The 2011
IRB Junior World Championship was the fourth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, this competition replaced the now defunct under 19 and under 21 world championships. The event was organised by rugby's governing body, the
International Rugby Board
World Rugby is the world governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport's most recognised and most profitable competition. It also organises a number of other international ru ...
(IRB). The winners were
New Zealand
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, who won all the competitions held since the inaugural year in
2008
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.
Venues
Four stadia will be used for this world cup. There will be four double header match days at the three smaller venues with the final to be played in Stadio Euganeo.
Teams
Pool stage
''All times are local (
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As standard time (year-round)
''Principal cities: Cairo, Pretoria, C ...
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Pool A
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Pool B
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Pool C
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Knockout stage
9–12th place play-offs
Semifinals
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11th place game
9th place game
5–8th place play-offs
Semifinals
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7th place game
5th place game
Finals
Semifinals
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Third place game
Final
Statistics
Top point scorers
Top try scorers
References
External links
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2011 rugby union tournaments for national teams
2010–11 in Italian rugby union
International rugby union competitions hosted by Italy
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 ...