# 2014 IRB Junior World Championship

The 2014 IRB Junior World Championship was the seventh annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised in Auckland, New Zealand by rugby's governing body, World Rugby, then known as the International Rugby Board. A total of 12 nations took part in the tournament. England went into the tournament as defending champions, after winning the tournament for the first time in 2013. England went on to win the Championship for a second time in two years. While hosts New Zealand, the most successful team in the tournament, were looking to win the title for the first time since 2011.
Italy were the champions of the 2013 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy, thus being promoted to the Championship. Fiji finished last in 2014 and therefore were relegated to the World Rugby Under 20 Trophy for 2015.
This was the final event to be known as the "IRB Junior World Championship". Following the renaming of the governing body as World Rugby, the Championship was renamed the World Rugby Under 20 Championship, and the second-tier competition was renamed from "IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy" to World Rugby U20 Trophy.

## Venues

The championship was held across three two location, Auckland and Pukekohe. ECOLight Stadium and QBE Stadium are only designated to the pool matches, while Eden Park will be used for top three play-offs; Final, 3rd place play-off and 5th place play-off.
| City/Town | Venue | Capacity |
| Auckland | Eden Park | 50,000 |
| Auckland | QBE Stadium | 25,000 |
| Pukekohe | ECOLight Stadium | 12,000 |

## Teams

The following teams participated in the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship:
| Pool | Team | No. of Tournaments | Position 2013 | Position 2014 | Notes |
| A | Argentina | 7 | 6th | 9th | |
| A | Australia | 7 | 7th | 5th | |
| A | England | 7 | 1st | 1st | Champions |
| A | Italy | 5 | DNP | 11th | Promoted from 2013 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy |
| B | Fiji | 7 | 11th | 12th | Relegated to 2015 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy |
| B | France | 7 | 5th | 6th | |
| B | Ireland | 7 | 8th | 4th | |
| B | Wales | 7 | 2nd | 7th | |
| C | Samoa | 5 | 9th | 8th | |
| C | Scotland | 7 | 10th | 10th | |
| C | New Zealand | 7 | 4th | 3rd | Bronze Medal Winner |
| C | South Africa | 7 | 3rd | 2nd | Runners-up |

## Match officials

Below are the list of officials that officiated across the 30 matches:

## Pool stage

The playing schedule and pools were announced on 28 November 2013.
Key to colours in group tables :
* Teams advances to Finals
* Teams in the 5–8th place play-offs
* Teams in the 9–12th place play-offs
All times are in New Zealand Standard Time (UTC+12)
The points awarded in the Pool Stage are as follows:
* 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 are level on points the following tiebreakers are 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.
Pld = matches played, W = matches won, D = draws, L = losses, PF = match points for, PA = match points against, PD = Points difference between match points for and match points against, TF = tries for, TA = tries against, BP = bonus points, Pts = pool points

### Pool A

    Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts  England 330011843+75154214  Australia 32018958+31117210  Italy 310235118−8321504  Argentina 30035982−235722

### Pool B

    Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts  Ireland 32018640+46104311  Wales 32018257+2510719  France 32015931+287319  Fiji 300324123−9941700

### Pool C

    Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts  South Africa 330011537+78165214  New Zealand 320112652+74187210  Samoa 31024787−4061304  Scotland 300330142−11252000

### Standings after Pool Stage

Overall Standings :
| Pool Pos | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | BP | Pts |
| C1 | 1 | South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 37 | +78 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| A1 | 2 | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 43 | +75 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| B1 | 3 | Ireland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 40 | +46 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| C2 | 4 | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 126 | 52 | +74 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| A2 | 5 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 58 | +31 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| B2 | 6 | Wales | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 57 | +25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| B3 | 7 | France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 7 | −3 | 1 | 9 |
| C3 | 8 | Samoa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 87 | −40 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| A3 | 9 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 118 | −83 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 4 |
| A4 | 10 | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 82 | −23 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| B4 | 11 | Fiji | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 123 | −89 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| C4 | 12 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 142 | −112 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 |

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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | 9th place | 9th place |
| Argentina | 38 |
| Fiji | 12 | | |
| Fiji | 12 | Argentina | 41 |
| | | Scotland | 21 |
| Italy | 18 | Scotland | 21 |
| Scotland | 21 | | |
| Scotland | 21 | 11th place | 11th place |
| | | Fiji | 17 |
| | | Italy | 22 |

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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | 5th place | 5th place |
| Australia | 53 |
| Samoa | 16 | | |
| Samoa | 16 | Australia | 34 |
| | | France | 27 |
| Wales | 18 | France | 27 |
| France | 19 | | |
| France | 19 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | Samoa | 3 |
| | | ' Wales | 20 |

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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| England | 42 |
| Ireland | 15 | | |
| Ireland | 15 | England | 21 |
| | | South Africa | 20 |
| South Africa | 32 | South Africa | 20 |
| New Zealand | 25 | | |
| New Zealand | 25 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | Ireland | 23 |
| | | New Zealand | 45 |