Despite the promises that the tournament would generate great profits, it led to great financial losses, especially for the FFR.
“Everyone won, except the organizers (French),” said the president of the Court, Pierre Moscovici, at a press conference.
The tournament was an “undeniable success with the public, the media and, in a sports sense”, but generated financial losses that could reach up to almost 29 million euros once the related legal cases have been resolved.
“The financial objectives were not with and the inherited resources left for rugby are virtual,” Moscowici said.
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He said that non -reisticated FFR commitments with the world rugby to ensure the tournament accommodation.
The International Federation “achieved the best financial result” of the tournament, while the FFF made “a minimum loss of € 19.2 million, increasing to € 28.9 million,” said Moscowici.
The government was only really involved in the organization in 2022 after a crisis in the Organizing Committee when Atcher was eliminated about concerns about his management style.
Moscovici said he was worried that “the French government does not have a clear and proven doctrine to analyze the conditions under what provides its support” for the organization of international competition.
He said he hoped that the recommendations contained in the report were served by the organizers of the 2030 Winter Olympic Games in the French Alps.
The France Court of Accounts was closely involved in the supervision of the 2024 Paris Summer Games and is expected to produce a report in June.
Atcher, in a formal right to respond to the Report on the Rugby World Cup, said that “the catastrophic management of the event after my departure deprived the French rugby or almost 50 million euros in profits.”
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