The 2006 Under 19 Rugby World Championship took place in United Arab Emirates between 4 April and 21 April 2006. Australia won the final over New Zealand 17–13.
Pool/standings The IRB setting for this tournament was that the matches were to be played between two pools from which the top 4 teams qualified for the semifinals 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
Groups Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D 1234 8765 9101112
Group phase Pos.TeamMatchesPointsBPTOTALMWDL+-+/-1.330015041+1092142.33008733+541133.320118334+1493114.32018958+313115.320111943+762106.32015157-6087.31024555-10268.31026587-22159.310256113-571510.310240155-1151511.30032370-472212.300326188-16200
Knock out phase
9th-place play-off
5th-place play-off
1st-place play-off
Division B
Groups Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D 1234 8765 9101112
Group phase Pos.TeamMatchesPointsBPTOTALMWDL+-+/-1.330012936+933152.33006929+402143.320117456+1183114.320112939+902105.32018025+552106.32017443+31197.31024548-3158.31024278-36159.31023049-190410.301223100-770211.301231160-1290212.300313176-16300
Knock out phase
9th-place play-off
5th-place play-off
1st-place play-off
Final standings Division APosDivision B 1 * 2 3 4 5 6 7 # 8 # 9 # 10 # 11 # * 12 # * Romania was initially demoted to Division B and Fiji promoted to Division A for next World Championship.
# Chile, Russia, Namibia, Chinese Taipei, South Korea and USA were relegated from Division B and had to enter regional competitions to qualify for next World Championship.
Sources Official site