2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy

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2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
Tournament details
Host nationFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Date12 – 24 May 2015
No. of nations8
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Runner-upFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Third placeFlag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Top scorer(s) Flag of Georgia.svg Rezi Jinchvelashvili (51)
Most tries Flag of Namibia.svg Christo van der Merwe (5)
2014
2016

The 2015 World Rugby U20 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.

Contents

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

Venues

The championship was held in Lisbon.

LocationVenueCapacity
Lisbon Estádio Universitário de Lisboa 8,000
Lisbon CAR Rugby do Jamor

Teams

PoolTeam [2] [3] [4] [5] Number of
Tournaments
Position Last YearBest Position
BFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 572nd in 2013
AFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 0Relegated from 2014 IRB JWC 1st appearance
AFlag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 553rd in 2008, 2011
BFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 188th in 2014
BFlag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 465th in 2008, 2009
AFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2N/A6th in 2013
BFlag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 322nd in 2014
AFlag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 54Won the Trophy in 2008

Pool Stage

Pool A

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDTFTAPts
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 33009536+5913413
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 32017798-21101510
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 31027377-41077
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 30035690-345120

Fixtures

12 May 2015
17:00
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg12 – 46Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Report
CAR Rugby do Jamor, Lisbon
12 May 2015
19:00
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg34 – 19Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Report
CAR Rugby do Jamor, Lisbon
16 May 2015
15:00
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg37 – 26Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Report
CAR Rugby do Jamor, Lisbon
16 May 2015
17:00
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg13 – 30Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Report
CAR Rugby do Jamor, Lisbon
20 May 2015
17:00
Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg19 – 11Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Report
CAR Rugby do Jamor, Lisbon
20 May 2015
19:00
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg26 – 28Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Report
CAR Rugby do Jamor, Lisbon

Pool B

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDTFTAPts
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 33007246+268613
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 32019140+5113411
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 31026792-2510145
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 30034395-525120

Fixtures

Placement matches

7th place game

24 May 2015
11:00
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg47 – 21Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Report
CAR Rugby do Jamor, Lisbon

5th place game

24 May 2015
13:00
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg36 – 24Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
Report
CAR Rugby do Jamor, Lisbon

Third place game

Final

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