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Every rally now produces a point, and each set is played to 25 points. The figure is taken from Fédération Internationale de Volleyball, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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Volleyball adopted rally scoring in 1999

Every rally now produces a point, and each set is played to 25 points Under the old system only the serving side could score, so a match could last indefinitely. Rally scoring means each rally produces a point for one team, and the first to 25 with a two-point lead takes a set. A deciding fifth set goes to 15. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Fédération Internationale de Volleyball

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Every rally now produces a point, and each set is played to 25 points. The figure is taken from Fédération Internationale de Volleyball, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.