2020 World Rugby Under 20 Championship
{{short description|Cancelled rugby union championship}}
{{More citations needed|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox rugby tournament
|name = 2020 World Rugby Under 20 Championship
|host = Italy
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|nations = 12
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|preceded by = 2019
|succeeded by = 2023
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The 2020 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was scheduled to be the 13th edition of the World Rugby Under 20 Championship, the premier age-grade rugby union competition organised by World Rugby. The tournament was to be held in Italy for the third time, having previously been played there in 2011 and 2015. France were the defending champions.{{cite press release | url=https://www.world.rugby/u20/news/433106?lang=en | title=World Rugby U20 Championship 2019 hailed as 'one of the greats' | publisher=World Rugby | date=26 June 2019 | accessdate=26 June 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626171815/https://www.world.rugby/u20/news/433106?lang=en%2F | archive-date=2019-06-26 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}
On 20 March 2020, World Rugby announced that the championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news|publisher=World Rugby|date=20 March 2020|accessdate=April 8, 2020|url=https://www.world.rugby/u20/news/568360|title=World Rugby update on COVID-19 response measures and statement from Sir Bill Beaumont|archive-date=22 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022153728/https://www.world.rugby/u20/news/568360|url-status=dead}}
Teams
The following teams would have participated in the 2020 U20 Championship:
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| style="width:9em;"|Team
!{{abbr|No.|Number of tournaments}} !style="width:3em;"|Result (2019) !Best Result |
|---|
| align=left|{{ruu|20|ARG}}
|align=center|12 |align=center|4th |align=left|Third place (2016) |
| align=left|{{ruu|20|AUS}}
|align=center|12 |align=center|2nd |
| align=left|{{ruu|20|ENG}}
|align=center|12 |align=center|5th |
| align=left|{{ruu|20|FRA}}
|align=center|12 |align=center|1st |
| align=left|{{ruu|20|GEO}}
|align=center|4 |align=center|10th |align=left|Ninth place (2018) |
| align=left|{{ruu|20|IRE}}
|align=center|12 |align=center|8th |align=left|Runners-up (2016) |
| align=left|{{ruu|20|ITA}}
|align=center|10 |align=center|9th |
| align=left|{{ruu|20|JPN}}Promoted from 2019 U20 Trophy
|align=center|5 |align=center|— |align=left|Tenth place (2015) |
| align=left|{{ruu|20|FIJ}}
|align=center|8 |align=center|11th |align=left|Sixth place (2011) |
| align=left|{{ruu|20|NZL}}
|align=center|12 |align=center|7th |
| align=left|{{ruu|20|RSA}}
|align=center|12 |align=center|3rd |align=left|Champions (2012) |
| align=left|{{ruu|20|WAL}}
|align=center|12 |align=center|6th |align=left|Runners-up (2013) |
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Pool stage
The pool stage fixture was to have been as follows:
=Pool A=
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| width="200"|Team
!width="20"|Pld !width="20"|W !width="20"|D !width="20"|L !width="20"|PF !width="20"|PA !width="32"|−/+ !width="20"|TF !width="20"|TA !width="20"|BP !width="20"|Pts | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left| {{ruu|20|FRA}}
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| align=left| {{ruu|20|ARG}}
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| align=left| {{ruu|20|IRE}}
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| align=left| {{ruu|20|JPN}}
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
{{rugbybox collapsible |note = Match 6
|date= 28 June
|time= 21:00
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|home= {{ruu-rt|20|ARG}}
|away= {{ruu|20|IRE}}
|score= Cancelled
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{{rugbybox collapsible |note = Match 4
|date= 28 June
|time= 16:00
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|home= {{ruu-rt|20|FRA}}
|away= {{ruu|20|JPN}}
|score= Cancelled
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{{rugbybox collapsible |note = Match 11
|date= 03 July
|time= 18:30
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|home= {{ruu-rt|20|ARG}}
|away= {{ruu|20|JPN}}
|score= Cancelled
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{{rugbybox collapsible |note = Match 10
|date= 03 July
|time= 16:00
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|home= {{ruu-rt|20|FRA}}
|away= {{ruu|20|IRE}}
|score= Cancelled
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{{rugbybox collapsible |note = Match 13
|date= 08 July
|time= 16:00
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|home= {{ruu-rt|20|IRE}}
|away= {{ruu|20|JPN}}
|score= Cancelled
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|stadium= Payanini Center, Verona
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{{rugbybox collapsible |note = Match 14
|date= 08 July
|time= 18:30
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|home= {{ruu-rt|20|FRA}}
|away= {{ruu|20|ARG}}
|score= Cancelled
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=Pool B=
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| width="200"|Team
!width="20"|Pld !width="20"|W !width="20"|D !width="20"|L !width="20"|PF !width="20"|PA !width="32"|−/+ !width="20"|TF !width="20"|TA !width="20"|BP !width="20"|Pts | ||||||||||
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| align="left" | {{ruu|20|AUS}}
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| align="left" | {{ruu|20|WAL}}
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| align="left" | {{ruu|20|NZL}}
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| align="left" | {{ruu|20|GEO}}
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
{{rugbybox collapsible |note = Match 5
|date= 28 June
|time= 18:30
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|home= {{ruu-rt|20|WAL}}
|away= {{ruu|20|NZL}}
|score= Cancelled
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{{rugbybox collapsible |note = Match 3
|date= 28 June
|time= 21:00
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|home= {{ruu-rt|20|AUS}}
|away= {{ruu|20|GEO}}
|score= Cancelled
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{{rugbybox collapsible |note = Match 8
|date= 03 July
|time= 18:30
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|home= {{ruu-rt|20|WAL}}
|away= {{ruu|20|GEO}}
|score= Cancelled
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{{rugbybox collapsible |note = Match 7
|date= 03 July
|time= 16:00
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|home= {{ruu-rt|20|AUS}}
|away= {{ruu|20|NZL}}
|score= Cancelled
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{{rugbybox collapsible |note = Match 16
|date= 08 July
|time= 16:00
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|home= {{ruu-rt|20|NZL}}
|away= {{ruu|20|GEO}}
|score= Cancelled
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|stadium= Stadio Luigi Zaffanella, Viadana
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{{rugbybox collapsible |note = Match 15
|date= 08 July
|time= 21:00
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|home= {{ruu-rt|20|AUS}}
|away= {{ruu|20|WAL}}
|score= Cancelled
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=Pool C=
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| align=left| {{ruu|20|RSA}}
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| align=left| {{ruu|20|ENG}}
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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|align=left| {{ruu|20|ITA}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| align=left| {{ruu|20|FIJ}}
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
{{rugbybox collapsible |note = Match 1
|date= 28 June
|time= 16:00
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|home= {{ruu-rt|20|RSA}}
|away= {{ruu|20|ITA}}
|score= Cancelled
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{{rugbybox collapsible |note = Match 2
|date= 28 June
|time= 18:30
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|home= {{ruu-rt|20|ENG}}
|away= {{ruu|20|FIJ}}
|score= Cancelled
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{{rugbybox collapsible |note = Match 9
|date= 03 July
|time= 21:00
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|home= {{ruu-rt|20|RSA}}
|away= {{ruu|20|FIJ}}
|score= Cancelled
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{{rugbybox collapsible |note = Match 12
|date= 03 July
|time= 21:00
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|home= {{ruu-rt|20|ENG}}
|away= {{ruu|20|ITA}}
|score= Cancelled
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{{rugbybox collapsible |note = Match 18
|date= 08 July
|time= 21:00
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|home= {{ruu-rt|20|RSA}}
|away= {{ruu|20|ENG}}
|score= Cancelled
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|stadium= Stadio Sergio Zaffanella, Viadana
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{{rugbybox collapsible |note = Match 17
|date= 08 July
|time= 18:30
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|home= {{ruu-rt|20|ITA}}
|away= {{ruu|20|FIJ}}
|score= Cancelled
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References
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{{IRB Junior World Championship}}
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