| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host |  South Africa |
| Venue | 3 |
| Date | 29 June – 19 July 2024 (21 days) |
| Teams | 12 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  England (4th title) |
| Runner-up |  France |
| Third place |  New Zealand |
| Fourth place |  Ireland |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 29 |
| Tries scored | 212 (7.31 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Hugo Reus (57) |
| Most tries |  Juan Greising Revol (5) |
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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]
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]
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- ^ "South Africa and Scotland to host World Rugby U20 competitions in 2024" (Press release). World Rugby. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ Morgan, Charlie (20 July 2024). "Bruising England physically dominate France to be crowned Under-20 world champions". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 20 July 2024.
France had won the past three completed tournaments in a sequence stretching back to 2018, the year that they overcame a side featuring Marcus Smith and Ben Curry in Béziers. This was England's first appearance in a decider since that game six years ago. Champions of the Under-20 Six Nations earlier this season, they had reached the decider by ousting Argentina, Fiji, South Africa and Ireland.
- ^ a b Morgan, Charlie (20 July 2024). "Bruising England physically dominate France to be crowned Under-20 world champions". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 20 July 2024.
- ^ "England overpower France to win Under-20 World Cup". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ Meagher, Gerard (20 July 2024). "England dominate France to claim fourth World Rugby under-20 title". The Guardian.
- ^ Morgan, Charlie (20 July 2024). "Bruising England physically dominate France to be crowned Under-20 world champions". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 20 July 2024.
They last met in March in the last round of the Six Nations in Pau, with England triumphing 45–31 to seal the title. That was a thriller, and anything close to it will be an extremely entertaining, fitting way to cap this tournament.
- ^ "U20 Six Nations: Final day recap". RTÉ News. RTÉ. 15 March 2024. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024.