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{{Infobox rugby tournament
| name = 2005 Under 21 Rugby World Championship
| type = Under 21
| logo =
| date = 9–25 June 2005
| host = Argentina
| nations = 12
| champion = South Africa
| runnerup = Australia
| third = New Zealand
| matches = 30
| attendance = 
| top scorer = 
| most tries = 
| preceded by = [[2004 Under 21 Rugby World Championship|2004]] {{flagicon|Scotland}}
| succeeded by = [[2006 Under 21 Rugby World Championship|2006]] {{flagicon|France}}
}}

The '''2005 Under-21 Rugby World Championship''' took place in [[Argentina]] between 9 June and 25 June 2005. The 2005 championship was the fourth contested. This championship saw [[South Africa]] win the final over [[Australia]] 24–20.

== Venues ==
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! [[Chacras Rugby Club]]
! [[Estadio Malvinas Argentinas]]
! [[Liceo Rugby Club]]
! [[Marista Rugby Club]]
! [[Mendoza Rugby Club]]
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| [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
| [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
| [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
| [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
| [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
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| Capacity: '''40,268'''
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| [[File:Estadio Malvinas Argentinas.JPG|150px]]
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== Participants ==
The following 12 teams participated in the 2005 Under-21 Rugby World Championship.

{| class="wikitable" width=98%
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!width=25%| '''[[Confederation of African Rugby|Africa]]'''
!width=25%| '''[[Rugby Americas North|Americas]]'''
!width=25%| '''[[FIRA–AER|Europe]]'''
!width=25%| '''[[FORU|Oceania]]'''
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*{{ruu|21|RSA}}
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*{{ruu|21|ARG}}
*{{ruu|21|CAN}}
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*{{ruu|21|ENG}}
*{{ruu|21|FRA}}
*{{ruu|21|IRE}}
*{{ruu|21|ITA}}
*{{ruu|21|SCO}}
*{{ruu|21|WAL}}
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*{{ruu|21|AUS}}
*{{ruu|21|NZL}}
*{{ruu|21|SAM}}
|}

== Pool stages ==
The 12 teams were split into four groups of three teams. After all pool matches teams are ranked by total match points. Four group winners qualify for the [[semi-finals]] and bottom eight enter play-offs for positions 5–8 and 9–12.

===Pool A–D===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=200|Team
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|PF
!width=20|PA
!width=30|PD
!width=20|BP
!width=20|Pts
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|{{ruu|21|NZL}}
|3||2||0||1||195||68||+127||4||'''12'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{ruu|21|ARG}}
|3||2||0||1||121||63||+58||3||'''11'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{ruu|21|SCO}}
|3||1||0||2||82||72||+10||2||'''6'''
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=200|Team
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|PF
!width=20|PA
!width=30|PD
!width=20|BP
!width=20|Pts
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|{{ruu|21|AUS}}
|3||3||0||0||99||85||+14||2||'''14'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{ruu|21|WAL}}
|3||1||0||2||70||104||−34||3||'''7'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{ruu|21|CAN}}
|3||0||0||3||34||209||−175||0||'''0'''
|}

*9 June,	New Zealand	'''60–15'''	Wales	        [[Liceo RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
*9 June,	Scotland	'''22–28'''	Australia	[[Chacras RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
*9 June,	Argentina	'''65–7'''	Canada	        [[Liceo RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
*13 June,	New Zealand	'''92–7'''	Canada	        [[Mendoza RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
*13 June,	Scotland	'''8–24'''	Wales	        [[Maristas RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
*13 June,	Argentina	'''20–25'''	Australia	[[Mendoza RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
*17 June,	New Zealand	'''43–46'''	Australia	[[Chacras RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
*17 June,	Scotland	'''52–20'''	Canada	        [[Liceo RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
*17 June,	Argentina	'''36–31'''	Wales	        [[Chacras RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]

===Pool B–C===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=200|Team
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|PF
!width=20|PA
!width=30|PD
!width=20|BP
!width=20|Pts
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{ruu|21|ENG}}
|3||1||0||2||95||93||+2||2||'''6'''
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|style="text-align:left"|{{ruu|21|IRE}}
|3||1||0||2||77||94||−17||1||'''5'''
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|style="text-align:left"|{{ruu|21|ITA}}
|3||0||0||3||63||149||−86||3||'''3'''
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=200|Team
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|PF
!width=20|PA
!width=30|PD
!width=20|BP
!width=20|Pts
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|{{ruu|21|RSA}}
|3||3||0||0||159||44||+115||3||'''15'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|{{ruu|21|FRA}}
|3||3||0||0||111||90||+21||2||'''14'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{ruu|21|SAM}}
|3||1||0||2||66||101||−35||0||'''4'''
|}

*9 June,  England  '''52–22'''  Samoa  [[Maristas RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
*9 June,  Italy  '''3–83'''  South Africa  [[Maristas RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
*9 June,	Ireland	        '''23–31'''	France	        [[Chacras RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
*13 June,	England	        '''16–34'''	South Africa	[[Liceo RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
*13 June,	Ireland	        '''29–21'''	Samoa	        [[Maristas RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
*13 June,	Italy	        '''40–43'''	France	        [[Liceo RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
*17 June,	England	        '''27–37'''	France	        [[Mendoza RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
*17 June,	Italy	        '''20–23'''	Samoa	        [[Mendoza RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
*17 June,	Ireland	        '''25–42'''	South Africa	[[Liceo RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]

==Semi-finals==
*21 June, Argentina	'''20–6'''	England	[[Mendoza RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
*21 June, Ireland	'''77–3'''	Canada	[[Chacras RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
*21 June, South Africa	'''16–12'''	New Zealand	[[Liceo RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
*21 June, Wales	'''25–43'''	Scotland	[[Mendoza RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
*21 June, Samoa	'''38–25'''	Italy	[[Chacras RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
*21 June, France	'''16–28'''	Australia	[[Liceo RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]

==Play-Offs==
*11th Place Play-Off
**25 June, 	Italy '''30–33'''	Canada	[[Chacras RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
*9th Place Play-Off
**25 June, 	Ireland	'''34–17'''	Samoa	[[Maristas RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
*7th Place Play-Off
**25 June, 	Wales	'''32–57'''	England	[[Liceo RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
*5th Place Play-Off
**25 June, 	Argentina	'''39–7'''	Scotland	[[Mendoza RC]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]
*3rd Place Play-Off
**25 June, 	France	'''21–47'''	New Zealand	[[Malvinas Argentinas]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]

==Championship final==
25 June, South Africa	'''24–20'''	Australia	[[Malvinas Argentinas]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]

==External links==
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20061205051136/http://www.irbu21.com/EN/Home/home.htm IRB21.com]}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061013235808/http://www.irb.com/EN/Home/ IRB.com]

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