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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 national teams with an under-20 age requirement.
The 2024 World Rugby U20 Championship was the 14th edition of the premier age-grade (World Rugby Under-20 Championship) rugby union competition. The tournament was hosted in South Africa for the third time, previously being held in 2012 and 2023 . [ 1 ]
The 2023 World Rugby U20 Championship was the 13th edition of the premier age-grade rugby union competition. The tournament is hosted in South Africa for the second time, previously being held in 2012 .
The World Rugby Under 20 Trophy is the second level of the World Rugby tournament structure for under-20 national sides. At the same time that the Trophy was launched, World Rugby (then known as the International Rugby Board) also launched an upper-level championship , featuring 16 teams in 2008 and 2009 and a reduced format for 12 teams from ...
England hosted the 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship. [12] They regained the title after defeating Ireland in the final. [13] England were runners up to both New Zealand at the 2017 tournament [14] and hosts France at the 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Championship. [15] England won the 2024 World Rugby U20 Championship, defeating France 21-13 ...
The 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was the twelfth edition of the premier age-grade competition for rugby. The tournament was held in Argentina for the second time, having been hosted there in 2010 .
The U20 program was originally a U19 team. [2] With the decision by the International Rugby Board to merge their U19 and Under 21 Rugby World Championships to form the IRB Junior World Championship for U20 players effective as of the 2008 season, the team evolved into a U20 team to participate in the new competitions.
The World Rugby Under 20 Championship was known as the IRB Junior World Championship up to 2014. [3] Prior to this, there were U19 and U21 tournaments for the World Rugby Championship. There was also a U21 tournament for the Six Nations from 2004. [3] The Under 20 side is now the pinnacle of Scottish Rugby's age-grade system. [4]