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World Rugby U20 Championship

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The World Rugby Under 20 Championship (known as the IRB Junior World Championship until 2014) is an international rugby union competition. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, World Rugby, and is contested by 12 men's junior national teams with an under-20 age requirement. This event replaced the IRB's former age-grade world championships, the Under 19 and Under 21 World Championships.

World Rugby U20 Championship
Current season or competition:
2024 World Rugby U20 Championship
SportRugby union
Inaugural season2008
Number of teams12
Holders France (2023)
Most titles New Zealand (6 titles)
Websiteworld.rugbyu20
Related competitionWorld Rugby U20 Trophy

The inaugural tournament was held in June 2008, hosted by Wales and with 16 teams participating. Wales was announced as host for the inaugural tournament in November 2007.[1] The number of participating nations was reduced to 12 before the 2010 tournament due to financial reasons.[2]

The U20 Championship is the upper level of the World Rugby tournament structure for under-20 national sides. At the same time that the U20 Championship was launched, World Rugby (then known as the International Rugby Board) also launched a second-level competition, the U20 Trophy, featuring eight teams.

Promotion and relegation between the Trophy and the Championship is in place. The winner of the Trophy will play in next year's Championship, while the last placed team at the Championship will be relegated to the Trophy for the next year.

Tournament results edit

Year Host Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2008   Wales  
New Zealand 		38–3  
England 		 
South Africa 		43–18  
Wales
2009   Japan  
New Zealand 		44–28  
England 		 
South Africa 		32–5  
Australia
2010   Argentina  
New Zealand 		62–17  
Australia 		 
South Africa 		27–22  
England
2011   Italy  
New Zealand 		33–22  
England 		 
Australia 		30–17  
France
2012   South Africa  
South Africa 		22–16  
New Zealand 		 
Wales 		25–17  
Argentina
2013   France  
England 		23–15  
Wales 		 
South Africa 		41–34  
New Zealand
2014   New Zealand  
England 		21–20  
South Africa 		 
New Zealand 		45–23  
Ireland
2015   Italy  
New Zealand 		21–16  
England 		 
South Africa 		31–18  
France
2016   England  
England 		45–21  
Ireland 		 
Argentina 		49–19  
South Africa
2017   Georgia  
New Zealand 		64–17  
England 		 
South Africa 		37–15  
France
2018   France  
France 		33–25  
England 		 
South Africa 		40–30  
New Zealand
2019   Argentina  
France 		24–23  
Australia 		 
South Africa 		41–16  
Argentina
Tournament canceled 2020–2022.[3][4][5]
2023   South Africa  
France 		50–14  
Ireland 		 
South Africa 		22–15  
England
2024   South Africa TBC TBC

Team records edit

Team Champions Runners-up Third Fourth Top 4
  New Zealand 6 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017) 1 (2012) 1 (2014) 2 (2013, 2018) 10
  England 3 (2013, 2014, 2016) 6 (2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2018) — 2 (2010, 2023) 11
  France 3 (2018, 2019, 2023) — — 3 (2011, 2015, 2017) 6
  South Africa 1 (2012) 1 (2014) 9 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023) 1 (2016) 12
  Australia — 2 (2010, 2019) 1 (2011) 1 (2009) 4
  Ireland — 2 (2016, 2023) — 1 (2014) 3
  Wales — 1 (2013) 1 (2012) 1 (2008) 3
  Argentina — — 1 (2016) 2 (2012, 2019) 3

Participating nations edit

Team  
2008 		 
2009 		 
2010 		 
2011 		 
2012 		 
2013 		 
2014 		 
2015 		 
2016 		 
2017 		 
2018 		 
2019 		 
2023 		 
2024 		Years
  Argentina 8th 11th 6th 9th 4th 6th 9th 9th 3rd 11th 6th 4th 9th 13
  Australia 5th 4th 2nd 3rd 8th 7th 5th 5th 6th 6th 5th 2nd 5th 13
  Canada 12th 14th WT WT WT WT WT WT - WT WT WT - - 2
  England 2nd 2nd 4th 2nd 7th 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 5th 4th 13
  Fiji 14th 12th 8th 6th 11th 11th 12th WT WT WT WT 11th 10th 9
  France 6th 5th 5th 4th 6th 5th 6th 4th 9th 4th 1st 1st 1st 13
  Georgia WT - - WT WT - WT WT 10th 10th 9th 10th 8th 5
  Ireland 9th 8th 9th 8th 5th 8th 4th 7th 2nd 9th 11th 8th 2nd 13
  Italy 11th 13th WT 11th 12th WT 11th 11th 11th 8th 8th 9th 11th 11
  Japan 15th 15th WT WT WT WT WT 10th 12th WT 12th WT 12th WT 6
  New Zealand 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 4th 3rd 1st 5th 1st 4th 7th 7th 13
  Samoa 7th 7th 12th WT 10th 9th 8th 12th WT 12th WT - WT - 8
  Scotland 10th 9th 10th 10th 9th 10th 10th 8th 8th 5th 10th 12th WT WT 12
  South Africa 3rd 3rd 3rd 5th 1st 3rd 2nd 3rd 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 13
  Spain - - - - - - - - WT - - - WT 1
  Tonga 13th 10th 11th 12th WT WT WT WT - - - WT - - 4
  United States 16th WT - WT WT 12th WT - WT - - - WT - 2
  Uruguay WT 16th WT WT - WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT 1
  Wales 4th 6th 7th 7th 3rd 2nd 7th 6th 7th 7th 7th 6th 6th 13
Total 16 16 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Legend

World Rugby Junior Player of the Year edit

Year Name Nation
2008 Luke Braid   New Zealand
2009 Aaron Cruden   New Zealand
2010 Julian Savea   New Zealand
2011 George Ford   England
2012 Jan Serfontein   South Africa
2013 Sam Davies   Wales
2014 Handré Pollard   South Africa
2015 James Chisholm   England
2016 Max Deegan   Ireland
2017 Juarno Augustus   South Africa
2018 Jordan Joseph   France
2019 Juan Pablo Castro   Argentina
Cancelled 2020–2022
2023 Marko Gazzotti   France

References edit

  1. ^ UK Sport
  2. ^ "International Rugby Board". Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  3. ^ "World Rugby update on COVID-19 response measures and statement from Sir Bill Beaumont". World Rugby. 21 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Statement on the World Rugby U20 Championship 2021". World Rugby. 3 February 2021. The World Rugby U20 Championship 2021 will not take place this year due to the ongoing impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
  5. ^ "World Rugby U20 Championship and Trophy to return in 2023 – Welsh Rugby Union". 22 February 2022.

External links edit

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