National stadium
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A national stadium is a stadium that typically serves as the primary or exclusive home for one or more of a country's national representative sports teams. The term is most often used in reference to a football stadium. Usually, a national stadium will be in or very near a country's capital city or largest city. One notable exception is Canada, where it is thousands of kilometres from either. It is generally (but not always) the country's largest and most lavish sports venue. In many cases, but not all, it is also used by a club team.
Some well-known national stadiums are:
- Argentina
- *El Monumental (football)
- Australia
- *Melbourne Cricket Ground (Australian rules football, and athletics)
- *Telstra Stadium (rugby league, rugby union, and football)
- *The Australian cricket team plays at a range of grounds throughout the country. The Melbourne and Sydney cricket grounds are the major venues.
- Belgium
- *King Baudouin Stadium (football and athletics)
- Brazil
- *Maracanã (football)
- Bulgaria
- *Vasil Levski National Stadium (football and athletics)
- Canada
- *Commonwealth Stadium (football and athletics)
- Chile
- *Estadio Nacional (football)
- China
- *Beijing Olympic Stadium (football and athletics)
- Cook Islands
- *National Stadium (Cook Islands)
- Croatia
- *Maksimir Stadium (football)
- England
- *Lord's Cricket Ground (cricket)
- *Twickenham (rugby union)
- *Wembley Stadium (football, rugby league)
- Fiji
- *National Stadium (Suva)
- Finland
- *Helsinki Olympic Stadium (football and athletics)
- France
- *Stade de France (football, rugby union, and athletics)
- India
- *Eden Gardens (cricket)
- *Salt Lake Stadium (football and athletics)
- Ireland
- *Croke Park (Gaelic games)
- *Lansdowne Road (football and rugby union)
- Israel
- *Ramat gan stadium (football and athletics)
- Italy
- *No national stadiums to date.
- Jamaica
- *Independence Park (football and athletics)
- Japan
- *Nissan Stadium (football and athletics)
- *Tokyo Dome (baseball)
- South Korea
- *Seoul Olympic Stadium (football and athletics)
- Lesotho
- *National Stadium (Lesotho)
- Mexico
- *Estadio Azteca (football)
- Netherlands
- *Olympisch Stadion (athletics)
- New Zealand
- *Eden Park (rugby union and cricket)
- Norway
- *Ullevaal stadion (football)
- *Bislett stadion (athletics)
- Paraguay
- *Estadio Defensores del Chaco (football)
- Peru
- *Estadio Monumental "U" (football)
- Portugal
- *Estádio do Jamor (football and athletics)
- Russia
- *Luzhniki Stadium (football and athletics)
- Scotland
- *Hampden Park (football)
- *Murrayfield (rugby union)
- South Africa
- *FNB Stadium (football)
- *Newlands Cricket Ground (cricket)
- *Newlands Stadium (rugby union)
- Uruguay
- *Estadio Centenario (football)
- Wales
- *Millennium Stadium (football and rugby union)
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