matches) and the bottom 2 teams will play for 5-6 place.

13. The winner of the semi-finals will enter the final, while the losing team will play for 3rd and 4th place.

14. Games will be scheduled between 9am-3pm on Sunday’s at Howick College, with all games concluding at 3pm (latest scheduled game will be 1pm).

15. Each game will last no longer than 110 minutes, plus 10 minutes of warm up (of which 5 minutes will be shared net time).

16. If a set is incomplete by the time the 110 minutes are up, the score will be allocate upon the following rules:

    1. If the set is not a tie-break and none of the team have scored more than 10 points, the set is voided.

    2. If the set is not a tie-break and one of the teams has scored more than 10 points, the team with the highest score wins the set, even if by one point.

    3. If the set is not a tie-break and one of the teams has scored more than 10 points, and the teams have an equal amount of points, the team that will score the next point will win the set.

    4. If the set is a tie-break, the team that has scored more points wins the set.

       1. If both teams have the same amount of points, whoever win the next point, wins the match.

17. Teams can request changes to the draws up to 72 hours before the match's planned start time. The league committee will get back to the requestor within 24 hours of the request

18. In case of changes to the draw, the new draw will be uploaded onto the website and an email will be sent to the contact person in your team.  

19. If you have a legitimate preference for match time, then let us know. However, we cannot always cater for your preferences and this is not guaranteed.

Matches

Matches will follow FIVB 2024 rules (see FIVB OFFICIAL VOLLEYBALL RULES 2021-2024) 

The specific EVC league format below will be applied.

20. Each game is allocated 120 minutes. There will be 10 minutes of warm up between games as well as 5 minutes of net time per team.

21. Teams should arrive at least 15 minutes prior to their scheduled match time. 

22. Matches will start at the scheduled time, unless the prior match ends at the scheduled game time, in which case, teams will have the allocated time to warm up and complete net time prior to the match beginning. 

23. In the event that a game has ended significantly early prior to the scheduled match time and the duty and playing teams are present and willing to start early, the match may begin ahead of schedule.  

24. Each match will be played as the best of 5 sets. A team will have to win 3 sets to win the match. If a fifth set (Tie-break) is required, this will go up to 15 points (win by 2 points).

25. Teams will be allowed two, 30 seconds time-outs per set.

26. There will be a 3 minute break between sets.

27. If a match won’t be completed by the end of the allocated time, the team that has won the majority of sets will be declared the winner.

28. If the teams have won an equal amount of sets, the team that has scored the highest amount of points throughout the game will be declared the winner.

29. 12 substitution rules will apply.

30. Scoresheets and rotation sheets (will be provided) must be completed prior to the match and each set start, respectively.

31. Local rules will be applied, including that the ball can be played off the roof of the gym as long as it remains on the same side of the team that is playing out the rally. 

Duty

32. Teams will be required to fulfil game duties for other teams games. The organiser will provide the details of the game at least 72 hours in advance for your team to organise the duty positions listed in point 28.

33. Each team will be required to provide a 1st referee, 2nd referee, a scorer and 2 lines people.

34. Both 1st and Second referees will be required to have their own whistles. 

Fair Play and Good behaviour

35. Please treat other teams and players with respect and courtesy. Our leagues are about having fun and making friends! Teams that do not abide by these very reasonable rules may be asked to leave our competition (without refund).

36. Should you encounter an issue with an individual or team's behaviour, please do not engage and instead inform the organisers straight away.

37. There is to be No vaping or smoking on school grounds including within the gym and immediately outside the gym. Vaping is only allowed outside the school entrance (roadside) - See below.