France hosts its second Rugby World Cup from September 8 to October 28, with 20 teams vying for the coveted Webb Ellis Cup as the sport celebrates its 200th anniversary. FRANCE 24 takes a look at the tournament in numbers.
After an unprecedented venture in Asia in 2019, the Rugby World Cup returns to Europe for a marathon 10th edition set to stretch over more than seven weeks. The home country France is hoping to carry Les Bleus to a maiden title after three final defeats in 1987, 1999 and 2011. England remain the only European nation to have lifted the Webb Ellis Cup in a tournament long dominated by the three Southern Hemisphere heavyweights of New Zealand, South Africa and Australia.
