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The World Rugby Under 20 Trophy (known as the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy until 2014) is an international rugby union competition. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, World Rugby, and is contested by 8 men's junior national teams with an under-20 age requirement. This event replaced the World Rugby's former age-grade world championships, the Under-19 and Under21 World Championships. The inaugural tournament was held in June 2008, hosted by Chile and with 8 teams participating.
World Rugby Under 20 Trophy Current season or competition: 2014 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy Sport
Rugby union
Instituted
2008
Number of teams
8
Country
International (World Rugby)
Holders
Japan (2014)
The World Rugby Under 20 Trophy is the second level of the World Rugby tournament structure for under-20 national sides. At the same time that the Trophy was launched, the World Rugby (then known as the International Rugby Board) also launched an upper-level championship, featuring 16 teams in 2008 and 2009 and a reduced format for 12 teams from 2010 and onwards. Promotion and relegation between the Trophy and the Championship is in place. The winner of the Trophy will play in next year's Championship, while the last placed team at the Championship will be relegated to the Trophy for the next year.
Contents 1 History 2 Tournament results 3 Team records 4 Participating nations 5 Leading all-time players 5.1 Points 6 External links 7 References
History The inaugural tournament was held in 2008, hosted by Chile, and won by Uruguay. World Rugby's decision that the United States would host the tournament in 2012 was viewed as the United States taking a step closer towards hosting the Rugby World Cup.[1]
Tournament results Year
Host
2008
Chile
2009
Kenya
2010
Russia
2011
Georgia
2012
Final Winner
Chile
2014
Hong Kong
2015
20 – 8
Uruguay
25 – 13
Romania
36 – 7
Italy
United States
2013
Score
Samoa
31 – 24
United States
37 – 33
Italy
45 – 23
Japan
35 – 10
Portugal
Third place match Runner-up
3rd place
Score
4th place
Georgia
34 – 10
Romania
Chile
19 – 17
Kenya
Chile United States
Japan
23 – 20 (aet)
Russia
Georgia
20 – 15
Uruguay
Tonga
31 – 29
Georgia
Chile
38 – 35
Japan
United States
26 – 25
Uruguay
Japan Japan Canada Tonga
Scheduled for 12–24 May
Scheduled for 12–24 May
Team records Team
Titles
Runners-up
Italy
2 (2010, 2013) -
Japan
1 (2014)
Third-place -
Fourth-place -
3 (2010, 2011, 2012) -
1 (2013)
United States 1 (2012)
1 (2009)
1 (2014)
-
Romania
1 (2009)
-
-
2 (2008, 2010)
Uruguay
1 (2008)
-
-
2 (2011, 2014)
Samoa
1 (2011)
-
-
-
Chile
-
1 (2008)
2 (2009, 2013) -
Tonga
-
1 (2014)
1 (2012)
-
Canada
-
1 (2013)
-
-
Georgia
-
-
2 (2008, 2011) 1 (2012)
Russia
-
-
1 (2010)
-
Kenya
-
-
-
1 (2009)
Participating nations
Romania
Team
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Years
Canada
q
–
–
6th
5th
6th
2nd
7th
Cayman Islands
dnq
8th
dnq
dnq
dnq
dnq
dnq
1
Chile
2nd
3rd
dnq
dnq
5th
3rd
dnq
4
Cook Islands
7th
dnq
dnq
dnq
dnq
dnq
dnq
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
q
1
3rd
dnq
dnq
3rd
4th
dnq
5th
q
5
–
–
1st
–
–
1st
–
Hong Kong
dnq
dnq
dnq
dnq
dnq
dnq
8th
Jamaica
8th
dnq
dnq
dnq
dnq
dnq
dnq
Japan
–
–
2nd
2nd
2nd
4th
1st
Kenya
dnq
4th
dnq
dnq
dnq
dnq
dnq
Namibia
5th
5th
dnq
dnq
dnq
8th
6th
Papua New Guinea
dnq
6th
8th
dnq
dnq
dnq
dnq
Portugal
dnq
dnq
dnq
dnq
dnq
6th
dnq
Romania
4th
1st
4th
dnq
dnq
dnq
dnq
3
Russia
dnq
dnq
3rd
6th
8th
dnq
dnq
3
Samoa
–
–
–
1st
–
–
–
6th
7th
dnq
dnq
dnq
dnq
dnq
Tonga
–
–
–
–
3rd
5th
2nd
United States
–
2nd
dnq
7th
1st
–
3rd
Uruguay
1st
–
5th
4th
dnq
7th
4th
Zimbabwe
dnq
dnq
7th
8th
7th
dnq
dnq
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
Fiji Georgia Italy
South Korea
Total
Legend = Hosts 1st = Champions (promoted to IRB Junior World Championship) 1st = Champions (not promoted to IRB Junior World Championship) 2nd = Runners-up 3rd = Third place 4th = Fourth place – = Competed in the U20 Championship q = Qualified dnq = Did not qualify
Leading all-time players Points
6
2 q
2 1
–
5 1
q
5 2
q
–
2
1 2
q
4 4
q
6 3
8
Points
Nation
Player
82
United States Madison Hughes
82
Romania
Stefan Patrascu
65
Canada
Conor McCann
54
Georgia
Bakhva Kobakhidze
54
Italy
Alberto Chillon
Updated June 9, 2013.
External links Official tournament site (http://www.irb.com/jwrt/index.html)
References 1. ESPN Scrum, USA to host IRB Junior World Trophy, Jan. 29, 2012, http://www.espnscrum.com/irbjuniorworld-2011/rugby/story/158475.html
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