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2012 IRB Junior World Championship

Field	Value
name	2012 IRB Junior World Championship
type	Under 20
logo	JWC South Africa 2012.jpg
date	4–22 June 2012
host	South Africa
nations	12
champion	South Africa
runnerup	New Zealand
third	Wales
matches	30
preceded by	[2011](2011-irb-junior-world-championship) Italy
succeeded by	France [2013](2013-irb-junior-world-championship)
champdest	2

The 2012 IRB Junior World Championship was the fifth IRB Junior World Championship, an annual international rugby union competition for Under-20 national teams. This competition replaced the now defunct Under 19 and Under 21 world championships. The event was held in South Africa between 4 and 22 June 2012 and organised by world rugby's governing body, the International Rugby Board (IRB). A total of 12 nations played in the tournament. New Zealand came into the tournament as defending champions. South Africa were crowned 2012 champions after defeating New Zealand 22–16 in the final on 22 June at Newlands Stadium.

After finishing last at the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship, Tonga had been relegated to the IRB Junior World Trophy and therefore did not participate in this year's event. They had been replaced with Samoa, who won the 2011 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy. Italy were relegated to the IRB Junior World Trophy for 2013 after losing the last place play-off to Fiji. They were replaced in 2013 with the United States, winner of the 2012 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy.

Venues

The championship was held in Cape Town, South Africa. In an effort to improve TV broadcasting for all matches, only two venues were planned to be used. However, on 8 June 2012, organizers moved all the matches that were scheduled to be played at the Danie Craven Stadium in Stellenbosch to the Cape Town Stadium in Green Point and Newlands Stadium in Newlands due to heavy rain that damaged the pitches of the initial venue.

Suburb	Venue	Capacity
Stellenbosch	Danie Craven Stadium	16,000
Bellville	University of the Western Cape Stadium	2,500
Green Point	Cape Town Stadium	55,000
Newlands	Newlands Stadium	51,900

Squads

Main article: 2012 IRB Junior World Championship squads

Teams

Pool	Number of tournaments	Position last year	Position this year	Notes
A	4	1	2	Runners-up
A	4	6	11
A	4	7	3	Bronze medal winner
A	3	DNP	10	Promoted from [2011 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy](2011-irb-junior-world-rugby-trophy)
B	4	2	7
B	4	5	1	Champions
B	4	8	5
B	3	11	12	Relegated to [2013 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy](2013-irb-junior-world-rugby-trophy)
C	4	3	8
C	4	4	6
C	4	9	4
C	4	10	9

Pool stage

All times are in South African Standard Time (UTC+2).

Pool A

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="20"|Pld !width="20"|W !width="20"|D !width="20"|L !width="20"|TF !width="20"|PF !width="20"|PA !width="25"|PD !width="20"|BP !width="20"|Pts |- | 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 11 || 127 || 27 || +100 || 2 || 14 |- | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 15 || 102 || 21 || +81 || 3 || 11 |- | 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 7 ||45 || 80 || -35 || 0 || 4 |- | 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 6 || 152 || -146 || 0 || 0 |}

E. Walker 47' c D. Harris 66' c C. Allen 68' c M. Morgan 71' c C. Hill 80' m M. Morgan (3/4) 67', 68', 72' J. Kerevi 25' c

M. Keresoma (3) 16' m, 23' c, 77' c R. Marshall 21' c M. McKenzie (2) 35' c, 61' m N. Ross 51' m N. Harris 80' m S. Eade (1/3) 78'

S. Kerevi (2) 69' m, 78' m

T. Prydie (2/2) 46', 64'

M. Morgan 18' c T. Prydie (2) 24' m, 54' c R. Jones 31' m C. Allen 45' c T. Pascoe 48' c E. Jenkins 64' c G. Thomas 74' c I. Jones 77' c D. Harris 79' c

G. Preston 44' c M. Proctor 49' c J. Emery (2) 65' c, 80' m A. Simolo 68' c

Pool B

Pld	W	L	TF	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
3	2	1	13	99	41	+58	3	11
3	2	1	10	79	51	+28	2	10
3	2	1	11	99	48	+51	1	9
3	0	3	2	20	157	-137	0	0

M. Yarde (2) 29' c, 78' c D. Robson 38' c L. Cowan-Dickie 45' c K. Sinckler 62' c R. Mills 65' c T. Heathcote 68' c S. Hill 76' c T. Heathcote (4/5) 63', 66', 69', 78'

C. Gilsenan 66' c

P. Willemse 20' c J. Serfontein (2) 27' c, 58' c S. Kitshoff 38' m V. van der Watt 52' c B. Steyn 62' c P. Howard 80+1' c T. Jantjies (1/2) 80+2'

K. Sinckler 66' c K. Marmion 25' m

C. Farrell 5' c A. Conneely 7' c J. Rael 51' m L. McGrath 55' c G. Calabrese 17' m

S. Adendorff (2) 47' c, 68' c P.-S. du Toit 60' c

Pool C

Pld	W	L	TF	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
3	3	0	7	50	30	+20	0	12
3	2	1	8	76	54	+22	3	11
3	1	2	12	77	58	+19	1	5
3	0	3	7	53	114	-61	2	2

N. Frisby 4' c H. Roach (2) 13' m, 43' c J. Dargaville 17' c A. Latunipulu 26' m C. Sautia (2) 31' c, 47' m C. Browning 63' c S. Latu 65' c M. Ngauamo 74' m U. Seuteni (2/3) 64', 65' J. Farndale 55' c

J. Cappiello 54' c

P. Matera 76' m

J. Kazubek 55' c S. Taofifenua 77' m E. Selponi (1/2) 57' H. Leonard 64' m J. Farndale 72' m

L. Ramella 41' m M. Eadie 80' c

V. Martin 59' c P. Jedrasiak 79' c T. Laranjeira (1/1) 80'

Standings after the group stage

Pos	Pld	W	L	TF	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
1	3	3	0	17	127	27	+100	2	14
2	3	3	0	7	50	30	+20	0	12
3	3	2	1	13	99	41	+59	3	11
4	3	2	1	15	102	21	+81	3	11
5	3	2	1	8	76	54	+22	3	11
6	3	2	1	10	79	51	+28	2	10
7	3	2	1	11	99	48	+51	1	9
8	3	1	2	12	77	58	+19	1	5
9	3	1	2	7	45	80	−35	0	4
10	3	0	3	7	53	114	−61	2	2
11	3	0	3	3	20	157	−137	0	0
12	3	0	3	0	6	152	−146	0	0

Knockout stage

9–12th place play-offs

|17 June – Bellville||34||17 |17 June – Bellville||20||29 |22 June – Bellville||62||28 |22 June – Bellville||17||19

Semi-finals

J. Farndale (2) 19' m, 60' c F. Russell 32' c D. Odiete 54' c

L. Ratumuri 50' m J. Raikabula 77' m P. Schuster 39' c U. Poliko 41' c F. Ah Ki 53' m

11th place game

9th place game

5–8th place play-offs

|17 June – Bellville||27||12 |17 June – Newlands||19||17 |22 June – Newlands||7||18 |22 June – Bellville||13||17

Semi-finals

N. Frisby 68' c

I. Henderson 16' c J. Coghlan 72' c H. Slade 76' c

7th place game

5th place game

Finals

|17 June – Newlands||6||30 |17 June – Newlands||3||35 |22 June – Newlands||16||22 |22 June – Newlands||25||17

Semi-finals

J. Emery 42' c J. Taufua 51' m O. Tu'ungafasi 63' m

M. Pretorius 36' m R. Rhule (2) 40' c, 52' c T. Jantjies (1/3) 66'

Third place game

Final

J. Serfontein 61' m

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