U20 Barthés Trophy

The U20 Barthés Trophy is an annual rugby union competition that features national Under-20 teams from Africa, organised by Rugby Africa. The tournament began in 2007 with Uganda as the host, which saw Namibia winning the title.

U20 Barthés Trophy
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 U20 Barthés Trophy
SportRugby union
Founded2007
No. of teams8
ContinentAfrica
Most recent
champion(s)		 Zimbabwe

The tournament champion qualifies to the following year's World Rugby U20 Championship organised by World Rugby.

History

The 2020 tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2][3][4]

Tournament placings

U20 Barthés Trophy
Year Host Winner Runner-up Third Place Fourth Place
2017 Madagascar Namibia Kenya Zimbabwe Madagascar
2018 Namibia Namibia Kenya Zimbabwe Madagascar
2019 Kenya Kenya Namibia Senegal Tunisia
2020Cancelled
2021 Kenya Kenya Madagascar Senegal
2022 Kenya Zimbabwe Namibia Kenya Madagascar
2023 Kenya Zimbabwe Kenya Namibia Tunisia

Previous Tournaments

Division A

Year Host Winner Runner-up Third Place Fourth Place
2007 Uganda Namibia Zimbabwe Morocco Tunisia
2008 Tunisia Namibia Zimbabwe Kenya
2009 Kenya Zimbabwe Namibia Kenya Morocco
2010 Ivory Coast Zimbabwe Namibia
2011 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Namibia Kenya Madagascar
2012 Zimbabwe Namibia Zimbabwe Kenya Tunisia
2013 South Africa Namibia Kenya Zimbabwe Madagascar
2014 Namibia Namibia Kenya Zimbabwe Tunisia
2015 Zimbabwe Namibia Zimbabwe Kenya Uganda
2016 Namibia Namibia Zimbabwe Kenya  Tunisia

Division B

Year Host Winner Runner-up Third Place Fourth Place
2007 Kenya Kenya Uganda Ivory Coast
2012 Zimbabwe Madagascar Zimbabwe Select Zambia Morocco
2013 Tunisia Tunisia Uganda Senegal
2014 Uganda Uganda Madagascar Senegal Zambia
2015 Tunisia Tunisia Senegal Madagascar Morocco

References
  1. "U20 Barthés trophy postponed due to coronavirus concerns – KBC". Kenyan Digest. 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  2. "Rugby Africa announces competition program and calendar for 2021". infobae (in European Spanish). 2021-07-12. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  3. Njiru, Eric. "New dates for Barthes Cup". ragahouse.com. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  4. "Rugby Africa postpones U20 Barthés Trophy due to coronavirus concerns". Ventures Africa. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
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