The 2010 IRB Junior World Championship

IRB Junior World Championship

The IRB Junior World Championship is an international rugby union competition. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Rugby Board , and is contested by 12 men's junior national teams , with an under-20 age requirement. The inaugural tournament was held in June 2008,...

was the third annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, this competition replaced the now defunct under 19 and under 21 world championships. The event was organised by rugby's governing body, the International Rugby Board

International Rugby Board

The International Rugby Board is the governing body for the sport of rugby union. It was founded in 1886 as the International Rugby Football Board by the unions of Scotland, Wales and Ireland. England refused to join until 1890. The International Rugby Football Board changed its name to the...

 (IRB). The competition was contested by 12 men's junior national teams and was held in June 2010 and hosted by Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

. The competition was won by New Zealand

New Zealand national under-20 rugby union team

The New Zealand under 20 rugby team are the newest representative rugby union team from New Zealand. They replace the two former age grade teams Under 19's and Under 21's. Their first tournament was the 2008 IRB Junior World Championship, which they won after defeating England 38–3 in the final....

.

Venues

City	Ground	Capacity
Santa Fe Santa Fe, Argentina Santa Fe is the capital city of province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It sits in northeastern Argentina, near the junction of the Paraná and Salado rivers. It lies opposite the city of Paraná, to which it is linked by the Hernandarias Subfluvial Tunnel. The city is also connected by canal with the...	Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López	32,500
Paraná Paraná, Entre Ríos Paraná is the capital city of the Argentine province of Entre Ríos, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, opposite the city of Santa Fe, capital of the neighbouring Santa Fe Province...	Club Atlético Estudiantes	16,740
Rosario	Estadio Newell's Old Boys Estadio Newell's Old Boys Estadio Marcelo Bielsa is Newell's Old Boys' multi-use stadium in Rosario, Argentina. It didn't have any official name until December 22, 2009, when it was named after the former manager of the club Marcelo Bielsa. Until then it was simply called El Coloso del Parque , and this remained as the...	39,121

Pool A

136

4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/-	BP	Pts
	3	3	0	0	22	164	28
3	15
	3	2	0	1	5	63	59
0	8
	3	1	0	2	3	29	87	−58	0	4
	3	0	0	3	3	32	114	−82	1	1

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Pool B

49

3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/-	BP	Pts
	3	3	0	0	9	101	52
1	13
	3	2	0	1	5	65	62
1	9
	3	1	0	2	8	69	100	−31	0	4
	3	0	0	3	5	64	85	−21	2	2

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Pool C

114

92

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/-	BP	Pts
	3	3	0	0	25	167	53
3	15
	3	2	0	1	20	148	56
4	12
	3	1	0	2	4	40	134	−94	0	4
	3	0	0	3	2	22	134	−112	0	0

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9th place play-offs

Play-off semi finals

11th place play-off

9th place play-off

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5th place play-offs

Play-off semi finals

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7th place play-off

5th place play-off

Championship play-offs

Championship semi finals

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3rd place play-off

Final

Final standings

Pos	Team
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Media coverage

IRB

International Rugby Board

The International Rugby Board is the governing body for the sport of rugby union. It was founded in 1886 as the International Rugby Football Board by the unions of Scotland, Wales and Ireland. England refused to join until 1890. The International Rugby Football Board changed its name to the...

 broadcasting rights:

ESPN+

ESPN+

ESPN + is an ESPN channel based in Argentina broadcasting to 8 countries of South America. Its programming is mostly football, tennis and rugby union related...

 (All matches): FOX

Fox Sports (Australia)

Fox Sports is an Australia group of sports channels. They are owned by the Premier Media Group, which is in turn owned by News Corporation, and Consolidated Media Holdings. Its main competitors are ESPN, which has little local content and the free-to-air digital channel One HD...

 (Australian matches plus semis and finals): BandSports

Rede Bandeirantes

Rede Bandeirantes , officially nicknamed Band or Band Network, is a television network from Brazil, based in São Paulo. Part of the Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação , it aired for the first time in 1967...

 (12 matches): Setanta

Setanta Sports (Canada)

Sportsnet World is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel owned by Rogers Media. Sportsnet World primarily airs top level association football , featuring exclusive coverage of the Barclays Premier League along with content from other leagues in Europe...

 (12 matches): Elijah Communications (12 matches): Fiji TV

Fiji Television

Fiji Television Limited is Fiji's television network. It was founded on 15 June 1994 as the first permanent television broadcasting network in the country, although television had previously been introduced temporarily in October 1991 to broadcast the Rugby World Cup as well as Cricket World Cup....

 (Fiji matches on delay plus 12 matches): Setanta Ireland

Setanta Ireland

Setanta Sports Ireland is a subscription based Irish sports channel featuring local and international sporting events. The channel is available on some basic cable packages in the Republic of Ireland, while it is available upon direct subscription to the Setanta Sports package on other networks...

 (12 matches): Ananey Communications (12 matches): Sky

SKY Network Television

Sky Network Television Limited , , is a New Zealand pay television service. On 30 June 2011, Sky had 829,421 subscribers, which comprises:*808,617 digital subscribers*20,840 other subscribers...

 (12 matches): TV Niue (12 matches): DTH (12 matches): SBC (12 matches): Solomon Islands National TV (12 matches): Digicel

Digicel

Digicel is a mobile phone network provider covering parts of Oceania, Central America, and the Caribbean regions. The company is owned by Irishman Denis O'Brien, is incorporated in Bermuda, and based in Jamaica. It provides mobile services in 26 countries and territories throughout the Caribbean...

 (12 matches): Sky

Sky Digital (UK & Ireland)

Sky is the brand name for British Sky Broadcasting's digital satellite television and radio service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28.2° east and Eutelsat's Eurobird 1 satellite at 28.5°E. The service was originally launched as Sky Digital, distinguishing it from the original...

 (12 matches): S4C

S4C

S4C , currently branded as S4/C, is a Welsh television channel broadcast from the capital, Cardiff. The first television channel to be aimed specifically at a Welsh-speaking audience, it is the fifth oldest British television channel .The channel - initially broadcast on...

 (Welsh matches plus semis and finals)

• Latin America
  Latin America
  Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages  – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
  
  : ESPN Sur (Host broadcaster)
• Middle East
  Middle East
  The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
  
  : Showtime
  Orbit Showtime
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   (10 matches)
• Pan Asia: Eurosport
  Eurosport
  Eurosport is a pan-European television sport network operated by French broadcaster TF1 Group. The network of channels are available in 59 countries, in 20 different languages providing viewers with European and international sporting events...
  
   (12 matches)
• Pan Europe: Eurosport
  Eurosport
  Eurosport is a pan-European television sport network operated by French broadcaster TF1 Group. The network of channels are available in 59 countries, in 20 different languages providing viewers with European and international sporting events...
  
   (12 matches)
• Southern Africa
  Southern Africa
  Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. Within the region are numerous territories, including the Republic of South Africa ; nowadays, the simpler term South Africa is generally reserved for the country in English.-UN...
  
  : M-Net
  M-Net
  M-Net is a subscription-funded television channel in South Africa, established in 1986 by Naspers....
  
  /SuperSport (12 matches)

External links

• 2010 IRB Junior World Championship match schedule