2023 World Rugby U20 Trophy

World Rugby Under 20 Trophy

Tournament details
Host	Kenya
Date	15–30 July 2023
Teams	8
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The 2023 World Rugby U20 Trophy will be the thirteenth edition of the second-tier age-grade rugby competition. The tournament is to be held in Kenya for the second time, previously being held in 2009.

This year's Under 20 competition (alongside the Championship) will be 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 have however been various regional U20 competitions with the Six Nations Under 20s Championship and Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship continuing to take place.

The tournament will be 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).

Host (1)

• Kenya

Relegated from 2019 JWC

• Scotland

Asia Rugby (1)

• Hong Kong

Rugby Africa (1)

• Zimbabwe

Sudamérica Rugby (1)

• Uruguay

Rugby Americas North (1)

• United States

Rugby Europe (1)

• Spain

Oceania Rugby (1)

• Samoa

Match officials

The following 8 referees were announced as official World Rugby referees.

Referees

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

Pool stage

Pool A	Pool B
United States Scotland Uruguay Zimbabwe	Hong Kong Kenya Samoa Spain

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	−/+	TF	TA	BP	Pts
Scotland	1	1	0	0	64	33	+31	10	5	1	5
Uruguay	1	1	0	0	33	31	+2	3	3	0	4
United States	1	0	0	1	31	33	−2	3	3	0	1
Zimbabwe	1	0	0	1	33	64	−31	5	10	1	1

Match 1	15 July	Scotland	64–33	Zimbabwe	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
	10:00 EAT (UTC+03)				Referee: Robin Kaluzniak (Canada)

Match 3	15 July	Uruguay	33–31	United States	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
	14:00 EAT (UTC+03)				Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)

Match 6	20 July	Uruguay	v	Zimbabwe	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
	12:00 EAT (UTC+03)				Referee: Craig Chan (Hong Kong)

Match 7	20 July	Scotland	v	United States	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
	14:00 EAT (UTC+03)

Match 9	25 July	United States	v	Zimbabwe	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
	10:00 EAT (UTC+03)

Match 12	25 July	Scotland	v	Uruguay	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
	16:00 EAT (UTC+03)

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	−/+	TF	TA	BP	Pts
Spain	1	1	0	0	53	0	+53	9	0	1	5
Samoa	1	1	0	0	34	25	+9	5	4	1	5
Kenya	1	0	0	1	25	34	−9	4	5	1	1
Hong Kong	1	0	0	1	0	53	−53	0	9	0	0

Match 2	15 July	Samoa	34–25	Kenya	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
	12:00 EAT (UTC+03)				Referee: Saba Abulashvili (Georgia)

Match 4	15 July	Spain	53–0	Hong Kong	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
	16:00 EAT (UTC+03)				Referee: Precious Pazani (Zimbabwe)

Match 5	20 July	Samoa	v	Hong Kong	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
	10:00 EAT (UTC+03)				Referee: Cauã Ricardo (Brazil)

Match 8	20 July	Spain	v	Kenya	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
	16:00 EAT (UTC+03)				Referee: Kat Roche (United States)

Match 10	25 July	Kenya	v	Hong Kong	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
	12:00 EAT (UTC+03)

Match 11	25 July	Spain	v	Samoa	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
	14:00 EAT (UTC+03)

Knockout stage

7th place

Match 13	30 July	Pool A 4th	v	Pool B 4th	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
	10:00 EAT (UTC+03)

5th place

Match 14	30 July	Pool A 3rd	v	Pool B 3rd	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
	12:00 EAT (UTC+03)

3rd place

Match 15	30 July	Pool A 2nd	v	Pool B 2nd	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
	14:00 EAT (UTC+03)

Final

Match 16	30 July	Pool A 1st	v	Pool B 1st	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
	16:00 EAT (UTC+03)

External links

• World Rugby U20 Trophy 2023 - Official Website