The 2023 Rugby World Cup was held in France from September 8 to October 28, 2023. Matches took place across nine host cities: Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Nice, Paris (Saint-Denis), Saint-Étienne, and Toulouse

. The opening game and the final were played at the Stade de France in Saint- Denis, just north of Paris, which has a capacity of around 80,000 spectators

. Other key stadiums included Stade Pierre Mauroy in Lille, Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, Stade de Bordeaux, Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Stade Beaujoire in Nantes, Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Étienne, Stade de Nice, and the stadium in Toulouse

. Thus, the entire tournament was hosted throughout France in these nine cities.