The following 24 teams, shown by region, qualified for the 2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship .

Referees edit

These were chosen to Officiate at the 2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 4–21 April.

• James Bolabiu (Fiji)
• Phillip Bosch (South Africa)
• Sarah Corrigan (Australia)
• Alan Falzone (Italy)
• Jérôme Garcès (France)
• James Jones (Wales)
• David Keane (Ireland)
• Javier Mancuso (Argentina)
• João Mourinha (Portugal)
• Neil Paterson (Scotland)
• Julian Pritchard (Australia)
• Dean Richards (England)
• Phil Smith (Canada)
• Matt Stanish (New Zealand)

Touch judge panel edit

• Peter Ferguson (Ireland)
• Richard Kerr (Ireland)
• Kyosuke Toda (Japan)
• Laifaga Unasa (Samoa)

Sarah Corrigan the Australian match official created history when she took charge of the Division B match between Zimbabwe v Canada on 4 April 2007, becoming the first female to referee at an IRB 15-man tournament outside the Women's Rugby World Cup. (The first woman ever to officiate at any IRB tournament outside the Women's Rugby World Cup was American Dana Teagarden, who was referee for six matches at the 2007 USA Sevens, an event in the IRB Sevens World Series held in February 2007.)

The IRB setting for this tournament was that the matches were to be played between two pools from which the top 8 teams qualified for the Quarter finals 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 edit

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Wales qualified for the Division A semi-finals by virtue of having the highest points in the pool stage.

Pool A vs Pool D Results

Pool B vs Pool C Results

Division B edit

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Italy, Canada, Georgia and the USA qualified for the Division B semi-finals by virtue of having the highest points in the pool stage.

Pool A vs Pool D Results

Pool B vs Pool C Results

Using the final positions from the pool phase the knock-out round 1 matches were made on the following basis:

• Match 1 – 10th versus 11th
• Match 2 – 9th versus 12th
• Match 3 – 6th versus 7th
• Match 4 – 5th versus 8th
• Match 5 – 2nd versus 3rd (deemed a semi-final)
• Match 6 – 1st versus 4th (deemed a semi-final)

For round 2 of the knock out phase

• The loser of Match 1 plays the loser of Match 2 for 11th place
• The winner of Match 1 plays the winner of Match 2 for 9th place
• The loser of Match 3 plays the loser of Match 4 for 7th place
• The winner of Match 3 plays the winner of Match 4 for 5th place
• The loser of Match 5 plays the loser of Match 6 for 3rd place
• The winner of Match 5 plays the winner of Match 6 for 1st place (the final)

Division A edit

Round 1

Category	Date	Team	Score	Team	Venue
10th v 11th	17 April 2007, 17:30	Fiji	7–11	Scotland	Belfast Harlequins, Belfast
9th v 12th	17 April 2007, 19:30	Ireland	31–10	Japan	Shaw's Bridge, Belfast
6th v 7th	17 April 2007, 17:30	England	31–13	Argentina	Shaw's Bridge, Belfast
5th v 8th	17 April 2007, 19:30	France	25–13	Samoa	Belfast Harlequins, Belfast
2nd v 3rd	17 April 2007, 17:30	Australia	18–32	South Africa	Ravenhill, Belfast
1st v 4th	17 April 2007, 19:30	New Zealand	36–12	Wales	Ravenhill, Belfast

Round 2 (Play-offs)

Category	Date	Team	Score	Team	Venue
11th Place Play-Off	21 April 2007, 15:30	Fiji	60–12	Japan	Belfast Harlequins, Belfast
9th Place Play-Off	21 April 2007, 15:00	Scotland	0–34	Ireland	Ravenhill, Belfast
7th Place Play-Off	21 April 2007, 13:30	Argentina	12–13	Samoa	Shaw's Bridge, Belfast
5th Place Play-Off	21 April 2007, 15:30	England	17–43	France	Shaw's Bridge, Belfast
3rd Place Play-Off	21 April 2007, 17:30	Australia	25–21	Wales	Ravenhill, Belfast
Final	21 April 2007, 19:30	South Africa	7–31	New Zealand	Ravenhill, Belfast

Division B edit

Round 1

Category	Date	Team	Score	Team	Venue
10th v 11th	16 April 2007, 17:30	Chinese Taipei	10–35	Romania	Queen's, Belfast
9th v 12th	16 April 2007, 17:30	Cook Islands	14–22	Russia	Malone, Belfast
6th v 7th	16 April 2007, 17:30	Uruguay	21–3	Chile	Bangor, Bangor
5th v 8th	16 April 2007, 19:30	Tonga	26–11	Zimbabwe	Bangor, Bangor
2nd v 3rd	16 April 2007, 19:30	Canada	19–3	Georgia	Malone, Belfast
1st v 4th	16 April 2007, 19:30	Italy	31–6	United States	Queen's, Belfast

Round 2 (Play-offs)

Category	Date	Team	Score	Team	Venue
11th Place Play-Off	20 April 2007, 17:30	Chinese Taipei	29–10	Cook Islands	Malone, Belfast
9th Place Play-Off	20 April 2007, 17:30	Romania	20–10	Russia	Queen's, Belfast
7th Place Play-Off	20 April 2007, 19:30	Chile	10–12	Zimbabwe	Malone, Belfast
5th Place Play-Off	20 April 2007, 19:30	Uruguay	15–24	Tonga	Queen's, Belfast
3rd Place Play-Off	20 April 2007, 18:00	Georgia	5–24	United States	Bangor, Bangor
Final	20 April 2007, 19:30	Canada	3–22	Italy	Shaw's Bridge, Belfast

Therefore, New Zealand are the Under 19 Rugby World Champions for 2007 and Italy are promoted to Division A.

The final standings are based on the 3 pool matches plus a further 2 matches to determine standings.

Division A	Pos	Division B
New Zealand	1	Italy *
South Africa	2	Canada
Australia	3	United States
Wales	4	Georgia
France	5	Tonga
England	6	Uruguay
Samoa	7	Zimbabwe #
Argentina	8	Chile #
Ireland	9	Romania #
Scotland	10	Russia #
Fiji	11	Chinese Taipei #
Japan *	12	Cook Islands #

* Japan was initially demoted to Division B and Italy promoted to Division A for future World Championships. However, with the creation of the IRB Junior World Championship, both teams competed in its inaugural edition in 2008. This event featured all teams from the 2007 Division A, plus Italy, Canada, the US, and Tonga.

# Zimbabwe, Chile, Romania, Russia, Chinese Taipei and the Cook Islands were initially relegated from Division B and had to enter regional competitions to qualify for future World Championships. This did not change with the creation of the Junior World Championship and IRB Junior World Trophy; Georgia and Uruguay were given automatic berths to the 2008 IRB Junior World Trophy, while remaining nations had to play in regional qualifying for the remaining six berths.

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