# 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship

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. New Zealand went into the tournament as defending champions. The competition was won by hosts England.

## Teams

The following teams participated in the 2016 World Rugby U20 Championship:
| Pool | Team | No of Tournaments | Position 2015 | Position 2016 | Previous best result | Notes |
| A | Georgia | 1 | DNP | 10th | n/a | Promoted from 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy |
| A | Ireland | 9 | 7th | 2nd | Fourth (2014) | |
| A | New Zealand | 9 | 1st | 5th | Champions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015) | |
| A | Wales | 9 | 6th | 7th | Runners-up (2013) | |
| B | Australia | 9 | 5th | 6th | Runners-up (2010) | |
| B | England | 9 | 2nd | 1st | Champions (2013, 2014) | |
| B | Italy | 7 | 11th | 11th | Eleventh (2008, 2011, 2014, 2015) | |
| B | Scotland | 9 | 8th | 8th | Eighth (2015) | |
| C | Argentina | 9 | 9th | 3rd | Fourth (2012) | |
| C | France | 9 | 4th | 9th | Fourth (2011, 2015) | |
| C | Japan | 4 | 10th | 12th | Tenth (2015) | Relegated to 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy |
| C | South Africa | 9 | 3rd | 4th | Champions (2012) | |

## Match officials

The following officials oversaw the thirty matches:

## Pool stage

The fixtures were released in December 2015.
Key to colours in group tables :
* Teams advanced to finals
* Teams in the 5–8th place play-offs
* Teams in the 9–12th place play-offs
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

    Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts  Ireland 33009456+38109113  New Zealand 32019750+47154210  Wales 31025253–16537  Georgia 300316100–8411411

### Pool B

    Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts  England 330010923+86122214  Scotland 32014273–316919  Australia 31026142+197437  Italy 300339113–7451500

### Pool C

    Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts  Argentina 33008248+3486113  South Africa 320111269+43148311  France 31029278+1413926  Japan 300353144–9182000

### Current combined standings

Overall Standings :
| Pool Pos | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | BP | Pts |
| B1 | 1 | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 23 | +86 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| A1 | 2 | Ireland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 56 | +38 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
| C1 | 3 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 48 | +34 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| C2 | 4 | South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 112 | 69 | +43 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| A2 | 5 | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 50 | +47 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| B2 | 6 | Scotland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 73 | –31 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| B3 | 7 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 42 | +19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| A3 | 8 | Wales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 53 | –1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| C3 | 9 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 78 | +14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 6 |
| A4 | 10 | Georgia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 100 | –84 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| B4 | 11 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 113 | –74 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| C4 | 12 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 144 | –91 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 |

## Knockout stage
### 9–12th place play-offs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 9th place | 9th place |
| Georgia | 18 |
| Italy | 17 | | |
| Italy | 17 | Georgia | 24 |
| | | France | 27 |
| France | 41 | France | 27 |
| Japan | 27 | | |
| Japan | 27 | 11th place | 11th place |
| | | Italy | 41 |
| | | Japan | 17 |

#### 9th place game
### 5–8th place play-offs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 5th place | 5th place |
| New Zealand | 71 |
| Wales | 12 | | |
| Wales | 12 | New Zealand | 55 |
| | | Australia | 24 |
| Scotland | 19 | Australia | 24 |
| Australia | 35 | | |
| Australia | 35 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | Wales | 42 |
| | | Scotland | 19 |

#### 5th place game
### Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Ireland | 37 |
| Argentina | 7 | | |
| Argentina | 7 | Ireland | 21 |
| | | England | 45 |
| England | 39 | England | 45 |
| South Africa | 17 | | |
| South Africa | 17 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | Argentina | 49 |
| | | South Africa | 19 |