Six Nations venues - Stade de France

Capacity 81,338

The Stade de France is the national stadium of France, situated in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis.

It has an all-seater capacity of 81,338 and is used for the French rugby union team during the Six Nations and other major internationals.

The French football team also use the stadium for almost every home game, and it was there where they defeated Brazil 3-0 in the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final.

Paris's main rugby club, Stade Français, periodically use the stadium as a home ground for some major matches.

Stade de France is the venue for three major domestic cup finals each year: the Top 14, France's domestic rugby union championship; and football's Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue.

The UEFA Champions League Finals of 2000 and 2006 were awarded to the stadium. It held the annual cross-motorsport event Race of Champions in 2004, 2005, and 2006 before the event moved to Wembley Stadium in London.

In 2007, it was the principal stadium used in the Rugby World Cup, making it the only stadium in the world to have hosted both a Football World Cup Final and a Rugby World Cup Final.

The stadium can be reconfigured to house a running track for track and field events, as was the case when it played host to the 2003 World Championships in Athletics.