2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship

2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	England
Date	June 2016
No. of nations	12
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The 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship will be the ninth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event is being organised in England by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. A total of 12 nations will play in the tournament, which will be held at two venues in Greater Manchester—AJ Bell Stadium in Salford and Manchester City Academy Stadium in Manchester. New Zealand will go into the tournament as defending champions.

Teams

The following teams will participate in the 2016 World Rugby U20 Championship:

Pool	Team	No. of Tournaments	Position 2015	Position 2016	Previous best result
	New Zealand	9	1st		Champions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015)
	England	9	2nd		Champions (2013, 2014)
	South Africa	9	3rd		Champions (2012)
	France	9	4th		Fourth (2011, 2015)
	Australia	9	5th		Runners-up (2010)
	Wales	9	6th		Runners-up (2013)
	Ireland	9	7th		Fourth (2014)
	Scotland	9	8th		Eighth (2015)
	Argentina	9	9th		Fourth (2012)
	Japan	4	10th		Fifteenth (2008, 2009)
	Italy	7	11th		Eleventh (2008, 2011, 2014)
	Georgia	1	DNP		n/a	Promoted from 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy

Pool stage

The fixtures were released in December 2015.

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	BP	Pts
New Zealand											0
Wales											0
Ireland											0
Georgia											0

Match 5	7 June 2016	Wales	v	Ireland	Academy Stadium, Manchester
	17:30

Match 3	7 June 2016	New Zealand	v	Georgia	AJ Bell Stadium, Salford
	19:45

Match 10	11 June 2016	New Zealand	v	Ireland	Academy Stadium, Manchester
	13:30

Match 11	11 June 2016	Wales	v	Georgia	Academy Stadium, Manchester
	15:45

Match 17	15 June 2016	Ireland	v	Georgia	Academy Stadium, Manchester
	17:30

Match 14	15 June 2016	New Zealand	v	Wales	AJ Bell Stadium, Salford
	17:30

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	BP	Pts
England											0
Australia											0
Scotland											0
Italy											0

Match 2	7 June 2016	Australia	v	Scotland	AJ Bell Stadium, Salford
	17:30

Match 6	7 June 2016	England	v	Italy	Academy Stadium, Manchester
	19:45

Match 7	11 June 2016	Australia	v	Italy	AJ Bell Stadium, Salford
	13:30

Match 12	11 June 2016	England	v	Scotland	Academy Stadium, Manchester
	18:00

Match 16	15 June 2016	Scotland	v	Italy	Academy Stadium, Manchester
	15:15

Match 15	15 June 2016	England	v	Australia	AJ Bell Stadium, Salford
	19:45

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	BP	Pts
South Africa											0
France											0
Argentina											0
Japan											0

Match 1	7 June 2016	France	v	Argentina	AJ Bell Stadium, Salford
	15:15

Match 4	7 June 2016	South Africa	v	Japan	Academy Stadium, Manchester
	15:15

Match 8	11 June 2016	France	v	Japan	AJ Bell Stadium, Salford
	15:45

Match 9	11 June 2016	South Africa	v	Argentina	AJ Bell Stadium, Salford
	18:00

Match 13	15 June 2016	Argentina	v	Japan	AJ Bell Stadium, Salford
	15:15

Match 18	15 June 2016	South Africa	v	France	Academy Stadium, Manchester
	19:45

Knockout stage

9–12th place play-offs

	Semifinals				9th place
					11th place

Semifinals

Match 19	20 June 2016	TBC	v	TBC	AJ Bell Stadium
	15:15

Match 20	20 June 2016	TBC	v	TBC	AJ Bell Stadium
	17:30

11th place game

Match 25	25 June 2016	TBC	v	TBC	Academy Stadium, Manchester
	12:00

9th place game

Match 26	25 June 2016	TBC	v	TBC	Academy Stadium, Manchester
	14:15

5–8th place play-offs

	Semifinals				5th place
					7th place

Semifinals

Match 22	20 June 2016	TBC	v	TBC	AJ Bell Stadium
	15:15

Match 21	20 June 2016	TBC	v	TBC	AJ Bell Stadium
	19:45

7th place game

Match 28	25 June 2016	TBC	v	TBC	Academy Stadium, Manchester
	14:30

5th place game

Match 27	25 June 2016	TBC	v	TBC	Academy Stadium, Manchester
	16:30

Finals

	Semifinals				Final
					3rd place

Semifinals

Match 23	20 June 2016	TBC	v	TBC	Academy Stadium, Manchester
	17:30

Match 24	20 June 2016	TBC	v	TBC	Academy Stadium, Manchester
	19:45

3rd place game

Match 29	25 June 2016	TBC	v	TBC	AJ Bell Stadium
	16:45

Final

Match 30	25 June 2016	TBC	v	TBC	AJ Bell Stadium
	19:00

External links

• Official website