2023 Rugby World Cup Explained

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Other Titles:French: Coupe du monde de rugby 2023
Datefrom:8 September
Dateto:28 October
Host:France
Nations:20 (34 qualifying)
Count:4
Matches:48
Top Scorer: Owen Farrell (75)
Most Tries: Will Jordan (8)
Prev:2019
Next:2027

The 2023 Rugby World Cup (French: Coupe du monde de rugby 2023) was the tenth men's Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national rugby union teams. It took place in France from 8 September to 28 October 2023 in nine venues across the country. The opening game and final took place at the Stade de France, north of Paris. The tournament was held in the bicentenary year of the purported invention of the sport by William Webb Ellis.[1]

The tournament was scheduled to last six weeks, but in February 2021 World Rugby added a week to provide additional rest days for player welfare. This meant that teams had a minimum of five days' rest for all matches. It was the fourth time France has hosted the Rugby World Cup, having previously done so in 2007 and co-hosted the 1991 Rugby World Cup and 1999 Rugby World Cup with England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. This was the last tournament to feature 20 teams taking part, as the tournament will be expanded to include 24 teams in 2027.

The defending champions were South Africa, who defeated England in the 2019 Rugby World Cup final.[2] South Africa retained their title by defeating New Zealand in the final.[3] In doing so, they became the first team to win the tournament four times and they remain the only team to ever win the World Cup after losing a match in the pool stage, as well as the first team to win successive World Cup titles away from home.[4] The result also marked their second victory over New Zealand in a final (winning 15–12 a.e.t. in 1995), and also their second victory in a final on French soil (defeating England 15–6 in 2007). As well as winning the World Cup after losing a Pool game for the second consecutive time, they won each of their knockout games against France, England and New Zealand by a margin of 1 point.

Chile made their first appearance in the tournament. Portugal returned for their second appearance, 16 years after their debut in 2007, also in France.

Host selection

See also: 2023 Rugby World Cup bids. World Rugby requested that any members wishing to host the 2023 event were to submit an expression of interest by June 2015. A total of six unions responded. The Italian Rugby Federation were among the members interested, but withdrew from their bid on 28 September 2016. The Argentine Rugby Union and USA Rugby both expressed their interest in hosting the event but ultimately decided against a formal bid. Three bids were officially submitted to World Rugby by the June 2017 deadline.

On 15 November 2017, the French Rugby Federation bid was chosen ahead of bids by the South African Rugby Union and the Irish Rugby Football Union. France had launched its bid on 9 February 2017.[5]

Venues

Stadia

On 17 March 2017, twelve host cities were selected.[6] This list was later reduced to nine cities (excluding Paris, Montpellier, and Lens):

Paris
(Saint-Denis)
MarseilleLyon
(Décines-Charpieu)
Lille
(Villeneuve-d'Ascq)
Stade de FranceStade de MarseilleOL StadiumStade Pierre-Mauroy
Capacity: 80,698Capacity: 67,394Capacity: 59,186Capacity: 50,186
Bordeaux
Stade de Bordeaux
Capacity: 42,115
Saint-ÉtienneNiceNantesToulouse
Stade Geoffroy-GuichardStade de NiceStade de la BeaujoireStadium de Toulouse
Capacity: 41,965Capacity: 35,624Capacity: 35,322Capacity: 33,150

Team base camps

TeamCity
La Baule-Escoublac, Loire-Atlantique
Saint-Étienne, Loire
Perros-Guirec, Côtes-d'Armor
Le Touquet, Pas-de-Calais
Lormont, Gironde
Rueil-Malmaison, Hauts-de-Seine
Île de RéLa Rochelle, Charente-Maritime
Tours, Indre-et-Loire
Bourgoin-Jallieu, Isère
Toulouse, Haute-Garonne
Aix-les-Bains, Savoie
Lyon, Rhône
Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales
Libourne, Gironde
Montpellier, Hérault
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes
Toulon, Var
Croissy-sur-Seine, Yvelines
Avignon, Vaucluse
Versailles, Yvelines

Source: [7]

Teams

Qualification

See main article: article and 2023 Rugby World Cup qualifying. Twenty teams competed. A total of 12 teams gained automatic qualification for the tournament after finishing in the top three of their pool at the 2019 Rugby World Cup, which included France already automatically qualified as host. The remaining eight spaces were decided by regional competitions followed by a few cross-regional play-offs.

Two berths were reserved to the European region. Spain originally qualified as Europe 2, but Romania lodged an official complaint that Spain had fielded an ineligible player during the qualifying tournament. After a controversial investigation, it was concluded that the player in question had falsified his passport: Spain received a deduction of 10 points, resulting in them being effectively ejected from the competition, with Romania replacing them as Europe 2 behind Georgia, unaffected as Europe 1. Portugal then took Romania's spot in the repechage tournament as Europe 3.[8]

In Oceania and Asia, traditional middle powers emerged, with Samoa claiming the region's place at the World Cup (Fiji, New Zealand and Australia having automatically qualified). Tonga, the second Oceanian team, then won a playoff against Hong Kong, the highest ranked Asian representative, to claim their ninth appearance at a Rugby World Cup. Hong Kong proceeded to the final repechage tournament.

In Africa, Namibia reached their seventh Rugby World Cup as Africa 1, with Kenya moving forward to the final repechage.

The Americas were allocated two qualifying berths through a series of playoff matches spanning both regions. The 2023 Rugby World Cup witnessed historic developments in North and South American rugby. Canada's absence marked the first time in history that the country failed to qualify for the tournament. Similarly, the United States found themselves excluded from the competition for the first time since 1995, representing a notable departure from previous editions. The absence of North American representation significantly shifted the regional dynamic due to unified North and South American qualification matches.

On 18 November 2022, Portugal won the repechage tournament, overcoming Kenya, Hong Kong and the United States to be the last country to qualify for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

Qualified teams
RegionTeamQualification
method
Previous
Previous best resultWorld
Rank
¹
AfricaTop 3 in 2019 RWC pool7data-sort-value="1"Champions 2
Africa 16data-sort-value="9"Pool stage 21
AsiaTop 3 in 2019 RWC pool9data-sort-value="5"Quarter-finals 14
EuropeHosts9data-sort-value="2"Runners-up 3
Top 3 in 2019 RWC pool9data-sort-value="1"Champions 8
Top 3 in 2019 RWC pool9data-sort-value="5"Quarter-finals 1
Top 3 in 2019 RWC pool9data-sort-value="9"Pool stage 13
Top 3 in 2019 RWC pool9data-sort-value="4"Fourth place 5
Top 3 in 2019 RWC pool9data-sort-value="3"Third place 10
Europe 15data-sort-value="9"Pool stage 11
Europe 28data-sort-value="9"Pool stage 19
Final Qualifier1data-sort-value="9"Pool stage 16
OceaniaTop 3 in 2019 RWC pool9data-sort-value="1"Champions 9
Top 3 in 2019 RWC pool8data-sort-value="5"Quarter-finals 7
Top 3 in 2019 RWC pool9data-sort-value="1"Champions 4
Oceania 18data-sort-value="5"Quarter-finals 12
Asia/Pacific 18data-sort-value="5"Pool stage 15
South America and North America RugbyTop 3 in 2019 RWC pool9data-sort-value="3"Third place 6
Americas 14data-sort-value="9"Pool stage 17
Americas 20data-sort-value="10"Debut22
¹as of 4 September 2023 post warm-up matches

Squads

See also: 2023 Rugby World Cup squads.

Each team could submit a squad of 33 players for the tournament, an increase from 31 that was allowed in 2019. The squads were to be submitted to World Rugby by 1 September. If a team needed to call-up a new player, a player must first have been withdrawn from the active 33-player squad which is usually as a consequence of a long-term injury.

On 1 May, Wales were the first team to name their extended training squad for the tournament.

Draw

The pool draw took place on 14 December 2020 in Paris.[9] The draw returned to its traditional place of the year following the previous World Cup, after the end-of-year internationals.

The seeding system from previous Rugby World Cups was retained with the 12 automatic qualifiers from 2019 being allocated to their respective bands based on their World Rugby Rankings on 1 January 2020:

The remaining two bands were made up of the eight qualifying teams, with allocation to each band being based on the previous Rugby World Cup playing strength:

This meant the 20 teams, qualified and qualifiers, were seeded thus (world ranking as of 1 January 2020):

Having the draw so early (almost three years before the competition) has been criticised. Changes in the World Rugby Rankings have taken place since, meaning that Pool B contained three of the top five teams (Ireland (1), South Africa (2) and Scotland (5)), while Pool A contained France (3) and New Zealand (4). Meanwhile, Pool C's highest-ranked team at the start of the tournament was Fiji (7).[10] [11] World Rugby CEO Alan Gilpin pledged that draws for future World Cups would be better balanced.[12]

Preparation

See also: 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches.

Match officials

World Rugby named the following 12 referees, seven assistant referees and for the first time an expanded television match officials team of seven to handle the 48 matches.[13]

Amongst the squad, Wayne Barnes officiated at a record fifth Rugby World Cup, while Nika Amashukeli became the first Georgian referee in the World Cup and first Tier 2 representative to referee a game since the game turned professional. Matthew Carley, Karl Dickson and Andrew Brace made their first appearance in a World Cup as a referee and Joy Neville became the first female named on match official panel for a men's Rugby World Cup.

Referees
Assistant referees
Television match officials
/ Foul play review officer

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony, directed and written by Jean Dujardin, Olivier Ferracci and Nora Matthey, took place on 8 September 2023 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, before the opening match between France and New Zealand.[14] [15]

Pool stage

Competing countries were divided into four pools of five teams (pools A to D). Teams in each pool played one another in a round-robin, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.

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Points allocation in pool stage

Pool A

See main article: article and 2023 Rugby World Cup Pool A.

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8 September 202327–13Stade de France, Saint-Denis
9 September 202352–8Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Étienne
14 September 202327–12Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq
15 September 202371–3Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse
20 September 202338–17Stade de Nice, Nice
21 September 202396–0Stade de Marseille, Marseille
27 September 202336–26Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu
29 September 202396–17Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu
5 October 202373–0Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu
6 October 202360–7Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu

Pool B

See main article: article and 2023 Rugby World Cup Pool B.

width=15%width=25%width=10%width=25%
9 September 202382–8Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
10 September 202318–3Stade de Marseille, Marseille
16 September 202359–16Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
17 September 202376–0Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
23 September 20238–13Stade de France, Saint-Denis
24 September 202345–17Stade de Nice, Nice
30 September 202384–0Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq
1 October 202349–18Stade de Marseille, Marseille
7 October 202336–14Stade de France, Saint-Denis
8 October 202345–24Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq

Pool C

See main article: article and 2023 Rugby World Cup Pool C.

width=15%width=25%width=10%width=25%
9 September 202335–15Stade de France, Saint-Denis
10 September 202332–26Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
16 September 202328–8Stade de Nice, Nice
17 September 202315–22Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Étienne
23 September 202318–18Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse
24 September 202340–6Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu
30 September 202317–12Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
1 October 202334–14Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Étienne
7 October 202343–19Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
8 October 202323–24Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse

Pool D

See main article: article and 2023 Rugby World Cup Pool D.

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9 September 202327–10Stade de Marseille, Marseille
10 September 202342–12Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse
16 September 202343–10Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
17 September 202334–12Stade de Nice, Nice
22 September 202319–10Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Étienne
23 September 202371–0Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq
28 September 202328–22Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse
30 September 202359–5Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
7 October 202318–17Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq
8 October 202327–39Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Knockout stage

See main article: 2023 Rugby World Cup knockout stage.

The knockout stage consisted of three single-elimination rounds culminating in a final and a third-place playoff. In the case of a tie in regulation time, two 10-minute periods of extra time would be played to determine a winner. If the scores were tied at the end of extra time, an additional 10-minute "sudden death" period would be played, with the first team to score any points being the winner. If the score still remained tied, a kicking competition would ensue.

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

See main article: article and 2023 Rugby World Cup final.

Statistics

See main article: article and 2023 Rugby World Cup statistics.

Most tries

8 tries
6 tries
5 tries

Most points

Top 10 points scorers
PlayerTeamTotalDetails
width=14%Trieswidth=14%Conversionswidth=14%Penaltieswidth=14%Drop goals
Owen Farrell75012152
Thomas Ramos7412190
Emiliano Boffelli6729130
Johnny Sexton5831730
Richie Mo'unga5611850
Damian McKenzie5351400
Rikiya Matsuda4601180
Ben Donaldson452770
George Ford410483
Will Jordan408000

Broadcasting rights

TerritoryRights holderRef.
Star+, ESPN, TVP[18]
Stan Sportalign=center rowspan=2[19]
Nine Network
ProSieben[20]
Play Sports
Sport Klub
ESPN[21]
BNT[22]
TSN[23]
CaribbeanESPN[24]
Mega[25]
Cook Islands Television[26]
Sport Klub
Czech Television
Viaplay
Go3 Sport
Fiji Television[27]
Viaplay
TF1align=center rowspan=3[28]
M6
GPB[29]
ProSieben MAXXalign=center rowspan=2[30]
ran.de and Joyn
Viaplay
FanCode[31]
Indian subcontinentSony Sports Network[32]
RTÉalign=center rowspan=2[33]
Virgin Media
Sport1

RAI[34]
Sky Sport[35]
J Sports[36]
Nippon TV[37]
NHK[38]
Latin Americaalign=center rowspan=2[39]
Star+
Go3 Sport
SRG SSR
Go3 Sport
PBS[40]
Middle East and North AfricaStarz[41]
Sport Klub
NBC[42]
Ziggo Sport[43]
Sky Sport[44]
Sky Open[45]
Stuff[46]
Sport Klub
Viaplay
EM TV
Polsat Sport[47]
RTP[48]
Sport TV
Digi Sport[49]
Orange Sport[50]
SBC
Sport Klub
Sport Klub
TTV
SuperSport[51]
Coupang Play[52]
Southeast AsiabeIN Sports[53]

Movistar Plus+[54]
MTV[55]
Sub-Saharan AfricaSuperSport[56]
New World TV[57]
Viaplay
SRG SSR
TBC
S Sport
ITV/STV[58]
S4C
NBC Sports[59]
Canal 10align=center rowspan=2[60]
Teledoce
VBTC
Notes

Marketing

Sponsorship

See also

Notes and References

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  20. Web site: How to watch Rugby World Cup 2023 in your territory? . . 14 August 2023.
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  22. News: Световната купа по ръгби по БНТ 3. 1 September 2023. BNT. 1 September 2023.
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  29. News: რაგბის მსოფლიო თასი ექსკლუზიურად საქართველოს პირველ არხზე #1TVSPORT. 7 October 2022. GPB. 30 July 2023.
  30. Web site: 14 June 2023 . ProSieben MAXX zeigt Rugby World Cup 2023 live . 2 August 2023 . www.ran.de.
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  32. News: Sony Sports Network obtains media rights to Rugby World Cup 2023. 7 September 2023. 7 September 2023.
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  41. News: StarzPlay secures exclusive MENA broadcast rights for Rugby World Cup 2023. 25 August 2023. 7 September 2023.
  42. News: The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation has secured the rights to broadcast the opening match, ALL Namibia World Cup games, the semi-final and the final of the 2023 Rugby World Cup!. 8 September 2023. NBC. 21 September 2023.
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  54. News: La Copa del Mundo, The Rugby Championship y un España-Argentina se avecinan, en exclusiva, en Movistar Plus+. 1 July 2023. 14 August 2023.
  55. News: MTV Channel secures Cricket & Rugby World Cups. 7 September 2023. News First. 9 September 2023.
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