World Rugby Trophy in Brazil

In the land of the samba, beaches and football, there us also rugby, and in July one of World Rugby's tournaments will be hosted there - the World Under-20 Trophy.

World Rugby's Under-20 Championship will take place in Argentina in June with the 12 top Under-20 national teams taking part. The Under-20 Trophy is for the next tier of teams.

Eight teams will take part in the Trophy tournament which starts on 9 July 2019 in São José dos Campos, a city in southeast Brazil.

The teams taking part are Brazil, Hong Kong, Japan, Kenya, Portugal, Tonga, Uruguay and the winner of the two-match play-off between the USA and Canada, which is scheduled for 4 and 8 June 2019 in Victoria, British Columbia.

The teams are divided into two pools.

Pool A: Japan, Kenya, Uruguay, USA/Canada

Pool B: Brazil, Hong Kong, Portugal, Tonga.

The winner of the tournament will be automatically promoted to the Under-20 Championship for 2020.

Fixtures

The matches will be played at Estádio Martins Pereira, a rugby ground in São José dos Campos.

Round 1 - Wednesday, 9 July 2019

Japan vs USA/Canada

Tonga vs Brazil

Kenya vs Uruguay

Portugal vs Hong Kong

Round 2 - Saturday, 13 July 2019

Tonga vs Hong Kong

Japan vs Uruguay

Kenya vs USA/Canada

Portugal vs Brazil

Round 3 - Wednesday, 17 July 2019

Japan vs Kenya

Tonga vs Portugal

Uruguay vs USA/Canada

Hong Kong vs Brazil

Play-offs are on Sunday, 21 July 2019. They will decide the ranking order of the teams.