Section 6: Scoring
- Decision priority: submission > technical superiority > points > last-scoring competitor
- Tournament: single-elimination bracket + repechage (for bronze)
- Gold/Silver/two Bronze per weight + format (gi vs no-gi)
Section 6: Scoring
Grappling (UWW)
🏛️Official — UWW
How does scoring work in Grappling?
Verdict
Decision priority: submission > technical superiority > points > last-scoring competitor; Tournament: single-elimination bracket + repechage (for bronze); Gold/Silver/two Bronze per weight + format (gi vs no-gi)
Why people argue about this
People often assume that in UWW Grappling, submission is merely a tiebreaker for deciding who wins when it's a dead heat between two competitors, but actually, scoring prioritizes submission over technical superiority and points to determine winners, even if both competitors are equally skilled or have similar scores otherwise.
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Rules sourced from United World Wrestling (UWW) Grappling International Rules · Governed by UWW · Last verified: May 2026