The 2012 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,...

will be the fifth 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 will be 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).

Venues

The championships will be held in Cape Town

Cape Town

Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...

, South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

. In an effort to improve TV broadcasting for all matches, only two venues will be used.

City	Ground	Capacity
Stellenbosch	Danie Craven Stadium Danie Craven Stadium Danie Craven Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium at Coetzenburg in Stellenbosch, South Africa. It is part of the Stellenbosch University's sport facilities. The stadium was named after rugby doyen and Springbok scrum half Danie Craven. The stadium holds 16,000 people and was built in 1979.The Danie...	16,000
Cape Town (Belville)	University of the Western Cape Stadium University of the Western Cape Stadium University of the Western Cape Stadium, commonly abbreviated and referred to as UWC Stadium, and sometimes also referred to as University of the Western Cape Sports Ground, is a multi-use stadium, situated in the Bellville suburb of Cape Town, at the Western Cape Province in South Africa...	2,500 (seats)

Teams

Pool	Team	Number of tournaments	Position last year
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A
A
A
B
B
B
B
C
C
C
C

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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9–12th place play-offs

Semifinals

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11th place game

9th place game

5–8th place play-offs

Semifinals

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7th place game

5th place game

Finals

Semifinals

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Third place game

Final

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