Tournament details | |
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Host | Zimbabwe |
Date | 19 April – 1 May 2016 |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Samoa |
Runner-up | Spain |
Third place | Fiji |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Top scorer(s) | Hanco Germishuys (48) |
Most tries | Hanco Germishuys (8) |
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The 2016 World Rugby U20 Trophy was the ninth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, second-tier world championship. [1]
The event was held in Harare, Zimbabwe and was organized by rugby's governing body, World Rugby.
The championship was held in Harare.
Location | Venue | Capacity |
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Harare | Harare Sports Club Ground | 10,000 |
Harare | National Sports Stadium | 60,000 |
As the host nation, Zimbabwe qualified automatically, as did Samoa for being relegated from 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship. The remaining six countries competed through a qualification process in their regional competitions (Africa, Asia, North America, South America and Europe).
A total of 8 teams played in the tournament.
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Pool | Team [2] [3] | Number of Tournaments | Position Last Year | Best Position |
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Fiji | 1 | 5 | 5th (2015) | |
Hong Kong | 2 | 8 | 8th (2014, 2015) | |
Namibia | 5 | 6 | 5th (2008, 2009) | |
Samoa | 1 | 12th, 2015 JWC | 1st (2011) | |
Spain | 0 | N/A | N/A | |
United States | 4 | N/A | 1st (2012) | |
Uruguay | 6 | 3 | 1st (2008) | |
Zimbabwe | 3 | N/A | 7th (2010, 2012) |
Venue: Harare Sports Club, Harare
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | Pts |
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Samoa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 54 | +88 | 19 | 7 | 15 |
Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 88 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 10 |
Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 106 | 116 | –10 | 16 | 15 | 7 |
Zimbabwe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 146 | –78 | 6 | 14 | 0 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | Pts |
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Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 46 | +58 | 14 | 6 | 14 |
Namibia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 138 | 92 | +50 | 18 | 13 | 10 |
United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 76 | +16 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 148 | –118 | 4 | 19 | 0 |
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