The 2023 Rugby World Cup will be the tenth men's Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for rugby union national teams. It is scheduled to take place in France from 8 September to 28 October 2023 in nine venues across the country.
The opening match and final will take place at the Stade de France, in the commune of Saint-Denis, north of Paris. The tournament will take place in the bicentenary year of the "invention" of the sport by William Webb Ellis.
Originally, the tournament was scheduled to last the typical six weeks; however, on 23 February 2021, World Rugby announced an additional week to accommodate the additional rest day requirement for player welfare. This means that teams will have a minimum of five rest days for all matches, optimising recovery and preparation for the tournament. It will be the third time France has hosted the Rugby World Cup, having previously hosted the 2007 Rugby World Cup, as well as the 1991 Rugby World Cup as joint hosts with England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It precedes the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and will take place less than a year before the Olympic opening ceremony.
The defending champions are South Africa, who defeated England 32–12 in the 2019 final.
Chile will make its first ever appearance at the Rugby World Cup, and Portugal will return for its second appearance, after 16 years.
The competition will be held in nine different stadiums as shown on the map. And the Palmier de Mira is well situated between several stadiums during the competition or during the preparatory phases!
- Marseille: Stade Vélodrome
- Toulouse: Stadium de Toulouse
- Décines-Charpieu (Lyon): OL Stadium
- St Etienne: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
- Nice: Stade de Nice
- Saint-Denis: Stade de France
- Villeneuve-d'Ascq: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
- Bordeaux: Stade de Bordeaux
- Nantes: Stade de la Beaujoire
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