2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy

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2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
Tournament details
Host nation Portugal
Date12 – 24 May 2015
No. of nations8
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 Under 20 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

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
12 May 2015
19:00
Tonga  35 – 16  Hong Kong
Report
16 May 2015
15:00
Canada  24 – 15  Hong Kong
Report
16 May 2015
19:00
Tonga  45 – 11  Namibia
Report
20 May 2015
17:00
Namibia  36 – 12  Hong Kong
Report
20 May 2015
19:00
Tonga  11 – 13  Canada
Report

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

Final[]

24 May 2015
17:00
Georgia  49 – 24  Canada
Report

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. Retrieved 28 March 2015.[permanent dead link]
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