Freestyle and Greco Pairing

Q: How many more matches do I have?
A: I can’t tell yet.

Q: Who’s my opponent in the next round?
A: I can’t tell yet.

Q: I lost my first match but won my second match. Can I still get second place?
A: Yes.

Q: I lost two matches. Am I still in the tournament?
A: (After a long pause) Possibly.

Have you ever wondered why you get such strange answers to such simple questions?

Then wonder no more! These pages will give you an introduction to the way that we do pairing, which is just a fancy word for "figuring out who wrestles whom."

Start now, or choose from the menu:

• The Pairing Chart
• Names and Numbers
• The Pairing Rule
  • The First Round
  • The Second Round
• Entering Scores
  • The First Round
  • The Second Round
• Pairing Round Three
  • Oh, no!
  • Oh, no problem!
• Scoring Round Three
• Round Robin
• Final Placing

Pairing “Cheat Sheet”

This introduction deliberately avoids some of the more difficult aspects of pairing. There are some things that You Really Don’t Want To Know. In the process, we will not be going exactly according to the USA Wrestling International Rule Book. Read the book if you want all of the details.

Vertical Pairing Tutorial by J David Eisenberg is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
© 2010 J David Eisenberg