The 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was the twelfth edition of the premier age-grade competition for rugby. The tournament was held in Argentina for the second time, having been hosted there in 2010.
Defending champions France won the under 20 title again in 2019, defeating Australia in a closely fought final by 24–23 at the Racecourse Stadium in Rosario. The city of Santa Fe also hosted matches in the 2019 championship.
Teams The teams that participated in the tournament are listed in the table below, with a summary of their previous best results at the World Rugby Under 20 Championship included.
TeamResult (2018)Best Result126thThird place (2016)125thRunners-up (2010)122ndChampions (2013, 2014, 2016)121stChampions (2018)49thNinth place (2018)1211thRunners-up (2016)108thEighth place (2017, 2018) 8— Sixth place (2011)124thChampions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017) 1210thFifth place (2017)123rdChampions (2012)127thRunners-up (2013)
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 || 2 || 0 || 1 ||113 || 70 || +43 || 15 || 8 || 3 || 11 |- style="background:#ccffcc; |align=left| | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 94 || 80 || +14 || 13 || 9 || 3 || 11
|align=left| | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 87 || 85 || +2 || 10 || 11 || 1 || 9
|align=left| | 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 62 ||121 || −59 || 8 || 18 || 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 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 114 || 85 || +29 || 16 || 12 || 3 ||11
| align="left" | | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 97 || 85 || +12 || 13 || 11 || 2 ||10 |- | align="left" | | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 106 || 98 || +8 || 14 || 14 || 1 || 9
| align="left" | | 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 49 || 98 || −49 || 7 || 13 || 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 || 116 || 56 || +60 || 16 || 8 || 2 || 14
|align=left| | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 114 || 71 || +43 || 17 || 8 || 2 || 10 |- style= |align=left| | 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 50 || 105 || −55 || 6 || 17 || 0 || 4
|align=left| | 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 64 || 112 || −48 || 10 || 16 || 2 || 2
Pool stage standings Seedings for the knockout stage based on results from the pool stage:
Team Pool Finals 1 C 3 +60 14 2 A 3 +43 11 3 B 3 +29 11 4 A 3 +14 11 5–8th place play-offs 5 C 3 +43 10 6 B 3 +12 10 7 B 3 +8 9 8 A 3 +2 9 9–12th place play-offs 9 C 3 −55 4 10 C 3 −48 2 11 B 3 −49 1 12 A 3 –59 1
Knockout stage
9–12th place play-offs
Semi-finals
11th place
9th place
5–8th place play-offs
Semi-finals
7th place
5th place
Finals
Semi-finals
3rd place
Final
Statistics Statistics for the 2019 championship:
+ Most pointsPlayerPoints1 632 523 464 455 436 417 418 359 3410 3311 3312 33
+ Most triesPlayerTries1 72 53 4 5 3
+ Most conversionsPlayer1 192 133 124 10
+ Most penalty goalsPlayer1 112 103 74 5
+ OffloadsPlayerOffloads1 112 10 5 9 7 88 79 6
+ Clean breaksPlayer1 112 10 5 9 87 Players8
Final placings
Team 1 5 4 0 1 138 110 +28 16 13 2 5 3 0 2 171 122 +49 23 15 3 5 4 0 1 164 92 +72 24 11 4 5 2 0 3 142 145 –3 18 17 5–8th place play-offs 5 5 4 0 1 181 147 +34 23 20 6 5 3 0 2 121 137 −16 15 18 7 5 3 0 2 161 96 +65 24 12 8 5 2 0 3 137 155 −18 18 20 9–12th place play-offs 9 5 2 0 3 104 134 −30 15 17 10 5 2 0 3 79 142 −63 10 22 11 5 1 0 4 129 167 −38 18 25 12 5 0 0 5 117 197 −80 18 29
References
External links Official website