2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship

2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  England
Date 7–25 June 2016
No. of nations 12
Final positions
Champions  England
Runner-up  Ireland
Third place  Argentina
Fourth place  South Africa
← 2015 Italy
2017 Georgia (country) →

The 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was the ninth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised in England by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. A total of twelve nations took part in the tournament, which was held at two venues in Greater Manchester—AJ Bell Stadium in Salford and Manchester City Academy Stadium in Manchester.[1] New Zealand went into the tournament as defending champions. The competition was won by hosts England.

Teams

The following teams participated in the 2016 World Rugby U20 Championship:

Pool Team No of Tournaments Position 2015 Position 2016 Previous best result
A  Georgia 1 DNP 10th n/a Promoted from 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
A  Ireland 9 7th 2nd Fourth (2014)
A  New Zealand 9 1st 5th Champions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015)
A  Wales 9 6th 7th Runners-up (2013)
B  Australia 9 5th 6th Runners-up (2010)
B  England 9 2nd 1st Champions (2013, 2014)
B  Italy 7 11th 11th Eleventh (2008, 2011, 2014, 2015)
B  Scotland 9 8th 8th Eighth (2015)
C  Argentina 9 9th 3rd Fourth (2012)
C  France 9 4th 9th Fourth (2011, 2015)
C  Japan 4 10th 12th Tenth (2015) Relegated to 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
C  South Africa 9 3rd 4th Champions (2012)

Match officials

The following officials oversaw the thirty matches:[2]

Referees
Assistant Referees
Television match officials

Pool stage

The fixtures were released in December 2015.[3]

Key to colours in group tables
Teams advanced to finals
Teams in the 5–8th place play-offs
Teams in the 9–12th place play-offs

All times are in British Summer Time (UTC+01)

Points were awarded in the Pool Stage via the standard points system:

If at completion of the Pool Stage two or more teams were level on points, the following tiebreakers were applied:

  1. The winner of the Match in which the two tied Teams have played each other;
  2. The Team which has the best difference between points scored for and points scored against in all its Pool Matches;
  3. The Team which has the best difference between tries scored for and tries scored against in all its Pool Matches;
  4. The Team which has scored most points in all its Pool Matches;
  5. The Team which has scored most tries in all its Pool Matches; and
  6. If none of the above produce a result, then it will be resolved with a toss of a coin.

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts
 Ireland 3 3 0 0 94 56 +38 10 9 1 13
 New Zealand 3 2 0 1 97 50 +47 15 4 2 10
 Wales 3 1 0 2 52 53 –1 6 5 3 7
 Georgia 3 0 0 3 16 100 –84 1 14 1 1

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts
 England 3 3 0 0 109 23 +86 12 2 2 14
 Scotland 3 2 0 1 42 73 –31 6 9 1 9
 Australia 3 1 0 2 61 42 +19 7 4 3 7
 Italy 3 0 0 3 39 113 –74 5 15 0 0

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts
 Argentina 3 3 0 0 82 48 +34 8 6 1 13
 South Africa 3 2 0 1 112 69 +43 14 8 3 11
 France 3 1 0 2 92 78 +14 13 9 2 6
 Japan 3 0 0 3 53 144 –91 8 20 0 0

Current combined standings

Overall Standings
Pool Pos Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts
B1 1  England 3 3 0 0 109 23 +86 12 2 2 14
A1 2  Ireland 3 3 0 0 94 56 +38 10 9 1 13
C1 3  Argentina 3 3 0 0 82 48 +34 8 6 1 13
C2 4  South Africa 3 2 0 1 112 69 +43 14 8 3 11
A2 5  New Zealand 3 2 0 1 97 50 +47 15 4 2 10
B2 6  Scotland 3 2 0 1 42 73 –31 6 9 1 9
B3 7  Australia 3 1 0 2 61 42 +19 7 4 3 7
A3 8  Wales 3 1 0 2 52 53 –1 6 5 3 7
C3 9  France 3 1 0 2 92 78 +14 13 9 2 6
A4 10  Georgia 3 0 0 3 16 100 –84 1 14 1 1
B4 11  Italy 3 0 0 3 39 113 –74 5 15 0 0
C4 12  Japan 3 0 0 3 53 144 –91 8 20 0 0

Knockout stage

9–12th place play-offs

Semi-finals 9th place
  Georgia  18  
  Italy  17  
 
      Georgia  24
    France  27
11th place
  France  41   Italy  41
  Japan  27     Japan  17

Semi-finals

11th place game

9th place game

5–8th place play-offs

Semi-finals 5th place
  New Zealand  71  
  Wales  12  
 
      New Zealand  55
    Australia  24
7th place
  Scotland  19   Wales  42
  Australia  35     Scotland  19

Semi-finals

7th place game

5th place game

Finals

Semi-finals Final
  Ireland  37  
  Argentina  7  
 
      Ireland   21
    England  45
3rd place
  England  39   Argentina  49
  South Africa  17     South Africa  19

Semi-finals

3rd place game

Final

References

  1. ↑ England to host World Rugby U20 Championship 2016
  2. ↑ Referees announced for U20 Championship 2016
  3. ↑ "World Rugby U20 Championship 2016 – Fixtures and results". World Rugby. 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.

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