2014 IRB Junior World Championship

2014 IRB Junior World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  New Zealand
Date 2–20 June 2014
No. of nations 12
Final positions
Champions  England
Runner-up  South Africa
Third place  New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played 30
← 2013 France
2015 Italy →

The 2014 IRB Junior World Championship was the seventh annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised in Auckland, New Zealand by rugby's governing body, World Rugby, then known as the International Rugby Board.[1][n 1] A total of 12 nations took part in the tournament. England went into the tournament as defending champions, after winning the tournament for the first time in 2013. England went on to win the Championship for a second time in two years. While hosts New Zealand, the most successful team in the tournament, were looking to win the title for the first time since 2011.

Italy were the champions of the 2013 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy, thus being promoted to the Championship. Fiji finished last in 2014 and therefore were relegated to the World Rugby Under 20 Trophy for 2015.

This was the final event to be known as the "IRB Junior World Championship". Following the renaming of the governing body as World Rugby, the Championship was renamed the World Rugby Under 20 Championship, and the second-tier competition was renamed from "IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy" to World Rugby Under 20 Trophy.

Venues

The championship was held across three two location, Auckland and Pukekohe. ECOLight Stadium and QBE Stadium are only designated to the pool matches, while Eden Park will be used for top three play-offs; Final, 3rd place play-off and 5th place play-off.

City/Town Venue Capacity
Auckland Eden Park 50,000
Auckland QBE Stadium 25,000
Pukekohe ECOLight Stadium 12,000

Teams

The following teams participated in the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship:[3]

Pool Team No. of Tournaments Position 2013 Position 2014
A  Argentina 7 6th 9th
A  Australia 7 7th 5th
A  England 7 1st 1st Champions
A  Italy 5 DNP 11th Promoted from 2013 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy
B  Fiji 7 11th 12th Relegated to 2015 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy
B  France 7 5th 6th
B  Ireland 7 8th 4th
B  Wales 7 2nd 7th
C  Samoa 5 9th 8th
C  Scotland 7 10th 10th
C  New Zealand 7 4th 3rd Bronze Medal Winner
C  South Africa 7 3rd 2nd Runners-up

Match officials

Below are the list of officials that officiated across the 30 matches:[4]

Referees
Reserve or Assistant Referees
Television match officials

Pool stage

The playing schedule and pools were announced on 28 November 2013.[5]

Key to colours in group tables
Teams advances to Finals
Teams in the 5–8th place play-offs
Teams in the 9–12th place play-offs

All times are in New Zealand Standard Time (UTC+12)

The points awarded in the Pool Stage are as follows:

If at completion of the Pool Stage two or more teams are level on points the following tiebreakers are applied:

  1. The winner of the Match in which the two tied Teams have played each other;
  2. The Team which has the best difference between points scored for and points scored against in all its Pool Matches;
  3. The Team which has the best difference between tries scored for and tries scored against in all its Pool Matches;
  4. The Team which has scored most points in all its Pool Matches;
  5. The Team which has scored most tries in all its Pool Matches; and
  6. If none of the above produce a result, then it will be resolved with a toss of a coin.

Pld = matches played, W = matches won, D = draws, L = losses, PF = match points for, PA = match points against, PD = Points difference between match points for and match points against, TF = tries for, TA = tries against, BP = bonus points, Pts = pool points

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts
 England 3 3 0 0 118 43 +75 15 4 2 14
 Australia 3 2 0 1 89 58 +31 11 7 2 10
 Italy 3 1 0 2 35 118 −83 2 15 0 4
 Argentina 3 0 0 3 59 82 −23 5 7 2 2

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts
 Ireland 3 2 0 1 86 40 +46 10 4 3 11
 Wales 3 2 0 1 82 57 +25 10 7 1 9
 France 3 2 0 1 59 31 +28 7 −3 1 9
 Fiji 3 0 0 3 24 123 −89 4 17 0 0

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts
 South Africa 3 3 0 0 115 37 +78 16 5 2 14
 New Zealand 3 2 0 1 126 52 +74 18 7 2 10
 Samoa 3 1 0 2 47 87 −40 6 13 0 4
 Scotland 3 0 0 3 30 142 −112 5 20 0 0

Standings after Pool Stage

Overall Standings
Pool Pos Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts
C1 1  South Africa 3 3 0 0 115 37 +78 16 5 2 14
A1 2  England 3 3 0 0 118 43 +75 15 4 2 14
B1 3  Ireland 3 2 0 1 86 40 +46 10 4 3 11
C2 4  New Zealand 3 2 0 1 126 52 +74 18 7 2 10
A2 5  Australia 3 2 0 1 89 58 +31 11 7 2 10
B2 6  Wales 3 2 0 1 82 57 +25 10 7 1 9
B3 7  France 3 2 0 1 59 31 +28 7 −3 1 9
C3 8  Samoa 3 1 0 2 47 87 −40 6 13 0 4
A3 9  Italy 3 1 0 2 35 118 −83 2 15 0 4
A4 10  Argentina 3 0 0 3 59 82 −23 5 7 2 2
B4 11  Fiji 3 0 0 3 24 123 −89 4 17 0 0
C4 12  Scotland 3 0 0 3 30 142−112 5 20 0 0

Knockout stage

9–12th place play-offs

Semifinals 9th place
  Argentina  38  
  Fiji  12  
 
      Argentina  41
    Scotland  21
11th place
  Italy  18   Fiji  17
  Scotland  21     Italy  22

Semifinals

11th place game

9th place game

5–8th place play-offs

Semifinals 5th place
  Australia  53  
  Samoa  16  
 
      Australia  34
    France  27
7th place
  Wales  18   Samoa  3
  France  19    ' Wales  20

Semifinals

7th place game

5th place game

Finals

Semifinals Final
  England  42  
  Ireland  15  
 
      England  21
    South Africa  20
3rd place
  South Africa  32   Ireland  23
  New Zealand  25     New Zealand  45

Semifinals

3rd place game

Final

Notes

  1. ↑ The IRB became World Rugby on 19 November 2014.[2]

References

  1. ↑ New Zealand and Italy to host JWC 2014 & 2015
  2. ↑ "IRB to change name to World Rugby" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Below are the confirmed teams for the IRB Junior World Championship 2014
  4. ↑ IRB Junior World Championship 2014 officials
  5. ↑ Pools and schedule announced for #JWC2014
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