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2.
3.
b)
Block Touch contact with the ball by the player (i.e. the
blocker)
c)
d)
e)
4.
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5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
The ETT may be mounted on a support for ease of use. Each ETT
will be hardwired and in consequence will be dedicated to each
court. Teams will not carry the ETT with them when changing
court.
11.
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12.
The initial graphic will be followed by the FIVB Official Review video
footage with embedded graphics (as generated by the Challenge
System provider) and will feature the following possible results:
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Official Review
Ball IN/OUT
IN
or
OUT
Official Review
Block Touch
TOUCH
or
NO TOUCH
Official Review
Net Fault
FAULT
or
NO FAULT
or
NO FAULT
(TOUCH AFTER BALL OUT OF PLAY)
or
FAULT
(PRIOR FAULT COUNTS)
Official Review
Antenna Touch by Player
TOUCH
or
NO TOUCH
or
TOUCH
(AFTER BALL OUT OF PLAY)
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Official Review
Antenna Touch by ball
TOUCH
or
NO TOUCH
Official Review
Foot Fault
FAULT
or
NO FAULT
There will be a graphic for eventual cases of unavailable footage (see
Regulation 30). The decision then can be Referee call stands, or Rally
replay, depending on the circumstances.
Official Review
XXXXXXXXXXX (name of the suspected fault)
Picture Unavailable
Referee Decision stands
or
Picture Unavailable
Point Replay
13.
Challenges can only be made using the ETTs (see Regulation 34).
The request will be made through two consecutive actions. At first,
there will be a single CHALLENGE button to press on the tablet.
Pressing it will request a challenge, trigger the challenge audio,
and stop the action; automatically, a new series of buttons will
appear, presenting the Challenge options for the team to indicate
the suspected fault being challenged. The team must not spend
more than five seconds to indicate their suspected fault. The twostep procedure is designed to help coaches in pressing the correct
button when they indicate the suspected fault being challenged. In
case of delay, the referee may apply a delay warning.
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14.
15.
b)
c)
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16.
Communication
by
wireless
radiofrequency
(Referee
Communication Device) among all referees is also mandatory in
major events.
17.
18.
The 2nd Referee should only move to the side of the team that
loses the rally after the 1st Referee makes the decision and
indicates the team to serve next.
19.
After the result of the Challenge has been transmitted, the match
continues, with the score adjusted as necessary.
20.
21.
a.
b.
c.
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22. Since any rally can have several distinct phases, the examination of
the action will focus only on the sequence of play corresponding to
the action being questioned by the team or as directed by the 1st
referee if he/ she initiates the challenge personally. For instance:
once the attack/block phase has been initiated, no challenge can be
accepted for any fault suspected in a previous phase of the attack.
It is important to emphasize that the first fault observed in the
sequence of images under review, even if not the specific action
being challenged, will prevail over any subsequent fault and will
form the basis of the 1st Referees final decision, determining the
fair and correct award of the point contested in the rally. (i.e.:
Challenge request for ball out with the footage showing the defensive
player slightly touching the ball before it lands out - Challenge decision
would be TOUCH.)
23. Should a team that challenges the final action WIN the rally anyway,
the Challenge will automatically be declined (as unnecessary).
24. A Team may request a Challenge only once within the same
interruption i.e. they cannot challenge a second time within the
same interruption. However, both teams may request a Challenge
within the same interruption.
25. If two teams challenge in the same interruption for actions which
happened within a very short time interval - same action-phase - i.e.
a completed attack from the attack line is challenged by team A, but
team B challenges for a touch on the net by the team A block, which
is part of the same action sequence - the whole sequence of that
action will be reviewed and the first fault observed, if any, will
prevail.
Even if a team loses the Challenge due to its claimed fault not being
the first one observed in a play-action sequence, if the evidence
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nevertheless demonstrates that the fault occurred, then they will still
keep the number of Challenges available.
26. All players must remain on the court for the time needed to assess
the video footage. No substitutes / replacement players / liberos or
bench personnel may enter the court because the result of the
challenge may have an impact on the need for substitution or
replacement.
27. The Challenge Referee may request the Challenge System
operators to view different angles, zoom in/out and use any other
resource available to make his/ her best informed judgement.
28. While the Challenge is under review, the video screens in the
competition hall must display the approved FIVB Challenge holding
graphic (see examples in Regulation 12 and see Regulation 30).
29. As a general principle, a suspected fault that is NOT CONFIRMED
by the video footage, is considered as NOT having occurred.
Hence, if the footage provided by the Challenge System does not allow
the Challenge Referee to make a clear ruling (because the relevant
action is obscured, or the image is non-existent due to some technical
failure, for instance) the point must be replayed. The Challenging team
will retain the Challenges which it had at the moment of the request,
and will maintain this number when the match resumes.
30.
31.
After a Challenge and before the game resumes, the 2nd Referee
must (in compliance with his/her duties according to the rules)
verify that the score sheet and all scoreboards in the competition
hall are correct and the players on court are in their correct
positions (rotation) according to the e-Scoresheet.
32.
Teams which interrupt the rally for a Challenge request but whose
challenge is not from the tablet menu will lose the rally
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automatically, will lose one of their challenges for that set, and will
additionally be given a delay warning or penalty as appropriate.
33.
34.
In case the Electronic Team Tablet (E.T.T.) fails, the team coach
or the assistant coach are allowed to make a manual signal and a
direct oral request to the referees.
35.
36.
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