2016 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy

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2016 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
Tournament details
HostFlag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Date19 April – 1 May 2016
Teams8
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Runner-upFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Third placeFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Top scorer(s) Flag of the United States.svg Hanco Germishuys (48)
Most tries Flag of the United States.svg Hanco Germishuys (8)
2015
2017

The 2016 World Rugby U20 Trophy was the ninth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, second-tier world championship. [1]

Contents

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

Venue

The championship was held in Harare.

LocationVenueCapacity
Harare Harare Sports Club Ground 10,000
Harare National Sports Stadium 60,000

Qualifying

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).

Qualifying teams

A total of 8 teams played in the tournament.

Teams

PoolTeam [2] [3] Number of
Tournaments
Position Last YearBest Position
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 155th (2015)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 288th (2014, 2015)
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 565th (2008, 2009)
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 112th, 2015 JWC 1st (2011)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0N/AN/A
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4N/A1st (2012)
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 631st (2008)
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 3N/A7th (2010, 2012)

Pool Stage

Venue: Harare Sports Club, Harare

Pool A

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDTFTAPts
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 330014254+8819715
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 3201888806910
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 3102106116–1016157
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 300368146–786140
19 April 2016
14:00
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg34–38Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji

19 April 2016
16:00
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg54–24Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe

23 April 2016
10:00
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg32–8Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji

23 April 2016
12:00
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg50–22Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe

27 April 2016
10:00
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg42–22Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe

27 April 2016
14:00
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg56–22Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay

Pool B

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDTFTAPts
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 330010446+5814614
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 320113892+50181310
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 31029276+1612108
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 300328148–1184190
19 April 2016
10:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg44–46Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia

19 April 2016
12:00
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg44–8Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong

23 April 2016
14:00
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg40–22Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia

23 April 2016
16:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg32–12Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong

27 April 2016
12:00
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg70–8Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong

27 April 2016
16:00
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg18–16Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Finals

7th place play-off

1 May 2016
14:00
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg40–44Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
National Sports Stadium, Harare

5th place play-off

1 May 2016
10:00
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg30–32Flag of the United States.svg  United States
National Sports Stadium, Harare

Bronze final

1 May 2016
12:00
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg44–30Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
National Sports Stadium, Harare

Final

1 May 2016
16:00
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg38–32 (a.e.t.)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
National Sports Stadium, Harare

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