Standings and Scoring
Learn how league standings are calculated and what scoring formats volley.love supports.
volley.love updates standings automatically as matches are completed. Players report scores from the schedule or team dashboard, and the standings page uses those results to rank teams.
Every league has a "How standings are calculated" section on its standings page. That section is the best place to check the exact format for a specific league because some standings formats have configurable details.
If you need a different standings format than the one your league is using, contact support. Some scoring changes are not self-serve because they can affect schedules, score entry, playoffs, and already-entered results.
What Counts Toward Standings
In most leagues, standings are based on completed regular-season matches. Playoff matches are handled by the playoff bracket and are not used to reorder the regular-season standings.
Canceled matches do not count unless the cancellation is recorded as a forfeit/no-show result. When a team forfeits, volley.love records the forfeit as a result so standings can update.
If a match is marked as best-of, only the sets needed to decide the winner count toward standings. Extra sets played after the winner is already decided do not count.
Standard Win/Loss Standings
This is the most common standings format for leagues where teams play multiple sets inside each match.
Teams are ranked by set win percentage. A team that wins 8 of 10 sets ranks above a team that wins 7 of 10 sets.
When teams have the same set win percentage, volley.love can use one of these tie-breaker metrics:
- point differential — all points scored minus all points allowed. Higher is better.
- points allowed — fewer points allowed is better.
- points scored — more points scored is better.
After that metric, volley.love checks head-to-head results between the tied teams when that information is available.
Win/Loss Without Score Totals
Some leagues use a simpler version of this format where only wins and losses matter. In that format, teams are ranked by win percentage and then head-to-head results. Score totals are ignored for standings.
This is useful when managers want to record who won each set, but do not want total points to affect rankings.
Points Per Place
Points per place is used for formats where each match awards standings points based on finish position.
For example, a four-team match might award standings points for first, second, third, and fourth place. The exact values are shown on the standings page for that league.
In this format, standings are ranked by total points. If teams are tied on total points, volley.love uses these tie-breakers:
- Points earned by the team's own players, excluding sub-only points when the league tracks those separately.
- Finishes by place, starting with most first-place finishes, then second-place finishes, and so on.
Some points-per-place leagues track substitute standings points separately. When that is enabled, the standings page shows both the regular points and sub points so managers can see how the total was built.
KOB/QOB Ladder
KOB/QOB ladder leagues work differently from normal standings. Instead of ranking teams by season-long win percentage, the standings show the current ladder position.
During the season, a team's position is based on its current or next known seed on a court. As matches are completed, teams can move up or down the ladder and future rows of the schedule become known.
The team dashboard may show only the matches that are currently known for a KOB/QOB ladder team. That is expected. More matches can appear as earlier results are reported.
At the end of the season, KOB/QOB ladder standings are sorted by overall point differential.
KOB/QOB ladder leagues can also have support-configured reshuffle weeks and payout weeks. When those are enabled, they appear on the standings page.
Standings Points Per Win
Some leagues use a standings-points system where teams earn credit for each set they win.
In this format:
- Each set win is worth 1 standings point.
- If the match has an even number of sets, the team with the better point differential in that match earns 1 bonus standings point.
- If the point differential is tied for that bonus, each team receives 0.5 standings points.
Teams are ranked by standings points first. If teams are tied, volley.love checks:
- Head-to-head results.
- Overall set wins.
- Overall set losses.
- Overall point differential.
Head-to-Head Tie-Breakers
When volley.love uses head-to-head results, it looks at how the tied teams performed against each other.
If the teams have not played each other, or their head-to-head results do not break the tie, volley.love continues to the next tie-breaker for that standings format. If the tie still cannot be broken, the standings may show the teams sharing the same place.
Changing Standings Formats
Managers can edit league basics such as group, team size, sets per match, score targets, score caps, and expected match length before a league starts. The standings format itself is not currently a self-serve setting.
Contact support if you want to:
- Use points per place.
- Use a KOB/QOB ladder.
- Use standings points for each set win.
- Change whether a win/loss league uses point differential, points allowed, or points scored as its tie-breaker.
- Change a league from one standings format to another.
It is best to request these changes before the schedule is created. Changes after scores have been reported may require support to review existing results, score entry settings, and playoff seeding.
Common Questions
Why did standings change after a score was reported?
Standings update as soon as saved scores affect the ranking. If a newly reported result changes win percentage, point differential, standings points, or a head-to-head tie-breaker, team positions can move immediately.
Why are playoff teams not filled in yet?
If playoff seeding depends on league standings, every regular-season match that affects those standings must be scored or canceled before volley.love can assign teams to the bracket.
Can a manager override standings manually?
Not directly. If a standings result looks wrong, check the underlying match scores first. If the scores are correct and the standings still look wrong, contact support with the league name and the teams involved.
Where can players see how standings are calculated?
Players can open the league standings page and read the "How standings are calculated" section. That explanation reflects the exact standings format being used for that league.
