2020 World Rugby Under 20 Championship

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2020 Under 20 Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Italy
No. of nations	12
← 2019 →

The 2020 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was to have been the thirteenth edition of the premier age-grade rugby competition. The tournament was to be in Italy for the third time, previously being held in 2011 and 2015. Second-time champions France would have been the defending champions.^[1]

On 20 March 2020, World Rugby announced that the championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

Teams[]

The following teams would have participated in the 2020 U20 Championship:

Team	No.	Result (2019)	Best Result
Argentina	12	4th	Third place (2016)
Australia	12	2nd	Runners-up (2010, 2019)
England	12	5th	Champions (2013, 2014, 2016)
France	12	1st	Champions (2018, 2019)
Georgia	4	10th	Ninth place (2018)
Ireland	12	8th	Runners-up (2016)
Italy	10	9th	Eighth place (2017, 2018)
Japan[a]	5	—	Tenth place (2015)
Fiji	8	11th	Sixth place (2011)
New Zealand	12	7th	Champions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017)
South Africa	12	3rd	Champions (2012)
Wales	12	6th	Runners-up (2013)

Pool stage[]

The pool stage fixture was to have been as follows:

Pool A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	−/+	TF	TA	BP	Pts
France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Match 6	28 June	Argentina	Cancelled	Ireland	Peroni Stadium, Calvisano
	21:00

Match 4	28 June	France	Cancelled	Japan	Peroni Stadium, Calvisano
	16:00

Match 11	03 July	Argentina	Cancelled	Japan	Peroni Stadium, Calvisano
	18:30

Match 10	03 July	France	Cancelled	Ireland	Peroni Stadium, Calvisano
	16:00

Match 13	08 July	Ireland	Cancelled	Japan	Payanini Center, Verona
	16:00

Match 14	08 July	France	Cancelled	Argentina	Payanini Center, Verona
	18:30

Pool B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	−/+	TF	TA	BP	Pts
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Match 5	28 June	Wales	Cancelled	New Zealand	Peroni Stadium, Calvisano
	18:30

Match 3	28 June	Australia	Cancelled	Georgia	Payanini Center, Verona
	21:00

Match 8	03 July	Wales	Cancelled	Georgia	Payanini Center, Verona
	18:30

Match 7	03 July	Australia	Cancelled	New Zealand	Payanini Center, Verona
	16:00

Match 16	08 July	New Zealand	Cancelled	Georgia	Stadio Luigi Zaffanella, Viadana
	16:00

Match 15	08 July	Australia	Cancelled	Wales	Payanini Center, Verona
	21:00

Pool C[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	−/+	TF	TA	BP	Pts
South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fiji	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Match 1	28 June	South Africa	Cancelled	Italy	Payanini Center, Verona
	16:00

Match 2	28 June	England	Cancelled	Fiji	Payanini Center, Verona
	18:30

Match 9	03 July	South Africa	Cancelled	Fiji	Payanini Center, Verona
	21:00

Match 12	03 July	England	Cancelled	Italy	Peroni Stadium, Calvisano
	21:00

Match 18	08 July	South Africa	Cancelled	England	Stadio Sergio Zaffanella, Viadana
	21:00

Match 17	08 July	Italy	Cancelled	Fiji	Stadio Sergio Zaffanella, Viadana
	18:30

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