The 2024 World Rugby U20 Championship was the 14th edition of the premier age-grade (World Rugby Under-20 Championship) rugby union competition. The tournament was hosted in South Africa for the third time, previously being held in 2012 and 2023. Played over twenty-one days in the Western Cape locations of Stellenbosch and Cape Town, the U20 Championship features the twelve best U20 nations in the world competing for the world title.
The defending champions were France whom had won the previous three tournaments back-to-back.
England won the competition defeating France in the final, 21–13. Going into the tournament, the two finalists had met each other earlier in the year (March 2024) at the 2024 U20 Six Nations Championship. England had also won that fixture, 31–45.
Teams The teams participating in the tournament are listed in the table below, with a summary of their previous best results at the World Rugby Under 20 Championship included.
TeamResult (2023)Best Result139thThird place (2016)135thRunners-up (2010, 2019)134thChampions (2013, 2014, 2016)910thSixth place (2011)131stChampions (2018, 2019, 2023)58thEighth place (2023)132ndRunners-up (2016, 2023)1111thEighth place (2017, 2018)137thChampions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017) 133rdChampions (2012)align=center colspan=2 Debut136thRunners-up (2013)
Match officials The following officials were named for the tournament, with an official panel of 9 referees designated to oversee the game.
Referees Saba Abulashvili (Georgia) Takehito Namekawa (Japan) Federico Vedovelli (Italy) Reuben Keane (Australia) Jérémy Rozier (France) Morné Ferreira (South Africa) Adam Jones (Wales) Sam Grove-White (Scotland) Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa) Neheun Jauri Rivero (Argentina)
Television match officials / Split Screen Operator Matteo Liperini (Italy) Mark Patton (Ireland) Mike Adamson (Scotland) Damon Murphy (Australia) Tual Trainini (France) Ian Tempest (England) Ben Whitehouse (Wales) Andrew McMenemy (Scotland) Andrew Jackson (England) Quinton Immelman (South Africa)
Venues The host locations were announced in February 2024. Similar to the previous tournament (2023), also hosted by South Africa, the Danie Craven Stadium and Athlone Stadium are hosting tournament matches with the final to be played at Cape Town Stadium.
StellenboschAthlone (Cape Town)Cape TownDanie Craven StadiumAthlone StadiumCape Town StadiumCapacity: 16,000Capacity: 34,000Capacity: 58,310
Pool stage Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Seeding
Knockout stage Ninth-place bracket
Ninth-place Semi-finals
Eleventh-place Final
Fiji were relegated to the World Rugby U20 Trophy. Ninth-place Final
Fifth-place bracket
Fifth-place Semi-finals
Seventh-place Final
Fifth-place Final
Finals bracket
Semi-finals
Bronze Final
Final
Statistics
Point scorers Player Points 1 Hugo Reus 57 2 Sean Kerr 44 3 Luka Tsirekidze 42 4 Harry McLaughlin-Phillips 29 5 Santino Di Lucca 28 Rico Simpson 28 7 Jack Murphy 27 8 Simone Brisighella 25 Juan Greising Revol 25 10 Sean Naughton 24
Try scorers Player Tries 1 Juan Greising Revol 5 2 Mathis Castro-Ferreira 4 Jurenzo Julius 4 Sibabalwe Mahashe 4 Aisea Nawai 4 Macs Page 4 7 Jack Bracken 3 Zach Porthen 3 Xavi Taele 3 Frank Vaenuku 3
Final rankings Team 1 C 5 5 0 0 157 77 +80 22 9 2 A 5 3 0 2 172 102 +70 22 14 3 A 5 4 0 1 182 152 +30 28 20 4 B 4 2 0 2 121 100 +21 17 12 5th–8th playoffs 5 C 5 4 0 1 152 94 +58 21 13 6 B 4 2 0 2 89 71 +18 12 9 7 C 5 2 0 3 152 120 +32 22 18 8 A 5 1 0 4 136 163 –27 20 23 9th–12th playoffs 9 B 5 3 0 2 119 123 –4 15 17 10 B 5 2 0 3 90 134 –44 10 20 11 A 5 1 0 4 74 172 –98 10 24 12 C 5 0 0 5 85 221 13 33
See also 2024 World Rugby U20 Trophy
Notes
References
External links World Rugby U20 Championship 2024 - Official Website