Rugby union tournament
The 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was the ninth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised in England by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. Twelve nations took part in the tournament, which was held at two venues in Greater Manchester—AJ Bell Stadium in Salford and Manchester City Academy Stadium in Manchester.[1] New Zealand went into the tournament as defending champions. The competition was won by hosts England.[2][3]
Teams
The following teams participated in the 2016 World Rugby U20 Championship:
Match officials
The following officials oversaw the thirty matches:[4]
Pool stage
The fixtures were released in December 2015.[5]
All times are in British Summer Time (UTC+01)
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
- ^ "England to host World Rugby U20 Championship 2016". Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ "World Rugby U20 Championship 2016: England beat Ireland in final". BBC Sport. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "Dominant England blow Ireland away in U20 World Cup final". Irish Independent. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "Referees announced for U20 Championship 2016". Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ^ "World Rugby U20 Championship 2016 – Fixtures and results". World Rugby. 2015. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
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