2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship

The International Rugby Board (IRB) awarded the 2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship to the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) and the Ulster branch hosted it. The Tournament, which took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 4–21 April, was split into two divisions of twelve teams. Division A games took place in Belfast at Belfast Harlequins' Deramore Park, Ulster Rugby's Ravenhill Stadium, and Cooke RFC/Instonians' Shaw's Bridge complex. Division B games were held in Queen's University of Belfast's The Dub complex and Malone RFC's Gibson Park in Belfast, and Bangor RFC's Upritchard Park in Bangor.

Defending champion and top seed Australia began its title defence against Ireland on 5 April as part of a Round One double-header at Ravenhill that also included number three seed New Zealand against France.

The seedings of all teams in Division A and the top six teams in Division B were based on the final standings at the 2006 Tournament. Seeds 7 – 12 inclusive in Division B represented teams who had qualified for 2007 via regional tournaments and their seeding was drawn randomly. All 24 participating teams were confirmed in January 2007.

This was the final Under 19 World Championship. The IRB decided to fold its under-19 and under-21 world championships into a two-tiered under-20 tournament structure starting in 2008. The top tier, the IRB Junior World Championship, will feature 16 teams, while eight teams will compete in the second-tier IRB Junior World Trophy.

Qualification The following 24 teams, shown by region, qualified for the 2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship .

Americas

Asia

Oceania

Africa

Europe

Match officials

Referees These were chosen to Officiate at the 2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 4–21 April.

James Bolabiu (Fiji) Phillip Bosch (South Africa) Sarah Corrigan (Australia) Alan Falzone (Italy) Jérôme Garcès (France) James Jones (Wales) David Keane (Ireland) Javier Mancuso (Argentina) João Mourinha (Portugal) Neil Paterson (Scotland) Julian Pritchard (Australia) Dean Richards (England) Phil Smith (Canada) Matt Stanish (New Zealand)

Touch judge panel Peter Ferguson (Ireland) Richard Kerr (Ireland) Kyosuke Toda (Japan) Laifaga Unasa (Samoa)

Sarah Corrigan the Australian match official created history when she took charge of the Division B match between Zimbabwe v Canada on 4 April 2007, becoming the first female to referee at an IRB 15-man tournament outside the Women's Rugby World Cup. (The first woman ever to officiate at any IRB tournament outside the Women's Rugby World Cup was American Dana Teagarden, who was referee for six matches at the 2007 USA Sevens, an event in the IRB Sevens World Series held in February 2007.)

Pool/standings The IRB setting for this tournament was that the matches were to be played between two pools from which the top 8 teams qualified for the Quarter finals 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

Pool A TeamPldWDLFABPTOTAL 33006833214 32017527210 3003414922

Pool B TeamPldWDLFABPTOTAL 330017833315 3102565426 3102606505

Pool C TeamPldWDLFABPTOTAL 32017657210 3201506108 30032617600

Pool D TeamPldWDLFABPTOTAL 3201394408 3102285815 3102428204

New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Wales qualified for the Division A semi-finals by virtue of having the highest points in the pool stage.

Pool A vs Pool D Results

DateTeamScoreTeamVenue 5 April 2007, 17:30 36–5 Belfast Harlequins, Belfast5 April 2007, 19:30 15–10 Ravenhill, Belfast5 April 2007, 19:30 6–11 Belfast Harlequins, Belfast9 April 2007, 17:30 8–17 Ravenhill, Belfast9 April 2007, 19:30 12–13 Ravenhill, Belfast9 April 2007, 19:30 23–12 Shaw's Bridge, Belfast13 April 2007, 17:30 23–25 Shaw's Bridge, Belfast13 April 2007, 19:30 30–11 Belfast Harlequins, Belfast13 April 2007, 19:30 31–5 Ravenhill, Belfast

Pool B vs Pool C Results DateTeamScoreTeamVenue5 April 2007, 17:30 37–14 Ravenhill, Belfast5 April 2007, 17:30 41–8 Shaw's Bridge, Belfast5 April 2007, 19:30 12–20 Shaw's Bridge, Belfast9 April 2007, 17:30 107–6 Belfast Harlequins, Belfast9 April 2007, 17:30 20–33 Shaw's Bridge, Belfast9 April 2007, 19:30 15–17 Belfast Harlequins, Belfast13 April 2007, 17:30 34–13 Ravenhill, Belfast13 April 2007, 17:30 28–12 Belfast Harlequins, Belfast13 April 2007, 19:30 0–29 Shaw's Bridge, Belfast

Division B Pool A TeamPldWDLFABPTOTAL 3003175911 3003116311 3102405615

Pool B TeamPldWDLFABPTOTAL 320111419311 3102627615 30122112702

Pool C TeamPldWDLFABPTOTAL 330010225214 3201906119 30123011102

Pool D TeamPldWDLFABPTOTAL 33005612113 32017839412 33004417012

Italy, Canada, Georgia and the USA qualified for the Division B semi-finals by virtue of having the highest points in the pool stage.

Pool A vs Pool D Results

DateTeamScoreTeamVenue4 April 2007, 19:30 0–28 Bangor, Bangor4 April 2007, 19:30 0–6 Malone, Belfast4 April 2007, 19:30 0–8 Queen's, Belfast8 April 2007, 14:30 10–16 Queen's, Belfast8 April 2007, 14:30 5–33 Bangor, Bangor8 April 2007, 16:30 33–26 Malone, Belfast12 April 2007, 17:30 7–22 Queen's, Belfast12 April 2007, 19:30 7–15 Bangor, Bangor12 April 2007, 19:30 6–24 Malone, Belfast

Pool B vs Pool C Results

DateTeamScoreTeamVenue4 April 2007, 17:30 36–5 Bangor, Bangor4 April 2007, 17:30 29–14 Queen's, Belfast4 April 2007, 17:30 6–62 Malone, Belfast8 April 2007, 14:30 72–6 Malone, Belfast8 April 2007, 16:30 13–32 Bangor, Bangor8 April 2007, 16:30 5–55 Queen's, Belfast12 April 2007, 17:30 20–30 Bangor, Bangor12 April 2007, 17:30 10–10 Malone, Belfast12 April 2007, 19:30 6–8 Queen's, Belfast

Knock out phase

Using the final positions from the pool phase the knock-out round 1 matches were made on the following basis:

Match 1 – 10th versus 11th Match 2 – 9th versus 12th Match 3 – 6th versus 7th Match 4 – 5th versus 8th Match 5 – 2nd versus 3rd (deemed a semi-final) Match 6 – 1st versus 4th (deemed a semi-final)

For round 2 of the knock out phase The loser of Match 1 plays the loser of Match 2 for 11th place The winner of Match 1 plays the winner of Match 2 for 9th place The loser of Match 3 plays the loser of Match 4 for 7th place The winner of Match 3 plays the winner of Match 4 for 5th place The loser of Match 5 plays the loser of Match 6 for 3rd place The winner of Match 5 plays the winner of Match 6 for 1st place (the final)

Division A

Round 1 {| class="wikitable" !width="130"|Category !width="130"|Date !width="120"|Team !width="55"|Score !width="120"|Team !width="180"|Venue |- |10th v 11th | 17 April 2007, 17:30 | |7–11 | |Belfast Harlequins, Belfast |- |9th v 12th |17 April 2007, 19:30

|31–10 | |Shaw's Bridge, Belfast |- |6th v 7th |17 April 2007, 17:30 | |31–13 | |Shaw's Bridge, Belfast |- |5th v 8th |17 April 2007, 19:30 | |25–13 | |Belfast Harlequins, Belfast |- |2nd v 3rd |17 April 2007, 17:30 | |18–32 | |Ravenhill, Belfast |- |1st v 4th |17 April 2007, 19:30 | |36–12 | |Ravenhill, Belfast

Division B

Round 1 {| class="wikitable" !width="130"|Category !width="130"|Date !width="120"|Team !width="55"|Score !width="120"|Team !width="180"|Venue |- |10th v 11th |16 April 2007, 17:30 | |10–35 | |Queen's, Belfast |- |9th v 12th |16 April 2007, 17:30 | |14–22 | |Malone, Belfast |- |6th v 7th |16 April 2007, 17:30 | |21–3 | |Bangor, Bangor |- |5th v 8th |16 April 2007, 19:30 | |26–11 | |Bangor, Bangor |- |2nd v 3rd |16 April 2007, 19:30 | |19–3 | |Malone, Belfast |- |1st v 4th |16 April 2007, 19:30 | |31–6 | |Queen's, Belfast

Round 2 (Play-offs) {| class="wikitable" !width="130"|Category !width="130"|Date !width="120"|Team !width="55"|Score !width="120"|Team !width="180"|Venue |- |11th Place Play-Off |20 April 2007, 17:30 | |29–10 | |Malone, Belfast |- |9th Place Play-Off |20 April 2007, 17:30 | |20–10 | |Queen's, Belfast |- |7th Place Play-Off |20 April 2007, 19:30 | |10–12 | |Malone, Belfast |- |5th Place Play-Off |20 April 2007, 19:30 | |15–24 | |Queen's, Belfast |- |3rd Place Play-Off |20 April 2007, 18:00 | |5–24 | |Bangor, Bangor |- |Final |20 April 2007, 19:30 | |3–22 | |Shaw's Bridge, Belfast

Semi-finals

Year Division Semi-Final (2nd vs 3rd) Semi-Final (1st vs 4th)Winner Score Loser WinnerScore Loser 2007 A32–1836–122007 B19–331–6

Finals

Year Division Final Third place match Winner Score Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place 2007 A31–725–212007 B22–324–5

Therefore, New Zealand are the Under 19 Rugby World Champions for 2007 and Italy are promoted to Division A.

Final standings The final standings are based on the 3 pool matches plus a further 2 matches to determine standings.

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* Japan was initially demoted to Division B and Italy promoted to Division A for future World Championships. However, with the creation of the IRB Junior World Championship, both teams competed in its inaugural edition in 2008. This event featured all teams from the 2007 Division A, plus Italy, Canada, the US, and Tonga.

# Zimbabwe, Chile, Romania, Russia, Chinese Taipei and the Cook Islands were initially relegated from Division B and had to enter regional competitions to qualify for future World Championships. This did not change with the creation of the Junior World Championship and IRB Junior World Trophy; Georgia and Uruguay were given automatic berths to the 2008 IRB Junior World Trophy, while remaining nations had to play in regional qualifying for the remaining six berths.

Overall Stats Overall Points Pos. Player Country Points 1 Leigh Halfpenny 57 2 Germán Albanell 56 3 Sione Toke 54 4 Riccardo Bocchino 50 5 Trent Renata 42 6 Hamish Roberts 32 7= Daniel Kirkpatrick 37 7= Stefan Watermeyer 37 9 Mathieu Belie 35 10 Nathan Hirayama 33 11 Alex Goode 31 12 Kade Poki 30 13 Titi Jnr Esau 28 14= Stephen McColl 26 14= Eoin O'Malley 26 16= Andrew Barrett 25 16= Alberto Chiesa 25 16= Francisco González 25 16= Bogdan Petreanu 25 16= Henry Speight 25

References

External links Official website

2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship

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