Rugby Europe Under-20 Championship
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| Sport | Rugby union |
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| Founded | 2007 |
| No. of teams | 8 (2023) |
| Country | Europe (Rugby Europe) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Netherlands (2023) |
| Most titles |  Portugal (3 Titles) |
The Rugby Europe Under-20 Championship is an annual rugby union championship for Under-20 national teams. It replaced the Under-19 championship that was held since 2007. The championship is organised by rugby's European governing body, the Rugby Europe.
The tournament serves as Europe's qualification to the next year's World Rugby U20 Trophy organised by the World Rugby.
On March 12, 2020, following the recent evolution of COVID-19, Rugby Europe has announced a suspension of all its matches and tournaments, from Friday, March 13, 2020, until April 15, 2020.[1] On March 26 Rugby Europe has decided to extend the suspension of all its matches and tournaments for an indefinite period of time.[2] On April 8 Rugby Europe Board of Directors decided to cancel 2020 European Under-20 Rugby Union Championship.[3]
Results
| # | Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third Place | Fourth Place |
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| U20 European Tournament | |||||
| 1 | 2002 |  Romania |
 Spain |
 Czech Republic /  Poland
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| 2 | 2003 |  Russia |
Portugal |
Romania |
Netherlands
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| U20 European Championship | |||||
| 3 | 2005 |  Georgia |
Romania |
Spain |
Russia
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| 4 | 2006 | Romania |
Portugal |
Russia |
Spain
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| European Under-19 Rugby Union Championship | |||||
| 1 | 2007 | Romania |
Poland |
Russia |
Portugal
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| 2 | 2008 | Romania |
Georgia |
Russia |
Portugal
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| 3 | 2009 |  Italy |
Georgia |
Spain |
Russia
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| 4 | 2010 | Georgia |
Russia |
Romania |
 Belgium
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| 5 | 2011 | Georgia |
Russia |
Romania |
Netherlands
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| 6 | 2012 | Portugal |
Georgia |
Belgium |
Spain
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| 7 | 2013 | Georgia |
Belgium |
Spain |
Portugal
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| 8 | 2014 | Georgia |
Portugal |
Spain |
Russia
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| 9 | 2015 | Spain |
Romania |
Portugal |
Russia
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| Rugby Europe Under-20 Championship | |||||
| 10 | 2017 | Portugal |
Spain |
Russia |
Romania
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| 11 | 2018 | Portugal |
Spain |
Russia |
Netherlands
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| 12 | 2019 | Portugal |
Spain |
Netherlands |
 France - Nlle Aquitaine
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| - | 2020 | Cancelled | |||
| 13 | 2021 | Spain |
Portugal |
Russia |
Netherlands
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| 14 | 2022 | Spain |
Netherlands |
Portugal |
Belgium
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| 15 | 2023 | Netherlands |
Belgium |
Portugal |
Ligue AURA
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| 16 | 2024 | TBD | |||
Medals (2007-2023)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Georgia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Portugal | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Romania | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Russia | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Belgium | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | |
See also
References
- ^ "STATEMENT - SUSPENSION OF GAMES & TOURNAMENTS | Rugby Europe". www.rugbyeurope.eu. Archived from the original on 2020-03-19.
- ^ "STATEMENT : COMPETITIONS SUSPENSION EXTENDED | Rugby Europe". www.rugbyeurope.eu. Archived from the original on 2020-03-26.
- ^ "COVID-19 Statement : Board of Directors".