Volleyball results API

GET/v1/results/yesterday

Every match that finished yesterday, in UTC days, with the set-by-set score and durations. Readable on every plan, including the free key: one call a day keeps a results page or a bot up to date.

PlansFree keyLiveArchiveComplete

Base URLhttps://api.volleyballapi.com

Rows a page50, up to 200

Parameters

All optional.

Name	Type	What it does	Example
`discipline`	enum	One of `indoor`, `beach`.	`indoor`
`gender`	enum	One of `men`, `women`, `mixed`.	`men`
`page`	int	Page number, from 1. Adds totals to meta.	`2`
`per_page`	int	Rows a page, 1 to 200. 50 when not sent.	`200`
`cursor`	string	The next_cursor from the last answer. Send it alone.

Request

Send your key in the Authorization header as a Bearer token, or in X-API-Key. A key in the address is refused, so it never ends up in a log.

# Yesterday's finished matches
curl "https://api.volleyballapi.com/v1/results/yesterday?per_page=2" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VBA_KEY"

$q = http_build_query(['per_page' => '2']);
$ch = curl_init('https://api.volleyballapi.com/v1/results/yesterday?' . $q);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER     => ['Authorization: Bearer ' . getenv('VBA_KEY')],
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);
$res = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
print_r($res['data']);

import os, requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://api.volleyballapi.com/v1/results/yesterday",
    params={"per_page": "2"},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['VBA_KEY']}"},
)
print(r.json()["data"])

const res = await fetch("https://api.volleyballapi.com/v1/results/yesterday?per_page=2", {
  headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.VBA_KEY },
});
const { data, meta } = await res.json();

Response

Every answer is data plus meta. meta carries the date the answer is for. This is a real answer to the request above, counted 2026-10-12, with long lists cut short.

200 application/json

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "mt_4vmgxbgt",
      "discipline": "beach",
      "gender": "women",
      "status": "finished",
      "current_set": null,
      "date": "2026-10-11",
      "time_local": "18:30",
      "start_utc": null,
      "competition": {
        "id": "cp_q7pht7xy",
        "name": "AVC Beach Tour 2nd Doha Open",
        "season": 2026
      },
      "round": null,
      "pool": null,
      "team_a": { "id": "tm_nq8d633z", "name": "Shiba/Reika" },
      "team_b": { "id": "tm_6xvdf9ph", "name": "Mirna/Lara" },
      "score": { "a": 2, "b": 0 },
      "winner": "a",
      "sets": [
        { "set": 1, "a": 21, "b": 17, "duration_s": 840 },
        { "set": 2, "a": 21, "b": 7, "duration_s": 720 }
      ],
      "sets_complete": true,
      "duration_s": 1560,
      "updated_utc": "2026-10-11T16:22:03Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "mt_3wkjvm5z",
      "discipline": "beach",
      "gender": "women",
      "status": "finished",
      "current_set": null,
      "date": "2026-10-11",
      "time_local": "17:40",
      "start_utc": null,
      "competition": {
        "id": "cp_q7pht7xy",
        "name": "AVC Beach Tour 2nd Doha Open",
        "season": 2026
      },
      "round": null,
      "pool": null,
      "team_a": { "id": "tm_1p51kx6j", "name": "Ren/Non" },
      "team_b": { "id": "tm_88mm88wy", "name": "S.Samitta/K.Somruedee" },
      "score": { "a": 2, "b": 1 },
      "winner": "a",
      "sets": [
        { "set": 1, "a": 22, "b": 20, "duration_s": 1140 },
        { "set": 2, "a": 11, "b": 21, "duration_s": 840 },
        { "set": 3, "a": 15, "b": 7, "duration_s": 600 }
      ],
      "sets_complete": true,
      "duration_s": 2580,
      "updated_utc": "2026-10-11T15:42:29Z"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "plan": "Complete",
    "date": "2026-10-11",
    "count": 2,
    "next_cursor": "eyJvIjoyLCJwIjoyfQ",
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 2,
    "total": 210,
    "total_pages": 105,
    "next_page": 2,
    "prev_page": null
  }
}

Fields

Field	Type	What it holds
`id`	string	Stable match id, `mt_`
`discipline`	enum	indoor or beach
`gender`	enum	men, women or mixed
`status`	enum	scheduled, live, finished, awarded or cancelled
`current_set`	int	The set being played, while live; otherwise null
`date, time_local`	date, time	The venue's calendar day and clock
`start_utc`	datetime	Scheduled start in UTC, ISO 8601
`competition`	object	id, name and season
`round, pool`	string	"Semifinals", "Pool B", or null
`team_a, team_b`	object	id and name: a club, a national team or a beach pair
`score`	object	Sets won by each side
`winner`	enum	a or b, null until finished
`sets`	array	Each set: number, points each side, duration in seconds
`sets_complete`	bool	false when the source's set scores do not add up to its result, so some sets are missing
`duration_s`	int	Match length in seconds
`updated_utc`	datetime	When anything in the match last changed

Errors

Errors come back as {"error": {"code", "message", "docs"}}, with plan and pricing added when a plan would answer. Every error.

HTTP	Code	When
400	`bad_request`	A value of the wrong shape, or per_page outside 1 to 200
401	`unauthorized`	No key, or a key that is not known or was revoked
422	`unknown_parameter`	A parameter this endpoint does not take; the answer lists the ones it does
429	`rate_limited`	Too many calls this minute; Retry-After says when to try again
429	`quota_exceeded`	The day's or month's allowance is used; the answer says when it resets

Try it

Fill in what you need; the request is built as you type. Paste your key to run it here, straight against the API.

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