7 Sanctions

Personal warnings and sanctions

If there is any kind of misbehavior, a referee should always issue a verbal warning by speaking to the captain of the respective team. As a second level of warning, a yellow card should be given. There is only one yellow card (formal warning) per team per game, further misbehavior has to be sanctioned according to the sanction scale.

Penalty:
A penalty (red card) is issued per set. The first and second rude conduct by a player is sanctioned by a red card, which leads to a point and service for the opponent. A third occurrence leads to the expulsion of the player. It is possible, that a player gets one or more red cards for rude conduct in one of the following sets.

Expulsion:
The first offensive conduct leads to the expulsion of a players which means, that the team will be declared incomplete and, therefore, loses the set. The opponent receives all points necessary to win the set, the points gained by the incomplete team remain valid.

Disqualification:
The first aggressive threat or any actual physical attack leads to the disqualification of the aggressor. The team is declared incomplete and loses the match. The opponent receives all points necessary to win the match, the points gained by the incomplete team remain valid.

All sanctions have to be recorded on the score sheet. Any misconduct that happens before or between sets will be sanctioned at the start of the following set.

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Sanction scale

Rude Conduct: acting contrary to good manners or moral principles,

Offensive conduct: defamatory or insulting words or gestures including any action expressing contempt.

Aggression: actual physical attack or aggressive or threatening behavior.

 Fig. 48: Sanction scale

check the official rules of the game: http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Refereeing.asp

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Sanctions for Delay

See Delay.