2023 World Rugby U20 Trophy
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya |
| Date | 15–30 July 2023 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain |
| Runner-up | File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay |
| Third place | File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland |
← 2019 2024 → | |
The 2023 World Rugby U20 Trophy was the thirteenth edition of the second-tier age-grade rugby competition. The tournament was held in Kenya for the second time, previously being held in 2009.[1] This Under 20 competition (alongside the Championship) was the first global U20's competitions held since 2019, with the 2020 edition in Italy cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing instability in the world following the pandemic delaying the return of the competition. There were however various regional U20 competitions with the Six Nations Under 20s Championship and Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship continuing to take place. The tournament was held at the 15,000 capacity Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi.
Qualified teams
A total of eight teams were able to qualify. The hosts Kenya and the 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship relegation country Scotland qualified automatically. The remaining six countries qualified through a qualification process in regional competitions (North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania).
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Match officials
The following 9 referees were announced as official World Rugby referees.
- Referees
- United States Cisco Lopez (United States)
- Brazil Cauã Ricardo Santos (Brazil)
- Canada Robin Kaluzniak (Canada)
- Fiji Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)
- United States Kat Roche (United States)
- Zimbabwe Precious Pazani (Zimbabwe)
- Georgia (country) Saba Abulashvili (Georgia)
- Hong Kong Craig Chan (Hong Kong)
- Senegal Sylvain Mane (Senegal)
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Pool stage
Pool A
Team Pld W D L PF PA −/+ TF TA BP Pts File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 3 3 0 0 121 71 +50 13 9 2 14 File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 3 2 0 1 130 83 +47 20 10 3 11 File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 3 1 0 2 85 152 −67 11 20 2 6 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 3 0 0 3 81 111 −30 8 13 3 3
| 15 July 10:00 EAT (UTC+03) |
| Scotland File:Flag of Scotland.svg | 64–33 | File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe |
| Report |
| Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Robin Kaluzniak (Canada) |
| 15 July 14:00 EAT (UTC+03) |
| Uruguay File:Flag of Uruguay.svg | 33–31 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
| Report |
| Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji) |
| 20 July 12:00 EAT (UTC+03) |
| Uruguay File:Flag of Uruguay.svg | 51–14 | File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe |
| Report |
| Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Craig Chan (Hong Kong) |
| 20 July 14:00 EAT (UTC+03) |
| Scotland File:Flag of Scotland.svg | 40–13 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
| Report |
| Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Sylvain Mane (Senegal) |
| 25 July 10:00 EAT (UTC+03) |
| United States File:Flag of the United States.svg | 37–38 | File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe |
| Report |
| Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Craig Chan (Hong Kong) |
| 25 July 16:00 EAT (UTC+03) |
| Scotland File:Flag of Scotland.svg | 26–37 | File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay |
| Report |
| Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Cauã Ricardo Santos (Brazil) |
Pool B
Team Pld W D L PF PA −/+ TF TA BP Pts File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 3 3 0 0 129 28 +101 20 3 2 14 File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa 3 2 0 1 74 80 -6 10 10 2 10 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 3 1 0 2 65 98 −33 9 15 1 5 File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 3 0 0 3 43 105 −62 5 15 3 3
| 15 July 12:00 EAT (UTC+03) |
| Samoa File:Flag of Samoa.svg | 34–25 | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya |
| Report |
| Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Saba Abulashvili (Georgia) |
| 15 July 16:00 EAT (UTC+03) |
| Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg | 53–0 | File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong |
| Report |
| Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Precious Pazani (Zimbabwe) |
| 20 July 10:00 EAT (UTC+03) |
| Samoa File:Flag of Samoa.svg | 30–27 | File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong |
| Report |
| Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Cauã Ricardo (Brazil) |
| 20 July 16:00 EAT (UTC+03) |
| Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg | 48–18 | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya |
| Report |
| Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Kat Roche (United States) |
| 25 July 12:00 EAT (UTC+03) |
| Kenya File:Flag of Kenya.svg | 22–16 | File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong |
| Report |
| Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji) |
| 25 July 14:00 EAT (UTC+03) |
| Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg | 28–10 | File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa |
| Report |
| Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Kat Roche (United States) |
Knockout stage
7th place
| 30 July 10:00 EAT (UTC+03) |
| United States File:Flag of the United States.svg | 47–22 | File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong |
| Report |
| Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Precious Pazani (Zimbabwe) |
5th place
| 30 July 14:00 EAT (UTC+03) |
| Zimbabwe File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg | 64–10 | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya |
| Report |
| Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Sylvain Mane (Senegal) |
3rd place
| 30 July 12:00 EAT (UTC+03) |
| Scotland File:Flag of Scotland.svg | 83–10 | File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa |
| Report |
| Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Robin Kaluzniak (Canada) |
Final
| 30 July 16:00 EAT (UTC+03) |
| Uruguay File:Flag of Uruguay.svg | 32–39 | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain |
| Report |
| Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Saba Abulashvili (Georgia) |
References
- ↑ "World Rugby U20 tournaments return to Africa in 2023" (Press release). World Rugby. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.