Team A loses a routine rally; Team B wins the point and goes back to serve. Prior to the beckon, Team B sends up a sub, #11 in for #12 with the expectation that #11 be the server. The scoresheet reveals that #11 was in the starting lineup, and should be in the process of rotating RF to RB. However, #11 never left through a legal substitution, so #12 shouldn’t even be on the court. #11 would be the correct server if we moved forward. Further investigation reveals that #11 left the court for the Libero, and #12 illegally replaced the Libero. (The Assistant Scorekeeper said nothing at the time.) After the illegal replacement, Team B scored 8 points during several rotations leading up to the discovery. How should the officials correct this situation?
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by illinoisvbguy
20 Apr 2012 at 06:40
Since #12 replaced the libero illegally (#11 should have been the one to come in), Team B has been playing with an illegal player on the court. Even though there have been several rotations during which Team B has scored 8 points, we cannot remove all of them. Once Team A serves, any points scored by Team B during the previous rotation stand. In this case, Team B just earned a loss of rally (sideout) while playing with an illegal player. We can correct that. So, do the following:
* Reverse the result of the last play. Instead of Team B winning the rally, Team A wins the rally because of the position fault (for an illegal player) on Team B. On the scoreboard, remove that point from Team B and give it to Team A instead. The last Team A server continues to serve.
* #12 is removed from the game and #11 is placed into the game (where s/he should have been all along). There is no substitution charged as #12 was never in the game legally. #11 will be in RF as Team B did not win that rally and rotate.
* Remind the assistant scorekeeper that during a replacement, the number on the left of the L (or R) must be the same as that on the right (i.e., the non-libero player whom the libero replaced must be the same non-libero player to replace the libero).
by AntonioK
17 Apr 2012 at 19:59
Position fault committed by Team B and point and serve goes to Team A. The line up should then be corrected by #11 replacing #12 in the right front without being charged a substitution.
Nothing can be done about the points scored with the illegal player on the court because the opposing team had already served prior to the discovery. If any time-outs were taken by Team A from 8 points up until the rotation fault was discovered, I believe they are canceled.
So the steps should look like this if I interpreted this correctly:
- Signal Position Fault on Team B
- Explain to Team B’s coach the illegal replacement
- Correct the line-up, replace the current RF (#12) for the actual RF (#11) w/out charge of a substitution
- Point and service goes to Team A
- Should Team A’s coach question the situation, explain briefly
- Resume play with Team A serving the next ball
by Nasser Balinda
15 Apr 2012 at 19:53
Interesting scenario!Team B made a wrong substituition even though it is the right server.There was also an illegal libero replacement.Thats another violation.If i was first referee i would handle it as below.
The scorer needs to identify at what point this illegal libero replacement was made and all the points scored by team B would be lost(8 points).
Secondly this action of rectifying would have caused delay of the game and so team B will be sanctioned for a delay with a yellow card and loss of rally and point to team A.