The 2023 Rugby World Cup was held in France from September 8 to October 28, 2023. Matches took place across nine venues in nine different French cities. The opening game and the final were played at the Stade de France in Saint- Denis, near Paris

. The nine host cities and their stadiums included:

• Paris (Stade de France)
• Bordeaux (Stade de Bordeaux)
• Lille (Stade Pierre Mauroy)
• Lyon (Parc OL Stadium)
• Marseille (Stade Vélodrome)
• Nantes (Stade de la Beaujoire)
• Nice (Stade de Nice)
• Saint-Étienne (Stade Geoffroy-Guichard)
• Toulouse (Stadium de Toulouse)

This tournament was the tenth Rugby World Cup and featured 20 national teams competing in 48 matches across these venues