The 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was the tenth annual international
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...
competition for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised in
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
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by rugby's governing body,
World Rugby
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. Twelve nations played in the tournament, which was held in
Tbilisi
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and
Kutaisi from 31 May to 18 June.
Teams
The following teams participated in the 2017 World Rugby U20 Championship:
Match officials
The following officials will oversee the thirty matches:
;Referees
*
Mike Adamson (
Scotland
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)
*
Nic Berry
Nic Berry (born 13 March 1984 in Brisbane) is an Australian rugby union referee. He took up refereeing after retiring from playing in 2012 due to a series of concussions. After taking up the whistle, he has become one of the few former Super R ...
(
Australia)
*
Pierre Brousset
Pierre Brousset (born 15 January 1989) is a French rugby referee.
Career
Brousset began as a semi-professional referee in 2014 and has been refereeing in the French Top 14 since the 2016–17 Top 14 season. He has been a regular referee in th ...
(
France
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)
* Pablo de Luca (
Argentina
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)
*
Tom Foley
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(
England
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)
* Dan Jones (
Wales
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)
*
Frank Murphy
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(
Ireland
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)
*
Jamie Nutbrown
Ronald Jamie Nutbrown (born 1981 in Christchurch, New Zealand), is a referee for Canterbury and New Zealand Rugby Union.
Formerly a Half-back/Scrum Half for the Bay of Plenty Rugby Union club in New Zealand, who compete in the ITM Cup.
Educat ...
(
New Zealand
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)
*
Jaco van Heerden
Daniel Jaco van Heerden (born 26 January 1983) is a former South African rugby union referee that served on the Premier Panel of the South African Rugby Referees' Association between 2014 and 2017.
He retired from refereeing at the end of the 20 ...
(
South Africa
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)
;Assistant Referees
*
Nika Amashukeli
Nika Amashukeli ( ka, ნიკა ამაშუკელი) is a Georgian rugby union and World Rugby elite referee.
Background
In his early youth Nika Amashukeli played soccer. Nika watched his first ever full rugby match on TV during the 2 ...
(
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
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* Related to the ...
)
* Tasuku Kawahara (
Japan)
*
Andrea Piardi
Andrea Piardi (born 1992 in Brescia) is an Italian rugby referee.
Career
Piardi was born in Brescia in 1992. Having previously refereed in the Italian Top12, he made his Pro14 refereeing debut in a match between and the on 15 February 2019. I ...
(
Italy
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)
*
Christopher Ridley
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Life and career
Ridley was born at Bulawayo in Southern Rhodesia in June 1946. He was educated at Milton High Sch ...
(
England
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)
* Shota Tevzadze (
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
)
;Television match officials
* Johan Greeff (
South Africa
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)
* Jon Mason (
Wales
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)
* Charles Samson (
Scotland
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)
Pool stage
The fixtures were released in September 2016.
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]
''All times are in
Georgian Standard Time (
UTC+04
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As standard time (year-round)
''Principal cities: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Baku, ...
)''
Points were awarded in the ''Pool Stage'' via the
standard points system:
* 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 were level on points, the following tiebreakers were 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.
Pool A
:
Pool B
:
Pool C
:
Current combined standings
Knockout stage
9–12th place play-offs
Semi-finals
11th place game
9th place game
5–8th place play-offs
Semi-finals
7th place game
5th place game
Finals
Semi-finals
3rd place game
Final
References
External links
Official website
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2017 rugby union tournaments for national teams
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International rugby union competitions hosted by Georgia (country)
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2017
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rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...