2023 World Rugby U20 Trophy

The 2023 World Rugby U20 Trophy was the thirteenth edition of the second-tier age-grade rugby competition. The tournament was held in Kenya for the second time, previously being held in 2009.^[1]

World Rugby Under 20 Trophy

Tournament details
Host	Kenya
Date	15–30 July 2023
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Spain
Runner-up	Uruguay
Third place	Scotland
← 2019 2024 →

This Under 20 competition (alongside the Championship) was 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 were however various regional U20 competitions with the Six Nations Under 20s Championship and Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship continuing to take place.

The tournament was 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 9 referees were announced as official World Rugby referees.

Referees

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

Pool stage

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	−/+	TF	TA	BP	Pts
Uruguay	3	3	0	0	121	71	+50	13	9	2	14
Scotland	3	2	0	1	130	83	+47	20	10	3	11
Zimbabwe	3	1	0	2	85	152	−67	11	20	2	6
United States	3	0	0	3	81	111	−30	8	13	3	3

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15 July 10:00 EAT (UTC+03)

Scotland	64–33	Zimbabwe
	Report

Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Robin Kaluzniak (Canada)

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15 July 14:00 EAT (UTC+03)

Uruguay	33–31	United States
	Report

Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)

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20 July 12:00 EAT (UTC+03)

Uruguay	51–14	Zimbabwe
	Report

Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Craig Chan (Hong Kong)

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20 July 14:00 EAT (UTC+03)

Scotland	40–13	United States
	Report

Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Sylvain Mane (Senegal)

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25 July 10:00 EAT (UTC+03)

United States	37–38	Zimbabwe
	Report

Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Craig Chan (Hong Kong)

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25 July 16:00 EAT (UTC+03)

Scotland	26–37	Uruguay
	Report

Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Cauã Ricardo Santos (Brazil)

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	−/+	TF	TA	BP	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	129	28	+101	20	3	2	14
Samoa	3	2	0	1	74	80	-6	10	10	2	10
Kenya	3	1	0	2	65	98	−33	9	15	1	5
Hong Kong	3	0	0	3	43	105	−62	5	15	3	3

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15 July 12:00 EAT (UTC+03)

Samoa	34–25	Kenya
	Report

Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Saba Abulashvili (Georgia)

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15 July 16:00 EAT (UTC+03)

Spain	53–0	Hong Kong
	Report

Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Precious Pazani (Zimbabwe)

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20 July 10:00 EAT (UTC+03)

Samoa	30–27	Hong Kong
	Report

Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Cauã Ricardo (Brazil)

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20 July 16:00 EAT (UTC+03)

Spain	48–18	Kenya
	Report

Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Kat Roche (United States)

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25 July 12:00 EAT (UTC+03)

Kenya	22–16	Hong Kong
	Report

Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)

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25 July 14:00 EAT (UTC+03)

Spain	28–10	Samoa
	Report

Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Kat Roche (United States)

Knockout stage

7th place

30 July 10:00 EAT (UTC+03)

United States	47–22	Hong Kong
	Report

Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Precious Pazani (Zimbabwe)

5th place

30 July 14:00 EAT (UTC+03)

Zimbabwe	64–10	Kenya
	Report

Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Sylvain Mane (Senegal)

3rd place

30 July 12:00 EAT (UTC+03)

Scotland	83–10	Samoa
	Report

Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Robin Kaluzniak (Canada)

Final

30 July 16:00 EAT (UTC+03)

Uruguay	32–39	Spain
	Report

Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi Referee: Saba Abulashvili (Georgia)

References

1. "World Rugby U20 tournaments return to Africa in 2023" (Press release). World Rugby. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.

External links

• World Rugby U20 Trophy 2023 - Official Website