2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy

2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
Tournament details
Host Portugal
Date12 – 24 May 2015
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Georgia
Runner-up Canada
Third place Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Top scorer(s)Georgia (country) Rezi Jinchvelashvili (51)
Most triesNamibia Christo van der Merwe (5)
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The 2015 World Rugby U20 Trophy was the eighth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, second-tier world championship.[1] A total of 8 nations played in the tournament.

The event was held in Portugal and was organized by rugby's governing body, World Rugby.

Venues

The championship was held in Lisbon.

Location Venue Capacity
Lisbon Estádio Universitário de Lisboa 8,000
Lisbon CAR Rugby do Jamor

Teams

Pool Team[2][3][4][5] Number of
Tournaments		 Position Last Year Best Position
B  Canada 5 7 2nd in 2013
A  Fiji 0 Relegated from 2014 IRB JWC 1st appearance
A  Georgia 5 5 3rd in 2008, 2011
B  Hong Kong 1 8 8th in 2014
B  Namibia 4 6 5th in 2008, 2009
A  Portugal 2 N/A 6th in 2013
B  Tonga 3 2 2nd in 2014
A  Uruguay 5 4 Won the Trophy in 2008

Pool Stage

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA Pts
 Georgia 3 3 0 0 95 36 +59 13 4 13
 Uruguay 3 2 0 1 77 98 -21 10 15 10
 Fiji 3 1 0 2 73 77 -4 10 7 7
 Portugal 3 0 0 3 56 90 -34 5 12 0

Fixtures

12 May 2015
17:00
Uruguay 12 – 46 Georgia
Report
CAR Rugby do Jamor, Lisbon
12 May 2015
19:00
Fiji 34 – 19 Portugal
Report
CAR Rugby do Jamor, Lisbon
16 May 2015
15:00
Uruguay 37 – 26 Portugal
Report
CAR Rugby do Jamor, Lisbon
16 May 2015
17:00
Fiji 13 – 30 Georgia
Report
CAR Rugby do Jamor, Lisbon
20 May 2015
17:00
Georgia 19 – 11 Portugal
Report
CAR Rugby do Jamor, Lisbon
20 May 2015
19:00
Fiji 26 – 28 Uruguay
Report
CAR Rugby do Jamor, Lisbon

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 72 46 +26 8 6 13
 Tonga 3 2 0 1 91 40 +51 13 4 11
 Namibia 3 1 0 2 67 92 -25 10 14 5
 Hong Kong 3 0 0 3 43 95 -52 5 12 0

Fixtures

12 May 2015
17:00
Canada 35 – 20 Namibia
Report
Estádio Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon
12 May 2015
19:00
Tonga 35 – 16 Hong Kong
Report
Estádio Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon
16 May 2015
15:00
Canada 24 – 15 Hong Kong
Report
Estádio Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon
16 May 2015
19:00
Tonga 45 – 11 Namibia
Report
Estádio Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon
20 May 2015
17:00
Namibia 36 – 12 Hong Kong
Report
Estádio Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon
20 May 2015
19:00
Tonga 11 – 13 Canada
Report
Estádio Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon

Placement matches

7th place game

24 May 2015
11:00
Portugal 47 – 21 Hong Kong
Report
CAR Rugby do Jamor, Lisbon

5th place game

24 May 2015
13:00
Fiji 36 – 24 Namibia
Report
CAR Rugby do Jamor, Lisbon

Third place game

24 May 2015
15:00
Uruguay 44 – 43 Tonga
Report
Estádio Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon

Final

24 May 2015
17:00
Georgia 49 – 24 Canada
Report
Estádio Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon

References

  1. ^ "Portugal to host JWRT 2015". irb.com. 30 April 2014. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Uruguay qualify for Junior World Trophy 2015". irb.com. 22 September 2014. Archived from the original on 17 November 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Hong Kong reach Junior World Trophy 2015". irb.com. 29 September 2014. Archived from the original on 30 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Georgia win U19 title and qualify for Trophy". irb.com. 2 November 2014. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  5. ^ "CANADA U-20 MEN EARN SPOT IN JUNIOR WORLD RUGBY TROPHY". rugbycanada.ca. 27 March 2015. Archived from the original on August 25, 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2015.