2006 Under 19 Rugby World Championship

2006 Under 19 Rugby World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	United Arab Emirates
Dates	2006-04-04 – 2006-04-21
No. of nations	24
Final positions
Champions	Australia
Runner-up	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	60
Top scorer(s)	Colin Slade  New Zealand
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The 2006 Under 19 Rugby World Championship took place in United Arab Emirates between 4 April and 21 April 2006. Australia won the final over New Zealand 17–13.

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.

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

Pos.	Team	Matches				Points			BP	TOTAL
		M	W	D	L	+	-	+/-
1.	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	150	41	+109	2	14
2.	France	3	3	0	0	87	33	+54	1	13
3.	Australia	3	2	0	1	183	34	+149	3	11
4.	England	3	2	0	1	89	58	+31	3	11
5.	Wales	3	2	0	1	119	43	+76	2	10
6.	Ireland	3	2	0	1	51	57	-6	0	8
7.	Argentina	3	1	0	2	45	55	-10	2	6
8.	South Africa	3	1	0	2	65	87	-22	1	5
9.	Scotland	3	1	0	2	56	113	-57	1	5
10.	Japan	3	1	0	2	40	155	-115	1	5
11.	Western Samoa	3	0	0	3	23	70	-47	2	2
12.	Romania	3	0	0	3	26	188	-162	0	0

	Semi-finals				Final
	17 April 2006
	Japan	0
					21 April 2006
	Western Samoa	26
					Western Samoa	12
	17 April 2006
					Scotland	18
	Scotland	38
	Romania	10
					Third place
					21 April 2006
					Japan	13
					Romania	13

	Semi-finals				Final
	17 April 2006
	Ireland	19
					21 April 2006
	Argentina	13
					Ireland	20
	17 April 2006
					Wales	15
	Wales	33
	South Africa	21
					Third place
					21 April 2006
					Argentina	26
					South Africa	7

	Semi-finals				Final
	17 April 2006
	New Zealand	24
					21 April 2006
	England	11
					New Zealand	13
	17 April 2006
					Australia	17
	France	16
	Australia	26
					Third place
					21 April 2006
					England	12
					France	12

Group A		Group B		Group C		Group D
1	Georgia	2	Uruguay	3	Italy	4	Tonga
8	Canada	7	Chinese Taipei	6	United States	5	South Korea
9	Chile	10	Fiji	11	Russia	12	Namibia

Pos.	Team	Matches				Points			BP	TOTAL
		M	W	D	L	+	-	+/-
1.	Fiji	3	3	0	0	129	36	+93	3	15
2.	Tonga	3	3	0	0	69	29	+40	2	14
3.	Italy	3	2	0	1	174	56	+118	3	11
4.	Canada	3	2	0	1	129	39	+90	2	10
5.	Georgia	3	2	0	1	80	25	+55	2	10
6.	Uruguay	3	2	0	1	74	43	+31	1	9
7.	Chile	3	1	0	2	45	48	-3	1	5
8.	Russia	3	1	0	2	42	78	-36	1	5
9.	Namibia	3	1	0	2	30	49	-19	0	4
10.	United States	3	0	1	2	23	100	-77	0	2
11.	Chinese Taipei	3	0	1	2	31	160	-129	0	2
12.	South Korea	3	0	0	3	13	176	-163	0	0

	Semi-finals				Final
	16 April 2006
	Namibia	51
					20 April 2006
	South Korea	5
					Namibia	57
	16 April 2006
					Chinese Taipei	10
	United States	14
	Chinese Taipei	15
					Third place
					20 April 2006
					South Korea	30
					United States	28

	Semi-finals				Final
	16 April 2006
	Georgia	33
					20 April 2006
	Russia	8
					Georgia	38
	16 April 2006
					Uruguay	18
	Uruguay	24
	Chile	5
					Third place
					20 April 2006
					Russia	9
					Chile	10

	Semi-finals				Final
	16 April 2006
	Fiji	20
					20 April 2006
	Canada	13
					Fiji	22
	16 April 2006
					Tonga	14
	Tonga	24
	Italy	10
					Third place
					20 April 2006
					Canada	8
					Italy	35

Division A	Pos	Division B
Australia	1	Fiji *
New Zealand	2	Tonga
England	3	Italy
France	4	Canada
Ireland	5	Georgia
Wales	6	Uruguay
Argentina	7	Chile #
South Africa	8	Russia #
Scotland	9	Namibia #
Western Samoa	10	Chinese Taipei #
Japan	11	South Korea #
Romania *	12	United States #

* Romania was initially demoted to Division B and Fiji promoted to Division A for next World Championship.

# Chile, Russia, Namibia, Chinese Taipei, South Korea and USA were relegated from Division B and had to enter regional competitions to qualify for next World Championship.

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