The 2008 IRB Junior World Championship was the first annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. All players who were twenty years of age or under on 1 January 2008 were eligible for selection.

This competition replaced the now defunct Under 19 Rugby World Championship and Under 21 Rugby World Championship. The event, organised by rugby's governing body, the International Rugby Board (IRB), was contested by sixteen men's under-20 national teams.

The tournament was held in June and hosted by Wales, at four separate venues, and won by New Zealand.

Venues CityGroundCapacity Cardiff Arms Park 13,500 Newport Rodney Parade 11,700 Swansea Liberty Stadium 20,532 Wrexham Racecourse Ground 15,500

Calendar Stage First Match Last Match Matchday 1 17:00 2008-06-06 to 19:00 2008-06-06 Matchday 2 17:00 2008-06-10 to 19:00 2008-06-10 Matchday 3 15:00 2008-06-14 to 17:00 2008-06-14 Matchday 4 17:00 2008-06-18 to 19:00 2008-06-18 Final Day – North Wales 18:00 2008-06-21 to 20:00 2008-06-21 Final Day – South Wales 13:00 2008-06-22 to 19:00 2008-06-22

Pools Qualified for the Championship Semi-finalsQualified for the 5th to 8th Placed PlayoffsQualified for the 9th to 12th Placed PlayoffsQualified for the 13th to 16th Placed Playoffs

Pool A {| class="wikitable" |- !width=165|Team !width=40|Played !width=40|Won !width=40|Drawn !width=40|Lost !width=40|Tries !width=40|For !width=40|Against !width=40|Difference !width=40|BP !width=40|Points |- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center |align=left| |3||3||0||0||25||173||19||+154||3||15 |- bgcolor=#ffffcc align=center |align=left| |3||2||0||1||6||47||69||–32||1||9 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc align=center |align=left| |3||1||0||2||6||64||109||–45||1||5 |- align=center |align=left| |3||0||0||3||3||46||123||–77||0||0

Match ResultsDateHomeScoreAwayVenue6 June 200848–9Arms Park, Cardiff6 June 200817–9Arms Park, Cardiff10 June 200830–10Arms Park, Cardiff10 June 200865–10Arms Park, Cardiff14 June 200845–27Arms Park, Cardiff14 June 200860–0Arms Park, Cardiff

Pool B {| class="wikitable" |- !width=165|Team !width=40|Played !width=40|Won !width=40|Drawn !width=40|Lost !width=40|Tries !width=40|For !width=40|Against !width=40|Difference !width=40|BP !width=40|Points |- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center |align=left| |3||3||0||0||27||196||32||+164||2||14 |- bgcolor=#ffffcc align=center |align=left| |3||2||0||1||7||60||39||+21||1||9 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc align=center |align=left| |3||1||0||2||8||61||115||–54||1||5 |- align=center |align=left| |3||0||0||3||3||38||169||–131||0||0

Match ResultsDateHomeScoreAwayVenue6 June 2008108–18Racecourse Ground, Wrexham6 June 200829–17Racecourse Ground, Wrexham10 June 200820–6Racecourse Ground, Wrexham10 June 200872–3Racecourse Ground, Wrexham14 June 200841–14Racecourse Ground, Wrexham14 June 200816–11Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Pool C {| class="wikitable" |- !width=165|Team !width=40|Played !width=40|Won !width=40|Drawn !width=40|Lost !width=40|Tries !width=40|For !width=40|Against !width=40|Difference !width=40|BP !width=40|Points |- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center |align=left| |3||3||0||0||17||119||48||+71||2||14 |- bgcolor=#ffffcc align=center |align=left| |3||2||0||1||27||147||47||+100||3||11 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc align=center |align=left| |3||1||0||2||5||47||151||–104||0||4 |- align=center |align=left| |3||0||0||3||4||44||111||–67||1||1

Match ResultsDateHomeScoreAwayVenue6 June 200881–12Rodney Parade, Newport6 June 200841–17Rodney Parade, Newport10 June 200860–18Rodney Parade, Newport10 June 200853–17Rodney Parade, Newport14 June 200813–18Rodney Parade, Newport14 June 200810–17Rodney Parade, Newport

Pool D {| class="wikitable" |- !width=165|Team !width=40|Played !width=40|Won !width=40|Drawn !width=40|Lost !width=40|Tries !width=40|For !width=40|Against !width=40|Difference !width=40|BP !width=40|Points |- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center |align=left| |3||3||0||0||11||85||39||+46||2||14 |- bgcolor=#ffffcc align=center |align=left| |3||2||0||1||13||104||54||+50||3||11 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc align=center |align=left| |3||1||0||2||4||48||81||–33||0||4 |- align=center |align=left| |3||0||0||3||7||47||110||–63||1||1

Match ResultsDateHomeScoreAwayVenue6 June 200853–17Liberty Stadium, Swansea6 June 200829–10Liberty Stadium, Swansea10 June 200832–14Liberty Stadium, Swansea10 June 200833–10Liberty Stadium, Swansea14 June 200820–24Liberty Stadium, Swansea14 June 200823–19Liberty Stadium, Swansea

Knockout stage

13th-16th Places Playoffs

13th-16th Places PlayoffsDateHomeScoreAwayVenue18 June 200817–5Racecourse Ground, Wrexham18 June 200822–27Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

15th Place Play-OffDateHomeScoreAwayVenue21 June 200844–8Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

13th Place Play-OffDateHomeScoreAwayVenue21 June 200828–20Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

9th-12th Place Playoffs

9th-12th Places PlayoffsDateHomeScoreAwayVenue18 June 200815–10Rodney Parade, Newport18 June 20089–6Arms Park, Cardiff

11th Place Play-OffDateHomeScoreAwayVenue21 June 200833–10Arms Park, Cardiff

9th Place Play-OffDateHomeScoreAwayVenue21 June 200839–12Rodney Parade, Newport

5th-8th Places Playoffs

5th-8th Places PlayoffsDateHomeScoreAwayVenue18 June 20086–30Liberty Stadium, Swansea18 June 20080–32Liberty Stadium, Swansea

7th Place Play-OffDateHomeScoreAwayVenue21 June 200810–30Rodney Parade, Newport

5th Place Play-OffDateHomeScoreAwayVenue21 June 200821–42Arms Park, Cardiff

1st place playoffs

Semi-finals

3rd place playoffs

Final

See also

2008 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy

External links Official website