The 2005 Under 19 Rugby World Championship took place in South Africa between 1 April and 18 April 2005. South Africa won the final over New Zealand 20–15.
Pool/standings The IRB setting for this tournament was that the matches were to be played between two pools from which the top 4 teams qualified for the semifinals 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.
Division A
Groups Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D 1234 8765 9101112
Group phase Pos.TeamMatchesPointsBPTOTALMWDL+-+/-1.330010934+752142.330011125+862143.3300716+651134.32019244+483115.320113340+932106.31026325+38377.31022275-53158.310244106-62159.31022355-320410.31023183-520411.3003690-840012.300317139-12200
Knock out phase
9th-place play-off
5th-place play-off
1st-place play-off
Division B
Groups Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D 1234 8765 9101112
Group phase Pos.TeamMatchesPointsBPTOTALMWDL+-+/-1.3300885+833152.33008931+582143.320110825+833114.320113552+832105.32016372-9196.31119654+42287.31116272-10178.31027182-11269.31023283-511510.310230131-1010411.30031991-720012.300317112-9500
Knock out phase
9th-place play-off
5th-place play-off
1st-place play-off
Final standings Division APosDivision B 1 * 2 3 4 5 6 7 # 8 # 9 # 10 # 11 # * 12 # * Georgia was demoted to Division B and Samoa promoted to Division A for next World Championship.
# Namibia, Zimbabwe, Russia, Spain, Chile, and Paraguay were relegated from Division B and had to enter regional competitions to qualify for next World Championship.
Sources Official site