Under 19 Rugby World Championship

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The IRB Under 19 Rugby World Cup is the premier tournament for male Rugby union players under the age of 19 and is organised by the sports governing body the International Rugby Board (IRB) annually since 2004.

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has announced the pools, seedings and schedule for the IRB Under 19 World Championship 2007. The Tournament, which will take place in Belfast, Northern Ireland from April 4-21, is spilt into two divisions of twelve teams.

Defending champion and top seed Australia will begin its title defence against Ireland on April 5 as part of a mouth-watering Round One double-header at Ravenhill that also includes number three seed New Zealand against France.

The seedings of all teams in Division A and the top six teams in Division B are based on the final standings at the 2006 Tournament. Seeds 7 – 12 inclusive in Division B represent teams who have qualified for 2007 via regional tournaments and their seeding was drawn at random. All 24 participating teams was confirmed on January 2007.

Contents 1 Previous Finals 2 Referee Panel 3 Touch Judge Panel 4 Pools 4.1 Quarter finals 4.2 Semi finals 5 Final 6 External links

[edit] Previous Finals

Year	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Venue
2004	New Zealand	34-11	France	King's Park, Durban
2005	South Africa	20-15	New Zealand	King's Park , Durban
2006	Australia	17-13	New Zealand	Exiles RFC, Dubai

[edit] Referee Panel

These Referee's were chosen to Officiate at the 2007 Under19 Rugby World Championship in Belfast, Northern Ireland from April 4-21.

• David Keane (Ireland)
• Neil Paterson (Scotland)
• James Jones (Wales)
• Dean Richards (England)
• Jerome Garces (France)
• Alan Falzone (Italy)
• Matt Stanish (New Zealand)
• Julian Pritchard (Australia)
• Phillip Bosch (South Africa)
• Joao Mourinha (Portugal)
• Phil Smith (Canada)
• James Bolabiu (Fiji)
• Javier Mancuso (Argentina)
• Sarah Corrigan (Australia)

[edit] Touch Judge Panel

• Kyosuke Toda (Japan)
• Laifaga Unasa (Samoa)

[edit] Pools

Pool A

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL Australia 1 1 0 0 15 10 4 South Africa 1 1 0 0 36 5 5 Scotland 1 0 0 1 6 11 1 Pool B Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL New Zealand 1 1 0 0 37 14 5 Argentina 1 1 0 0 48 7 5 Samoa 1 0 0 1 12 20 0 Pool C Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL England 1 1 0 0 20 12 4 Wales 1 0 0 1 14 37 0 Japan 1 0 0 1 8 41 0 Pool D Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL France 1 1 0 0 11 6 4 Ireland 1 0 0 1 10 15 1 Fiji 1 0 0 1 5 36 0 [edit] Quarter finals [edit] Semi finals [edit] Final [edit] External links IRB U19 Home Page Worldcup Schedule v • d • e Rugby World Cup Overview: History • Hosts • Qualification • Records and statistics • Team appearances • Trophy Tournaments: Australia and New Zealand 1987 • England 1991 • South Africa 1995 • Wales 1999 • Australia 2003 • France 2007 • New Zealand 2011 • To be decided 2015 Qualifying tournaments 1991 • 1995 • 1999 • 2003 • 2007 See also Women's World Cup • World Cup Sevens • Under 21 World Championship • Under 19 World Championship  This rugby union article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.