2025 World Rugby U20 Championship
The 2025 World Rugby U20 Championship, also known as Italia 2025, was the 15th edition of the premier age-grade rugby union competition. It was held from 29 June to 19 July in Italy, being hosted in the cities of Viadana, Calvisano, Verona and Rovigo. The country has previously hosted the age-grade Championship twice before: 2011 and 2015. Italy were also confirmed to host the 2020 edition, but the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Qualification
The championship featured twelve teams, eleven of which are ranked based on their performance in the previous edition of the tournament, with the twelfth being 2024 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy winners Scotland, who returned to the Championship having been relegated in 2019. Scotland replaced Fiji who were relegated after finishing twelfth in 2024. Due to 2026 edition being re-expanded to 16 teams, this was first-ever edition where no team got relegated.England entered as defending champions, whom defeated France 21–13 in the 2024 final.
Teams
The teams participating in the tournament are listed in the table below, with a summary of their previous best results at the World Rugby Under 20 Championship included.| Team | Result | Best Result | |
| 14 | 5th | Third place | |
| 14 | 6th | Runners-up | |
| 14 | 1st | Champions | |
| 14 | 2nd | Champions | |
| 6 | 9th | Eighth place | |
| 14 | 4th | Runners-up | |
| 12 | 10th | Eighth place | |
| 14 | 3rd | Champions | |
| 14 | 7th | Champions | |
| 12 | align=center | Fifth place | |
| 1 | 11th | Eleventh place | |
| 14 | 8th | Runners-up |
Match officials
The following officials were named for the tournament, with an official panel of ten referees designated to oversee the game, and five television match officials / foul play review officers. Along side the World Rugby appointed officials, local home union referees were used as assistant referees.;Referees
- Tomas Bertazza
- Ben Breakspear
- Griffin Colby
- Katsuki Furuse
- Peter Martin
- Marcus Playle
- Jérémy Rozier
- Filippo Russo
- Lex Weiner
- Morgan White
- Luca Bisetto
- Riccardo Bonato
- Alberto Favaro
- Alex Frasson
- Franco Rosella
- Lorenzo Pedezzi
- Leo Colgan
- Graham Cooper
- Aled Griffiths
- Quinton Immelman
- Dan Jones
Venues
Four venues were announced on 14 March in line with the announcement of the hosts. It included Stadio San Michele, Calvisano and Stadio Luigi Zaffanella, Viadana who previously hosted the tournament in 2015, whilst Stadio Mario Battaglini, Rovigo hosted the tournament in 2011. It will be the first time Payanini Center, Verona has hosted the event when in Italy, though was due to host matches in the cancelled 2020 edition.Pool stage
Pool A
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Pool B
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Pool C
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