2006 Under 19 Rugby World Championship

2006 Under 19 Rugby World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	United Arab Emirates
Dates	2006-04-04 – 2006-04-21
No. of nations	24
Final positions
Champions	Australia
Runner-up	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	60
Top scorer(s)	Colin Slade  New Zealand
← 2005 2007 →

The 2006 Under 19 Rugby World Championship took place in United Arab Emirates between 4 April and 21 April 2006. Australia won the final over New Zealand 17–13.

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		2	New Zealand	3	Australia	4
8		7		6		5
9		10	Scotland	11		12

Group phase[]

Pos.	Team	Matches				Points			BP	TOTAL
		M	W	D	L	+	-	+/-
1.	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	150	41	+109	2	14
2.		3	3	0	0	87	33	+54	1	13
3.	Australia	3	2	0	1	183	34	+149	3	11
4.		3	2	0	1	89	58	+31	3	11
5.		3	2	0	1	119	43	+76	2	10
6.		3	2	0	1	51	57	-6	0	8
7.		3	1	0	2	45	55	-10	2	6
8.		3	1	0	2	65	87	-22	1	5
9.	Scotland	3	1	0	2	56	113	-57	1	5
10.		3	1	0	2	40	155	-115	1	5
11.		3	0	0	3	23	70	-47	2	2
12.		3	0	0	3	26	188	-162	0	0

Knock out phase[]

9th Place Play-Off[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	17 April 2006
		0
					21 April 2006
		26
						12
	17 April 2006
					Scotland	18
	Scotland	38
		10
					Third place
					21 April 2006
						13
						13

5th Place Play-Off[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	17 April 2006
		19
					21 April 2006
		13
						20
	17 April 2006
						15
		33
		21
					Third place
					21 April 2006
						26
						7

1st Place Play-Off[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	17 April 2006
	New Zealand	24
					21 April 2006
		11
					New Zealand	13
	17 April 2006
					Australia	17
		16
	Australia	26
					Third place
					21 April 2006
						12
						12

Division B[]

Groups[]

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

Group phase[]

Pos.	Team	Matches				Points			BP	TOTAL
		M	W	D	L	+	-	+/-
1.		3	3	0	0	129	36	+93	3	15
2.		3	3	0	0	69	29	+40	2	14
3.		3	2	0	1	174	56	+118	3	11
4.		3	2	0	1	129	39	+90	2	10
5.		3	2	0	1	80	25	+55	2	10
6.		3	2	0	1	74	43	+31	1	9
7.		3	1	0	2	45	48	-3	1	5
8.		3	1	0	2	42	78	-36	1	5
9.		3	1	0	2	30	49	-19	0	4
10.	United States	3	0	1	2	23	100	-77	0	2
11.		3	0	1	2	31	160	-129	0	2
12.		3	0	0	3	13	176	-163	0	0

Knock out phase[]

9th Place Play-Off[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	16 April 2006
		51
					20 April 2006
		5
						57
	16 April 2006
						10
	United States	14
		15
					Third place
					20 April 2006
						30
					United States	28

5th Place Play-Off[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	16 April 2006
		33
					20 April 2006
		8
						38
	16 April 2006
						18
		24
		5
					Third place
					20 April 2006
						9
						10

1st Place Play-Off[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	16 April 2006
		20
					20 April 2006
		13
						22
	16 April 2006
						14
		24
		10
					Third place
					20 April 2006
						8
						35

Final standings[]

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

* Romania was initially demoted to Division B and Fiji promoted to Division A for next World Championship.

# Chile, Russia, Namibia, Chinese Taipei, South Korea and USA were relegated from Division B and had to enter regional competitions to qualify for next World Championship.

Sources[]

• Official site