| 2011 IRB Junior World Championship | |
| Type: | Under 20 |
| Date: | June 10–26, 2011 |
| Host: | Italy |
| Nations: | 12 |
| Champion: | New Zealand |
| Runnerup: | England |
| Third: | Australia |
| Matches: | 30 |
| Top Scorer: |  Gareth Anscombe (84 points) |
| Most Tries: | Arno Botha Charles Piutau Francois Venter (6 tries) |
| Preceded By: | 2010  |
| Succeeded By: |  2012 |
| Champdest: | 2 |
The 2011 IRB Junior World Championship was the fourth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, this competition replaced the now defunct under 19 and under 21 world championships. The event was organised by rugby's governing body, the International Rugby Board (IRB). The winners were New Zealand, who won all the competitions held since the inaugural year in 2008.[1] [2]
Four stadia will be used for this world cup. There will be four double header match days at the three smaller venues with the final to be played in Stadio Euganeo.[3]
| City | Ground | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5,000 | |||
| 6,700 | |||
| 9,600 | |||
| 32,336 |
| Pool | Team | Number of tournaments | Position last year | Position this year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 3 | 1 | 1 | Champions | |
| A | 3 | 6 | 9 | ||
| A | 3 | 7 | 7 | ||
| A | 2 | DNP | 11 | Promoted from 2010 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy | |
| B | 3 | 2 | 3 | Bronze Medal Winner | |
| B | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| B | 3 | 8 | 6 | ||
| B | 3 | 11 | 12 | Relegated to 2012 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy | |
| C | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
| C | 3 | 4 | 2 | Runners-up | |
| C | 3 | 9 | 8 | ||
| C | 3 | 10 | 10 |
All times are local (UTC+2).
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | TF | PF | PA | PD | BP | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 204 | 22 | +182 | 3 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 90 | 106 | −16 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 50 | 85 | −35 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 147 | −131 | 0 | 0 |
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | TF | PF | PA | PD | BP | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 82 | 51 | +31 | 2 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 129 | 63 | +66 | 3 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 73 | 92 | −19 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 117 | −78 | 0 | 0 |
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | TF | PF | PA | PD | BP | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 98 | 63 | +35 | 2 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 95 | 52 | +43 | 3 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 81 | 88 | −7 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 102 | −71 | 0 | 0 |
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| Points | Name | Team | Tries | Con | Pen | Drop | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gareth Anscombe | 2 | 25 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Johan Goosen | 0 | 23 | 10 | 1 | |||
| Josateki Lalagavesi | 1 | 8 | 14 | 0 | |||
| Matthew Morgan | 1 | 12 | 8 | 0 | |||
| George Ford | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Jean-Pascal Barraque | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Paddy Jackson | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Duncan Weir | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Ben Volavola | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Brian Ormson | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| Rank | Name | Team | Tries | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arno Botha | 7 | |||
| 2 | Charles Piutau | 6 | |||
| 2 | Francois Venter | 6 | |||
| 2 | Christian Wade | 6 | |||
| 5 | Andrew Conway | 5 | |||
| 5 | Tshotsho Mbovane | 5 | |||
| 7 | Francis Saili | 4 | |||
| 8 | 9 players | align="left" | - | 3 |