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Rugby World Cup 2023: Quarter-final fixtures, full schedule and TV guide

Daniel Schofield
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Fiji are through to the quarter-finals but only by the skin of their teeth
Fiji are through to the quarter-finals but only by the skin of their teeth - Pavel Golovkin/AP

England will play Fiji in the quarter-finals of the World Cup, despite Portugal pulling off a stunning upset against the Pacific Islanders to register their first-ever Rugby World Cup win.

At one point, it looked as though Eddie Jones’s Australia had a sniff of a place in the last eight with Fiji imploding against the Portuguese, but losing by just one point ensured the Fijians would live to fight another day and sent the Wallabies home in ignominy.

Earlier on Sunday, Argentina claimed second place in England’s group by beating Japan to set up a quarter-final against Wales. The other two quarter-finals will see France take on South Africa and Ireland tackle New Zealand.

How do I watch the Rugby World Cup on TV?

ITV have the exclusive broadcast rights in the UK. The channel for each match is listed below (all the knockout fixtures are on ITV1). You can read our guide to the 12 best pundits and commentators working at the tournament.

The radio commentary of every match is available only on the BBC, across Radio 5 Live, 5 Sports Extra and the BBC Sounds service.

In the US, the tournament is being shown on NBC Sports. In South Africa the TV coverage is on SuperSport.

Rugby World Cup 2023 full fixtures and schedule

All matches on ITV1

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

  • Friday, Oct 20 – Winner QF1 v Winner QF2, Stade de France, 8pm

  • Saturday, Oct 21 – Winner QF3 v Winner QF4, Stade de France, 8pm

Bronze medal match

  • Friday, Oct 27 –  Stade de France, 8pm

Final

  • Saturday, Oct 28 – Stade de France, 8pm

Pool-stage results in full

Where is the Rugby World Cup taking place?

The 2023 Rugby World Cup is being played in France across nine stadiums in nine cities. The final will be played at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis (Paris).

  • Stade de France (capacity 80,698) – Saint-Denis, Paris

  • Stade de Marseille  (67,394) – Marseille

  • OL Stadium (59,186) – Lyon

  • Stade Pierre-Mauroy (50,186) – Lille

  • Stade de Bordeaux (42,115) – Bordeaux

  • Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (41,965) – Saint-Étienne

  • Stade de Nice (35,624) – Nice

  • Stade de la Beaujoire (35,322) – Nantes

  • Stade de Toulouse (33,150) – Toulouse

Who is playing?

A total of 20 teams qualified for the Rugby World Cup. These teams were split into four pools of five, with each pool getting one team from five ‘bands’.

Band one featured the four highest-ranked teams from when the draw for the tournament was made back in 2019 (South Africa, New Zealand, England, Wales). Band two comprised the next four highest-ranked teams (Ireland, Australia, France, Japan) and band three the four after that (Scotland, Argentina, Fiji, Italy).

Each side in the first three bands qualified automatically for the tournament owing to their world ranking, while the further two bands comprised the sides who had made it into the tournament via qualifying (Samoa, Georgia, Uruguay, Tonga, Namibia, Romania, Chile, Portugal).

England, Ireland, Wales, France, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina and Fiji have qualified for the quarter-finals.

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Best of the latest odds

  • France: 3/1

  • Ireland: 3/1

  • South Africa: 7/2

  • New Zealand: 7/2

  • England: 16/1

  • Wales: 28/1

  • Argentina: 50/1

  • Fiji: 80/1

Odds correct as of October 8. Having a punt? First take a look at these Rugby World Cup free bets and betting offers.