Format & Scoring:

1) Teams divided into two groups. Single round-robin system will be adopted in each group. The top two teams in each group will qualify for the final. Teams finishing at 3rd and 4th places in the groups will play for the consolation round.

2) A set (except the deciding 3rd 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; …). The third set, if necessary, is usually played to 15 points.

3) Award of points to teams in each match as follows :

a) Match won 2-0; 2-1 2 points

b) Match lost 1-2 1 point

c) Match lost 0-2; 0 point

d) Match forfeited or disqualified 0 points (25-0;25-0)

4) In case of equality in ranking between teams in the preliminary round, the following shall be adopted to decide the position:

a) If the tie exists between two teams, the team that wins at the match shall be accorded a higher position;

b) If the tie exists among three teams or more, the position of teams shall be decided by :

i) Set Quotient – division of all sets scored (dividend) by the total of sets lost (denominator) during all sets, the team with the larger quotient shall be ranked higher;

ii) If the tie persists after the set quotient system has been performed, the point quotient shall be adopted; Point Quotient – division of the number of all points won (dividend) by the number of all points lost (denominator), the team with the larger quotient shall be ranked higher;

iii) When the tie still exists among the teams after calculation of the point quotients, the position shall be decided by the set difference (number of winning sets minus losing sets) during matches played among the teams, the team with the larger difference shall be ranked higher.

iv) If results are still the same, a coin-tossing method will be arranged and determine the winner. (This item only applies to the teams in preliminary round).

Other rules also are followed by the competitions employed FIVA rules (2013 – 2016).