2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship
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| 2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship | |
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| 2007-04-04 - 2007-04-21 | |
| Host nation |  Northern Ireland |
| No. of nations | 24 |
| Champions |  New Zealand |
| Runner-up |  South Africa |
| Matches played | 60 |
| Top scorer | Leigh Halfpenny  Wales |
The International Rugby Board (IRB) awarded the 2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship to the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) and the Ulster branch hosted it. The Tournament, which took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland from April 4-21, was split into two divisions of twelve teams. Division A games took place in Belfast at Belfast Harlequins' Deramore Park, Ulster Rugby's Ravenhill Stadium, and Cooke RFC/Instonians' Shaw's Bridge complex. Division B games were held in Queen's University of Belfast's The Dub complex and Malone RFC's Gibson Park in Belfast, and Bangor RFC's Upritchard Park in Bangor.
Defending champion and top seed Australia began its title defence against Ireland on April 5 as part of a Round One double-header at Ravenhill that also included number three seed New Zealand against France.
The seedings of all teams in Division A and the top six teams in Division B were based on the final standings at the 2006 Tournament. Seeds 7 – 12 inclusive in Division B represented teams who had qualified for 2007 via regional tournaments and their seeding was drawn randomly. All 24 participating teams were confirmed on January 2007.
This was the final Under 19 World Championship. The IRB decided to fold its under-19 and under-21 world championships into a two-tiered under-20 tournament structure starting in 2008. The top tier, the IRB Junior World Championship, will feature 16 teams, while eight teams will compete in the second-tier IRB Junior World Trophy.
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[edit] Qualification
The following 24 teams, shown by region, qualified for the 2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship .
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[edit] Match officials
[edit] Referees
These were chosen to Officiate at the 2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship in Belfast, Northern Ireland from April 4-21.
- James Bolabiu (Fiji)
- Phillip Bosch (South Africa)
- Sarah Corrigan (Australia)
- Alan Falzone (Italy)
- Jerome Garces (France)
- James Jones (Wales)
- David Keane (Ireland)
- Javier Mancuso (Argentina)
- Joao Mourinha (Portugal)
- Neil Paterson (Scotland)
- Julian Pritchard (Australia)
- Dean Richards (England)
- Phil Smith (Canada)
- Matt Stanish (New Zealand)
[edit] Touch judge panel
- Peter Ferguson (Ireland)
- Richard Kerr (Ireland)
- Kyosuke Toda (Japan)
- Laifaga Unasa (Samoa)
Sarah Corrigan the Australian match official created history when she took charge of the Division B match between Zimbabwe v Canada on 4 April 2007, becoming the first female to referee at an IRB 15-man tournament outside the Women’s Rugby World Cup. (The first woman ever to officiate at any IRB tournament outside the Women's Rugby World Cup was American Dana Teagarden, who was referee for six matches at the 2007 USA Sevens, an event in the IRB Sevens World Series held in February 2007.)
[edit] Pool/standings
The IRB setting for this tournament was that the matches were to be played between two pools from which the top 8 teams qualified for the Quarter finals 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.
[edit] Division A
Pool A
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