The 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was the eleventh annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised in France by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. Twelve nations played in the tournament, which was held in three cities from 30 May to 17 June.

Teams The following teams participated in the 2018 U20 Championship: TeamResult (2017)Best Result1111thThird place (2016)116thRunners-up (2010)112ndChampions (2013, 2014, 2016)114thFourth place (2011, 2015, 2017)310thTenth place (2016, 2017)119thRunners-up (2016)98thEighth place (2017)Promoted from 2017 U20 Trophy5—Tenth place (2015)111stChampions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017) 115thFifth place (2017)113rdChampions (2012)117thRunners-up (2013)

Venues The venues that play host to the tournament were as follows: BéziersNarbonnePerpignanStade de la MéditerranéeParc des Sports Et de l'AmitiéStade Aimé GiralCapacity: 18,555Capacity: 12,000Capacity: 14,593

Pool stage The Pool stage fixture was as follows:

Pool A {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="20"|Pld !width="20"|W !width="20"|D !width="20"|L !width="20"|PF !width="20"|PA !width="32"|−/+ !width="20"|TF !width="20"|TA !width="20"|BP !width="20"|Pts |- style="background:#ccffcc; |align=left| | 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 136 || 28 || +108 || 19 || 3 || 2 || 14

|align=left| | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 54 || 80 || –26 || 5 || 10 || 0 || 8

|align=left| | 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 93 || 72 || +21 || 12 || 8 || 2 || 6

|align=left| | 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 36 || 139 || –103 || 6 || 21 || 1 || 1

Pool B {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="20"|Pld !width="20"|W !width="20"|D !width="20"|L !width="20"|PF !width="20"|PA !width="32"|−/+ !width="20"|TF !width="20"|TA !width="20"|BP !width="20"|Pts |- | style="background:#ccffcc; |align=left| | 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 117 || 33 || +84 || 18 || 4 || 3 || 15

|align=left| | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 62 || 95 || –33 || 9 || 14 || 2 || 10

|align=left| | 3 || 1 || 0 || 2|| 73 || 82 || –9 || 10 || 10 || 3 || 7

|align=left| | 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 49 || 91 || –42 || 5 || 14 || 1 || 1

Pool C {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="20"|Pld !width="20"|W !width="20"|D !width="20"|L !width="20"|PF !width="20"|PA !width="32"|−/+ !width="20"|TF !width="20"|TA !width="20"|BP !width="20"|Pts |- style="background:#ccffcc; |align=left| | 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 96 || 65 || +31 || 13 || 10 || 2 || 14 |- style="background:#ccffcc; |align=left| | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 92 || 90 || +2 || 15 || 11 || 3 || 11

|align=left| | 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 63 || 77 || –14 || 8 || 11 || 1 || 5

|align=left| | 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 61 || 80 || –19 || 8 || 12 || 2 || 2

Pool stage standings Team Pool Finals 1 B 3 +84 15 2 A 3 +108 14 3 C 3 +31 14 4 C 3 +2 11 5–8th place play-offs 5 B 3 –33 10 6 A 3 –26 8 7 B 3 –9 7 8 A 3 +21 6 9–12th place play-offs 9 C 3 –14 5 10 C 3 –18 2 11 B 3 –42 1 12 A 3 –103 1

Knockout stage 9–12th place play-offs

Semi-finals

Eleventh place

Ninth place

5–8th place play-offs

Semi-finals

Seventh place

Fifth place

Finals

Semi-finals

Third place

Final

Statistics The player statistics for the 2018 U20 Championship:

+ Top point scorersPlayerPoints1 602 533 464 425 38 8 30

+ Top try scorersPlayerTries1 6 3 54 4 614 players3

Final placings

Team 1 5 5 0 0 145 106 +39 16 14 2 5 4 0 1 174 97 +77 25 11 3 5 3 0 2 163 152 +11 26 19 4 5 3 0 2 173 84 +95 24 10 5–8th place play-offs 5 5 3 0 2 178 102 +76 23 13 6 5 2 0 3 127 138 −11 17 17 7 5 3 0 2 103 136 −33 11 18 8 5 2 0 3 94 173 −79 15 24 9–12th place play-offs 9 5 3 0 2 126 130 −4 17 19 10 5 1 0 4 125 149 −24 16 23 11 5 1 0 4 129 158 −29 16 23 12 5 0 0 5 91 202 −111 14 29

References

External links Official website