The 2014
IRB Junior World 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 ...
was the seventh annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised in
Auckland
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,
New Zealand
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by rugby's governing body,
World Rugby
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, then known as the International Rugby Board. A total of 12 nations took part in the tournament.
England
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went into the tournament as defending champions, after winning the tournament for the first time in 2013. England went on to win the Championship for a second time in two years. While hosts New Zealand, the most successful team in the tournament, were looking to win the title for the first time since 2011.
Italy
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were the champions of the
2013 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy, thus being promoted to the Championship.
Fiji finished last in 2014 and therefore were relegated to the
World Rugby Under 20 Trophy for 2015.
This was the final event to be known as the "IRB Junior World Championship". Following the renaming of the governing body as World Rugby, the Championship was renamed the World Rugby Under 20 Championship, and the second-tier competition was renamed from "IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy" to
World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
The World Rugby Under 20 Trophy (known as the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy until 2014) is an international rugby union competition. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, World Rugby, and is contested by 8 men's junior national tea ...
.
Venues
The championship was held across three two location,
Auckland
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and
Pukekohe
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.
ECOLight Stadium
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In July 2009, Counties Manukau announced that Bayer ...
and
QBE Stadium are only designated to the pool matches, while
Eden Park will be used for top three play-offs; Final, 3rd place play-off and 5th place play-off.
Teams
The following teams participated in the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship:
Match officials
Below are the list of officials that officiated across the 30 matches:
;Referees
*
Federico Anselmi (
Argentina
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)
*
Angus Gardner (
Australia)
*
Matt O'Brien
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...
(
Australia)
*
Alexandre Ruiz (
France
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)
* Akihisa Aso (
Japan)
*
Ben O'Keefe (
New Zealand
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)
*
Vlad Iordăchescu (
Romania
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)
*
Marius van der Westhuizen (
South Africa
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)
*
Joaquín Montes
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Career
Montes takes charge of both Campeonato Uruguayo de Rugby and N ...
(
Uruguay
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)
;Reserve or Assistant Referees
* Brett Johnson (
New Zealand
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)
* Richard Kelly (
New Zealand
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)
* Angus Mabey (
New Zealand
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)
* Shane McDermott (
New Zealand
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)
*
Brendon Pickerill (
New Zealand
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)
* Grant Stuart (
New Zealand
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)
*
Paul Williams (
New Zealand
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)
;Television match officials
* Vinny Munro (
New Zealand
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)
* Glenn Newman (
New Zealand
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)
* Peter Nock (
New Zealand
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)
* Aaron Paterson (
New Zealand
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)
* Ben Skeen (
New Zealand
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)
* Chris Wratt (
New Zealand
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)
Pool stage
The playing schedule and pools were announced on 28 November 2013.
''All times are in
New Zealand Standard Time
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(
UTC+12
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As standard time (year-round)
''Principal cities: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Mata Utu, Majuro, Yaren, Funafuti, South Tarawa on Tarawa''
North Asia
*Russia – Kamchatka Time ...
)''
The points awarded in the ''Pool Stage'' are as follows:
* 4 points for a win
* 2 points for a draw
* 1 bonus scoring point for scoring 4 or more tries
* 1 bonus losing point for losing by 7 or less points
* 0 points for a loss above 7 points
If at completion of the Pool Stage two or more teams are level on points the following tiebreakers are applied:
# The winner of the Match in which the two tied Teams have played each other;
# The Team which has the best difference between points scored for and points scored against in all its Pool Matches;
# The Team which has the best difference between tries scored for and tries scored against in all its Pool Matches;
# The Team which has scored most points in all its Pool Matches;
# The Team which has scored most tries in all its Pool Matches; and
# If none of the above produce a result, then it will be resolved with a toss of a coin.
Pld = matches played, W = matches won, D = draws, L = losses, PF = match points for, PA = match points against, PD = Points difference between match points for and match points against, TF = tries for, TA = tries against, BP = bonus points, Pts = pool points
Pool A
:
Pool B
:
Pool C
:
Standings after Pool Stage
Knockout stage
9–12th place play-offs
Semifinals
11th place game
9th place game
5–8th place play-offs
Semifinals
7th place game
5th place game
Finals
Semifinals
3rd place game
Final
Notes
References
External links
IRB Junior World Championshipfrom IRB website
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