Rugby - IRB Junior World Championship - Statistics

• Summary by team since 2008

  Team	Victories	First Victory	Last Victory
  New Zealand U-20	6	2008	2017
  England U-20	4	2013	2024
  France U-20	3	2018	2023
  South Africa U-20	2	2012	2025

• Winners and finalists since 2008

  Team	Winners	Finalists
  New Zealand U-20	6	2
  England U-20	4	6
  France U-20	3	1
  South Africa U-20	2	1
  Australia U-20		2
  Ireland U-20		2
  Wales U-20		1
  Argentina U-20

• Various statistics since 2008
  
  

  Number of appearances

  1	Argentina U-20	16
  2	Australia U-20	16
  3	England U-20	16
  4	France U-20	16
  5	Ireland U-20	16
  6	New Zealand U-20	16
  7	South Africa U-20	16
  8	Wales U-20	16
  9	Italy U-20	14
  10	Scotland U-20	13

  Number of matches

  1	Argentina U-20	61
  2	Wales U-20	60
  3	Scotland U-20	60
  4	Ireland U-20	60
  5	France U-20	60
  6	South Africa U-20	60
  7	England U-20	60
  8	New Zealand U-20	60
  9	Australia U-20	59
  10	Italy U-20	50

  Games per appearance

  1	Canada U-20	5
  2	Samoa U-20	5
  3	Tonga U-20	5
  4	United States U-20	5
  5	Uruguay U-20	5
  6	Scotland U-20	4.6
  7	Argentina U-20	3.8
  8	England U-20	3.8
  9	France U-20	3.8
  10	Ireland U-20	3.8

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  Wins

  1	New Zealand U-20	49
  2	England U-20	47
  3	South Africa U-20	43
  4	France U-20	40
  5	Australia U-20	35
  6	Wales U-20	35
  7	Argentina U-20	30
  8	Ireland U-20	28
  9	Scotland U-20	21
  10	Italy U-20	14

  Number of wins in games played

  1	New Zealand U-20	82 %
  2	England U-20	78 %
  3	South Africa U-20	72 %
  4	France U-20	67 %
  5	Australia U-20	59 %
  6	Wales U-20	58 %
  7	Argentina U-20	49 %
  8	Ireland U-20	47 %
  9	Georgia U-20	35 %
  10	Scotland U-20	35 %

  Drawn matches

  1	France U-20	1
  2	South Africa U-20	1
  3	Argentina U-20	0
  4	Australia U-20	0
  5	Canada U-20	0
  6	England U-20	0
  7	Fiji U-20	0
  8	Georgia U-20	0
  9	Ireland U-20	0
  10	Italy U-20	0

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  Losses

  1	Scotland U-20	39
  2	Italy U-20	36
  3	Ireland U-20	32
  4	Argentina U-20	31
  5	Fiji U-20	31
  6	Samoa U-20	29
  7	Wales U-20	25
  8	Australia U-20	24
  9	Japan U-20	22
  10	France U-20	19

  Number of losses in games played

  1	United States U-20	100 %
  2	Uruguay U-20	100 %
  3	Japan U-20	88 %
  4	Canada U-20	80 %
  5	Fiji U-20	78 %
  6	Tonga U-20	75 %
  7	Samoa U-20	73 %
  8	Italy U-20	72 %
  9	Georgia U-20	65 %
  10	Scotland U-20	65 %

  Number of ties in games played

  1	France U-20	2 %
  2	South Africa U-20	2 %
  3	Argentina U-20	0 %
  4	Australia U-20	0 %
  5	Canada U-20	0 %
  6	England U-20	0 %
  7	Fiji U-20	0 %
  8	Georgia U-20	0 %
  9	Ireland U-20	0 %
  10	Italy U-20	0 %

• All time table since 2008

  (Based on W=3 pts, D=2 pts and L=1 pts)

  	Team	S	Firs	Best	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
  1	New Zealand U-20	16	2008	1st	196	60	49	0	11	2526	880	+1646
  2	England U-20	16	2008	1st	188	60	47	0	13	2029	1186	+843
  3	South Africa U-20	16	2008	1st	173	60	43	1	16	2264	1160	+1104
  4	France U-20	16	2008	1st	161	60	40	1	19	1651	1254	+397
  5	Australia U-20	16	2008	2nd	140	59	35	0	24	1895	1226	+669
  6	Wales U-20	16	2008	2nd	140	60	35	0	25	1542	1398	+144
  7	Argentina U-20	16	2008	3rd	120	61	30	0	31	1435	1539	-104
  8	Ireland U-20	16	2008	2nd	112	60	28	0	32	1446	1445	+1
  9	Scotland U-20	13	2008	-	84	60	21	0	39	1241	1871	-630
  10	Italy U-20	14	2008	-	56	50	14	0	36	828	1599	-771
  11	Samoa U-20	8	2008	-	44	40	11	0	29	658	1315	-657
  12	Fiji U-20	11	2008	-	36	40	9	0	31	710	1369	-659
  13	Georgia U-20	8	2016	-	28	20	7	0	13	347	589	-242
  14	Tonga U-20	4	2008	-	20	20	5	0	15	314	650	-336
  15	Japan U-20	7	2008	-	12	25	3	0	22	447	907	-460
  16	Canada U-20	2	2008	-	8	10	2	0	8	153	415	-262
  17	Uruguay U-20	1	2009	-	0	5	0	0	5	43	236	-193
  18	United States U-20	2	2008	-	0	10	0	0	10	86	576	-490

General Informations

• First edition : 2008
• Editions : 15 (including 2025)
• Official name : IRB Junior World Championship
• Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRB_Junior_World_Championship
• Organiser : International Rugby Board
• Official website : http://www.irb.com/jwc/index.html
• First winner : New Zealand U-20
• Most wins : New Zealand U-20 (6)
• Most recent winner : South Africa U-20