LivePlayScore brings you volleyball live scores from international tournaments, the top club leagues and beach volleyball, updated point by point. Set scores, the current point score, and who's serving appear on this page as the match unfolds. It's free, and you don't need an account.

Volleyball is one of the most-watched sports in the world, but coverage can be hard to find. A Nations League match in Japan, a SuperLega game in Italy, and a Superliga match in Brazil can all be on in the same day, often at awkward hours. If you can't watch, you still want to know when a team is serving for the set or fighting back from 0-2. This page is built for that: open it, find your match, and you know exactly where it stands.

Each live match shows both teams, the number of sets won, the score in the current set, and who's serving. The scores of completed sets are listed next to it, so you can see whether a match has been one-sided or tight all the way.

Tap any match for more detail:

• Set-by-set scores: every completed set, such as 25-22, 23-25, 25-18 and 27-25.
• Current set: the live point score, including extended sets that go past 25.
• Match stats: attack points, blocks, service aces, and errors, where available.
• Match result: the final score in sets, and the league points each team earned.

If you only need the result, the scoreboard gives you that. If you want to know how your team lost a match it led 2-0, the set scores and stats usually tell the story, and it's often serving errors or the other side's block.

If you're new to the sport, the scoreboard is easy to read once you know the basics.

Indoor volleyball matches are played as best of five sets. The first four sets go to 25 points, and a team has to win by two, so a set can finish 25-23, 26-24 or even 32-30. If the match reaches 2-2 in sets, the deciding fifth set goes to 15, again with a two-point lead needed.

Every rally scores a point, no matter who served. That's called rally scoring, and it's why momentum can swing so quickly. A team on a run of four or five points in a row can turn a set around in a couple of minutes.

In many leagues, the match result also decides how many table points each team gets. A 3-0 or 3-1 win is usually worth 3 points. A 3-2 win is worth 2 points, and the losing team gets 1 point for taking the match to a fifth set. That's why a five-set loss can still matter a lot in a tight table.

Beach volleyball is different. Teams have two players; matches are best of three sets, the first two sets go to 21, and the deciding set goes to 15.

International volleyball. The Volleyball Nations League for men and women, the FIVB World Championships, Olympic volleyball, and continental championships such as the European Championships.

European club volleyball. The CEV Champions League, along with the strongest domestic leagues in the world, including Italy's SuperLega and women's Serie A1, Poland's PlusLiga, and Turkey's top men's and women's leagues. We also cover the Russian Superleague, home to clubs like Lokomotiv Novosibirsk. You can follow them on our Lokomotiv Novosibirsk live scores page.

South America and Asia. Brazil's Superliga, one of the most passionate volleyball leagues anywhere, with clubs such as Taubaté. Our Funvic Taubaté live scores page shows their fixtures and results. We also follow Japan's SV. League and other leagues across Asia.

Beach volleyball. The Beach Pro Tour and major beach events, where pairs play outdoors on sand.

For all fixtures, results, and team pages in one place, visit our volleyball fixtures and results hub.

Our scores come from a professional real-time volleyball data feed, the kind used by broadcasters and sports apps. The page updates by itself during matches, so you don't need to keep refreshing.

A few situations can make a score look odd for a moment. Here's how we handle them:

• Video challenges. In many top competitions, teams can challenge calls such as whether a ball was in or out, or whether a player touched the net. If a point is overturned, the score updates to match the final decision.
• Long sets. A set doesn't end at 25 if the lead is only one point. Scores like 30-28 are normal, and we show every point until someone wins by two.
• Delays and postponements. Matches can be delayed by travel issues or, for beach volleyball, bad weather. These are clearly marked rather than just disappearing from the list.

If you ever see a score that doesn't match what's on TV, let us know through our contact page. Reader reports have helped us catch mistakes, and we'd rather fix them fast.

If you're checking in partway through, a few details tell you most of the story:

Sets won. 2-1 up in sets is good, but volleyball comebacks are common. Don't relax until a team has three.

The current set score. Late in a set, around 20-20, every point matters. A two-point lead at 23-21 is a strong position.

Who's serving. A strong server can put together a run of points. If a team is serving on a run, the other side is under pressure.

Errors. Service errors and attack errors hand the other team free points. A team making a lot of them usually struggles to close out sets.