2005 Under 19 Rugby World Championship

The 2005 Under 19 Rugby World Championship took place in South Africa between 1 April and 18 April 2005. South Africa won the final over New Zealand 20–15.

2005 Under 19 Rugby World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation South Africa
Dates2006-04-01 – 2006-04-28
No. of nations24
Final positions
Champions  South Africa
Runner-up  New Zealand
Third place  Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played60
2004
2006

Pool/standings

The IRB setting for this tournament was that the matches were to be played between two pools from which the top 4 teams qualified for the semifinals and the team that finished at the bottom of the Division A pool was to be relegated to the Division B.

  • Pool A played against Pool D
  • Pool B played against Pool C

Match points were awarded on the basis of 4 points for a Win, 2 points for a draw and 0 points for a Loss. Bonus points were awarded for teams scoring 4 tries or more and to losing teams who lost be 7 points or less.

Division A

Groups

Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D
1 New Zealand2 France3 South Africa4 England
8 Japan7 Ireland6 Australia5 Wales
9 Scotland10 Argentina11 Georgia12 Romania

Group phase

Pos.TeamMatchesPointsBPTOTAL
MWDL+-+/-
1. South Africa330010934+75214
2. New Zealand330011125+86214
3. Australia3300716+65113
4. England32019244+48311
5. Wales320113340+93210
6. France31026325+3837
7. Romania31022275-5315
8. Argentina310244106-6215
9. Ireland31022355-3204
10. Scotland31023183-5204
11. Georgia3003690-8400
12. Japan300317139-12200
1 April 2005
13:15
France  6–10  Australia
1 April 2005
14:30
England  32–11  Scotland
1 April 2005
14:45
Ireland  16–0  Georgia
1 April 2005
15:00
Japan  5–15  Romania
1 April 2005
15:00
New Zealand  25–8  Wales
1 April 2005
18:00
South Africa  62–18  Argentina
5 April 2005
13:30
Scotland  12–44  Wales
5 April 2005
15:30
Japan  9–43  England
5 April 2005
15:30
New Zealand  62–0  Romania
5 April 2005
15:30
France  48–0  Georgia
5 April 2005
15:30
South Africa  32–7  Ireland
5 April 2005
17:15
Argentina  0–38  Australia
9 April 2005
14:45
Ireland  0–23  Australia
9 April 2005
15:30
Argentina  26–6  Georgia
9 April 2005
15:30
Scotland  8–7  Romania
9 April 2005
15:30
Japan  3–79  Wales
9 April 2005
16:30
South Africa  15–9  France
9 April 2005
17:15
New Zealand  24–17  England

9th Place Play-Off

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 April 2005
 
 
 Ireland36
 
17 April 2005
 
 Japan18
 
 Ireland15
 
13 April 2005
 
 Scotland8
 
 Scotland32
 
 
 Georgia10
 
Third place
 
 
17 April 2005
 
 
 Japan24
 
 
 Georgia0
13 April 2005
15:30
Ireland  36–18  Japan
13 April 2005
15:30
Scotland  32–10  Georgia
17 April 2005
15:00
Ireland  15–8  Scotland
17 April 2005
12:45
Japan  24–0  Georgia

5th Place Play-Off

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 April 2005
 
 
 Wales36
 
17 April 2005
 
 Argentina18
 
 Wales10
 
13 April 2005
 
 France13
 
 France36
 
 
 Romania17
 
Third place
 
 
17 April 2005
 
 
 Argentina13
 
 
 Romania21
13 April 2005
15:30
Wales  36–18  Argentina
13 April 2005
16:45
France  36–17  Romania
17 April 2005
14:30
Wales  10–13  France
17 April 2005
14:45
Argentina  13–21  Romania

1st Place Play-Off

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 April 2005
 
 
 South Africa17
 
17 April 2005
 
 England12
 
 South Africa20
 
13 April 2005
 
 New Zealand15
 
 New Zealand25
 
 
 Australia25
 
Third place
 
 
17 April 2005
 
 
 England21
 
 
 Australia29
13 April 2005
15:00
South Africa  17–12  England
13 April 2005
13:00
New Zealand  25–25  Australia
17 April 2005
16:30
South Africa  20–15  New Zealand
17 April 2005
14:30
England  21–29  Australia

Division B

Groups

Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D
1 Italy2 Uruguay3 Chile4 Namibia
8 United States7 Western Samoa6 Russia5 Tonga
9 Spain10 South Korea11 Zimbabwe12 Paraguay

Group phase

Pos.TeamMatchesPointsBPTOTAL
MWDL+-+/-
1. Western Samoa3300885+83315
2. Tonga33008931+58214
3. Uruguay320110825+83311
4. Italy320113552+83210
5. Zimbabwe32016372-919
6. Namibia31119654+4228
7. United States31116272-1017
8. South Korea31027182-1126
9. Russia31023283-5115
10. Paraguay310230131-10104
11. Spain30031991-7200
12. Chile300317112-9500
1 April 2005
11:00
Namibia  49–5  Spain
1 April 2005
11:15
Western Samoa  27–0  Zimbabwe
1 April 2005
11:30
United States  32–15  Paraguay
1 April 2005
12:45
Italy  15–25  Tonga
1 April 2005
13:00
Uruguay  41–0  Russia
1 April 2005
13:15
Chile  12–39  South Korea
5 April 2005
11:45
South Korea  15–32  Russia
5 April 2005
12:00
Italy  91–0  Paraguay
5 April 2005
12:00
Spain  6–25  Tonga
5 April 2005
13:45
Namibia  20–20  United States
5 April 2005
13:45
Western Samoa  36–5  Chile
5 April 2005
13:45
Zimbabwe  25–23  Uruguay
9 April 2005
12:00
United States  10–39  Tonga
9 April 2005
12:00
South Korea  22–36  Zimbabwe
9 April 2005
12:00
Uruguay  42–0  Chile
9 April 2005
13:45
Western Samoa  27–0  Russia
9 April 2005
13:45
Italy  29–27  Namibia
9 April 2005
13:45
Spain  8–17  Paraguay

9th Place Play-Off

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 April 2005
 
 
 Russia15
 
17 April 2005
 
 Chile14
 
 Russia38
 
13 April 2005
 
 Spain0
 
 Paraguay17
 
 
 Spain19
 
Third place
 
 
17 April 2005
 
 
 Chile38
 
 
 Paraguay22
13 April 2005
12:00
Russia  15–14  Chile
13 April 2005
12:00
Paraguay  17–19  Spain
17 April 2005
13:15
Russia  38–0  Spain
17 April 2005
11:30
Chile  38–22  Paraguay

5th Place Play-Off

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 April 2005
 
 
 Zimbabwe17
 
17 April 2005
 
 South Korea25
 
 South Korea22
 
13 April 2005
 
 United States22
 
 Namibia17
 
 
 United States19
 
Third place
 
 
17 April 2005
 
 
 Zimbabwe21
 
 
 Namibia33
13 April 2005
13:45
Zimbabwe  17–25  South Korea
13 April 2005
12:00
Namibia  17–19  United States
17 April 2005
13:00
South Korea  22–22  United States
17 April 2005
11:15
Zimbabwe  21–33  Namibia

1st Place Play-Off

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 April 2005
 
 
 Western Samoa24
 
17 April 2005
 
 Italy22
 
 Western Samoa36
 
13 April 2005
 
 Uruguay17
 
 Tonga12
 
 
 Uruguay19
 
Third place
 
 
17 April 2005
 
 
 Italy34
 
 
 Tonga17
13 April 2005
13:45
Western Samoa  24–22  Italy
13 April 2005
13:45
Tonga  12–19  Uruguay
17 April 2005
12:30
Western Samoa  36–17  Uruguay
17 April 2005
11:00
Italy  34–17  Tonga

Final standings

Division APosDivision B
 South Africa1 Western Samoa *
 New Zealand2 Uruguay
 Australia3 Italy
 England4 Tonga
 France5 South Korea
 Wales6 United States
 Romania7 Namibia #
 Argentina8 Zimbabwe #
 Ireland9 Russia #
 Scotland10 Spain #
 Japan11 Chile #
 Georgia *12 Paraguay #

* Georgia was demoted to Division B and Samoa promoted to Division A for next World Championship.

# Namibia, Zimbabwe, Russia, Spain, Chile, and Paraguay were relegated from Division B and had to enter regional competitions to qualify for next World Championship.

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