Volleyball Scoreboard
Tap the rally winner and this volleyball scoreboard tracks rally-point sets to 25 (15 in a deciding fifth set), win by 2, best-of-5 sets, and prompts your team to rotate on every side-out.
Built by the AbraCalc team
How to play
- Enter both team names, choose the starting server, and pick best-of-3 or best-of-5 sets, then tap Start Match.
- Tap Rally Won under whichever team won each rally — the score updates, and the serve indicator moves only on a side-out.
- Watch for the rotation prompt: it appears when the receiving team wins the rally and gains serve, reminding them to rotate one position clockwise.
- If the match reaches two sets apiece, the board automatically switches the deciding fifth set to a 15-point target and flags the side switch at 8 points.
Volleyball uses rally scoring, so every rally scores a point for whoever wins it, whether they were serving or not — but the receiving team also has to remember to rotate one position clockwise the moment they win serve back. This scoreboard handles both pieces: tap Rally Won for the winning team and the score updates instantly, and a rotation prompt appears automatically whenever the point was a side-out, never on a point the serving team simply extended. Sets 1 through 4 play to 25 win-by-2; if the match is tied at two sets each, the deciding fifth set switches the target to 15 win-by-2 and calls for a side switch the moment either team reaches 8 points. Undo restores the exact prior score and server if a tap was a mistake.
Frequently asked questions
- When does the rotation prompt appear, and why not on every point?
- The prompt only appears on a side-out — when the receiving team wins the rally and gains the serve for the first time. Volleyball's rotation rule only requires players to move one position clockwise when their team newly gains serve, not on every point scored, so the scoreboard mirrors that exactly.
- Why is the fifth set played to 15 instead of 25?
- In the standard best-of-5 format, sets 1 through 4 are played to 25 points win-by-2, but if the match is tied 2-2, the deciding fifth set is shortened to 15 points win-by-2 to keep the match from running too long. The scoreboard detects this automatically once both teams have won two sets.
- What does the side-switch flag at 8 points mean?
- In the deciding set only, teams change ends of the court once either side reaches 8 points, since the shorter set has no natural halfway break otherwise. This scoreboard shows that flag the moment the threshold is hit in the deciding set — it never appears in sets 1 through 4, which don't switch sides mid-set.