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World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
The World Rugby Under 20 Trophy (known as the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy until 2014) is an international rugby union competition. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, World Rugby, and is contested by 8 men's junior national teams with an under-20 age requirement. This event replaced the World Rugby's former age-grade world championships, the Under-19 and Under-21 World Championships. The inaugural tournament was held in June 2008, hosted by Chile and with 8 teams participating. The World Rugby Under 20 Trophy is the second level of the World Rugby tournament structure for under-20 national sides. At the same time that the Trophy was launched, World Rugby (then known as the International Rugby Board) also launched an upper-level championship, featuring 16 teams in 2008 and 2009 and a reduced format for 12 teams from 2010 and onwards. Promotion and relegation between the Trophy and the Championship is in place. The winner of the Trophy will play in next year's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Rugby
World Rugby is the world governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport's most recognised and most profitable competition. It also organises a number of other international rugby competitions, such as the World Rugby Sevens Series, the Rugby World Cup Sevens, the World Under 20 Championship, and the Pacific Nations Cup. World Rugby's headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. Its membership now comprises 120 national unions. Each member country must also be a member of one of the six regional unions into which the world is divided: Africa, Americas North, Asia, Europe, South America, and Oceania. World Rugby was founded as the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) in 1886 by , and , with joining in 1890. , and became full members in 1949. became a member in 1978 and a further 80 members joined from 1987 to 1999. The body was renamed the International Rugby Board (IRB) in 1998, and took up its current name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy ...
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. Teams Pool Stage JWRT14 Pools and Match Schedule http://www.irb.com/mm/document/tournament/home/02/06/98/87/irbjwrt2014matchschedule.pdf Pool A : Fixtures Pool B : Fixtures Knockout stage 7th place game 5th place game Third place game Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:IRB 2014 2014 rugby union tournaments for national teams rugby union International rugby union competitions hosted by Hong Kong rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
The World Rugby Under 20 Trophy (known as the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy until 2014) is an international rugby union competition. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, World Rugby, and is contested by 8 men's junior national teams with an under-20 age requirement. This event replaced the World Rugby's former age-grade world championships, the Under-19 and Under-21 World Championships. The inaugural tournament was held in June 2008, hosted by Chile and with 8 teams participating. The World Rugby Under 20 Trophy is the second level of the World Rugby tournament structure for under-20 national sides. At the same time that the Trophy was launched, World Rugby (then known as the International Rugby Board) also launched an upper-level championship, featuring 16 teams in 2008 and 2009 and a reduced format for 12 teams from 2010 and onwards. Promotion and relegation between the Trophy and the Championship is in place. The winner of the Trophy will play in next year's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy ...
The 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy was the eighth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, second-tier world championship. A total of 8 nations played in the tournament. The event was held in Portugal and was organized by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. Venues The championship was held in Lisbon. Teams Pool Stage Pool A : Fixtures Pool B : Fixtures Placement matches 7th place game 5th place game Third place game Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:World 2015 2015 rugby union tournaments for national teams rugby union International rugby union competitions hosted by Portugal rugby union rugby union rugby union rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
The 2023 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy will be the thirteenth edition of the second-tier age-grade rugby competition. The tournament is to be held in Kenya for the second time, previously being held in 2009. This year's Under 20 competition (alongside the Championship) will be 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 have however been various regional U20 competitions with the Six Nations Under 20s Championship and Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship continuing to take place. The tournament will be 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 qualifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified in an outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. Attempts to contain it there failed, allowing the virus to spread to other areas of Asia and later worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of , the pandemic had caused more than cases and confirmed deaths, making it one of the deadliest in history. COVID-19 symptoms range from undetectable to deadly, but most commonly include fever, dry cough, and fatigue. Severe illness is more likely in elderly patients and those with certain underlying medical conditions. COVID-19 transmits when people breathe in air contaminated by droplets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
The 2020 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy had to be the 13th annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, second-tier world championship. The championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Qualified teams A total of eight teams will play in the tournament. The host and the 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship relegation country qualify automatically. The remaining six countries will qualify through a qualification process in regional competitions (North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania). ;Host (1) * ;Relegated from 2019 JWC * ;Asia Rugby (1) * ; Rugby Africa (1) * ; Sudamérica Rugby (1) * ;Rugby Americas North (1) * ;Rugby Europe (1) * ;Oceania Rugby (1) * References {{DEFAULTSORT:World 2020 2019 rugby union tournaments for national teams rugby union International rugby union competitions hosted by Spain World Rugby Under 20 Trophy World Rugby Under 20 Trophy The World Rugby Under 20 Trophy (known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
The 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy was the twelfth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, second-tier world championship. The event was held at the Estádio Martins Pereira in São José dos Campos from 9 until 21 July and was organized by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. Qualified teams A total of eight teams played in the tournament. The host and the 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Championship relegation country qualified automatically. The remaining six countries qualified through a qualification process in regional competitions (North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania). ;Host (1) * ;Relegated from 2018 JWC * ;Asia Rugby (1) * ; Rugby Africa (1) * ; Sudamérica Rugby (1) * ;Rugby Americas North (1) * ; Rugby Europe (1) * ;Oceania Rugby (1) * Pool Stage Pool A : ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Pool B : ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Finals ; 7th place ; 5th place ; 3rd place ; Fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
The 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy was the eleventh annually held international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, with host nation Romania, along with seven other sides, playing in a group stage followed by a knockout round to determine a champion as well as promotion to the following years' World Rugby Under 20 Championship. Qualified teams A total of eight teams played in the tournament. Other than the host nation of Romania and Samoa who were relegated following the 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship, six nations qualified through their respective regional qualifiers. ;Host (1) * ;Relegated from 2017 JWC * ;Asia Rugby (1) * ; Rugby Africa (1) * ; Sudamérica Rugby (1) * ;Rugby Americas North (1) * ; Rugby Europe (1) * ;Oceania Rugby (1) * Pool Stage Pool A : ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Pool B : ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Finals ; 7th place ; 5th place ; 3rd place ; Final References External links Tourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
The 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy was the tenth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, second-tier world championship. The event was held at the Estadio Charrúa and Estadio Domingo Burgueño in Montevideo, Uruguay from 29 August until 10 September and was organized by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. Qualified teams A total of 8 teams played in the tournament. The host (Uruguay) and the Junior World Cup relegation country (Japan) qualified automatically. The remaining six countries competed through a qualification process in regional competitions (North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania). ;Host (1) * ;Relegated from 2016 JWC * ;Asia Rugby (1) * ; Rugby Africa (1) * ; Sudamérica Rugby (1) * ;Rugby Americas North (1) * ; Rugby Europe (1) * ;Oceania Rugby (1) * Pool Stage Pool A : ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Pool B : ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Finals ; 7th place ; 5th place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
The 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy was the ninth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, second-tier world championship. The event was held in Harare, Zimbabwe and was organized by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. Venue The championship was held in Harare. Qualifying As the host nation, Zimbabwe qualified automatically, as did Samoa for being relegated from 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship. The remaining six countries competed through a qualification process in their regional competitions (Africa, Asia, North America, South America and Europe). Qualifying teams A total of 8 teams played in the tournament. ;Asia Rugby (1) * ; Rugby Africa (2) * * ; Sudamérica Rugby (1) * ;Rugby Americas North (1) * ;Rugby Europe (1) * ;Oceania Rugby (2) * * Teams Pool Stage Venue: Harare Sports Club, Harare Pool A : ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Pool B : ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Finals 7th place play- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy ...
The 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy was the eighth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, second-tier world championship. A total of 8 nations played in the tournament. The event was held in Portugal and was organized by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. Venues The championship was held in Lisbon. Teams Pool Stage Pool A : Fixtures Pool B : Fixtures Placement matches 7th place game 5th place game Third place game Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:World 2015 2015 rugby union tournaments for national teams rugby union International rugby union competitions hosted by Portugal rugby union rugby union rugby union rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
