2024 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy

The 2024 World Rugby U20 Trophy is the fourteenth edition of the second-tier age-grade rugby competition. The tournament will be held in Scotland for the first time.

The tournament is to be held at the 7,800 capacity Edinburgh Rugby Stadium in Edinburgh.

Qualified teams
A total of eight teams were able to qualify. The hosts Scotland and the 2023 World Rugby Under 20 Championship relegation country Japan qualified automatically. The remaining six countries qualified through a qualification process in regional competitions (North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania).


 * Host (1)


 * Relegated from 2023 JWC


 * Asia Rugby (1)


 * Rugby Africa (1)


 * Sudamérica Rugby (1)


 * Rugby Americas North (1)


 * Rugby Europe (1)


 * Oceania Rugby (1)

Match officials
The following 8 referees were announced as official World Rugby referees.


 * Referees
 * 🇧🇷 Cauã Ricardo Santos (Brazil)
 * 🇭🇰 Morgan White (Hong Kong)
 * Katsuki Furuse (Japan)
 * 🇸🇳 Sylvain Mane (Senegal)
 * Ru Campbell (Scotland)
 * Nicolae Fratila (Romania)
 * 🇪🇸 Luis Fernandez (Spain)
 * Ethan Glass (Switzerland)
 * 🇺🇸 Lex Weiner (United States)

Final

 * Scotland were promoted to the World Rugby U20 Championship.