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2019 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy

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2019 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
Tournament details
Host Brazil
DateJuly 9–21
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Japan
Runner-up Portugal
Third place Tonga
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Top scorer(s)Canada Will Percillier (65)
Most triesPortugal Raffaele Storti (9)
2018
2023

The 2019 World Rugby U20 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.[1]

Qualified teams

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A total of eight teams played in the tournament. The host  Brazil and the 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Championship relegation country  Japan qualified automatically. The remaining six countries qualified through a qualification process in regional competitions (North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania).


Pool Stage

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Pool A

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA Pts
 Japan 3 3 0 0 150 89 +61 22 13 15
 Uruguay 3 2 0 1 146 67 +79 22 9 11
 Kenya 3 1 0 2 71 135 −64 8 21 5
 Brazil 3 0 0 3 58 134 −76 9 18 2






Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA Pts
 Portugal 3 3 0 0 148 51 +97 8 3 15
 Tonga 3 2 0 1 93 77 +16 14 6 10
 Canada 3 1 0 2 124 101 +23 19 14 7
 Hong Kong 3 0 0 3 65 201 −136 9 30 1






Finals

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7th place
5th place
3rd place
Final

References

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  1. ^ "Romania and Brazil to host World Rugby U20 Trophy in 2018 and 2019". worldrugby.org. Retrieved 2 July 2018.