2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship

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2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  England
Date June 2016
No. of nations 12
2015 Italy
2017 Georgia (country)

The 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship will be the ninth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event is being organised in England by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. A total of 12 nations will play in the tournament, which will be held at two venues in Greater ManchesterAJ Bell Stadium in Salford and Manchester City Academy Stadium in Manchester.[1] New Zealand will go into the tournament as defending champions.

Teams

The following teams will participate in the 2016 World Rugby U20 Championship:

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

Pool stage

The fixtures were released in December 2015.[2]

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts
 New Zealand 0
 Wales 0
 Ireland 0
 Georgia 0

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts
 England 0
 Australia 0
 Scotland 0
 Italy 0

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts
 South Africa 0
 France 0
 Argentina 0
 Japan 0

Knockout stage

9–12th place play-offs

Semifinals 9th place
     
     
 
       
     
11th place
       
         

Semifinals

11th place game

9th place game

5–8th place play-offs

Semifinals 5th place
     
     
 
       
     
7th place
       
         

Semifinals

7th place game

5th place game

Finals

Semifinals Final
     
     
 
       
     
3rd place
       
         

Semifinals

3rd place game

Final

References

  1. England to host World Rugby U20 Championship 2016
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