2006 Under 19 Rugby World Championship Explained

Datefrom:2006-04-04
Dateto:2006-04-21
Host:United Arab Emirates
Nations:24
Matches:60
Prev:2005
Next:2007

The 2006 Under 19 Rugby World Championship took place in United Arab Emirates between 4 April and 21 April 2006. Australia won the final over New Zealand 17–13.

Pool/standings

The IRB setting for this tournament was that the matches were to be played between two pools from which the top 4 teams qualified for the semifinals and the team that finished at the bottom of the Division A pool was to be relegated to the Division B.

Match points were awarded on the basis of 4 points for a Win, 2 points for a draw and 0 points for a Loss. Bonus points were awarded for teams scoring 4 tries or more and to losing teams who lost be 7 points or less.

Division A

Groups

Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D
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8765
9101112

Group phase

Pos.TeamMatchesPointsBPTOTAL
width=35pxM!width=35pxW!width=35pxD!width=35pxL!width=35px+!width=35px-!width=35px+/-
1.330015041+109214
2.33008733+54113
3.320118334+149311
4.32018958+31311
5.320111943+76210
6.32015157-608
7.31024555-1026
8.31026587-2215
9.310256113-5715
10.310240155-11515
11.30032370-4722
12.300326188-16200

Knock out phase

1st-place play-off

Division B

Groups

Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D
1234
8765
9101112

Group phase

Pos.TeamMatchesPointsBPTOTAL
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1.330012936+93315
2.33006929+40214
3.320117456+118311
4.320112939+90210
5.32018025+55210
6.32017443+3119
7.31024548-315
8.31024278-3615
9.31023049-1904
10.301223100-7702
11.301231160-12902
12.300313176-16300

Knock out phase

1st-place play-off

Final standings

Division APosDivision B
1 *
2
3
4
5
6
7 #
8 #
9 #
10 #
11 #
* 12 #
* Romania was initially demoted to Division B and Fiji promoted to Division A for next World Championship.

# Chile, Russia, Namibia, Chinese Taipei, South Korea and USA were relegated from Division B and had to enter regional competitions to qualify for next World Championship.

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