| 2024 World Rugby U20 Championship | |
| Type: | Under 20 |
| Host: | South Africa |
| Venue: | 3 |
| Nations: | 12 |
| Champion: | ENG |
| Count: | 4 |
| Runnerup: | FRA |
| Third: | NZL |
| Fourth: | IRE |
| Matches: | 29 |
| Tries: | 212 |
| Top Scorer: | Hugo Reus (57) |
| Most Tries: | Juan Greising Revol (5) |
| Preceded By: | 2023 |
| Succeeded By: | 2025 |
The 2024 World Rugby U20 Championship was the 14th edition of the premier age-grade (World Rugby Under-20 Championship) rugby union competition. The tournament was hosted in South Africa for the third time, previously being held in 2012 and 2023.[1] Played over twenty-one days in the Western Cape locations of Stellenbosch and Cape Town, the U20 Championship features the twelve best U20 nations in the world competing for the world title.[2]
The defending champions were France whom had won the previous three tournaments back-to-back.[3]
England won the competition defeating France in the final, 21–13.[4] [5] [6] Going into the tournament, the two finallists had met each other earlier in the year (March 2024) at the 2024 U20 Six Nations Championship.[4] England had also won that fixture, 31–45.[7] [8]
The teams participating 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 (2023) | Best Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 9th | Third place (2016) | ||
| 13 | 5th | Runners-up (2010, 2019) | ||
| 13 | 4th | Champions (2013, 2014, 2016) | ||
| 9 | 10th | Sixth place (2011) | ||
| 13 | 1st | Champions (2018, 2019, 2023) | ||
| 5 | 8th | Eighth place (2023) | ||
| 13 | 2nd | Runners-up (2016, 2023) | ||
| 11 | 11th | Eighth place (2017, 2018) | ||
| 13 | 7th | Champions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017) | ||
| 13 | 3rd | Champions (2012) | ||
| align=center colspan=2 | Debut | |||
| 13 | 6th | Runners-up (2013) |
The following officials were named for the tournament, with an official panel of 9 referees designated to oversee the game.
The host locations were announced in February 2024. Similar to the previous tournament (2023), also hosted by South Africa, the Danie Craven Stadium and Athlone Stadium are hosting tournament matches with the final to be played at Cape Town Stadium.[9] [10]
| Stellenbosch | Athlone (Cape Town) | Cape Town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danie Craven Stadium | Athlone Stadium | Cape Town Stadium | |
| Capacity: 16,000 | Capacity: 34,000 | Capacity: 58,310 | |
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| align=center width="38" | Player | align=center width="38" | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hugo Reus | 57 | ||
| 2 | Sean Kerr | 44 | ||
| 3 | Luka Tsirekidze | 42 | ||
| 4 | Harry McLaughlin-Phillips | 29 | ||
| 5 | Santino Di Lucca | 28 | ||
| Rico Simpson | 28 | |||
| 7 | Jack Murphy | 27 | ||
| 8 | Simone Brisighella | 25 | ||
| Juan Greising Revol | 25 | |||
| 10 | Sean Naughton | 24 |
| align=center width="38" | Player | align=center width="38" | Tries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juan Greising Revol | 5 | ||
| 2 | Mathis Castro-Ferreira | 4 | ||
| Jurenzo Julius | 4 | |||
| Sibabalwe Mahashe | 4 | |||
| Aisea Nawai | 4 | |||
| Macs Page | 4 | |||
| 7 | Jack Bracken | 3 | ||
| Zach Porthen | 3 | |||
| Xavi Taele | 3 | |||
| Frank Vaenuku | 3 |
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| 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 77 | +80 | 22 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 172 | 102 | +70 | 22 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 182 | 152 | +30 | 28 | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 121 | 100 | +21 | 17 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| 5th–8th playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 152 | 94 | +58 | 21 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 71 | +18 | 12 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 152 | 120 | +32 | 22 | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 136 | 163 | –27 | 20 | 23 | ||||||||||||||
| 9th–12th playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 119 | 123 | –4 | 15 | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 90 | 134 | –44 | 10 | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 74 | 172 | –98 | 10 | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 85 | 221 | 13 | 33 | |||||||||||||||