Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship

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Number of teams4 (2018)

The Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship is an international rugby union competition organised by Oceania Rugby, which is the regional governing body for rugby in Oceania. [1] It is contested by men's junior national teams with an under-20 age requirement, and played as two tournaments: the Oceania Championship for teams that qualify for the World Championship; and the Oceania Trophy for teams aiming to compete in the World Rugby U20 Trophy.

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History

This event replaced Oceania's former age-grade competition, the Oceania Under 19 Rugby Championship. The inaugural first division tournament, played at Bond University , Gold Coast on Australia's Gold Coast in May 2015, [1] featured four national under 20 teams and was won by New Zealand. [2]

A planned tournament for a further six national under 20 sides was postponed, [3] [4] [5] until December 2015. However, Fiji and Tonga participated in the Australian Under 20 Rugby Championship to prepare for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy. [1] The inaugural Oceania Rugby U20 Trophy, featuring four national under 20 teams, was played in Suva in December 2015 and won by Fiji. [6]

Teams

The teams for the Oceania Rugby Under 20 tournaments, as of 2022, were:

Championship

Trophy

Tournament winners

Championship

YearHost cityTeamsWinnerRef
2015 Gold Coast, Australia4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand [2]
2016 Gold Coast, Australia2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand [7]
2017 Gold Coast, Australia4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand [8]
2018 Gold Coast, Australia4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand [9]
2019 Gold Coast, Australia4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [10]
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [11]
2021 [12]
2022 Sunshine Coast, Australia4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand [13]

Trophy

YearHost cityTeamsWinnerRef
2015 Suva, Fiji4Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji [6]
2016 Suva, Fiji3Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji [14]
2017 Lautoka, Fiji2Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji [15]
2018 Apia, Samoa2Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga [16]
2019 Not contested  a
2020 Apia, Samoa2Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa [17]
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [18]
2022 Nuku'alofa, Tonga2Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa [19]

Notes

^a The Oceania U20 Trophy is traditionally held in November or December. There was no tournament in 2019 due to the event being pushed back by several months into 2020 to be closer to the World U20 Trophy. [20]

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