2014 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy

The 2014 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy was the seventh IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy, an annual international rugby union competition for Under-20 national teams, second-tier world championship.

2014 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy
Tournament details
Host Hong Kong
Date7 – 19 April 2014
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Japan
Runner-up Tonga
Third place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Top scorer(s)Georgia (country) Rezi Jinchvelashvili (63)
Most triesGeorgia (country) Vakhtang Amiranashvili (4)
Uruguay German Kessler (4)
2013
2015

The event was held in Hong Kong and was organized by rugby's governing body, the International Rugby Board.[1][2]

Teams edit

Pool Team[3][4][5] Number of
Tournaments
Position Last Year Best Position
B   Canada 4 2
A   Georgia 4 3
A   Hong Kong 0 N/A
B   Japan 4 4
B   Namibia 3 8
A   Tonga 2 5
A   United States 4 Relegated from 2013 IRB JWC Won the Trophy in 2012
B   Uruguay 4 7 Won the Trophy in 2008

Pool Stage edit

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Pool A edit

Team Pld W D L TF PF PA PD BP Pts
  Tonga 3 2 0 1 10 77 72 +5 2 10
  United States 3 2 0 1 7 72 40 +32 2 10
  Georgia 3 2 0 1 6 67 31 +36 1 9
  Hong Kong 3 0 0 3 2 24 97 -73 0 0

Fixtures edit

7 April 2014
17:00
Tonga  10 – 37  Georgia
Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong
11 April 2014
17:00
Tonga  39 – 16  Hong Kong
Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong

Pool B edit

Team Pld W D L TF PF PA PD BP Pts
  Japan 3 2 0 1 15 99 73 +26 4 12
  Uruguay 3 2 1 0 6 67 59 +8 0 10
  Namibia 3 1 0 2 8 78 75 +3 3 7
  Canada 3 0 1 2 6 55 92 -37 0 2

Fixtures edit

7 April 2014
13:00
Japan  28 – 33  Uruguay
Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong
7 April 2014
15:00
Canada  25 – 37  Namibia
Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong
11 April 2014
13:00
Japan  34 – 28  Namibia
Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong
11 April 2014
19:00
Canada  18 – 18  Uruguay
Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong
15 April 2014
17:00
Uruguay  16 – 13  Namibia
Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong
15 April 2014
19:00
Canada  12 – 37  Japan
Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong

Knockout stage edit

7th place game edit

19 April 2014
13:00
Hong Kong  30 – 33  Canada
Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong

5th place game edit

19 April 2014
15:00
Georgia  46 – 17  Namibia
Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong

Third place game edit

Final edit

19 April 2014
19:00
Tonga  10 – 35  Japan
Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong

References edit

  1. ^ "Chile and Hong Kong to host next two JWRT". irb.com. 13 July 2012. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Chile and Hong Kong to Host Secondary IRB Junior Tournaments in 2013 and 2014". Association of Summer Olympic International Federations. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Japan secure place at JWRT 2014". irb.com. 19 August 2013. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Namibia book their place at JWRT 2014". irb.com. 1 September 2013. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Uruguay claim penultimate place at JWRT 2014". irb.com. 23 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-28. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  6. ^ JWRT14 Pools and Match Schedule http://www.irb.com/mm/document/tournament/home/02/06/98/87/irbjwrt2014matchschedule.pdf Archived 2013-12-11 at the Wayback Machine