2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship

The 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was the tenth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised in Georgia by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. Twelve nations played in the tournament, which was held in Tbilisi and Kutaisi from 31 May to 18 June.

Teams
The following teams participated in the 2017 World Rugby U20 Championship:

Match officials
The following officials will oversee the thirty matches:


 * Referees
 * Mike Adamson (Scotland)
 * 🇦🇺 Nic Berry (Australia)
 * 🇫🇷 Pierre Brousset (France)
 * 🇦🇷 Pablo de Luca (Argentina)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Foley (England)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dan Jones (Wales)
 * Frank Murphy (Ireland)
 * 🇳🇿 Jamie Nutbrown (New Zealand)
 * Jaco van Heerden (South Africa)


 * Assistant Referees
 * Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
 * 🇯🇵 Tasuku Kawahara (Japan)
 * 🇮🇹 Andrea Piardi (Italy)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Christophe Ridley (England)
 * Shota Tevzadze (Georgia)


 * Television match officials
 * Johan Greeff (South Africa)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jon Mason (Wales)
 * Charles Samson (Scotland)

Pool stage
The fixtures were released in September 2016.

All times are in Georgian Standard Time (UTC+04)

Points were awarded in the Pool Stage via the standard points system:
 * 4 points for a win
 * 2 points for a draw
 * 1 bonus scoring point for scoring 4 or more tries
 * 1 bonus losing point for losing by 7 or less points
 * 0 points for a loss above 7 points

If at completion of the Pool Stage two or more teams were level on points, the following tiebreakers were applied:


 * 1) The winner of the Match in which the two tied Teams have played each other;
 * 2) The Team which has the best difference between points scored for and points scored against in all its Pool Matches;
 * 3) The Team which has the best difference between tries scored for and tries scored against in all its Pool Matches;
 * 4) The Team which has scored most points in all its Pool Matches;
 * 5) The Team which has scored most tries in all its Pool Matches; and
 * 6) If none of the above produce a result, then it will be resolved with a toss of a coin.

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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