European Under-20 Rugby Union Championship
The European Under-20 Rugby Union Championship is an annual rugby union championship for Under-20 national teams, held since 2007. The championship is organised by rugby's European governing body, the Rugby Europe.
Sport | Rugby union |
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Instituted | 2007 |
Number of teams | 6 (2019) |
Country | Europe (Rugby Europe) |
Holders |
The tournament serves as Europe's qualification to the next year´s World Rugby Under 20 Trophy organised by the World Rugby.
Georgia are the past champions of 2014, tournament which was held in Lisbon, Portugal.[1]
On March 12 2020, following the recent evolution of COVID-19, Rugby Europe has announced a suspension of all its matches and tournaments, from Friday, March 13th 2020 until April 15th, 2020.[2] On March 26 Rugby Europe has decided to extend the suspension of all its matches and tournaments for an indefinite period of time.[3] On April 8 Rugby Europe Board of Directors decided to cancel 2020 European Under-20 Rugby Union Championship.[4]
Results
Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third Place | Fourth Place |
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2010 | ||||
2011 | ||||
2012 | ||||
2013 | ||||
2014 | ||||
2015 | ||||
2017 | ||||
2018 | ||||
2019 | ||||
2020 | Cancelled |
References
- - GEORGIA U19 ARE CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE Rugby Europe website, accessed: 9 September 2015
- https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/statement-suspension-games-tournaments?fbclid=IwAR1fd6KOFE2YnqGWZMWwEmfYqzPMqjeuaY8JJPS2p2WfxD4xf4wQLzhDFv0
- https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/statement-competitions-suspension-extended
- https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/statement-board-directors-decisions?fbclid=IwAR37DxvjCDyO0BJ6stNO-5mEMQb6qANlgeCPCwb90lRgNbTZaHvrt9XpguI