2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship Explained

2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship
Type:	Under 20
Host:	England
Date:	7–25 June 2016
Nations:	12
Champion:	England
Runnerup:	Ireland
Third:	Argentina
Fourth:	South Africa
Preceded By:	2015
Succeeded By:	2017
Champdest:	2

The 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was the ninth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised in England by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. Twelve nations took part in the tournament, which was held at two venues in Greater Manchester—AJ Bell Stadium in Salford and Manchester City Academy Stadium in Manchester.^[1] New Zealand went into the tournament as defending champions. The competition was won by hosts England.^{[2] [3]}

Teams

The following teams participated in the 2016 World Rugby U20 Championship:

Pool	Team	No of Tournaments	Position 2015	Position 2016	Previous best result	Notes
A		1	DNP	10th	n/a	Promoted from 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
A		9	7th	2nd	Fourth (2014)
A		9	1st	5th	Champions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015)
A		9	6th	7th	Runners-up (2013)
B		9	5th	6th	Runners-up (2010)
B		9	2nd	1st	Champions (2013, 2014)
B		7	11th	11th	Eleventh (2008, 2011, 2014, 2015)
B		9	8th	8th	Eighth (2015)
C		9	9th	3rd	Fourth (2012)
C		9	4th	9th	Fourth (2011, 2015)
C		4	10th	12th	Tenth (2015)	Relegated to 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
C		9	3rd	4th	Champions (2012)

Match officials

The following officials oversaw the thirty matches:^[4]

Referees

• Andrew Brace (Ireland)
• Thomas Charabas (France)
• Graham Cooper (Australia)
• Craig Evans (Wales)
• Cwengile Jadezweni (South Africa)
• Craig Maxwell-Keys (England)
• Elia Rizzo (Italy)
• Juan Sylvestre (Argentina)
• Paul Williams (New Zealand)

Assistant Referees

• Peter Allan (England)
• Paul Dix (England)
• Tom Foley (England)
• Greg Garner (England)
• Andrew Jackson (England)
• Greg MacDonald (England)
• John Meredith (England)
• Matthew O'Grady (England)
• Ian Tempest (England)
• Phil Watters (England)

Television match officials

• Paul Adams (Wales)
• Trevor Fisher (England)
• David Grashoff (England)
• Rowan Kitt (England)
• Keith Lewis (England)
• John Mason (Wales)
• David Rose (England)
• David Sainsbury (England)
• Stuart Terheege (England)
• Geoff Warren (England)

Pool stage

The fixtures were released in December 2015.

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

All times are in British Summer Time (UTC+01)

Points were awarded in the Pool Stage via the standard points system:

• 4 points for a win
• 2 points for a draw
• 1 bonus scoring point for scoring 4 or more tries
• 1 bonus losing point for losing by 7 or less points
• 0 points for a loss above 7 points

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.

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	BP	Pts
	3	3	0	0	94	56	+38	10	9	1	13
	3	2	0	1	97	50	+47	15	4	2	10
	3	1	0	2	52	53	–1	6	5	3	7
	3	0	0	3	16	100	–84	1	14	1	1

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	BP	Pts
	3	3	0	0	109	23	+86	12	2	2	14
	3	2	0	1	42	73	–31	6	9	1	9
	3	1	0	2	61	42	+19	7	4	3	7
	3	0	0	3	39	113	–74	5	15	0	0

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	BP	Pts
	3	3	0	0	82	48	+34	8	6	1	13
	3	2	0	1	112	69	+43	14	8	3	11
	3	1	0	2	92	78	+14	13	9	2	6
	3	0	0	3	53	144	–91	8	20	0	0

Current combined standings

Overall Standings
Pool Pos	Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	BP	Pts<	-- Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	BP	Pts -->
B1	1		3	3	0	0	109	23	+86	12	2	2	14
A1	2		3	3	0	0	94	56	+38	10	9	1	13
C1	3		3	3	0	0	82	48	+34	8	6	1	13
C2	4		3	2	0	1	112	69	+43	14	8	3	11
A2	5		3	2	0	1	97	50	+47	15	4	2	10
B2	6		3	2	0	1	42	73	–31	6	9	1	9
B3	7		3	1	0	2	61	42	+19	7	4	3	7
A3	8		3	1	0	2	52	53	–1	6	5	3	7
C3	9		3	1	0	2	92	78	+14	13	9	2	6
A4	10		3	0	0	3	16	100	–84	1	14	1	1
B4	11		3	0	0	3	39	113	–74	5	15	0	0
C4	12		3	0	0	3	53	144	–91	8	20	0	0

Knockout stage

9–12th place play-offs

9th place game

5–8th place play-offs

5th place game

Finals

Final

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: England to host World Rugby U20 Championship 2016 . 4 October 2015 . 17 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150617115756/http://www.worldrugby.org/u20/news/69669 . dead .
2. Web site: World Rugby U20 Championship 2016: England beat Ireland in final. 25 June 2016. BBC Sport. 11 January 2017.
3. Web site: Dominant England blow Ireland away in U20 World Cup final. 25 June 2016. Irish Independent. 11 January 2017.
4. Web site: Referees announced for U20 Championship 2016 . 6 June 2016 . 4 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160404064026/http://www.worldrugby.org/u20/news/149239 . dead .