The World Rugby Under 20 Trophy, known as the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy until 2014, was an international rugby union competition organised by World Rugby and contested by eight men's junior national teams with an under-20 age requirement. It replaced the former Under-19 and Under-21 world championships and served as the second level of World Rugby's under-20 structure, below the Under 20 Championship, with promotion and relegation between the two: the Trophy winner moved up to the next year's Championship and the last-placed Championship team dropped down. The inaugural tournament was held in June 2008, hosted by Chile and won by Uruguay. The Trophy was discontinued after its last edition, and World Rugby announced a new cross-regional U20 Challenger Cup, to be hosted first by Chile in 2026.
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The event was organised by the sport's governing body, World Rugby
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The inaugural tournament was held in 2008, hosted by Chile, and won by Uruguay.
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is contested by 8 men's junior national teams with an under-20 age requirement
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Chile has finished among the top three teams several times in the IRB JWRT, and has twice hosted the event.
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