2008 IRB Junior World Championship explained

2008 IRB Junior World Championship
Type:	Under 20
Date:	6–22 June 2008
Host:	Wales
Nations:	16
Champion:	New Zealand
Runnerup:	England
Third:	South Africa
Matches:	40
Succeeded By:	2009
Champdest:	2

The 2008 IRB Junior World Championship was the first annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. All players who were twenty years of age or under on 1 January 2008 were eligible for selection.

This competition replaced the now defunct Under 19 Rugby World Championship and Under 21 Rugby World Championship. The event, organised by rugby's governing body, the International Rugby Board (IRB), was contested by sixteen men's under-20 national teams.

The tournament was held in June and hosted by Wales, at four separate venues, and won by New Zealand.

Venues

City	Ground	Capacity
		13,500
		11,700
		20,532
		15,500

Calendar

Stage	First Match		Last Match
Matchday 1	17:00 2008-06-06	to	19:00 2008-06-06
Matchday 2	17:00 2008-06-10	to	19:00 2008-06-10
Matchday 3	15:00 2008-06-14	to	17:00 2008-06-14
Matchday 4	17:00 2008-06-18	to	19:00 2008-06-18
Final Day – North Wales	18:00 2008-06-21	to	20:00 2008-06-21
Final Day – South Wales	13:00 2008-06-22	to	19:00 2008-06-22

Pools

Qualified for the Championship Semi-finals
Qualified for the 5th to 8th Placed Playoffs
Qualified for the 9th to 12th Placed Playoffs
Qualified for the 13th to 16th Placed Playoffs

Pool A

width=165	Team	width=40	Played	width=40	Won	width=40	Drawn	width=40	Lost	width=40	Tries	width=40	For	width=40	Against	width=40	Difference	width=40	BP	width=40	Points
	3	3	0	0	25	173	19	+154	3	15
	3	2	0	1	6	47	69	–32	1	9
	3	1	0	2	6	64	109	–45	1	5
	3	0	0	3	3	46	123	–77	0	0

Match Results
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6 June 2008		48–9		Arms Park, Cardiff
6 June 2008		17–9		Arms Park, Cardiff
10 June 2008		30–10		Arms Park, Cardiff
10 June 2008		65–10		Arms Park, Cardiff
14 June 2008		45–27		Arms Park, Cardiff
14 June 2008		60–0		Arms Park, Cardiff

Pool B

width=165	Team	width=40	Played	width=40	Won	width=40	Drawn	width=40	Lost	width=40	Tries	width=40	For	width=40	Against	width=40	Difference	width=40	BP	width=40	Points
	3	3	0	0	27	196	32	+164	2	14
	3	2	0	1	7	60	39	+21	1	9
	3	1	0	2	8	61	115	–54	1	5
	3	0	0	3	3	38	169	–131	0	0

Match Results
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6 June 2008		108–18		Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
6 June 2008		29–17		Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
10 June 2008		20–6		Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
10 June 2008		72–3		Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
14 June 2008		41–14		Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
14 June 2008		16–11		Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Pool C

width=165	Team	width=40	Played	width=40	Won	width=40	Drawn	width=40	Lost	width=40	Tries	width=40	For	width=40	Against	width=40	Difference	width=40	BP	width=40	Points
	3	3	0	0	17	119	48	+71	2	14
	3	2	0	1	27	147	47	+100	3	11
	3	1	0	2	5	47	151	–104	0	4
	3	0	0	3	4	44	111	–67	1	1

Match Results
width=7%	Date	width=10%	Home	width=7%	Score	width=10%	Away	width=11%	Venue
6 June 2008		81–12		Rodney Parade, Newport
6 June 2008		41–17		Rodney Parade, Newport
10 June 2008		60–18		Rodney Parade, Newport
10 June 2008		53–17		Rodney Parade, Newport
14 June 2008		13–18		Rodney Parade, Newport
14 June 2008		10–17		Rodney Parade, Newport

Pool D

width=165	Team	width=40	Played	width=40	Won	width=40	Drawn	width=40	Lost	width=40	Tries	width=40	For	width=40	Against	width=40	Difference	width=40	BP	width=40	Points
	3	3	0	0	11	85	39	+46	2	14
	3	2	0	1	13	104	54	+50	3	11
	3	1	0	2	4	48	81	–33	0	4
	3	0	0	3	7	47	110	–63	1	1

Match Results
width=7%	Date	width=10%	Home	width=7%	Score	width=10%	Away	width=11%	Venue
6 June 2008		53–17		Liberty Stadium, Swansea
6 June 2008		29–10		Liberty Stadium, Swansea
10 June 2008		32–14		Liberty Stadium, Swansea
10 June 2008		33–10		Liberty Stadium, Swansea
14 June 2008		20–24		Liberty Stadium, Swansea
14 June 2008		23–19		Liberty Stadium, Swansea

Knockout stage

13th-16th Places Playoffs

13th-16th Places Playoffs
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18 June 2008		17–5		Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
18 June 2008		22–27		Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

15th Place Play-Off
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21 June 2008		44–8		Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

13th Place Play-Off
width=7%	Date	width=10%	Home	width=7%	Score	width=10%	Away	width=11%	Venue
21 June 2008		28–20		Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

9th-12th Place Playoffs

9th-12th Places Playoffs
width=7%	Date	width=10%	Home	width=7%	Score	width=10%	Away	width=11%	Venue
18 June 2008		15–10		Rodney Parade, Newport
18 June 2008		9–6		Arms Park, Cardiff

11th Place Play-Off
width=7%	Date	width=10%	Home	width=7%	Score	width=10%	Away	width=11%	Venue
21 June 2008		33–10		Arms Park, Cardiff

9th Place Play-Off
width=7%	Date	width=10%	Home	width=7%	Score	width=10%	Away	width=11%	Venue
21 June 2008		39–12		Rodney Parade, Newport

5th-8th Places Playoffs

5th-8th Places Playoffs
width=7%	Date	width=10%	Home	width=7%	Score	width=10%	Away	width=11%	Venue
18 June 2008		6–30		Liberty Stadium, Swansea
18 June 2008		0–32		Liberty Stadium, Swansea

7th Place Play-Off
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21 June 2008		10–30		Rodney Parade, Newport

5th Place Play-Off
width=7%	Date	width=10%	Home	width=7%	Score	width=10%	Away	width=11%	Venue
21 June 2008		21–42		Arms Park, Cardiff

1st place playoffs

Semi-finals

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Final

See also

• 2008 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy

External links

• Official website