The 2016 World Rugby U20 Trophy was the ninth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, second-tier world championship.
The event was held in Harare, Zimbabwe and was organized by rugby's governing body, World Rugby.
Venue The championship was held in Harare.
LocationVenueCapacity Harare Harare Sports Club Ground 10,000 Harare National Sports Stadium 60,000
Qualifying As the host nation, Zimbabwe qualified automatically, as did Samoa for being relegated from 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship. The remaining six countries competed through a qualification process in their regional competitions (Africa, Asia, North America, South America and Europe).
Qualifying teams A total of 8 teams played in the tournament.
Asia Rugby (1)
Rugby Africa (2)
Sudamérica Rugby (1)
Rugby Americas North (1)
Rugby Europe (1)
Oceania Rugby (2)
Teams
Pool Team Number of Tournaments Position Last Year Best Position 1 5 5th (2015) 2 8 8th (2014, 2015) 5 6 5th (2008, 2009) 1 12th, 2015 JWC 1st (2011) 0 N/A N/A 4 N/A 1st (2012) 6 3 1st (2008) 3 N/A 7th (2010, 2012)
Pool Stage Venue: Harare Sports Club, Harare
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Pool B {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="25"|Pld !width="25"|W !width="25"|D !width="25"|L !width="35"|PF !width="35"|PA !width="35"|PD !width="25"|TF !width="25"|TA !width="25"|Pts |- |align=left| | 3||3||0||0||104||46||+58||14||6||14 |- |align=left| | 3||2||0||1||138||92||+50||18||13||10 |- |align=left| | 3||1||0||2||92||76||+16||12||10||8 |- |align=left| | 3||0||0||3||28||148||–118||4||19||0
Finals
7th place play-off
5th place play-off
Bronze final
Final
References