Rugby Junior World Championship
The Rugby Junior World Cup has been held since 2008 as a tournament with 16 U20 national teams . The host is the International Rugby Board (IRB). From 2002 to 2007 two age groups were distinguished: U19 and U21 . The U19 World Cup has a longer tradition and has been held in an A and B division since 1995, with promotion and relegation between these groups.
history
U19 (1969 to 2007)
The original competition (for juniors U19) was launched in 1969 as a junior championship by the international rugby federation FIRA (ie Fédération Internationale de Rugby Amateur). Another common name was FIRA-Cup . According to the membership structure, only teams from Europe, Morocco and Tunisia initially took part. The venues were also limited to this geographical area until 1996. After the accession or association of countries from overseas, Argentina in particular proved to be very successful.
From 1992 the competition was jointly organized by the FIRA and the IRB and renamed the Rugby Junior World Championship .
An increasing number of members of the two world associations also led to a growing field of participants in the Junior World Championships, so that in 1995 a B and C group were introduced, with promotion and relegation between the divisions. The C group was split up for one year in 1996, a D group was formed in 1998, which in turn was subdivided in 1999. In 2000, C and D groups were abolished and the division into divisions A and B, which was valid until 2007, was established.
After the FIRA was constituted in 1999 as the European continental federation of the IRB and renamed FIRA-AER , it also withdrew from the organization of worldwide competitions: The Junior World Championship U19 was carried out from 2004 to 2007 by the IRB alone and from 2008 by the U20 WM replaced.
U21 (1995 to 2006)
The first U21 tournament took place in 1995, organized by SANZAR and UAR , a joint association of South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Argentina. Participants were the four teams of the participating associations until 1997. England was invited for the first time in 1998, France, Scotland and Wales in 1999, so the tournament was held in two preliminary round groups of four teams. In 2000, Samoa and Tonga replaced the teams from France and Wales. In 2001 France returned and Ireland participated for the first time. In 2002 the International Rugby Board took over the organization and initially increased the number of participants to 16. In 2007 the competition was canceled and in 2008 it was replaced by the U20 World Junior Championship.
U20 (since 2008)
In June 2008 a world championship for juniors under 20 was held for the first time. It took place in Wales and will replace the previous U19 and U21 tournaments. 16 teams took part. The preliminary round was played in four groups of four teams each.
As "2. Division "is now the IRB Junior World Trophy , which was first held in April 2008 with eight teams in Chile.
FIRA Junior Championship
year | host | 1st place | place 2 | place 3 |
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1969 | Spain | France | Morocco | Romania |
1970 | France | France | Spain | Italy |
1971 | Morocco | France | Italy | Romania |
1972 | Italy | Romania | Spain | France |
1973 | Romania | Romania | France | Spain |
1974 | BR Germany | France | Romania | Spain |
1975 | Spain | France | Romania | Spain |
1976 | France | France | Romania | Spain |
1977 | Netherlands | France | Italy | Portugal |
1978 | Italy | France | Italy | Soviet Union |
1979 | Portugal | France | Soviet Union | Italy |
1980 | Tunisia | France | Italy | Spain |
1981 | Spain | France | Spain | Italy |
1982 | Switzerland | France | Italy | Spain |
1983 | Morocco | France | Italy | Spain |
1984 | Poland | Italy | France | Spain |
1985 | Belgium | France | Italy | Romania |
1986 | Romania | France | Italy | Romania |
1987 | BR Germany | Argentina | France | Soviet Union |
1988 | Yugoslavia | France | Soviet Union | Italy |
1989 | Portugal | Argentina | Soviet Union | France |
1990 | Italy | Argentina | France | Italy |
1991 | France | Argentina | France | Italy |
Medal table 1969 to 1991
rank | country | gold | silver | bronze |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | France | 16 | 5 | 2 |
2 | Argentina | 4th | 0 | 0 |
3 | Romania | 2 | 3 | 4th |
4th | Italy | 1 | 8th | 6th |
5 | Spain | 0 | 3 | 8th |
6th | Soviet Union | 0 | 3 | 2 |
7th | Morocco | 0 | 1 | 0 |
8th | Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Junior World Championships by FIRA and IRB
year | host | 1st place | place 2 | place 3 |
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1992 | Spain | France | Argentina | Italy |
1993 | France | Argentina | France | Italy |
1994 | France | South Africa | Italy | France |
1995 | Romania | France | Argentina | South Africa |
1996 | Italy | Argentina | Wales | Romania |
1997 | Argentina | Argentina | France | Wales |
1998 | France | Ireland | France | Argentina |
1999 | Wales | New Zealand | Wales | South Africa |
2000 | France | France | Australia | New Zealand |
2001 | Chile | New Zealand | France | Australia |
2002 | Italy | New Zealand | France | South Africa |
2003 | France | South Africa | New Zealand | France |
Medal table 1992 to 2003
rank | country | gold | silver | bronze |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | France | 3 | 5 | 2 |
2 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 |
3 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 |
4th | South Africa | 2 | 0 | 3 |
5 | Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 |
6th | Wales | 0 | 2 | 1 |
7th | Italy | 0 | 1 | 2 |
8th | Australia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
9 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Junior World Championship (U19) of the IRB
year | host | 1st place | place 2 | place 3 |
2004 | South Africa | New Zealand | France | South Africa |
2005 | South Africa | South Africa | New Zealand | Australia |
2006 | Ver. Arab. Emirates | Australia | New Zealand | England |
2007 | Ireland | New Zealand | South Africa | Australia |
Medal table 2004 to 2007
rank | country | gold | silver | bronze |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 0 |
2 | South Africa | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 2 |
4th | France | 0 | 1 | 0 |
5 | England | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Unofficial Junior World Championship (U20)
year | host | 1st place | place 2 | place 3 |
1995 | Argentina | New Zealand | ||
1996 | New Zealand | Australia | ||
1997 | Australia | Australia | ||
1998 | South Africa | Australia | ||
1999 | Argentina | South Africa | ||
2000 | New Zealand | New Zealand | ||
2001 | Australia | New Zealand |
Junior World Championship (U21) of the IRB
year | host | 1st place | place 2 | place 3 |
2002 | South Africa | South Africa | Australia | New Zealand |
2003 | England | New Zealand | Australia | Argentina |
2004 | Scotland | New Zealand | Ireland | South Africa |
2005 | Argentina | South Africa | Australia | New Zealand |
2006 | France | France | South Africa | New Zealand |
2007 | not carried out |
Medal table 2002 to 2006
rank | country | gold | silver | bronze |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | South Africa | 2 | 1 | 1 |
2 | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 3 |
3 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 |
4th | Australia | 0 | 2 | 0 |
5 | Ireland | 0 | 1 | 0 |
6th | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Junior World Championship (U20) of the IRB
year | host | 1st place | place 2 | place 3 |
2008 | Wales | New Zealand | England | South Africa |
2009 | Japan | New Zealand | England | South Africa |
2010 | Argentina | New Zealand | Australia | South Africa |
2011 | Italy | New Zealand | England | Australia |
2012 | South Africa | South Africa | New Zealand | Wales |
2013 | France | England | Wales | South Africa |
2014 | New Zealand | England | South Africa | New Zealand |
2015 | Italy | New Zealand | England | South Africa |
Medal table from 2008
rank | country | gold | silver | bronze |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | New Zealand | 5 | 1 | 1 |
2 | England | 2 | 4th | 0 |
3 | South Africa | 1 | 1 | 5 |
4th | Australia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
4th | Wales | 0 | 1 | 1 |
German successes
The best placements of the German youth team were in 1983 in Casablanca and in 1984 in Warsaw, both in fourth place.
swell
- FIRA-AER archive (as of December 4, 2004; but was not updated after 2002) ( Memento from December 4, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) The link does not lead directly to the goal: Archives \ Winners Room \ Junior Championship be selected!
- U21 World Cup on Wikipedia
- U21 World Cup on French Wikipedia