The 2020 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was scheduled to be the 13th edition of the World Rugby Under 20 Championship, the premier age-grade rugby union competition organised by World Rugby. The tournament was to be held in Italy for the third time, having previously been played there in 2011 and 2015. France were the defending champions.
On 20 March 2020, World Rugby announced that the championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Teams The following teams would have participated in the 2020 U20 Championship: TeamResult (2019)Best Result124thThird place (2016)122ndRunners-up (2010, 2019)125thChampions (2013, 2014, 2016)121stChampions (2018, 2019)410thNinth place (2018)128thRunners-up (2016)109thEighth place (2017, 2018)Promoted from 2019 U20 Trophy5—Tenth place (2015)811thSixth place (2011)127thChampions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017) 123rdChampions (2012)126thRunners-up (2013)
Pool stage The pool stage fixture was to have been 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
|align=left| | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|align=left| | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|align=left| | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|align=left| | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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
| align="left" | | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||0
| align="left" | | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||0 |- | align="left" | | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||0
| align="left" | | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||0
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
|align=left| | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||0
|align=left| | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||0 |- style= |align=left| | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||0
|align=left| | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||0
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