2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship

The 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was the eighth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised for the second time in Italy by rugby's governing body, World Rugby.[1] Twelve nations played in the tournament, with matches hosted by Parma, Viadana, Calvisano and Cremona, host city of the final match. England went into the tournament as the two-time defending champions after they successfully defended their title in the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship (as the tournament was known through 2014). This was the first U20 Championship held after the sport's governing body changed its name from the International Rugby Board to the current World Rugby.

2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Italy
Date2–20 June 2015
No. of nations12
Final positions
Champions New Zealand
Runner-up England
Third place South Africa
Fourth place France
2014
2016

New Zealand won the title after a 21–16 win against England in the final.[2][3]

Venues

The championship was held across four locations. Parma, Viadana and Calvisano hosted pool matches, with the latter two hosting semi-finals for each bracket (teams 1–4, 5–8 and 9–12). Cremona hosted the final and two of the remaining positional play-offs, with Calvisano hosting the others.

Location Venue Capacity
CremonaStadio Giovanni Zini20,641
ViadanaStadio Luigi Zaffanella6,000
CalvisanoStadio San Michele5,000
ParmaStadio Sergio Lanfranchi5,000

Teams

The following teams participated in the 2015 World Rugby U20 Championship:

Pool Team No. of Tournaments Position 2014 Position 2015 Notes
A  England 8 1st 2nd Runners-up
A  France 8 6th 4th
A  Japan 3 DNP 10th Promoted from 2014 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy
A  Wales 8 7th 6th
B  Australia 8 5th 5th
B  Italy 6 11th 11th
B  South Africa 8 2nd 3rd Bronze Medal Winner
B  Samoa 6 8th 12th Relegated to 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
C  Argentina 8 9th 9th
C  Ireland 8 4th 7th
C  New Zealand 8 3rd 1st Champions
C  Scotland 8 10th 8th

Match officials

The following officials oversaw the thirty matches:[4][5][6]

  • TMO Shaun Veldsman travelled to Italy for the semi-finals and the final.

Pool stage

The playing schedule and pools were announced on 25 November 2014.[7]

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

All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

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.

Pld = matches played, W = matches won, D = draws, L = losses, PF = match points for, PA = match points against, PD = Points difference between match points for and match points against, TF = tries for, TA = tries against, BP = bonus points, Pts = pool points

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts
 France 33009635+61134113
 England 320110753+54156210
 Wales 31029252+4012715
 Japan 300317172–15522600

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts
 South Africa 330011926+93164315
 Australia 32017883–51111210
 Samoa 31026098–3871404
 Italy 30034494–5071222

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts
 New Zealand 330012542+83163214
 Ireland 32014561–162608
 Scotland 31025998–3961115
 Argentina 30035179–283722

Standings after pool stage

Overall Standings
Pool Pos Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts
B11 South Africa330011926+93164315
C12 New Zealand330012542+83163214
A13 France33009635+61134113
A24 England320110753+54155210
B25 Australia32017883−51111210
C26 Ireland32014561−162608
A37 Wales31029252+4012715
C38 Scotland31025998−3961115
B39 Samoa31026098−3871404
C410 Argentina30035179−283722
B411 Italy30034494−5071222
A412 Japan300317172−15522600

Knockout stage

9–12th place play-offs

 
Semi-finals9th place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Samoa12
 
 
 
 Japan29
 
 Japan21
 
 
 
 Argentina38
 
 Argentina46
 
 
 Italy5
 
11th place
 
 
 
 
 
 Samoa19
 
 
 Italy20

Semi-finals

11th place game

9th place game

5–8th place play-offs

 
Semi-finals5th place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Australia31
 
 
 
 Scotland21
 
 Australia28
 
 
 
 Wales23
 
 Ireland12
 
 
 Wales22
 
7th place
 
 
 
 
 
 Scotland9
 
 
 Ireland17

Semi-finals

7th place game

5th place game

Finals

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 South Africa20
 
 
 
 England28
 
 England16
 
 
 
 New Zealand21
 
 New Zealand45
 
 
 France7
 
3rd place
 
 
 
 
 
 South Africa31
 
 
 France18

Semi-finals

3rd place game

Final

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