2008 IRB Junior World Championship

The 2008 IRB Junior World Championship is the first annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. All players who are twenty years of age or under on 1 January 2008 are eligible for selection.

This competition replaces the now defunct Under 19 Rugby World Championship and Under 21 Rugby World Championship. The event is organised by rugby's governing body, the International Rugby Board (IRB). The tournament will be contested by sixteen men's under-20 national teams.

The tournament will be held in June and be hosted by Wales, at four separate venues.

Venues

Venues
City	Ground	Capacity
Cardiff	Arms Park	13,500
Newport	Rodney Parade	11,700
Swansea	Liberty Stadium	20,532
Wrexham	Racecourse Ground	15,500

Pools

Qualified for the Championship Semi Finals

Qualified for the 5th to 8th Placed Play offs

Qualified for the 9th to 12th Placed Play offs

Qualified for the 13th to 16th Placed Play offs

Pool A

Played at Arms Park, Cardiff

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/-	BP	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	25	173	19	+154	3	15
Argentina	3	2	0	1	6	47	79	-32	1	9
Ireland	3	1	0	2	6	64	109	-45	1	5
Tonga	3	0	0	3	3	46	123	-76	0	0

• 06 June New Zealand 48–9 Tonga
• 06 June Argentina 17–9 Ireland
• 10 June Argentina 30–10 Tonga
• 10 June New Zealand 65–10 Ireland
• 14 June Ireland 45–27 Tonga
• 14 June New Zealand 60–0 Argentina

Pool B

Played at Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/-	BP	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	0	27	196	32	+164	2	14
Samoa	3	2	0	1	7	60	39	+21	1	9
Scotland	3	1	0	2	8	61	115	-54	1	5
United States	3	0	0	3	3	38	169	-131	0	0

• 06 June South Africa 108–18 USA
• 06 June Samoa 29–17 Scotland
• 10 June Samoa 20–6 USA
• 10 June South Africa 72–3 Scotland
• 14 June Scotland 41–14 USA
• 14 June South Africa 16–11 Samoa

Pool C

Played at Rodney Parade, Newport

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/-	BP	Pts
England	3	3	0	0	17	119	48	+71	2	14
Australia	3	2	0	1	27	147	47	+100	3	11
Canada	3	1	0	2	5	47	151	-104	0	4
Fiji	3	0	0	3	7	44	111	-67	1	1

• 06 June Australia 81–12 Canada
• 06 June England 41–17 Fiji
• 10 June England 60–18 Canada
• 10 June Australia 53–17 Fiji
• 14 June Australia 13–18 England
• 14 June Fiji 10–17 Canada

Pool D

Played at Liberty Stadium, Swansea

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/-	BP	Pts
Wales	3	3	0	0	11	85	39	+46	2	14
France	3	2	0	1	13	104	54	+50	3	11
Italy	3	1	0	2	4	48	81	-33	0	4
Japan	3	0	0	3	7	47	110	-63	1	1

• 06 June France 53–17 Japan
• 06 June Wales 29–10 Italy
• 10 June France 32–14 Italy
• 10 June Wales 33–10 Japan
• 14 June Japan 20–24 Italy
• 14 June Wales 23–19 France

Calendar

Stage	First Match		Last Match
Matchday 1	17:00 2008-06-06	to	19:00 2008-06-06
Matchday 2	17:00 2008-06-10	to	19:00 2008-06-10
Matchday 3	15:00 2008-06-14	to	17:00 2008-06-14
Matchday 4	17:00 2008-06-18	to	19:00 2008-06-18
Final Day - North Wales	18:00 2008-06-21	to	20:00 2008-06-21
Final Day - South Wales	13:00 2008-06-22	to	19:00 2008-06-22

Knockout stage

13th place playoffs

	Semi-finals					Final
	1	Tonga	17
	4	Japan	5
						Tonga		28
						Fiji		20
	3	United States	22
	2	Fiji	27

9th place playoffs

	Semi-finals					Final
	1	Ireland	9
	4	Italy	6
						Italy		22
						Canada		10
	3	Scotland	15
	2	Canada	10

5th place playoffs

	Semi-finals					Final
	1	Argentina	6
	4	France	30
						France		21
						Australia		42
	3	Samoa	0
	2	Australia	32

1st place playoffs

	Semi-finals					Final
	1	New Zealand	31
	4	Wales	6
						New Zealand		38
						England		3
	3	South Africa	18
	2	England	26

Semi-finals

2008-06-18 19:15

New Zealand	31–6	Wales
	(Report)

Rodney Parade, Newport

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2008-06-18 19:15

South Africa	18–26	England
	(Report)

Arms Park, Cardiff

3rd place playoffs

2008-06-22 17:00

Wales	18–43	South Africa
	report

Liberty Stadium , Swansea

Final

2008-06-22 19:00

New Zealand	38–3	England
	report

Liberty Stadium , Swansea

External links

• Official website