# Technical fall

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{{Short description|Point-based victory condition in wrestling}}
In [amateur wrestling](/source/amateur_wrestling), a '''technical fall''', or '''technical superiority''', is a victory condition satisfied by outscoring one's opponent by a specified number of points. It is a [mercy rule](/source/mercy_rule). It is informally abbreviated to "tech" as both a noun and verb.

==High school and college==
In [scholastic wrestling](/source/scholastic_wrestling), a differential of fifteen points ends a match regardless of when it is reached. In [collegiate wrestling](/source/collegiate_wrestling), a [pin](/source/pin_(wrestling)) may still be awarded as a continuation of a [near fall](/source/Amateur_wrestling) even if the necessary point differential is reached while achieving it.<ref>{{cite web|author=National Collegiate Athletic Association|author-link=National Collegiate Athletic Association|title=2009 NCAA Wrestling Rules and Interpretations |work=p. WR-24 |publisher=[NCAA](/source/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association) |date=2008-08-01 |url=http://www.ncaapublications.com/Uploads/PDF/Wrestling_9_9_2008bf011438-719d-4418-ba9b-975c7b60f84c.pdf |access-date=2008-10-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219015341/http://www.ncaapublications.com/Uploads/PDF/Wrestling_9_9_2008bf011438-719d-4418-ba9b-975c7b60f84c.pdf |archive-date=February 19, 2009 }}
</ref><ref>{{cite book
  | author = National Federation of State High School Associations
  | author-link = National Federation of State High School Associations
  | title = 2008-09 NFHS Wrestling Rules Book
  | publisher = [NFHS](/source/National_Federation_of_State_High_School_Associations)
  | date = 2008-08-01
  | page = 24 }}</ref>

==United World Wrestling==
Under the old rules of [freestyle](/source/Freestyle_wrestling) and [Greco-Roman](/source/Greco-Roman_wrestling) wrestling, a ten-point differential ended the match.

Under the rules adopted in 2004–05 by [United World Wrestling](/source/United_World_Wrestling) (then known as FILA), the international styles moved to a three-period system similar to a best of three series; the technical fall won only the period, as opposed to a [pin](/source/pin_(amateur_wrestling)), which ends the match entirely. However, if a wrestler won two out of three periods in this way, he was then the winner of the match by technical superiority. The international styles moved to a two-period system in 2006, with scoring continuing to accumulate throughout the match until its end. Accordingly, a technical fall was once again awarded once a specified point differential was reached.

As of 2019, UWW rules specify that a technical fall, officially termed "technical superiority", occurs once a wrestler leads by 10 points in freestyle or 8 points in Greco-Roman.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-12/wrestling_rules.pdf |title=Article 23: Duration of the Bout |work=International Wrestling Rules: Greco-Roman Wrestling, Freestyle Wrestling, Women's Wrestling |page=21 |publisher=United World Wrestling |date=January 2019 |access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref>

==Notes==
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