23 MISCONDUCT

23.1 CATEGORIES
23.1.1 Unsportsmanlike conduct: argumentation, intimidation, etc.
23.1.2 Rude conduct: acting contrary to good manners or moral principles, expressing contempt.
23.1.3 Offensive conduct: defamatory or insulting words or gestures.
23.1.4 Aggression: physical attack or intended aggression.
23.2 SANCTIONS
Depending on the degree of the incorrect conduct, according to the judgment of the first referee, the sanctions to be applied are (they must be recorded on the
scoresheet):
23.2.1 MISCONDUCT WARNING:
for unsportsmanlike conduct, no sanction is given but the team member concerned is warned against repetition in the same set.
23.2.2 MISCONDUCT PENALTY:for rude conduct or repeated unsportsmanlike conduct, the team is sanctioned with the loss of a rally.
23.2.3 EXPULSION: repeated rude conduct or offensive conduct, is sanctioned by expulsion. The team
member who is sanctioned with expulsion must leave the playing area and their team is
declared incomplete for the set (Rules 7.4.3, 9.1).
23.2.4 DISQUALIFICATION: for aggression, the player must leave the playing area and his/her
team is declared incomplete for the match (Rule 7.4.3, 9.1).
23.3 SANCTION SCALE
MISCONDUCT is sanctioned as shown in the sanction scale (Diagram 7).
A player may receive more than one MISCONDUCT PENALTY in a set.
Sanctions are cumulative in nature only within an individual set.
DISQUALIFICATION due to aggression does not require a prior sanction.
23.4 MISCONDUCT BEFORE AND BETWEEN SETS
Any misconduct occurring before or between sets is sanctioned according to the sanction
scale (Diagram 7) and the sanction is applied in the following set.