Japan returned to the Championship tournament for the first time since 2015,[1] replacing Tonga from the previous year and joining Fiji,[2] New Zealand,[3] and hosts Australia for the three-round tournament at Bond University on the Gold Coast.

[4] The Oceania Championship was played over three rounds in nine days, with Australia defeating New Zealand by 24–0 in the last match of the round-robin tournament to take the title for the first time.

[5][6] The teams for the 2019 Oceania Rugby Under 20 tournament were:[7] Source: World Rugby Archived 22 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine

Due to a change in scheduling there was no Oceania Under 20 Trophy contested in 2019.

In previous seasons the competition was held during December in the year before the World Rugby Under 20 Trophy.