The competition shall be held in accordance with the General Rules of the Games and those of the official volleyball rules 2017-2020, approved by the 35th FIVB Congress in 2016.
- Each team shall consist of ten players, one of whom shall act as captain.
- Each team is entitled to a maximum of two time-out per set which lasts for 30 seconds but without “technical time out”.
- The host organization shall provide the services of official referees who are active members of the Volleyball Federation of the host country. On the court, the referee´s decision shall be final.
- Each team shall provide two regulation-size balls for each encounter.
- The discipline coordinator shall draw up the schedule of encounters in accordance with paragraph (5a) or 5(b) of the General Rules of the Games.
(a) If there are 7 teams or less participating in the competition, each team shall play against every other team. The team gaining the most points (see para.10) shall win the competition, and the final ranking of the other teams shall be according to their total of points.
(b) If there are 8 teams or more participating in the competition, the teams shall be divided into two pools; within each pool, each team shall play against every other team, and the ranking of the teams shall be according to their total of points. There shall then be a semi-final in which the winning team from pool A shall play against the second in pool B, and the winning team from pool B shall play against the second in pool A. The winners of the semi-finals shall play against each other for the first and second place, whereas the losers of the semi-finals shall play against each other for the third and fourth place. - The match is won by the team that wins three sets. In the case of a 2-2 tie, the deciding 5th set is played to 15 points with a minimum lead of 2 points.
- For each encounter, match won 3-0 or 3-1: three points for the winner, zero point for the loser. Match won 3-2: two points for the winner, one point for the loser.
- 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.
- 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 paragraph 8.
- The team obtaining the most points shall win the competition, and the ranking of the other teams shall be according to their respective total of points. If two or more teams obtain the same number of points, their ranking shall be determined according to the number of sets won and lost, and if necessary, according to the number of points won and lost in the sets played.
- At the end of each encounter, the referee shall report the results in writing to the discipline coordinator together with the match records duly signed by the team captains.