2023 World Rugby U20 Trophy

The 2023 World Rugby U20 Trophy was the thirteenth edition of the second-tier age-grade rugby competition. The tournament was held in Kenya for the second time, previously being held in 2009.[1]

World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
Tournament details
Host Kenya
Date15–30 July 2023
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Spain
Runner-up Uruguay
Third place Scotland
2019
2024

This Under 20 competition (alongside the Championship) was 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 were however various regional U20 competitions with the Six Nations Under 20s Championship and Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship continuing to take place.

The tournament was held at the 15,000 capacity Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi.

Qualified teams

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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 qualification process in regional competitions (North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania).

Match officials

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The following 9 referees were announced as official World Rugby referees.

Referees

Pool stage

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Pool A

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Team Pld W D L PF PA −/+ TF TA BP Pts
  Uruguay 3 3 0 0 121 71 +50 13 9 2 14
  Scotland 3 2 0 1 130 83 +47 20 10 3 11
  Zimbabwe 3 1 0 2 85 152 −67 11 20 2 6
  United States 3 0 0 3 81 111 −30 8 13 3 3

15 July
10:00 EAT (UTC+03)
Scotland  64–33  Zimbabwe
Report
Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
Referee: Robin Kaluzniak (Canada)

15 July
14:00 EAT (UTC+03)
Uruguay  33–31  United States
Report
Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)

20 July
12:00 EAT (UTC+03)
Uruguay  51–14  Zimbabwe
Report
Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
Referee: Craig Chan (Hong Kong)

20 July
14:00 EAT (UTC+03)
Scotland  40–13  United States
Report
Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
Referee: Sylvain Mane (Senegal)

25 July
10:00 EAT (UTC+03)
United States  37–38  Zimbabwe
Report
Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
Referee: Craig Chan (Hong Kong)

25 July
16:00 EAT (UTC+03)
Scotland  26–37  Uruguay
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Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
Referee: Cauã Ricardo Santos (Brazil)

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA −/+ TF TA BP Pts
  Spain 3 3 0 0 129 28 +101 20 3 2 14
  Samoa 3 2 0 1 74 80 -6 10 10 2 10
  Kenya 3 1 0 2 65 98 −33 9 15 1 5
  Hong Kong 3 0 0 3 43 105 −62 5 15 3 3

15 July
12:00 EAT (UTC+03)
Samoa  34–25  Kenya
Report
Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
Referee: Saba Abulashvili (Georgia)

15 July
16:00 EAT (UTC+03)
Spain  53–0  Hong Kong
Report
Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
Referee: Precious Pazani (Zimbabwe)

20 July
10:00 EAT (UTC+03)
Samoa  30–27  Hong Kong
Report
Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
Referee: Cauã Ricardo (Brazil)

20 July
16:00 EAT (UTC+03)
Spain  48–18  Kenya
Report
Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
Referee: Kat Roche (United States)

25 July
12:00 EAT (UTC+03)
Kenya  22–16  Hong Kong
Report
Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)

25 July
14:00 EAT (UTC+03)
Spain  28–10  Samoa
Report
Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
Referee: Kat Roche (United States)

Knockout stage

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7th place

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30 July
10:00 EAT (UTC+03)
United States  47–22  Hong Kong
Report
Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
Referee: Precious Pazani (Zimbabwe)

5th place

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30 July
14:00 EAT (UTC+03)
Zimbabwe  64–10  Kenya
Report
Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
Referee: Sylvain Mane (Senegal)

3rd place

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30 July
12:00 EAT (UTC+03)
Scotland  83–10  Samoa
Report
Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
Referee: Robin Kaluzniak (Canada)

Final

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30 July
16:00 EAT (UTC+03)
Uruguay  32–39  Spain
Report
Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
Referee: Saba Abulashvili (Georgia)

References

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  1. ^ "World Rugby U20 tournaments return to Africa in 2023" (Press release). World Rugby. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
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