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2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship

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Host nation
  
Georgia

No. of nations
  
12

Date
  
31 May – 18 June 2017

The 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship will be the tenth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event is being organised in Georgia by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. A total of twelve nations will play in the tournament, which will be held in Tbilisi and Kutaisi from 31 May to 18 June.

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Teams

The following teams participated in the 2016 World Rugby U20 Championship:

Pool stage

The fixtures were released in September 2016.

All times are in British Summer Time (UTC+01)

Points were awarded in the Pool Stage via the standard points system:

  • 4 points for a win
  • 2 points for a draw
  • 1 bonus scoring point for scoring 4 or more tries
  • 1 bonus losing point for losing by 7 or less points
  • 0 points for a loss above 7 points

    • If at completion of the Pool Stage two or more teams were level on points, the following tiebreakers were applied:

    1. The winner of the Match in which the two tied Teams have played each other;
    2. The Team which has the best difference between points scored for and points scored against in all its Pool Matches;
    3. The Team which has the best difference between tries scored for and tries scored against in all its Pool Matches;
    4. The Team which has scored most points in all its Pool Matches;
    5. The Team which has scored most tries in all its Pool Matches; and
    6. If none of the above produce a result, then it will be resolved with a toss of a coin.

    References

    2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship Wikipedia
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