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2014 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy

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2014 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy
Tournament details
Host Hong Kong
Date7 – 19 April 2014
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Japan
Runner-up Tonga
Third place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Top scorer(s)Georgia (country) Rezi Jinchvelashvili (63)
Most triesGeorgia (country) Vakhtang Amiranashvili (4)
Uruguay German Kessler (4)
2013
2015

The 2014 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy was the seventh annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, second-tier world championship.

The event was held in Hong Kong and was organized by rugby's governing body, the International Rugby Board.[1][2]

Teams

Pool Team[3][4][5] Number of
Tournaments
Position Last Year Best Position
B  Canada 4 2
A  Georgia 4 3
A  Hong Kong 0 N/A
B  Japan 4 4
B  Namibia 3 8
A  Tonga 2 5
A  United States 4 Relegated from 2013 IRB JWC Won the Trophy in 2012
B  Uruguay 4 7 Won the Trophy in 2008

Pool Stage

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Pool A

Team Pld W D L TF PF PA PD BP Pts
 Tonga 3 2 0 1 10 77 72 +5 2 10
 United States 3 2 0 1 7 72 40 +32 2 10
 Georgia 3 2 0 1 6 67 31 +36 1 9
 Hong Kong 3 0 0 3 2 24 97 -73 0 0

Fixtures

Pool B

Team Pld W D L TF PF PA PD BP Pts
 Japan 3 2 0 1 15 99 73 +26 4 12
 Uruguay 3 2 1 0 6 67 59 +8 0 10
 Namibia 3 1 0 2 8 78 75 +3 3 7
 Canada 3 0 1 2 6 55 92 -37 0 2

Fixtures

Knockout stage

7th place game

5th place game

Third place game

Final

References

  1. ^ "Chile and Hong Kong to host next two JWRT". irb.com. 13 July 2012. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Chile and Hong Kong to Host Secondary IRB Junior Tournaments in 2013 and 2014". Association of Summer Olympic International Federations. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Japan secure place at JWRT 2014". irb.com. 19 August 2013. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Namibia book their place at JWRT 2014". irb.com. 1 September 2013. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Uruguay claim penultimate place at JWRT 2014". irb.com. 23 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-28. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  6. ^ JWRT14 Pools and Match Schedule http://www.irb.com/mm/document/tournament/home/02/06/98/87/irbjwrt2014matchschedule.pdf Archived 2013-12-11 at the Wayback Machine