2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship

2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Italy
Date 2–20 June 2015
No. of nations 12
Final positions
Champions  New Zealand
Runner-up  England
Third place  South Africa
Fourth place  France
← 2014 New Zealand
2016 England →

The 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was the eighth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised for the second time in Italy by rugby's governing body, World Rugby.[1] A total of 12 nations played in the tournament, with matches hosted by Parma, Viadana, Calvisano and Cremona, host city of the final match. England went into the tournament as the two-time defending champions after they successfully defended their title in the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship (as the tournament was known through 2014). This was the first U20 Championship held after the sport's governing body changed its name from the International Rugby Board to the current World Rugby.

New Zealand won the title after a 21-16 win against England in the final.[2][3][4]

Venues

The championship was held across four locations. Parma, Viadana and Calvisano hosted pool matches, with the latter two hosting semi-finals for each bracket (teams 1-4, 5-8 and 9-12). Cremona hosted the final and two of the remaining positional play-offs, with Calvisano hosting the others.

Location Venue Capacity
Cremona Stadio Giovanni Zini 20,641
Viadana Stadio Luigi Zaffanella 6,000
Calvisano Stadio San Michele 5,000
Parma Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi 5,000

Teams

The following teams participated in the 2015 World Rugby U20 Championship:

Pool Team No. of Tournaments Position 2014 Position 2015
A  England 8 1st 2nd Runners-up
A  France 8 6th 4th
A  Japan 3 DNP 10th Promoted from 2014 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy
A  Wales 8 7th 6th
B  Australia 8 5th 5th
B  Italy 6 11th 11th
B  South Africa 8 2nd 3rd Bronze Medal Winner
B  Samoa 6 8th 12th Relegated to 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
C  Argentina 8 9th 9th
C  Ireland 8 4th 7th
C  New Zealand 8 3rd 1st Champions
C  Scotland 8 10th 8th

Match officials

The following officials oversaw the 30 matches:[5][6][7]

Referees
Reserve or Assistant Referees
Television match officials

Pool stage

The playing schedule and pools were announced on 25 November 2014.[8]

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

All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

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.

Pld = matches played, W = matches won, D = draws, L = losses, PF = match points for, PA = match points against, PD = Points difference between match points for and match points against, TF = tries for, TA = tries against, BP = bonus points, Pts = pool points

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts
 France 3 3 0 0 96 35 +61 13 4 1 13
 England 3 2 0 1 107 53 +54 15 6 2 10
 Wales 3 1 0 2 92 52 +40 12 7 1 5
 Japan 3 0 0 3 17 172 –155 2 26 0 0

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts
 South Africa 3 3 0 0 119 26 +93 16 4 3 15
 Australia 3 2 0 1 78 83 –5 11 11 2 10
 Samoa 3 1 0 2 60 98 –38 7 14 0 4
 Italy 3 0 0 3 44 94 –50 7 12 2 2

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 125 42 +83 16 3 2 14
 Ireland 3 2 0 1 45 61 –16 2 6 0 8
 Scotland 3 1 0 2 59 98 –39 6 11 1 5
 Argentina 3 0 0 3 51 79 –28 3 7 2 2

Standings after Pool Stage

Overall Standings
Pool Pos Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts
B1 1  South Africa 3 3 0 0 119 26 +93 16 4 3 15
C1 2  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 125 42 +83 16 3 2 14
A1 3  France 3 3 0 0 96 35 +61 13 4 1 13
A2 4  England 3 2 0 1 107 53 +54 15 5 2 10
B2 5  Australia 3 2 0 1 78 83 −5 11 11 2 10
C2 6  Ireland 3 2 0 1 45 61 −16 2 6 0 8
A3 7  Wales 3 1 0 2 92 52 +40 12 7 1 5
C3 8  Scotland 3 1 0 2 59 98 −39 6 11 1 5
B3 9  Samoa 3 1 0 2 60 98 −38 7 14 0 4
C4 10  Argentina 3 0 0 3 51 79 −28 3 7 2 2
B4 11  Italy 3 0 0 3 44 94 −50 7 12 2 2
A4 12  Japan 3 0 0 3 17 172 −155 2 26 0 0

Knockout stage

9–12th place play-offs

Semifinals 9th place
  Samoa  12  
  Japan  29  
 
      Japan  21
    Argentina  38
11th place
  Argentina  46   Samoa  19
  Italy  5     Italy  20

Semifinals

11th place game

9th place game

5–8th place play-offs

Semifinals 5th place
  Australia  31  
  Scotland  21  
 
      Australia  28
    Wales  23
7th place
  Ireland  12   Scotland  9
  Wales  22     Ireland  17

Semifinals

7th place game

5th place game

Finals

Semifinals Final
  South Africa  20  
  England  28  
 
      England  16
    New Zealand  21
3rd place
  New Zealand  45   South Africa  31
  France  7     France  18

Semifinals

3rd place game

Final

References

  1. ↑ New Zealand and Italy to host JWC 2014 & 2015
  2. ↑ "New Zealand 21-16 England: Baby Blacks secure World Rugby Under 20 Championship in Italy". Daily Mail. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "New Zealand 21-16 England". BBC Sport. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "England miss out on third straight world U20 title against New Zealand". Guardian. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  5. ↑ U20 Champs Begin in Italy
  6. ↑ Refs for RW U20, Round 2
  7. ↑ U20 Champs, Round 3
  8. ↑ World Rugby U20 Championship 2015 schedule announced

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