Rugby World Cup: attendance for selected years from 2003 to 2023

Published by Statista Research Department, May 31, 2024

At the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France, around 2.4 million tickets were sold to spectators. This denoted an increase of around 41 percent from the previous iteration of the tournament, which was played in Japan. 

Number of tickets sold at the Rugby World Cup (RWC) from 2003 to 2023 (in millions)

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Release date

May 2024

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2003 to 2023

Supplementary notes

Figures from prior to 2015 were taken from an earlier report. 

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