2023 Rugby World Cup

2023 Rugby World Cup

French: Coupe du monde de rugby 2023
We Are Rugby #WeAre2023! [1]
Tournament details
Host nation	France
Dates	8 September – 28 October
No. of nations	20 (34 qualifying)
Final positions
Champions	South Africa (4th title)
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Attendance	2,437,208 (50,775 per match)
Tries scored	325 (average 6.77 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Owen Farrell (75)
Most tries	Will Jordan (8)
Points scored	2,610 (average 54.38 per match)
← 2019 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. ^[2]

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. ^[3] South Africa retained their title by defeating New Zealand in the final. ^[4] 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. ^[5] 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.^{[ citation needed ]} 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. ^[6]

Venues

Stadia

On 17 March 2017, twelve host cities were selected. ^[7] This list was later reduced to nine cities (excluding Paris, Montpellier, and Lens):

Paris (Saint-Denis)	Marseille	Lyon (Décines-Charpieu)	Lille (Villeneuve-d'Ascq)
Stade de France [a] [b]	Stade de Marseille [a]	OL Stadium	Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Capacity: 80,698	Capacity: 67,394	Capacity: 59,186	Capacity: 50,186
Bordeaux	Paris Marseille Lyon Lille Nantes Bordeaux Saint-Étienne Nice Toulouse
Stade de Bordeaux
Capacity: 42,115
Saint-Étienne	Nice	Nantes	Toulouse
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard [a]	Stade de Nice	Stade de la Beaujoire [a]	Stadium de Toulouse [a] [b]
Capacity: 41,965	Capacity: 35,624	Capacity: 35,322	Capacity: 33,150

1. Stadium/site used in the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
2. Stadium/site used in the 1999 Rugby World Cup.

Team base camps

South Africa–Scotland at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, 10 September 2023

Team	City
Argentina	La Baule-Escoublac, Loire-Atlantique
Australia	Saint-Étienne, Loire
Chile	Perros-Guirec, Côtes-d'Armor
England	Le Touquet, Pas-de-Calais
Fiji	Lormont, Gironde
France	Rueil-Malmaison, Hauts-de-Seine
Georgia	Île de Ré – La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime
Ireland	Tours, Indre-et-Loire
Italy	Bourgoin-Jallieu, Isère
Japan	Toulouse, Haute-Garonne
Namibia	Aix-les-Bains, Savoie
New Zealand	Lyon, Rhône
Portugal	Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales
Romania	Libourne, Gironde
Samoa	Montpellier, Hérault
Scotland	Nice, Alpes-Maritimes
South Africa	Toulon, Var
Tonga	Croissy-sur-Seine, Yvelines
Uruguay	Avignon, Vaucluse
Wales	Versailles, Yvelines

Source: ^[8]

Teams

Qualification

Main article: 2023 Rugby World Cup qualifying

Qualification status:

  Qualified for the 2023 Rugby World Cup

  Failed to qualify

  Withdrew or suspended

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. ^[9]

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

Region	Team	Qualification method	Previous apps	Previous best result	World Rank¹
Africa	South Africa	Top 3 in 2019 RWC pool	7	Champions(1995, 2007, 2019)	2
	Namibia	Africa 1	6	Pool stage (six times)	21
Asia	Japan	Top 3 in 2019 RWC pool	9	Quarter-finals (2019)	14
Europe	France	Hosts	9	Runners-up (1987, 1999, 2011)	3
	England	Top 3 in 2019 RWC pool	9	Champions(2003)	8
	Ireland	Top 3 in 2019 RWC pool	9	Quarter-finals (seven times)	1
	Italy	Top 3 in 2019 RWC pool	9	Pool stage (nine times)	13
	Scotland	Top 3 in 2019 RWC pool	9	Fourth place (1991)	5
	Wales	Top 3 in 2019 RWC pool	9	Third place (1987)	10
	Georgia	Europe 1	5	Pool stage (five times)	11
	Romania	Europe 2	8	Pool stage (eight times)	19
	Portugal	Final Qualifier	1	Pool stage (2007)	16
Oceania	Australia	Top 3 in 2019 RWC pool	9	Champions(1991, 1999)	9
	Fiji	Top 3 in 2019 RWC pool	8	Quarter-finals (1987, 2007)	7
	New Zealand	Top 3 in 2019 RWC pool	9	Champions(1987, 2011, 2015)	4
	Samoa	Oceania 1	8	Quarter-finals (1991, 1995)	12
	Tonga	Play-off winner	8	Pool stage (eight times)	15
South America and North America Rugby	Argentina	Top 3 in 2019 RWC pool	9	Third place (2007)	6
	Uruguay	Americas 1	4	Pool stage (1999, 2003, 2015, 2019)	17
	Chile	Americas 2	0	Debut	22

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. ^[10] 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:

• Band 1: The four highest-ranked teams
• Band 2: The next four highest-ranked teams
• Band 3: The final four directly qualified teams

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:

• Band 4: – Oceania 1, Europe 1, Americas 1, Asia/Pacific 1
• Band 5: – Africa 1, Europe 2, Americas 2, Final Qualifier Winner

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

Band 1	Band 2	Band 3	Band 4	Band 5
South Africa (1)   New Zealand (2)   England (3)   Wales (4)	Ireland (5)   Australia (6)   France (7)   Japan (8)	Scotland (9)   Argentina (10)   Fiji (11)   Italy (12)	Samoa (Oceania 1)   Georgia (Europe 1)   Uruguay (Americas 1)   Tonga (Asia/Pacific 1)	Namibia (Africa 1)   Romania (Europe 2)   Chile (Americas 2)   Portugal (Final Qualifier Winner)

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). ^{[11] [12]} World Rugby CEO Alan Gilpin pledged that draws for future World Cups would be better balanced. ^[13]

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. ^[14]

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	Assistants	Television Match Offcials
Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)	Chris Busby (Ireland)	Brett Cronan (Australia)
Wayne Barnes (England)	Pierre Brousset (France)	Tom Foley (England)
Nic Berry (Australia)	James Doleman (New Zealand)	Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Andrew Brace (Ireland)	Craig Evans (Wales)	Brian MacNeice (Ireland)
Matthew Carley (England)	Andrea Piardi (Italy)	Joy Neville (Ireland)
Karl Dickson (England)	Christophe Ridley (England)	Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)
Angus Gardner (Australia)	Jordan Way (Australia)	Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
Luke Pearce (England)
Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Mathieu Raynal (France)
Paul Williams (New Zealand)

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. ^{[15] [16]}

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.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
New Zealand   France   Italy   Uruguay   Namibia	South Africa   Ireland   Scotland   Tonga   Romania	Wales   Australia   Fiji   Georgia   Portugal	England   Japan   Argentina   Samoa   Chile

Points allocation in pool stage

Inaugural 2023 Rugby World Cup match between France and New Zealand on 8 September.

• Four points are awarded for a win.
• Two points are awarded for a draw.
• A try bonus point is awarded to teams that score four or more tries in a match.
• A losing bonus point is awarded to teams that lose a match by fewer than eight points. ^[17]

Tie-breaking criteria for pool play
The ranking of tied teams in the pool stage is determined as follows: [18] The winner of the Match in which the two tied Teams have played each other shall be the higher ranked. The Team which has the best difference between points scored for and points scored against in all its pool Matches shall be the higher ranked. The Team which has the best difference between tries scored for and tries scored against in all its pool Matches shall be the higher ranked. The Team which has scored most points in all its pool Matches shall be the higher ranked. The Team which has scored most tries in all its pool Matches shall be the higher ranked. Should the tie be unresolved at the conclusion of steps 1 through 5, the rankings as per the updated Official World Rugby World Rankings on 2 October 2023 will determine the higher ranked Team. See the official World Rugby Rankings. For clarification, in the case of a tie between three or more Teams at the end of the pool phase, once the highest ranked Team has been determined following the above criteria, to determine the next higher ranked Team the process would repeat, starting at the first criterion.

Key to colours in pool tables
	Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2027 Rugby World Cup
	Eliminated but qualified for 2027 Rugby World Cup

Pool A

Main article: 2023 Rugby World Cup Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	B	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	4	4	0	0	210	32	+178	27	5	2	18	Advance to knockout stage, and qualification to the 2027 Rugby World Cup
2	New Zealand	4	3	0	1	253	47	+206	38	4	3	15
3	Italy	4	2	0	2	114	181	−67	15	25	2	10	Qualification to the 2027 Rugby World Cup
4	Uruguay	4	1	0	3	65	164	−99	9	21	1	5
5	Namibia	4	0	0	4	37	255	−218	3	37	0	0

Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: Pool stage tiebreakers
(H) Host

8 September 2023	France	27–13	New Zealand	Stade de France, Saint-Denis
9 September 2023	Italy	52–8	Namibia	Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Étienne
14 September 2023	France	27–12	Uruguay	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq
15 September 2023	New Zealand	71–3	Namibia	Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse
20 September 2023	Italy	38–17	Uruguay	Stade de Nice, Nice
21 September 2023	France	96–0	Namibia	Stade de Marseille, Marseille
27 September 2023	Uruguay	36–26	Namibia	Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu
29 September 2023	New Zealand	96–17	Italy	Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu
5 October 2023	New Zealand	73–0	Uruguay	Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu
6 October 2023	France	60–7	Italy	Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu

Pool B

Main article: 2023 Rugby World Cup Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	B	Pts	Qualification
1	Ireland	4	4	0	0	190	46	+144	27	5	3	19	Advance to knockout stage, and qualification to the 2027 Rugby World Cup
2	South Africa	4	3	0	1	151	34	+117	22	4	3	15
3	Scotland	4	2	0	2	146	71	+75	21	10	2	10	Qualification to the 2027 Rugby World Cup
4	Tonga	4	1	0	3	96	177	−81	13	25	1	5
5	Romania	4	0	0	4	32	287	−255	4	43	0	0

Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: Pool stage tiebreakers

9 September 2023	Ireland	82–8	Romania	Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
10 September 2023	South Africa	18–3	Scotland	Stade de Marseille, Marseille
16 September 2023	Ireland	59–16	Tonga	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
17 September 2023	South Africa	76–0	Romania	Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
23 September 2023	South Africa	8–13	Ireland	Stade de France, Saint-Denis
24 September 2023	Scotland	45–17	Tonga	Stade de Nice, Nice
30 September 2023	Scotland	84–0	Romania	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq
1 October 2023	South Africa	49–18	Tonga	Stade de Marseille, Marseille
7 October 2023	Ireland	36–14	Scotland	Stade de France, Saint-Denis
8 October 2023	Tonga	45–24	Romania	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq

Pool C

Main article: 2023 Rugby World Cup Pool C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	B	Pts	Qualification
1	Wales	4	4	0	0	143	59	+84	17	8	3	19	Advance to knockout stage, and qualification to the 2027 Rugby World Cup
2	Fiji	4	2	0	2	88	83	+5	9	9	3	11 [a]
3	Australia	4	2	0	2	90	91	−1	11	8	3	11 [a]	Qualification to the 2027 Rugby World Cup
4	Portugal	4	1	1	2	64	103	−39	8	13	0	6
5	Georgia	4	0	1	3	64	113	−49	7	14	1	3

Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: Pool stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head-to-head: Australia 15–22 Fiji

9 September 2023	Australia	35–15	Georgia	Stade de France, Saint-Denis
10 September 2023	Wales	32–26	Fiji	Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
16 September 2023	Wales	28–8	Portugal	Stade de Nice, Nice
17 September 2023	Australia	15–22	Fiji	Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Étienne
23 September 2023	Georgia	18–18	Portugal	Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse
24 September 2023	Wales	40–6	Australia	Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu
30 September 2023	Fiji	17–12	Georgia	Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
1 October 2023	Australia	34–14	Portugal	Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Étienne
7 October 2023	Wales	43–19	Georgia	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
8 October 2023	Fiji	23–24	Portugal	Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse

Pool D

Main article: 2023 Rugby World Cup Pool D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	B	Pts	Qualification
1	England	4	4	0	0	150	39	+111	17	3	2	18	Advance to knockout stage, and qualification to the 2027 Rugby World Cup
2	Argentina	4	3	0	1	127	69	+58	15	5	2	14
3	Japan	4	2	0	2	109	107	+2	12	14	1	9	Qualification to the 2027 Rugby World Cup
4	Samoa	4	1	0	3	92	75	+17	11	7	3	7
5	Chile	4	0	0	4	27	215	−188	4	30	0	0

Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: Pool stage tiebreakers

9 September 2023	England	27–10	Argentina	Stade de Marseille, Marseille
10 September 2023	Japan	42–12	Chile	Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse
16 September 2023	Samoa	43–10	Chile	Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
17 September 2023	England	34–12	Japan	Stade de Nice, Nice
22 September 2023	Argentina	19–10	Samoa	Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Étienne
23 September 2023	England	71–0	Chile	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq
28 September 2023	Japan	28–22	Samoa	Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse
30 September 2023	Argentina	59–5	Chile	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
7 October 2023	England	18–17	Samoa	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq
8 October 2023	Japan	27–39	Argentina	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Knockout stage

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.

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	14 October – Marseille
	Wales	17
					20 October – Saint-Denis
	Argentina	29
					Argentina	6
	14 October – Saint-Denis
					New Zealand	44
	Ireland	24
									28 October – Saint-Denis
	New Zealand	28
									New Zealand	11
	15 October – Marseille
									South Africa	12
	England	30
					21 October – Saint-Denis
	Fiji	24
					England	15
	15 October – Saint-Denis
					South Africa	16			Bronze final
	France	28
									27 October – Saint-Denis
	South Africa	29
									Argentina	23
									England	26

Quarter-finals

14 October 2023 17:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Wales	17–29	Argentina
Try: Biggar 14' c T. Williams 57' c Con: Biggar (2/2) 16', 58' Pen: Biggar (1/2) 21'	Report	Try: Sclavi 68' c Sánchez 77' c Con: Boffelli (2/2) 69', 78' Pen: Boffelli (4/5) 39', 45', 44', 48' Sánchez (1/1) 80'

Stade de Marseille, Marseille Attendance: 62,576 Referee: Karl Dickson (England) (for Jaco Peyper (South Africa)) [19]

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14 October 2023 21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Ireland	24–28	New Zealand
Try: Aki 27' c Gibson-Park 39' c Penalty try 64' Con: Sexton (2/2) 29', 40' Pen: Sexton (1/2) 22'	Report	Try: Fainga'anuku 19' c Savea 33' m Jordan 53' c Con: Mo'unga (1/2) 21' J. Barrett (1/1) 54' Pen: Mo'unga (1/1) 8' J. Barrett (2/3) 14', 69'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 78,845 Referee: Wayne Barnes (England) [19]

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15 October 2023 17:00 CEST (UTC+2)

England	30–24	Fiji
Try: Tuilagi 14' m Marchant 23' c Con: Farrell (1/2) 23' Pen: Farrell (5/6) 11', 34', 38', 54', 78' Drop: Farrell (1/1) 72'	Report	Try: Mata 28' c Ravai 64' c Botitu 68' c Con: Lomani (1/1) 29' Kuruvoli (2/2) 65', 70' Pen: Lomani (1/3) 20'

Stade de Marseille, Marseille Attendance: 61,863 Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France) [19]

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15 October 2023 21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

France	28–29	South Africa
Try: Baille (2) 4' c, 31' c Mauvaka 22' m Con: Ramos (2/3) 5', 32' Pen: Ramos (3/4) 40+1', 54', 73'	Report	Try: Arendse 8' c De Allende 18' m Kolbe 27' c Etzebeth 67' c Con: Libbok (2/3) 10', 28' Pollard (1/1) 67' Pen: Pollard (1/1) 69'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 79,486 Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand) [19]

Semi-finals

20 October 2023 21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Argentina	6–44	New Zealand
Pen: Boffelli (2/2) 5', 35'	Report	Try: Jordan (3) 11' c, 62' m, 73' m J. Barrett 17' m Frizell (2) 40+2' m, 49' c Smith 42' c Con: Mo'unga (3/7) 12', 43', 50' Pen: Mo'unga (1/1) 38'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 77,653 Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia) [20]

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21 October 2023 21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

England	15–16	South Africa
Pen: Farrell (4/4) 3', 10', 24', 39' Drop: Farrell (1/1) 53'	Report	Try: Snyman 69' c Con: Pollard (1/1) 70' Pen: Libbok (1/1) 21' Pollard (2/2) 35', 78'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 78,098 Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand) [20]

Bronze final

27 October 2023 21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Argentina	23–26	England
Try: Cubelli 36' c S. Carreras 42' c Con: Boffelli (2/2) 37', 43' Pen: Boffelli (2/2) 24', 50' Sánchez (1/2) 68'	Report	Try: Earl 8' c Dan 44' c Con: Farrell (2/2) 9', 45' Pen: Farrell (4/4) 3', 13', 30', 65'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 77,674 Referee: Nic Berry (Australia) [21]

Final

Main article: 2023 Rugby World Cup final

28 October 2023 21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

New Zealand	11–12	South Africa
Try: B. Barrett 58' m Pen: Mo'unga (2/2) 17', 38'	Report	Pen: Pollard (4/4) 3', 13', 19', 34'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 80,065 Referee: Wayne Barnes (England) [22]

Statistics

Main article: 2023 Rugby World Cup statistics

Most tries

8 tries

• Will Jordan

6 tries

• Damian Penaud

5 tries

• Henry Arundell
• Bundee Aki
• Leicester Fainga'anuku
• Damian McKenzie
• Darcy Graham
• Louis Rees-Zammit

Most points

Top 10 points scorers
Player	Team	Total	Details
						Tries	Conv­ersions	Penalties	Drop goals
Owen Farrell	England	75	0	12	15	2
Thomas Ramos	France	74	1	21	9	0
Emiliano Boffelli	Argentina	67	2	9	13	0
Johnny Sexton	Ireland	58	3	17	3	0
Richie Mo'unga	New Zealand	56	1	18	5	0
Damian McKenzie	New Zealand	53	5	14	0	0
Rikiya Matsuda	Japan	46	0	11	8	0
Ben Donaldson	Australia	45	2	7	7	0
George Ford	England	41	0	4	8	3
Will Jordan	New Zealand	40	8	0	0	0

Broadcasting rights

Territory	Rights holder	Ref.
Argentina	Star+, ESPN, TVP [a]	[23]
Australia	Stan Sport [b]	[24]
	Nine Network [c]
Austria	ProSieben	[25]
Belgium	Play Sports	[25]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sport Klub	[25]
Brazil	ESPN	[26]
Bulgaria	BNT	[27]
Canada	TSN	[28]
Caribbean	ESPN	[29]
Chile	Mega [d]	[30]
Cook Islands	Cook Islands Television	[31]
Croatia	Sport Klub	[25]
Czech Republic	Czech Television	[25]
Denmark	Viaplay	[25]
Estonia	Go3 Sport	[25]
Fiji	Fiji Television	[32]
Finland	Viaplay	[25]
France	TF1 [e]	[33]
	France Télévisions [f]
	M6 [g]
Georgia	GPB	[34]
Germany	ProSieben MAXX [h]	[35]
	ran.de and Joyn [b]
Iceland	Viaplay	[25]
India	FanCode	[36]
Indian subcontinent	Sony Sports Network	[37]
Ireland	RTÉ [i]	[38]
	Virgin Media [j]
Israel	Sport1	[25]
Italy  San Marino	RAI [k]	[39]
	Sky Sport [b]	[40]
Japan	J Sports [b]	[41]
	Nippon TV [l]	[42]
	NHK [m]	[43]
Latin America	ESPN [n]	[44]
	Star+ [b]
Latvia	Go3 Sport	[25]
Liechtenstein	SRG SSR	[25]
Lithuania	Go3 Sport	[25]
Malta	PBS	[45]
Middle East and North Africa	Starz	[46]
Montenegro	Sport Klub	[25]
Namibia	NBC	[47]
Netherlands	Ziggo Sport	[48]
New Zealand	Sky Sport [b]	[49]
	Sky Open [o]	[50]
	Stuff [p]	[51]
North Macedonia	Sport Klub	[25]
Norway	Viaplay	[25]
Papua New Guinea	EM TV	[31]
Poland	Polsat Sport	[52]
Portugal	RTP [q]	[53]
	Sport TV	[25]
Romania	Digi Sport [b]	[54]
	Orange Sport [b]	[55]
Samoa	SBC	[31]
Serbia	Sport Klub	[25]
Slovenia	Sport Klub	[25]
Solomon Islands	TTV	[31]
South Africa	SuperSport	[56]
South Korea	Coupang Play	[57]
Southeast Asia	beIN Sports	[58]
Spain  Andorra	Movistar Plus+	[59]
Sri Lanka	MTV	[60]
Sub-Saharan Africa	SuperSport	[61]
	New World TV	[62]
Sweden	Viaplay	[25]
Switzerland	SRG SSR	[25]
Tonga	TBC	[31]
Turkey	S Sport	[25]
United Kingdom	ITV/STV	[63]
	S4C	[25]
United States	NBC Sports	[64]
Uruguay	Canal 10 [n]	[65]
	Teledoce [n]
Vanuatu	VBTC	[31]

Notes

1. All Argentina matches plus opening match, both semi-finals and the final
2. All matches
3. All Australia matches plus final
4. All Chile matches plus opening match, both semi-finals and the final
5. 20 matches including all France games except France v Namibia
6. 10 matches including France v Namibia
7. 18 matches
8. 35 matches
9. 25 matches including Ireland v Tonga and Ireland v South Africa.
10. 24 matches including Ireland v Romania, Ireland v Scotland and Ireland v New Zealand.
11. All Italy matches and most important games
12. 19 matches including 3 Japan pool matches
13. 15 matches including 2 Japan pool matches
14. Select matches plus opening match, both semi-finals and the final
15. 6 matches: one All Blacks pool match, two quarter-finals, one semi-final and both finals
16. 12 matches including France v New Zealand, one semi-final and the final
17. All Portugal matches

Marketing

Sponsorship

Worldwide partners [66]	Official sponsors [67]	Official suppliers [67]	Official supporters [67]
Asahi Capgemini Defender Emirates Mastercard Société Générale	GL events GMF Loxam Orange Proman SNCF TotalEnergies Vivendi	Andros BKT Canon Eden Park EF Education First Geodis Gilbert HP InVivo Lipovitan D Macron Meta Mitsubishi Electric Tudor	Accor Live Limitless Aramis Rugby Casino France Pare-Brise Koesio PPA Business School RATP Group Sage Volvic

See also

• Sports portal

• History of the Rugby World Cup

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External links

• Official website