Section 6: Scoring
- 1 point per round won; best of 3 wins match
- Single-elimination bracket with double-loss elimination (repechage)
- Gold/Silver/Bronze per weight class per arm per age category
- Provincial points feed into national qualification
Section 6: Scoring
Armwrestling (CAWF)
🏛️Official — CAWF
How does scoring work in Armwrestling?
Verdict
1 point per round won; best of 3 wins match; Single-elimination bracket with double-loss elimination (repechage); Gold/Silver/Bronze per weight class per arm per age category
Why people argue about this
People often assume that if they win two rounds in a match, they automatically win by default, which leads to arguments when sometimes it's actually the loser who gets one point per round lost. The confusion arises because under CAWF scoring rules, winning just two out of three rounds is enough to declare a winner, not necessarily needing to win all three to claim victory.
Send this to your friend — argument over.
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Rules sourced from Canadian Armwrestling Federation (CAWF) Rules · Governed by CAWF · Last verified: May 2026