2024 World Rugby U20 Championship
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The 2024 World Rugby U20 Championship was the 14th edition of the premier age-grade (World Rugby Under-20 Championship) rugby union competition. The tournament was hosted in South Africa for the third time, previously being held in 2012 and 2023.[1] Played over twenty-one days in the Western Cape locations of Stellenbosch and Cape Town, the U20 Championship features the twelve best U20 nations in the world competing for the world title.[2]
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Venue | 3 |
Date | 29 June – 19 July 2024 (21 days) |
Teams | 12 |
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Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 29 |
Tries scored | 212 (7.31 per match) |
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The defending champions were France whom had won the previous three tournaments back-to-back.[3]
England won the competition defeating France in the final, 21–13.[4][5][6] Going into the tournament, the two finallists had met each other earlier in the year (March 2024) at the 2024 U20 Six Nations Championship.[4] England had also won that fixture, 31–45.[7][8]