2006 Under 19 Rugby World Championship
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host nation |
 United Arab Emirates
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| Dates | 2006-04-04 – 2006-04-21 |
| No. of nations | 24 |
| Final positions | |
Champions 
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 Australia
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Runner-up 
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 New Zealand
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 60 |
| Top scorer(s) |
Colin Slade New Zealand
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The 2006 Under 19 Rugby World Championship took place in United Arab Emirates between 4 April and 21 April 2006. Australia won the final over New Zealand 17–13.
The IRB setting for this tournament was that the matches were to be played between two pools from which the top 4 teams qualified for the semifinals and the team that finished at the bottom of the Division A pool was to be relegated to the Division B.
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.
* Romania was initially demoted to Division B and Fiji promoted to Division A for next World Championship.
# Chile, Russia, Namibia, Chinese Taipei, South Korea and USA were relegated from Division B and had to enter regional competitions to qualify for next World Championship.
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