The 2019

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 ...

was the twelfth edition of the premier age-grade competition for

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. The tournament was held in

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for the second time, having been hosted there in 2010. Defending champions

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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

included.

Pool stage

The pool stage fixture was as follows:

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool stage standings

Seedings for the knockout stage based on results from the pool stage:

Knockout stage

9–12th place play-offs

Semi-finals

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11th place

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9th place

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5–8th place play-offs

Semi-finals

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7th place

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5th place

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Finals

Semi-finals

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3rd place

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Final

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Statistics

Statistics for the 2019 championship:

Final placings

References

External links

Official website
{{IRB Junior World Championship World Rugby Under 20 Championship