2024 World Rugby U20 Championship

picture info	2024 World Rugby U20 Championship The 2024 World Rugby U20 Championship will be the 14th edition of the premier age-grade rugby union competition. The tournament will be hosted in South Africa for the third time, previously being held in 2012 and 2023. The World Rugby U20 Championship 2024 will take place in South Africa from 29 June to 19 July 2024. Played over five match days in the Western Cape regions of Stellenbosch and Cape Town, the U20 Championship features the 12 best U20 nations in the world competing for the world title. Teams The teams set to participate 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. Stadia and location The host locations were announced in February 2024. Similar to the previous tournament (2023), also hosted by South Africa, the Danie Craven Stadium and Athlone Stadium are to host tournament matches with the final to be played at Cape Town Stadium The Cape Town Stadium ( af, Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2023 World Rugby Under 20 Championship The 2023 World Rugby Under 20 Championship will be the thirteenth edition of the premier age-grade rugby competition. The tournament is to be in South Africa for the second time, previously being held in 2012. Venues Pool stage The pool stage fixture was to have been as follows: Pool A : Pool B : Pool C : References {{IRB Junior World Championship World Rugby Under 20 Championship World Rugby Under 20 Championship World Rugby Under 20 Championship World Rugby Under 20 Championship The World Rugby Under 20 Championship (known as the IRB Junior World Championship until 2014) is an international rugby union competition. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, World Rugby, and is contested by 12 men's junior nat ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship The 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was the eighth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised for the second time in Italy by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. Twelve nations played in the tournament, with matches hosted by Parma, Viadana, Calvisano and Cremona, host city of the final match. England went into the tournament as the two-time defending champions after they successfully defended their title in the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship (as the tournament was known through 2014). This was the first U20 Championship held after the sport's governing body changed its name from the International Rugby Board to the current World Rugby. New Zealand won the title after a 21–16 win against England in the final. Venues The championship was held across four locations. Parma, Viadana and Calvisano hosted pool matches, with the latter two hosting semi-finals for each bracket (teams 1–4, 5–8 and 9–12). Cremona h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Western Cape The Western Cape is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country. It is the fourth largest of the nine provinces with an area of , and the third most populous, with an estimated 7 million inhabitants in 2020. About two-thirds of these inhabitants live in the metropolitan area of Cape Town, which is also the provincial capital. The Western Cape was created in 1994 from part of the former Cape Province. The two largest cities are Cape Town and George. Geography The Western Cape Province is roughly L-shaped, extending north and east from the Cape of Good Hope, in the southwestern corner of South Africa. It stretches about northwards along the Atlantic coast and about eastwards along the South African south coast (Southern Indian Ocean). It is bordered on the north by the Northern Cape and on the east by the Eastern Cape. The total land area of the province is , about 10.6% of the country's total. It is roughly the size of England or the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Provinces Of South Africa South Africa is divided into nine provinces. On the eve of the 1994 general election, South Africa's former homelands, also known as Bantustans, were reintegrated, and the four existing provinces were divided into nine. The twelfth, thirteenth and sixteenth amendments to the Constitution of South Africa changed the borders of seven of the provinces. History The Union of South Africa was established in 1910 by combining four British colonies: the Cape Colony, the Natal Colony, the Transvaal Colony and the Orange River Colony (the latter two were, before the Second Boer War, independent republics known as the South African Republic and the Orange Free State). These colonies became the four original provinces of the Union: Cape Province, Transvaal Province, Natal Province and Orange Free State Province. Segregation of the black population started as early as 1913, with ownership of land by the black majority being restricted to certain areas totalling about 13% of the country. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Athlone Stadium - Panoramio Athlone (; ) is a town on the border of County Roscommon and County Westmeath, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located on the River Shannon near the southern shore of Lough Ree. It is the second most populous town in the Midland Region, Ireland, Midlands Region with a population of 21,349 in the 2016 census. Most of the town lies on the east bank of the river, within the Athlone (townland), townland of the same name; however, by the terms of the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, Local Government Act of 1898, six townlands on the west bank of the Shannon, formerly in County Roscommon, were incorporated into the town, and consequently, into the county of Westmeath. Around 100 km west of Dublin, Athlone is near the geographical centre of Ireland, which is north-northwest of the town, in the area of Carnagh East in County Roscommon. History Athlone Castle, situated on the western bank of the River Shannon, is the geographical and historical centre of Athlone. Throughout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]