2005 Under 19 Rugby World Championship

2005 Under 19 Rugby World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	South Africa
Dates	2006-04-01 – 2006-04-28
No. of nations	24
Final positions
Champions	South Africa
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	60
	← 2004 2006 →

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.

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 A		Group B		Group C		Group D
1	New Zealand	2	France	3	South Africa	4	England
8	Japan	7	Ireland	6	Australia	5	Wales
9	Scotland	10	Argentina	11	Georgia	12	Romania

Group phase

Pos.	Team	Matches				Points			BP	TOTAL
Pos.	Team	M	W	D	L	+	-	+/-	BP	TOTAL
1.	South Africa	3	3	0	0	109	34	+75	2	14
2.	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	111	25	+86	2	14
3.	Australia	3	3	0	0	71	6	+65	1	13
4.	England	3	2	0	1	92	44	+48	3	11
5.	Wales	3	2	0	1	133	40	+93	2	10
6.	France	3	1	0	2	63	25	+38	3	7
7.	Romania	3	1	0	2	22	75	-53	1	5
8.	Argentina	3	1	0	2	44	106	-62	1	5
9.	Ireland	3	1	0	2	23	55	-32	0	4
10.	Scotland	3	1	0	2	31	83	-52	0	4
11.	Georgia	3	0	0	3	6	90	-84	0	0
12.	Japan	3	0	0	3	17	139	-122	0	0

1 April 2005
13:15

France	6–10	Australia

ABSA Stadium, Durban

1 April 2005
14:30

England	32–11	Scotland

Kings Park Stadium 2, Durban

1 April 2005
14:45

Ireland	16–0	Georgia

Kings Park Stadium 3, Durban

1 April 2005
15:00

Japan	5–15	Romania

Kings Park Stadium 10, Durban

1 April 2005
15:00

New Zealand	25–8	Wales

ABSA Stadium, Durban

1 April 2005
18:00

South Africa	62–18	Argentina

ABSA Stadium, Durban

5 April 2005
13:30

Scotland	12–44	Wales

Woodburn Stadium, Pietermaritzburg

5 April 2005
15:30

Japan	9–43	England

University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban

5 April 2005
15:30

New Zealand	62–0	Romania

Durban High School, Durban

5 April 2005
15:30

France	48–0	Georgia

Glenwood High School, Durban

5 April 2005
15:30

South Africa	32–7	Ireland

Woodburn Stadium, Pietermaritzburg

5 April 2005
17:15

Argentina	0–38	Australia

Woodburn Stadium, Pietermaritzburg

9 April 2005
14:45

Ireland	0–23	Australia

ABSA Stadium, Durban

9 April 2005
15:30

Argentina	26–6	Georgia

Durban High School, Durban

9 April 2005
15:30

Scotland	8–7	Romania

Glenwood High School, Durban

9 April 2005
15:30

Japan	3–79	Wales

Woodburn Stadium, Pietermaritzburg

9 April 2005
16:30

South Africa	15–9	France

ABSA Stadium, Durban

9 April 2005
17:15

New Zealand	24–17	England

Woodburn Stadium, Pietermaritzburg

Knock out phase

9th-place play-off

Semi-finals		Final

13 April 2005

Ireland	36
		17 April 2005
Japan	18
		Ireland	15
13 April 2005
		Scotland	8
Scotland	32

Georgia	10
		Third place

		17 April 2005

		Japan	24

		Georgia	0

13 April 2005
15:30

Ireland	36–18	Japan

Glenwood High School, Durban

13 April 2005
15:30

Scotland	32–10	Georgia

Durban High School, Durban

17 April 2005
15:00

Ireland	15–8	Scotland

Kings Park Stadium 2, Durban

17 April 2005
12:45

Japan	24–0	Georgia

Kings Park Stadium 10, Durban

5th-place play-off

Semi-finals		Final

13 April 2005

Wales	36
		17 April 2005
Argentina	18
		Wales	10
13 April 2005
		France	13
France	36

Romania	17
		Third place

		17 April 2005

		Argentina	13

		Romania	21

13 April 2005
15:30

Wales	36–18	Argentina

University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban

13 April 2005
16:45

France	36–17	Romania

Woodburn Stadium, Pietermaritzburg

17 April 2005
14:30

Wales	10–13	France

Kings Park Stadium 10, Durban

17 April 2005
14:45

Argentina	13–21	Romania

Kings Park Stadium 3, Durban

1st-place play-off

Semi-finals		Final

13 April 2005

South Africa	17
		17 April 2005
England	12
		South Africa	20
13 April 2005
		New Zealand	15
New Zealand	25

Australia	25
		Third place

		17 April 2005

		England	21

		Australia	29

13 April 2005
15:00

South Africa	17–12	England

Woodburn Stadium, Pietermaritzburg

13 April 2005
13:00

New Zealand	25–25	Australia

Woodburn Stadium, Pietermaritzburg

17 April 2005
16:30

South Africa	20–15	New Zealand

ABSA Stadium, Durban

17 April 2005
14:30

England	21–29	Australia

ABSA Stadium, Durban

Division B

Groups

Group A		Group B		Group C		Group D
1	Italy	2	Uruguay	3	Chile	4	Namibia
8	United States	7	Western Samoa	6	Russia	5	Tonga
9	Spain	10	South Korea	11	Zimbabwe	12	Paraguay

Group phase

Pos.	Team	Matches				Points			BP	TOTAL
Pos.	Team	M	W	D	L	+	-	+/-	BP	TOTAL
1.	Western Samoa	3	3	0	0	88	5	+83	3	15
2.	Tonga	3	3	0	0	89	31	+58	2	14
3.	Uruguay	3	2	0	1	108	25	+83	3	11
4.	Italy	3	2	0	1	135	52	+83	2	10
5.	Zimbabwe	3	2	0	1	63	72	-9	1	9
6.	Namibia	3	1	1	1	96	54	+42	2	8
7.	United States	3	1	1	1	62	72	-10	1	7
8.	South Korea	3	1	0	2	71	82	-11	2	6
9.	Russia	3	1	0	2	32	83	-51	1	5
10.	Paraguay	3	1	0	2	30	131	-101	0	4
11.	Spain	3	0	0	3	19	91	-72	0	0
12.	Chile	3	0	0	3	17	112	-95	0	0

1 April 2005
11:00

Namibia	49–5	Spain

Kings Park Stadium 2, Durban

1 April 2005
11:15

Western Samoa	27–0	Zimbabwe

Kings Park Stadium 3, Durban

1 April 2005
11:30

United States	32–15	Paraguay

Kings Park Stadium 10, Durban

1 April 2005
12:45

Italy	15–25	Tonga

Kings Park Stadium 2, Durban

1 April 2005
13:00

Uruguay	41–0	Russia

Kings Park Stadium 3, Durban

1 April 2005
13:15

Chile	12–39	South Korea

Kings Park Stadium 10, Durban

5 April 2005
11:45

South Korea	15–32	Russia

University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban

5 April 2005
12:00

Italy	91–0	Paraguay

Durban High School, Durban

5 April 2005
12:00

Spain	6–25	Tonga

Glenwood High School, Durban

5 April 2005
13:45

Namibia	20–20	United States

Glenwood High School, Durban

5 April 2005
13:45

Western Samoa	36–5	Chile

Durban High School, Durban

5 April 2005
13:45

Zimbabwe	25–23	Uruguay

University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban

9 April 2005
12:00

United States	10–39	Tonga

Durban High School, Durban

9 April 2005
12:00

South Korea	22–36	Zimbabwe

Glenwood High School, Durban

9 April 2005
12:00

Uruguay	42–0	Chile

Woodburn Stadium, Pietermaritzburg

9 April 2005
13:45

Western Samoa	27–0	Russia

Glenwood High School, Durban

9 April 2005
13:45

Italy	29–27	Namibia

Woodburn Stadium, Pietermaritzburg

9 April 2005
13:45

Spain	8–17	Paraguay

Durban High School, Durban

Knock out phase

9th-place play-off

Semi-finals		Final

13 April 2005

Russia	15
		17 April 2005
Chile	14
		Russia	38
13 April 2005
		Spain	0
Paraguay	17

Spain	19
		Third place

		17 April 2005

		Chile	38

		Paraguay	22

13 April 2005
12:00

Russia	15–14	Chile

University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban

13 April 2005
12:00

Paraguay	17–19	Spain

Glenwood High School, Durban

17 April 2005
13:15

Russia	38–0	Spain

Kings Park Stadium 2, Durban

17 April 2005
11:30

Chile	38–22	Paraguay

ABSA Stadium, Durban

5th-place play-off

Semi-finals		Final

13 April 2005

Zimbabwe	17
		17 April 2005
South Korea	25
		South Korea	22
13 April 2005
		United States	22
Namibia	17

United States	19
		Third place

		17 April 2005

		Zimbabwe	21

		Namibia	33

13 April 2005
13:45

Zimbabwe	17–25	South Korea

University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban

13 April 2005
12:00

Namibia	17–19	United States

Durban High School, Durban

17 April 2005
13:00

South Korea	22–22	United States

Kings Park Stadium 3, Durban

17 April 2005
11:15

Zimbabwe	21–33	Namibia

Kings Park Stadium 3, Durban

1st-place play-off

Semi-finals		Final

13 April 2005

Western Samoa	24
		17 April 2005
Italy	22
		Western Samoa	36
13 April 2005
		Uruguay	17
Tonga	12

Uruguay	19
		Third place

		17 April 2005

		Italy	34

		Tonga	17

13 April 2005
13:45

Western Samoa	24–22	Italy

Glenwood High School, Durban

13 April 2005
13:45

Tonga	12–19	Uruguay

Durban High School, Durban

17 April 2005
12:30

Western Samoa	36–17	Uruguay

ABSA Stadium, Durban

17 April 2005
11:00

Italy	34–17	Tonga

Kings Park Stadium 10, Durban

Final standings

Division A	Pos	Division B
South Africa	1	Western Samoa *
New Zealand	2	Uruguay
Australia	3	Italy
England	4	Tonga
France	5	South Korea
Wales	6	United States
Romania	7	Namibia #
Argentina	8	Zimbabwe #
Ireland	9	Russia #
Scotland	10	Spain #
Japan	11	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.

Sources

Official site