World Rugby Under 20 Championship

Current season or competition:

2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship

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Instituted 2008

Number of teams 12

Country International (World Rugby)

Holders England (2014)

World Rugby Under 20 ChampionshipFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The World Rugby Under 20 Championship(known as the IRB Junior WorldChampionship until 2014) is an internationalrugby union competition. The event is organisedby the sport's governing body, World Rugby,and is contested by 12 men's junior nationalteams with an under-20 age requirement. Thisevent replaced the IRB's former age-gradeworld championships, the Under 19 and Under21 World Championships.

The inaugural tournament was held in June2008, hosted by Wales and with 16 teamsparticipating. Wales was announced as host for

the inaugural tournament in November 2007.[1]

The number of participating nations was reducedto 12 before the 2010 tournament due to

financial reasons.[2]

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

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

Contents

1 Tournament results

2 Team records

3 Participating nations

4 IRB Junior Player of the Year

5 See also

6 References

7 External links

Tournament results

Year HostFinal Third place match

Winner Score Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place

2008 WalesNew Zealand

38–3England South Africa

43–18Wales

2009 JapanNew Zealand

44–28England South Africa

32–5Australia

2010 Argentina New Zealand

62–17Australia South Africa

27–22England

2011 ItalyNew Zealand

33–22England Australia

30–17France

2012 South

Africa South Africa22–16

New Zealand Wales25–17

Argentina

2013 FranceEngland

23–15Wales South Africa

41–34New Zealand

2014 New

Zealand England21–20

South Africa New Zealand45–23

Ireland

2015 Italy

Team records

Team Titles Runners-up Third-placeFourth-place

New

Zealand

4 (2008, 2009, 2010,

2011)1 (2012) 1 (2014) 1 (2013)

England 2 (2013, 2014)3 (2008, 2009,2011)

– 1 (2010)

SouthAfrica

1 (2012) 1 (2014)4 (2008, 2009, 2010,2013)

–

Australia – 1 (2010) 1 (2011) 1 (2009)

Wales – 1 (2013) 1 (2012) 1 (2008)

Argentina – – – 1 (2012)

France – – – 1 (2011)

Ireland 1 (2014)

Participating nations

Team 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Years

Argentina 8th 11th 6th 9th 4th 6th 9th q 8

Australia 5th 4th 2nd 3rd 8th 7th 5th q 8

Canada 12th 14th – – – – – – 2

England 2nd 2nd 4th 2nd 7th 1st 1st q 8

Fiji 14th 12th 8th 6th 11th 11th 12th – 7

France 6th 5th 5th 4th 6th 5th 6th q 8

Ireland 9th 8th 9th 8th 5th 8th 4th q 8

Italy 11th 13th – 11th 12th – 11th q 6

Japan 15th 15th – – – – – q 3

New Zealand 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 4th 3rd q 8

Samoa 7th 7th 12th – 10th 9th 8th q 7

Scotland 10th 9th 10th 10th 9th 10th 10th q 8

South Africa 3rd 3rd 3rd 5th 1st 3rd 2nd q 8

Tonga 13th 10th 11th 12th – – – – 4

United States 16th – – – – 12th – – 2

Uruguay – 16th – – – – – – 1

Wales 4th 6th 7th 7th 3rd 2nd 7th q 8

Total 16 16 12 12 12 12 12 12

Legend

= Hosts

1st = Champions

2nd = Runners-up

3rd = Third place

4th = Fourth place

Place = Relegated to World Rugby Under 20 Trophy

– = Competed in the World Rugby Under 20 Trophy

q = Qualified

IRB Junior Player of the Year

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

See also

World Rugby Under 20 Trophy

2014 IRB Junior World Championship

2013 IRB Junior World Championship

2012 IRB Junior World Championship

2011 IRB Junior World Championship

2010 IRB Junior World Championship

2009 IRB Junior World Championship

2008 IRB Junior World Championship

References

External links

IRB TOSHIBA Junior World Championship (http://www.irb.com/jwc/index.html)–from IRB website

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1. UK Sport (http://www.uksport.gov.uk/news/wales_welcomes_irb_junior_world_championship/)

2. International Rugby Board (http://www.irb.com/jwc/news/newsid=2031728.html)