6.1.1 Point
A team scores a point:
6.1.1.1 by successfully landing the ball on the opponent's court
6.1.1.2 when the opponent team commits a fault (VC Guidelines 7.5)
6.1.1.3 when the opponent team receives a penalty.
6.1.2 Fault
A team commits a fault by making a playing action contrary to the rules (or by violating them in some other way). The referees judge the faults and determine the consequences according to the Rules:
6.1.2.1 if two or more faults are committed successively, only the first one is counted
6.1.2.2 if two or more faults are committed by opponents simultaneously, a DOUBLE FAULT is called, and the rally is replayed. (VC Guidelines 6.2)
6.1.3 Rally and completed rally (VC Guidelines 6.2)
A rally is the sequence of playing actions from the moment of the service hit by the server until the ball is out of play. A completed rally is the sequence of playing actions which results in the award of a point. This includes:
The award of a penalty
Loss of service for service hit made after the time-limit.
6.1.3.1 If the serving team wins a rally, it scores a point and continues to serve
6.1.3.2 If the receiving team wins a rally, it scores a point and it must serve next.
A set (except the deciding set) is won by the team which first scores 25 points with a minimum lead of two points. In the case of a 24-24 tie, play is continued until a two- point lead is achieved (26-24; 27-25; etc.).
6.3.1 The match is won by the team that wins 2 of 3 sets or 3 of 5 sets.
6.3.2 In the case of a 1–1 tie (best 2 of 3) or 2–2 tie (best 3 or 5), the deciding set (3rd or 5th) is played to 15 points with a minimum lead of 2 points. There is no point limit.
(VC Guidelines 6.1)
6.4.1 If a team refuses to play after being summoned to do so, it is declared in default and forfeits the match with the result 0-3 for the match and 0-25 for each set.
6.4.2 A team that, without justifiable reason, does not appear on the playing court on time is declared in default with the same result as in Rule 6.4.1.
Volleyball Canada - Refer to Tournament Rules for Competition-forfeit.
6.4.3 A team that is declared INCOMPLETE for the set or for the match (Rule 7.3.1), loses the set or the match. The opponent team is given the points, or the points and the sets, needed to win the set or the match. The incomplete team keeps its points and sets.