# 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship

The 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was the tenth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised in Georgia by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. Twelve nations played in the tournament, which was held in Tbilisi and Kutaisi from 31 May to 18 June.

## Teams

The following teams participated in the 2017 World Rugby U20 Championship:
| Pool | Team | No of Tournaments | Position 2016 | Position 2017 | Previous best result | Notes |
| A | Australia | 10 | 6th | 6th | Runner-up (2010) | |
| A | England | 10 | 1st | 2nd | Champions (2013, 2014, 2016) | |
| A | Samoa | 7 | DNP | 12th | Eighth (2014) | Promoted from 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy Relegated to 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy |
| A | Wales | 10 | 7th | 7th | Runner-up (2013) | |
| B | Ireland | 10 | 2nd | 9th | Runner-up (2016) | |
| B | Italy | 8 | 11th | 8th | Eleventh (2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016) | |
| B | New Zealand | 10 | 5th | 1st | Champions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015) | |
| B | Scotland | 10 | 8th | 5th | Eighth (2015, 2016) | |
| C | Argentina | 10 | 3rd | 11th | Third (2016) | |
| C | France | 10 | 9th | 4th | Fourth (2011, 2015) | |
| C | Georgia | 2 | 10th | 10th | Tenth (2016) | |
| C | South Africa | 10 | 4th | 3rd | Champions (2012) | |

## Match officials

The following officials will oversee the thirty matches:

## Pool stage

The fixtures were released in September 2016.
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 Georgian Standard Time (UTC+04)
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  England 330012858+70186214  Australia 32017663+1387210  Wales 31029378+1513926  Samoa 300363161–9872411

### Pool B

    Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts  New Zealand 330017949+130267315  Scotland 32016986–17111019  Italy 310264106–4281426  Ireland 300352123–7151922

### Pool C

    Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts  South Africa 321013351+82197212  France 321010348+55145111  Argentina 310276124–48101626  Georgia 300340129–8941900

### Current combined standings

Overall Standings :
| Pool Pos | Seed | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | BP | Pts |
| B1 | 1 | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 49 | +130 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| A1 | 2 | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 58 | +70 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| C1 | 3 | South Africa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 133 | 51 | +82 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| C2 | 4 | France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 103 | 48 | +55 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| A2 | 5 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 63 | +13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| B2 | 6 | Scotland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 86 | –17 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| A3 | 7 | Wales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 93 | 78 | +15 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 6 |
| B3 | 8 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 106 | –42 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 6 |
| C3 | 9 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 76 | 124 | –48 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 6 |
| B4 | 10 | Ireland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 123 | –71 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 2 |
| A4 | 11 | Samoa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 161 | –98 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 1 |
| C4 | 12 | Georgia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 129 | –89 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 |

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

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 9th place | 9th place |
| Ireland | 52 |
| Samoa | 26 | | |
| Samoa | 26 | Ireland | 24 |
| | | Georgia | 18 |
| Argentina | 25 | Georgia | 18 |
| Georgia | 26 | | |
| Georgia | 26 | 11th place | 11th place |
| | | Samoa | 42 |
| | | Argentina | 53 |

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

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 5th place | 5th place |
| Australia | 42 |
| Italy | 19 | | |
| Italy | 19 | Australia | 17 |
| | | Scotland | 24 |
| Scotland | 29 | Scotland | 24 |
| Wales | 25 | | |
| Wales | 25 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | Italy | 24 |
| | | Wales | 25 |

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

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| England | 24 |
| South Africa | 22 | | |
| South Africa | 22 | England | 17 |
| | | New Zealand | 64 |
| New Zealand | 39 | New Zealand | 64 |
| France | 26 | | |
| France | 26 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | South Africa | 37 |
| | | France | 15 |