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Volleyball Score Counter
A volleyball score counter keeps rally-scoring points and sets: indoor sets to 25 by two with a deciding set to 15, beach sets to 21. This one also rotates the line-up on every side-out, names the next server, counts time-outs and substitutions, and calls each change of courts.
Free, no sign-up, works offline, and nothing leaves this browser.
Score: 0–0 · Team A to serve
Team Aon court, net at topserving order
Team Bon court, net at topserving order
| Set | Team A | Team B | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|
| No set finished yet | |||
Tap the team that won the rally. A or ← scores team A, L or → scores team B, Ctrl+Z undoes. Enter each line-up in service order, I to VI, as on the line-up sheet: player I starts in position 1. Swap first serve works where the rules leave the first serve to a toss or a choice. In beach, the first two boxes are the two players, and Swap server changes who serves first for that team until it has served in the set.
This scores a match; it does not referee one. It cannot see an overlap, a net touch, a double contact or a foot fault, so it records whichever team you tap. It does not track the Libero: Libero replacements are not substitutions (Rule 19.3.2.1), so the court keeps showing the regular player. Sub counts each team’s substitutions against the limit but does not change names; edit the line-up box if you want the court to show the substitute. It has no clock for time-outs or intervals. It follows the FIVB indoor and beach rules for 2025–2028; school, college and club rule books differ on substitutions, the Libero and more. In a refereed match the score sheet is the record.
Adding a point is the easy part. What two numbers cannot tell you is who serves after a side-out, why the team that received first serves with its player II, when to change courts in the fifth set, or whether a team has a time-out left. This counter follows the FIVB rules for 2025–2028, indoor and beach.
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams separated by a net score by grounding the ball on the other team’s court. Indoor teams have six players and beach teams two. Both games are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), whose current rule books run from 2025 to 2028.
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Key facts
| Detail | Answer |
|---|---|
| Price | Free, no sign-up, no ads |
| Scoring | Rally scoring: every rally wins a point |
| Indoor | Sets to 25 by 2, best of 5 or 3, deciding set to 15 |
| Beach | Sets to 21 by 2, best of 3, third set to 15 |
| Serve | Server named on every rally; next server for the receiving team |
| Rotation | Six positions drawn as on the score sheet, rotated on each side-out |
| First serve | Sets 2 to 4 indoors set by the rules; a toss or choice where they say so |
| Courts | Indoor at 8 in the deciding set; beach every 7 points, 5 in set 3 |
| Time-outs | 2 a set indoors, 1 on the beach; refused once used |
| Substitutions | 6 a set (FIVB) or your league’s number; refused at the limit |
| Undo | Every rally, time-out, substitution and setting |
| Where data goes | Nowhere. Local storage in this browser only |
| Official record | No. It scores; it does not referee |
How to keep score in volleyball with the counter
Enter the line-ups after the toss, then it is one tap per rally, to whichever team won it.
Choose the match
Indoor best of 5, indoor best of 3 or beach, and your substitution limit.
Enter the line-ups
Type each team’s players in service order, I to VI, as on the line-up sheet. Player I starts in position 1.
Set who serves first
The toss decides. If team B won the serve, press Swap first serve before the first rally.
Tap the team that won each rally
A and L on a keyboard do the same. The board names the server and, for the receiving team, who serves after a side-out.
Read the flag line
It calls every side-out, the change of courts, the interval, who serves the next set, and set and match points.
Undo a mis-tap at once
Undo unwinds the last action completely, including a set or a match it ended.
Where a volleyball score counter gets used
Any match without an electronic scoreboard, which is most of them.
School and club matches
The score, the server and the rotation on one phone at the bench, with time-outs and subs counted.
Student scorekeepers
A check on the score sheet’s service order before the whistle, where a rotational fault is cheapest to stop.
Recreational leagues
A phone against the post so 23–23 is not disputed and nobody argues about who serves.
Beach volleyball
The switch every 7 points and the serving order of the pair, which is easy to lose on sand.
Coaching
Watching the rotation turn over, and seeing which of the six rotations a run of points came in.
Parents and spectators
Following a match from the stands and knowing whether the fifth set has reached the change.
The 2025 rule change: only the receiving team can be out of position
The FIVB’s Official Volleyball Rules 2025–2028, approved by the 2024 World Congress for competitions beginning after 1 January 2025, changed one sentence that every scorekeeper, coach and player learned differently. Rule 7.4 now reads: “The players of the receiving team must be in the rotational order at the service hit. The players of the serving team, however, are free to occupy any position at the service hit.” Earlier editions held both teams to their rotational order. So under FIVB rules only the receiving team can commit a positional fault, or overlap.
| Team | Before 2025 | 2025–2028 |
|---|---|---|
| Receiving team | In rotational order | In rotational order (Rule 7.4) |
| Serving team, apart from the server | In rotational order | Free to stand anywhere on its court |
| The server | In the service zone | In the service zone |
| Both teams, after the service hit | Free | Free (Rule 7.4.4) |
| Beach volleyball | No positions and no positional faults at all (Beach Rules 7.4.1, 7.5.1) | |
What did not change is the service order. The serving team may stand anywhere, but the right player must still serve: a serve out of the rotational order is a rotational fault (Rule 7.7), and the opponent gets a point and the serve; where the scorer can tell when the fault began, the points the faulty team scored from then on are cancelled. That is the half of the job a scorekeeper still has to get right, and it is what the counter does: it names the server on every rally and the next server for the receiving team.
The overlap checks that still apply, to the receiving team
A position is judged by where the feet touch the floor at the service hit (Rule 7.4.3). Each back-row player must be further from the net than the front-row player in front, and each row must keep its left-to-right order. That is seven pairs to check, and only these seven:
| Pair | Rule |
|---|---|
| 4 and 5 | Position 5 at least partly further from the centre line than position 4 |
| 3 and 6 | Position 6 further back than position 3 |
| 2 and 1 | Position 1 further back than position 2 |
| 4 and 3 | Position 4 nearer the left sideline than position 3 |
| 3 and 2 | Position 2 nearer the right sideline than position 3 |
| 5 and 6 | Position 5 nearer the left sideline than position 6 |
| 6 and 1 | Position 1 nearer the right sideline than position 6 |
Diagonal pairs, such as 4 and 6 or 2 and 6, are never checked. Being level counts as being in position, and so does having part of one foot past the other player’s.
What the free online scoreboards describe
We read the pages of the free browser volleyball scoreboards near the top of a search for one on 2026-10-04. Most count points and sets and mark the serving team; the rotation is rarer, and none of the pages mentions the 2025 change to Rule 7.4.
| Scoreboard | Sets and deciding set | Rotation | Where the score is kept |
|---|---|---|---|
| KeepTheScore | Best of 1, 3 or 5; beach sets to 21 | Serve indicator; no rotation described | Online, with viewer and controller links |
| JudgeMate | To 25, fifth set to 15, win by 2 | Serve indicator; no rotation described | Online, with a spectator link |
| ScoreLeader | Sets and points | Rotations listed as tracked | Online; free boards public for 10 days |
| Scorecount | Best of 3 or 5; beach and foot volley | Serve mark; no rotation described | Not stated |
| Digital Tally Counter | To 25, fifth set to 15, switch at 8 | Six-player rotation on side-outs | Device; cloud sync on its paid plan |
| This counter | Indoor best of 5 or 3; beach best of 3 | All six positions and the next server | This browser only |
Volleyball rotation: who serves after a side-out
Every rally scores, but not every rally moves the serve. Rule 6.1.3: if the serving team wins the rally, it scores and the same player serves again; if the receiving team wins, it scores and serves next. Winning the serve back is the side-out, and indoors it is the only moment a team rotates. Rule 7.6.2: its six players move one position clockwise, and the player who moves from position 2 to position 1 serves.
That has a consequence most scoreboards leave out. The team that receives first rotates before it ever serves, so its first server is the player listed II on its line-up sheet, not player I. Player I of that team serves only on its sixth service turn.
| Service turn | Server | Why |
|---|---|---|
| A, 1st | A1 | Starts in position 1 on A’s line-up |
| B, 1st | B2 | B rotates on its first side-out: B2 moves from 2 to 1 |
| A, 2nd | A2 | A rotates on winning the serve back |
| B, 2nd | B3 | B rotates again |
| B, 5th | B6 | One rotation per side-out |
| B, 6th | B1 | Six rotations bring B’s player I back to position 1 |
Where each player stands after each rotation
| Rotations made | 1 (serves) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | I | II | III | IV | V | VI |
| 1 | II | III | IV | V | VI | I |
| 2 | III | IV | V | VI | I | II |
| 3 | IV | V | VI | I | II | III |
| 4 | V | VI | I | II | III | IV |
| 5 | VI | I | II | III | IV | V |
Positions 2, 3 and 4 are the front row, along the net; 1, 6 and 5 the back row. The counter draws each team’s court the way the score sheet does, net at the top, 4 3 2 over 5 6 1, and outlines the server. The line-up is handed in before every set (Rule 7.3.2), so each set starts again from rotation 0.
Beach volleyball: no positions, only an order
In beach volleyball there are no court positions and no positional faults. The captain gives a service order after the toss (Beach Rule 7.6.1) and, on a side-out, the player who did not serve last time serves (Beach Rule 12.2.2.2). So the team that receives first serves first with whichever player it named, not with “player II”. Serving out of order is still a fault: a point and the serve to the opponent (Beach Rule 7.7).
Who serves first in each set
| Set | Indoor | Beach |
|---|---|---|
| First set | The toss | The toss |
| Second set | The team that did not serve first in set 1 | The loser of the first toss chooses serve, receive or side |
| Third and fourth sets | The team that did not serve first in the previous set | Set 3 is the deciding set: a new toss |
| Deciding set | A new toss | — |
The counter applies the indoor rule for sets 2 to 4 itself and offers Swap first serve wherever the rules leave it to a toss or a choice.
Indoor and beach volleyball rules: sets, courts, time-outs and substitutions
Indoor and beach volleyball share rally scoring and the two-point lead and differ on almost everything else. These are the FIVB rules the counter follows; a league or school rule book may change several of them.
| Rule | Indoor | Beach |
|---|---|---|
| Players per team | 6 | 2 |
| A set | 25 points, lead of 2 (Rule 6.2) | 21 points, lead of 2 (6.2) |
| The match | Best of 5; the 5th set to 15 (6.3) | Best of 3; the 3rd set to 15 (6.3) |
| Change of courts | After each set, except before the deciding set (18.2.1) | Every 7 points played; every 5 in set 3 (18.2) |
| In the deciding set | Once the leading team reaches 8, positions unchanged (18.2.2) | Every 5 points played |
| Time-outs per team per set | 2, of 30 seconds (15.1, 15.4) | 1, of 30 seconds (15.1, 15.4) |
| Technical time-out | None in the rules | At 21 points played in sets 1 and 2, FIVB events (15.4.2) |
| Substitutions | 6 per team per set (15.1) | None (15.2.2) |
| Interval between sets | 3 minutes (18.1) | 1 minute (18.1) |
| Positions at the serve | Receiving team in rotational order (7.4) | None (7.4.1) |
The court change in the deciding set catches teams out because it is the only one made mid-set indoors. It comes the moment either team reaches 8, so at 8–3 or 8–7, whoever leads. Under Rule 18.2.2, if it is missed it is made as soon as the error is noticed and the score stands. The counter calls it on the rally that reaches 8.
Substitutions and the Libero
Six substitutions per team per set is the FIVB limit, and Rule 15.6 restricts them further: a starting player may leave the set once and come back once, only to the same position in the line-up, and a substitute may come in once per set and be replaced only by the starter it replaced. The counter counts the six and refuses a seventh; set a higher number under Substitutions per set if your rule book allows it.
| Question | Substitution | Libero replacement |
|---|---|---|
| Counts toward the six per set | Yes | No (19.3.2.1) |
| How many | Up to 6 per team per set | Unlimited, with a completed rally between two |
| Which positions | Any, into the substituted player’s place in the order | Back-row positions only (19.3.1.1) |
| May serve | Yes, in the substituted player’s turn | No (19.3.1.3) |
Because a Libero never serves under FIVB rules, the service order the counter keeps is still right when a Libero is on court: the Libero may only replace back-row players and can never serve, so the player listed in the line-up is the one due to serve.
Online counter vs a clicker, an app, paper and a spreadsheet
Every counting method trades something away. This is what each one actually costs you.
| Feature | This online counter | Handheld clicker | Counter phone app | Pen and paper | Spreadsheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free | $5–$15 | Free with ads, or paid | Cost of paper | Subscription |
| Anything to install | No | Buy the device | App store download | No | Yes, or a web login |
| Several counts at once | Unlimited | One per device | Usually limited | Yes, messy | Yes |
| Fix a miscount | Undo and redo | Start over | Sometimes | Cross it out | Edit the cell |
| Counts by more than one | Any step size | One at a time | Sometimes | Manual maths | Yes |
| Below zero | Yes | No | Rarely | Yes | Yes |
| Keeps the count if you close it | Saves automatically | Until you reset the dial | Yes | If you keep the paper | Yes |
| Works with no signal | Yes, after first load | Yes | Yes | Yes | Often not |
| Keyboard and shortcuts | Full | None | None | None | Partial |
| Sends your data anywhere | Never | Never | Often, for accounts and ads | Never | Yes, to the cloud |
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Frequently asked questions
How does scoring work in volleyball?
Rally scoring: every rally wins a point for one team, whoever served. An indoor set goes to the first team to 25 with a lead of two, so 24–24 plays on to 26–24 or beyond, and the match is the best of five, with a deciding fifth set to 15. Beach sets go to 21, best of three, with a third set to 15.
What is the rotation rule in volleyball?
When the receiving team wins a rally it gains the serve and its six players rotate one position clockwise, so the player moving from position 2 to position 1 serves. A team that wins a rally on its own serve does not rotate; the same player serves again. The order is fixed by the line-up sheet for the whole set.
Who serves first in each set of volleyball?
Indoors, a toss decides the first set and the deciding set. Sets two to four are served first by the team that did not serve first in the set before (FIVB Rule 12.1). On the beach the toss decides set one, the loser of that toss chooses for set two, and a new toss decides set three.
Can the serving team overlap in volleyball?
Under the FIVB rules for 2025–2028, yes. Rule 7.4 requires only the receiving team to be in rotational order when the ball is served; the serving team may stand anywhere on its court. The server must still be the right player, though: serving out of turn is a rotational fault, and the opponent gets a point and the serve. Other rule books may differ.
When do teams switch sides in volleyball?
Indoors, after every set except before the deciding set, which has its own toss; in the deciding set the teams change courts once the leading team reaches 8, and players keep their positions. On the beach, teams switch every 7 points played in the first two sets and every 5 in the third.
How many substitutions are allowed in volleyball?
Six per team per set under FIVB rules. A starter may leave once and return once to the same place in the line-up, and a substitute may enter once and be replaced only by that starter. Libero replacements do not count. Many school, college and club rule books allow more, so the counter lets you set the limit.
What is the libero in volleyball and what are its rules?
A defensive specialist in a different shirt who may replace any back-row player. Under FIVB rules the Libero may not serve, block, attempt a block or attack a ball entirely above the net, and the replacements are unlimited and not counted as substitutions, with a completed rally between two of them.
Does the deciding fifth set automatically run to 15?
Yes. At two sets all in a best-of-five match, or one set all in best of three, the counter plays the deciding set to 15 with a two-point lead and calls the change of courts when a team reaches 8. In beach mode the third set goes to 15 and the teams switch every 5 points.
Does it work for beach volleyball?
Yes. Beach mode plays sets to 21 and a third set to 15, gives each team one time-out a set and no substitutions, alternates the two servers on each side-out, calls the switch every 7 points, or 5 in the third set, and flags the technical time-out FIVB events take at 21 points played.
Is this an official volleyball score sheet?
No. It is a scorer for club, school, recreational and beach matches. It follows the FIVB rules for scoring, the service order, time-outs and court changes, but it cannot see an overlap or a fault and does not track the Libero or time the intervals. Everything stays in this browser.
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