2005 Under 19 Rugby World Championship

2005 Under 19 Rugby World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	South Africa
Dates	2006-04-01 – 2006-04-28
No. of nations	24
Final positions
Champions	South Africa
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	60
← 2006 →

The 2005 Under 19 Rugby World Championship took place in South Africa between 1 April and 18 April 2005. South Africa won the final over New Zealand 20–15.

Pool/standings[]

The IRB setting for this tournament was that the matches were to be played between two pools from which the top 4 teams qualified for the semifinals and the team that finished at the bottom of the Division A pool was to be relegated to the Division B.

• Pool A played against Pool D
• Pool B played against Pool C

Match points were awarded on the basis of 4 points for a Win, 2 points for a draw and 0 points for a Loss. Bonus points were awarded for teams scoring 4 tries or more and to losing teams who lost be 7 points or less.

Division A[]

Groups[]

Group A		Group B		Group C		Group D
1	New Zealand	2		3		4
8		7		6	Australia	5
9	Scotland	10		11		12

Group phase[]

Pos.	Team	Matches				Points			BP	TOTAL
		M	W	D	L	+	-	+/-
1.		3	3	0	0	109	34	+75	2	14
2.	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	111	25	+86	2	14
3.	Australia	3	3	0	0	71	6	+65	1	13
4.		3	2	0	1	92	44	+48	3	11
5.		3	2	0	1	133	40	+93	2	10
6.		3	1	0	2	63	25	+38	3	7
7.		3	1	0	2	22	75	-53	1	5
8.		3	1	0	2	44	106	-62	1	5
9.		3	1	0	2	23	55	-32	0	4
10.	Scotland	3	1	0	2	31	83	-52	0	4
11.		3	0	0	3	6	90	-84	0	0
12.		3	0	0	3	17	139	-122	0	0

Knock out phase[]

9th Place Play-Off[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 April 2005
		36
					17 April 2005
		18
						15
	13 April 2005
					Scotland	8
	Scotland	32
		10
					Third place
					17 April 2005
						24
						0

5th Place Play-Off[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 April 2005
		36
					17 April 2005
		18
						10
	13 April 2005
						13
		36
		17
					Third place
					17 April 2005
						13
						21

1st Place Play-Off[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 April 2005
		17
					17 April 2005
		12
						20
	13 April 2005
					New Zealand	15
	New Zealand	25
	Australia	25
					Third place
					17 April 2005
						21
					Australia	29

Division B[]

Groups[]

Group A		Group B		Group C		Group D
1		2		3		4
8	United States	7		6		5
9		10		11		12

Group phase[]

Pos.	Team	Matches				Points			BP	TOTAL
		M	W	D	L	+	-	+/-
1.		3	3	0	0	88	5	+83	3	15
2.		3	3	0	0	89	31	+58	2	14
3.		3	2	0	1	108	25	+83	3	11
4.		3	2	0	1	135	52	+83	2	10
5.		3	2	0	1	63	72	-9	1	9
6.		3	1	1	1	96	54	+42	2	8
7.	United States	3	1	1	1	62	72	-10	1	7
8.		3	1	0	2	71	82	-11	2	6
9.		3	1	0	2	32	83	-51	1	5
10.		3	1	0	2	30	131	-101	0	4
11.		3	0	0	3	19	91	-72	0	0
12.		3	0	0	3	17	112	-95	0	0

Knock out phase[]

9th Place Play-Off[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 April 2005
		15
					17 April 2005
		14
						38
	13 April 2005
						0
		17
		19
					Third place
					17 April 2005
						38
						22

5th Place Play-Off[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 April 2005
		17
					17 April 2005
		25
						22
	13 April 2005
					United States	22
		17
	United States	19
					Third place
					17 April 2005
						21
						33

1st Place Play-Off[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 April 2005
		24
					17 April 2005
		22
						36
	13 April 2005
						17
		12
		19
					Third place
					17 April 2005
						34
						17

Final standings[]

Division A	Pos	Division B
	1	*
New Zealand	2
Australia	3
	4
	5
	6	United States
	7	#
	8	#
	9	#
Scotland	10	#
	11	#
*	12	#

* Georgia was demoted to Division B and Samoa promoted to Division A for next World Championship.

# Namibia, Zimbabwe, Russia, Spain, Chile, and Paraguay were relegated from Division B and had to enter regional competitions to qualify for next World Championship.

Sources[]

• Official site