2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy

2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
Tournament details
Host nation  Portugal
Dates May 12 – May 24
No. of nations 8
Champions   Georgia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Top scorer(s) Georgia (country) Rezi Jinchvelashvili (51)
Most tries Namibia Christo van der Merwe (5)
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The 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy was the eighth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, second-tier world championship.[1] A total of 8 nations played in the tournament.

The event was held in Portugal and was organized by rugby's governing body, World Rugby.

Venues

The championship was held in Lisbon.

Location Venue Capacity
LisbonEstádio Universitário de Lisboa8,000
LisbonCAR Rugby do Jamor

Teams

PoolTeam[2][3][4][5]Number of
Tournaments		Position Last YearBest Position
B Canada572nd in 2013
A Fiji0Relegated from 2014 IRB JWC1st appearance
A Georgia553rd in 2008, 2011
B Hong Kong188th in 2014
B Namibia465th in 2008, 2009
A Portugal2N/A6th in 2013
B Tonga322nd in 2014
A Uruguay54Won the Trophy in 2008

Pool Stage

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA Pts
 Georgia 33009536+5913413
 Uruguay 32017798-21101510
 Fiji 31027377-41077
 Portugal 30035690-345120

Fixtures

12 May 2015
17:00
Uruguay  12 – 46  Georgia
Report
CAR Rugby do Jamor, Lisbon
12 May 2015
19:00
Fiji  34 – 19  Portugal
Report
CAR Rugby do Jamor, Lisbon
16 May 2015
15:00
Uruguay  37 – 26  Portugal
Report
CAR Rugby do Jamor, Lisbon
16 May 2015
17:00
Fiji  13 – 30  Georgia
Report
CAR Rugby do Jamor, Lisbon
20 May 2015
17:00
Georgia  19 – 11  Portugal
Report
CAR Rugby do Jamor, Lisbon
20 May 2015
19:00
Fiji  26 – 28  Uruguay
Report
CAR Rugby do Jamor, Lisbon

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA Pts
 Canada 33007246+268613
 Tonga 32019140+5113411
 Namibia 31026792-2510145
 Hong Kong 30034395-525120

Fixtures

16 May 2015
19:00
Tonga  45 – 11  Namibia
Report
20 May 2015
19:00
Tonga  11 – 13  Canada
Report

Placement matches

7th place game

24 May 2015
11:00
Portugal  47 – 21  Hong Kong
Report
CAR Rugby do Jamor, Lisbon

5th place game

24 May 2015
13:00
Fiji  36 – 24  Namibia
Report
CAR Rugby do Jamor, Lisbon

Third place game

24 May 2015
15:00
Uruguay  44 – 43  Tonga
Report

Final

References

  1. ↑ "Portugal to host JWRT 2015". irb.com. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Uruguay qualify for Junior World Trophy 2015". irb.com. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Hong Kong reach Junior World Trophy 2015". irb.com. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Georgia win U19 title and qualify for Trophy". irb.com. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "CANADA U-20 MEN EARN SPOT IN JUNIOR WORLD RUGBY TROPHY". rugbycanada.ca. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
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