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National stadium
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 football (soccer). Usually, a national stadium will be in or very near a country's capital city, and is generally (but not always) the country's largest and most lavish athletic venue.
Some well-known national stadiums are:
- England
- Wembley Stadium (football; currently being rebuilt)
- Twickenham (rugby union)
- Scotland
- Hampden Park (football)
- Murrayfield (rugby union)
- Wales
- Republic of Ireland
- Croke Park (Gaelic sports)
- Lansdowne Road (football and rugby union)
- France
- Belgium
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