Under 20 Trophy
2013 Under 20 Trophy
Pool A
5th Place Play-off
The Portugal national under-20 rugby union team is Portugal's national junior team.
Portugal made their first Under 20 Trophy appearance at the 2013 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy in Chile. They finished in 6th place after losing to Tonga 7 - 27 in the 5th place play-off.
In 2015 Portugal hosted the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy in Lisbon from 12-24 May. [1] [2]
Pool A
5th Place Play-off
| Year | Competition | Pld | Win | Draw | Loss | PF | PA | Diff | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Trophy | Did Not Qualified | |||||||
| 2009 | Trophy | ||||||||
| 2010 | Trophy | ||||||||
| 2011 | Trophy | ||||||||
| 2012 | Trophy | ||||||||
| 2013 | Trophy | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 123 | -71 | 6th |
| 2014 | Trophy | Did Not Qualified | |||||||
| 2015 | Trophy | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 103 | 114 | -11 | 7th |
| 2016 | Trophy | Did Not Qualified | |||||||
| 2017 | Trophy | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 69 | +1 | 2nd |
| 2018 | Trophy | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 146 | 112 | +34 | 3rd |
| 2019 | Trophy | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 183 | 85 | +68 | 2nd |
| 2023 | Trophy | Did Not Qualified | |||||||
| 2024 | Trophy | ||||||||
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