2005 Under 19 Rugby World Championship
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| 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.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | W | D | L | + | - | +/- | ||||
| 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 |
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 | |||||
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 | |||||
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 | |||||
