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World Rugby Under 20 Trophy

Tournament details
Host	Kenya
Date	15–30 July 2023
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Spain
Runner-up	Uruguay
Third place	Scotland
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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.

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

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

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

Referees

• Cisco Lopez (United States)
• Cauã Ricardo Santos (Brazil)
• Robin Kaluzniak (Canada)
• Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)
• Kat Roche (United States)
• Precious Pazani (Zimbabwe)
• Saba Abulashvili (Georgia)
• Craig Chan (Hong Kong)
• Sylvain Mane (Senegal)

Pool stage

Pool A

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

Scotland	64–33	Zimbabwe
	Report

Uruguay	33–31	United States
	Report

Uruguay	51–14	Zimbabwe
	Report

Scotland	40–13	United States
	Report

United States	37–38	Zimbabwe
	Report

Scotland	26–37	Uruguay
	Report

Pool B

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

Samoa	34–25	Kenya
	Report

Spain	53–0	Hong Kong
	Report

Samoa	30–27	Hong Kong
	Report

Spain	48–18	Kenya
	Report

Kenya	22–16	Hong Kong
	Report

Spain	28–10	Samoa
	Report

Knockout stage

7th place

United States	47–22	Hong Kong
	Report

5th place

Zimbabwe	64–10	Kenya
	Report

3rd place

Scotland	83–10	Samoa
	Report

Final

Uruguay	32–39	Spain
	Report

References

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

External links

• World Rugby U20 Trophy 2023 - Official Website

• World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
• 2023 rugby union tournaments for national teams
• 2023 in youth sport
• 2023 in Kenyan sport
• July 2023 sports events in Africa