Rugby Europe Under-18 Championship

The Rugby Europe Under-18 Championship is an annual rugby union championship for Under-18 national teams, held since 2004. The championship is organised by rugby's European governing body, Rugby Europe. U18 - 2010 FIRA-AER Justin Bridou European Championship FIRA-AER website, accessed: 1 May 2010

It has been held alternatingly in France and Italy, except for 2012 when it was held in Spain. The past editions were won by France, who won the championship in 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, and England, which won it in 2005, 2006 and 2012.2010 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship official website - History accessed: 1 May 2010 Ireland became the third nation to win the tournament when they beat England in the 2011 final.

History The European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship was first held in 2004, in Treviso, Italy. It replaced the previously held European Under-18 Emergent Nations Championship, which had first been held in 2000.Forty years of age grade growth in Europe IRB website, published: 16 April 2009, accessed: 2 May 2010 The first championship in 2004 was won by France.

The following two championships, held in Lille, France, in 2005 and again in Treviso in 2006, were won by England. Alternating between France and Italy, the next four championships were held in Biarritz, Treviso again, Toulon and once more in Treviso in 2010. All four were won by France. Wales and Scotland did not compete in those years, and England did not compete in 2010.

The 2011 edition of the competition saw the introduction of an elite division, above division one, the former A, made up of four teams, France, England, Wales and Ireland. The divisions below remained unchanged. It marked the first time that all countries participating in the six nations send a team to the European championship. The 2011 tournament was held in the regions of Armagnac and Bigorre, in southern France.U18 - 6 Nations play off FIRA-AER website, accessed: 6 April 2011 It was won by Ireland and saw the French team not reaching the final for the first time.

England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland and Italy left the tournament for the 2016 edition.

On March 12, 2020, following the recent evolution of COVID-19, Rugby Europe has announced a suspension of all its matches and tournaments, from Friday, March 13, 2020 until April 15, 2020. On March 26 Rugby Europe has decided to extend the suspension of all its matches and tournaments for an indefinite period of time. On April 8 Rugby Europe Board of Directors decided to cancel 2019 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship.

Format In 2010, the championship, similar to previous editions, was organised in an A, B and C Division, with A being the highest and C the lowest. Each division consisted of eight teams and each team played three competition games, with a quarter final, semi final and final/placing game.2010 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship official website - Fixtures accessed: 1 May 2010 The D division, unlike in the past, was held in a separate tournament in 2010.

The quarter finals were played according to a seeding list, with the winners moving on to the first to fourth place semi finals while the losers would enter the fifth to eighth place semi finals.

The winners of the semi-finals one to four would play in the division final while the losers would play for third place. Similarly, the winners of the fifth to eighth semi finals would play for fifth place while the losers would play for seventh.

The winner of the A division was crowned European champions while the eighth placed team would be relegated to the B division. Similarly, the winner of B and C division would move up a division for 2011 while the last placed teams would be relegated. This meant, France was crowned European champions while Romania finished on the relegation spot. Portugal won the B division and earned promotion while Ukraine was relegated and replaced by Sweden, the C champions.

The 2011 format saw the introduction of a four-team elite division. Below this level, the divisions remained unchanged but were now numbered instead of being ordered by letters.

In 2012 the modus was changed once more. The elite division now consisted of eight teams, as did the A and B divisions, with all three played at the same time and location while the C division consisted of four and the D division of three teams and were played separately.

Championship finals Emergent nations championship Year Host Final Third place match Winner Score Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place 2000 Sofia 56 – 17 28 – 10 2001 Split 37 – 6 79 – 0 2002 Prague 5 – 0 25 – 0 2003 Amsterdam 24 – 5 29 – 7

European championship #Year Host Final Third place match Winner Score Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place 1 2004 Treviso 32–0 19–6 2 2005 FIRA-AER website - 2005 results accessed: 3 May 2010 Lille 16–9 10–6 3 2006 FIRA-AER website - 2006 results accessed: 3 May 2010 Treviso 15–7 29–3 4 2007 FIRA-AER website - 2007 results accessed: 3 May 2010 Dax 8–8 (Pen. 4 – 3) 52–9 5 2008 FIRA-AER website - 2008 results accessed: 3 May 2010 Treviso 12–5 21–5 6 2009 FIRA-AER website - 2009 results accessed: 3 May 2010 Toulon 20–19 51–10 7 2010 FIRA-AER website - 2010 results accessed: 3 May 2010 Treviso 27–3 18–15 8 2011 FIRA-AER website - 2011 groups accessed: 6 April 2011 Tarbes 17–8 15–6 9 2012 FIRA-AER website - 2012 groups accessed: 5 April 2012 Madrid 25–13 10–7 10 2013 FIRA-AER website - 2013 groups accessed: 30 March 2013 Grenoble 27–22 40–0 11 2014 FIRA-AER website - 2014 groups accessed: 30 March 2014 Poznań 30–14 31–30 12 2015 FIRA-AER website - 2015 groups accessed: 26 March 2015 Toulouse 57–0 39–12 13 2016 FIRA-AER website - 2016 groups accessed: 27 March 2016 Lisbon 42–0 15–10 14 2017 Quimperlé 36–18 22–16 15 2018 Rugby Europe website - 2018 edition accessed: 31 March 2018 Poznań 8–3 17–0 16 2019 Rugby Europe website - 2019 edition accessed: 20 April 2019 Kaliningrad 20–10 38–27 — 2020 2020 - U18 Championship Tournament canceled 2020–2022 due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic17 2021 Kaliningrad 27–0 46–7 18 2022 Tbilisi / Rustavi 34–10 40–6 19 2023 Prague 19–3 26–13 20 2024 Prague 32–11 34–0 21 2025 Prague 16–11 26–15

Medals (2003-2025)

Divisional champions Emergent nations championship 2000 to 2003: YearA 2000 2001 2002 2003

The divisional champions from 2004 to 2010: YearABCD 2004 Not held 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

The divisional champions after the reorganisation in 2011: YearEliteABCD 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

The divisional champions after the reorganisation in 2016: YearChampionshipTrophyConference 1Conference 2 2016 2017 2018 Not held 2019 Not held2020Tournament canceled 2020–2022 due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Not held 2022 Not held The divisional champions after the reorganisation in 2023: YearChampionshipQualifier2023 202420252026

Placings The placings in the championship in order of the 2019 results: Team2004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202120222023202420252026 1 8 2 1 8 3 2 1 3 1 2 5 5 4 3 2 3 3 3 21 6 5 6 6 6 7 3 3 6 6 7 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 12 6 7 1 4 6 5 3 7 2 1 7 7 2 2 8 7 6 5 4 33 7 6 7 7 8 1 5 4 7 6 8 3 3 5 3 7 8 7 44 2 4 4 2 3 1 6 4 2 4 5 3 6 4 1 6 6 1 65 8 1 8 8 4 2 1 5 8 8 8 6 3 3 4 3 2 2 2 56 5 3 5 3 2 4 4 5 1 3 4 6 1 6 2 2 3 17 3 2 3 5 1 5 4 6 1 7 6 2 4 5 7 5 4 4 6 78 1 7 7 1 5 5 4 8 7 4 5 3 4 8 3 6 8 7 8 5 8 2 2 2 5 2 2 1 8 6 8 4 7 2 4 7 1 5 1 8 2 3 3 5 6 7 7 7 6 7 8 5 2 1 1 7 1 5 4 5 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 4 3 2 4 1 1 1 2 8 3 3 1 7 7 7 3 8 5 6 2 6 1 4 4 5 6 6 5 6 8 6 3 3 4 1 4 8 6 5 4 4 2 1 5 3 5 4 3 5 5 7 7 3 1 8 8 5 7 4 4 7 8 1 6 8 2 8 1 8 5 8 6 2 2 1 1 2 7 7 1 4 1 7 4 8 6 8 4 3 3 3 5 1 5 2 8 1 6 4 2 3 2 2 8 3 2 2 5 3 3 2 3 5 5 1 5 3 4 2 3 6 7 4 4 6 5 6 7 3 1 4 4 8 7 2 2 4 3 3 8 6 4 6 4 5 7 5 6 6 4 1 3 1 2 3 2 1 1 4 4 8 2 2 1 6 3 1 6 6 5 8 3 2 7 6 4 6 2 2 3 3 2 2 4 5 3 5 3 6 2 1 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 4 3 4 4 8 5 2 7 7 6 4 3 4 5 3 5 5 2 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 7 4 3 4 1 5 4 5 8 5 2 7 3 3 2 1 2 6 8 1 8 6 1 7 6 8 7 8 1 1 8 4 6 5 4 3 Côte d'Azur Selection 7 8

Elite Division/Championship A Division/Trophy/Qualifier B Division/Conference 1 C Division/Conference 2 D Division

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