2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship Explained

2019 Under 20 Championship
Type:	Under 20
Host:	Argentina
Venue:	2
Date:	June 4–22
Nations:	12
Champion:	France
Runnerup:	Australia
Third:	South Africa
Fourth:	Argentina
Count:	2
Matches:	30
Tries:	223
Top Scorer:	Josh Hodge (63 points)
Most Tries:	Ewan Ashman (7 tries)

The 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was the twelfth edition of the premier age-grade competition for rugby. The tournament was held in Argentina for the second time, having been hosted there in 2010.

Defending champions France won the under 20 title again in 2019, defeating Australia in a closely fought final by 24–23 at the Racecourse Stadium in Rosario.^[1] The city of Santa Fe also hosted matches in the 2019 championship.

Teams

The teams that participated in the tournament are listed in the table below, with a summary of their previous best results at the World Rugby Under 20 Championship included.

Team		Result (2018)	Best Result
	12	6th	Third place (2016)
	12	5th	Runners-up (2010)
	12	2nd	Champions (2013, 2014, 2016)
	12	1st	Champions (2018)
	4	9th	Ninth place (2018)
	12	11th	Runners-up (2016)
	10	8th	Eighth place (2017, 2018)
	8	—	Sixth place (2011)
	12	4th	Champions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017)
	12	10th	Fifth place (2017)
	12	3rd	Champions (2012)
	12	7th	Runners-up (2013)

Pool stage

The pool stage fixture was as follows:^[2]

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	−/+	TF	TA	BP	Pts
	3	2	0	1	113	70	+43	15	8	3	11
	3	2	0	1	94	80	+14	13	9	3	11
	3	2	0	1	87	85	+2	10	11	1	9
	3	0	0	3	62	121	−59	8	18	1	1

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	−/+	TF	TA	BP	Pts
	3	2	0	1	114	85	+29	16	12	3	11
	3	2	0	1	97	85	+12	13	11	2	10
	3	2	0	1	106	98	+8	14	14	1	9
	3	0	0	3	49	98	−49	7	13	1	1

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	−/+	TF	TA	BP	Pts
	3	3	0	0	116	56	+60	16	8	2	14
	3	2	0	1	114	71	+43	17	8	2	10
	3	1	0	2	50	105	−55	6	17	0	4
	3	0	0	3	64	112	−48	10	16	2	2

Pool stage standings

Seedings for the knockout stage based on results from the pool stage:^[3]

width=25		width=165	Team	width=25	Pool	width=25		width=28		width=25
Finals
1			3	+60	14
2			3	+43	11
3			3	+29	11
4			3	+14	11
5–8th place play-offs
5			3	+43	10
6			3	+12	10
7			3	+8	9
8			3	+2	9
9–12th place play-offs
9			3	−55	4
10			3	−48	2
11			3	−49	1
12			3	–59	1

Knockout stage

9–12th place play-offs

Semi-finals

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11th place

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9th place

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5–8th place play-offs

Semi-finals

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7th place

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5th place

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Finals

Semi-finals

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3rd place

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Final

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Statistics

Statistics for the 2019 championship:^[4]

+ Most points^[5]		Player	Points
1		63
2		52
3		46
4		45
5		43
6		41
7		41
8		35
9		34
10		33
11		33
12		33

+ Most tries^[6]		Player	Tries
1		7
2		5
align=center rowspan="2"	3		align=center rowspan="2"	4
align=center rowspan="8"	5		align=center rowspan="8"	3

+ Most conversions^[7]		Player
1		19
2		13
3		12
align=center rowspan="2"	4		align=center rowspan="2"	10

+ Most penalty goals^[8]		Player
1		11
2		10
3		7
align=center rowspan="2"	4		align=center rowspan="2"	5

+ Offloads^[9]		Player	Offloads
1		11
align=center rowspan="3"	2		align=center rowspan="3"	10
align=center rowspan="2"	5		align=center rowspan="2"	9
7		8
8		7
align=center rowspan="4"	9		align=center rowspan="4"	6

+ Clean breaks^[10]		Player
1		11
align=center rowspan="3"	2		align=center rowspan="3"	10
align=center rowspan="3"	5		align=center rowspan="3"	9
8	7 Players	8

Final placings

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1		5	4	0	1	138	110	+28	16	13
2		5	3	0	2	171	122	+49	23	15
3		5	4	0	1	164	92	+72	24	11
4		5	2	0	3	142	145	–3	18	17
5–8th place play-offs
5		5	4	0	1	181	147	+34	23	20
6		5	3	0	2	121	137	−16	15	18
7		5	3	0	2	161	96	+65	24	12
8		5	2	0	3	137	155	−18	18	20
9–12th place play-offs
9		5	2	0	3	104	134	−30	15	17
10		5	2	0	3	79	142	−63	10	22
11		5	1	0	4	129	167	−38	18	25
12		5	0	0	5	117	197	−80	18	29

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. News: France edges Australia 24-23 to win U20 world rugby title . Japan Today . 24 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190626171551/https://japantoday.com/category/rugby-world-cup-2019/france-edges-australia-24-23-to-win-u20-world-rugby-title . 26 June 2019.
2. News: Schedule confirmed for World Rugby U20 Championship 2018. World Rugby. 15 February 2018 .
3. Web site: U20 Championship 2019 tournament rules . World Rugby . 9 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190513012313/https://www.world.rugby/u20/tournament-info/tournament-rules . 13 May 2019.
4. Web site: Player Stats World Rugby U20 Championship. worldrugby.org. www.world.rugby. 2019-06-23.
5. Web site: World Rugby U20 Championship. worldrugby.org. www.world.rugby. 2019-06-23.
6. Web site: World Rugby U20 Championship. worldrugby.org. www.world.rugby. 2019-06-23.
7. Web site: World Rugby U20 Championship : Le plus de transformations. worldrugby.org. www.world.rugby. 2019-06-23.
8. Web site: World Rugby U20 Championship : Most penalties. worldrugby.org. www.world.rugby. 2019-06-23.
9. Web site: World Rugby U20 Championship : Offloads. worldrugby.org. www.world.rugby. 2019-06-23.
10. Web site: World Rugby U20 Championship : Clean breaks. worldrugby.org. www.world.rugby. 2019-06-23.