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List of Oceanian stadiums by capacity

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The following is an incomplete list of sports stadiums in Oceania. They are ordered by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can accommodate.

Oceanian stadiums with a capacity of 30,000 or more are included. The majority of these are in Australia, with the remainder in New Zealand.

Most large stadiums in Oceania are used for cricket, Australian Football, rugby union, rugby league, and association football.[citation needed]

List

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Rank Stadium Capacity City Country Tenants Image
1 Melbourne Cricket Ground 100,024[1] Melbourne  Australia Melbourne FC, Richmond FC, Collingwood FC, Victorian Bushrangers, Melbourne Stars, Hawthorn FC, Essendon FC, Carlton FC, Australia national rugby union team and Australia national soccer team matches, mainly used for Australia national cricket team for Test Cricket, One Day International and Twenty20 matches
2 Stadium Australia 82,500 Sydney  Australia South Sydney DRLFC, Canterbury Bulldogs, New South Wales Blues, Australia national rugby league team, Australia national rugby union team, and Australia national soccer team
3 Optus Stadium 61,266 Perth  Australia Fremantle Dockers, Perth Scorchers, West Coast Eagles, Australia national cricket team matches, Australia national rugby union team matches, and Perth Glory
4 Adelaide Oval 53,500 Adelaide  Australia Southern Redbacks, Australia national cricket team for Test Cricket and One Day International, Twenty20 matches, Adelaide Crows, Port Adelaide Power, SANFL and Adelaide Strikers
5 Docklands Stadium 53,359 Melbourne  Australia St Kilda Football Club, Carlton Football Club, Essendon Football Club, North Melbourne Football Club, Western Bulldogs, Melbourne Victory, Australia national rugby union team matches and Melbourne Renegades
6 Suncorp Stadium 52,500 Brisbane  Australia Brisbane Broncos, Queensland Maroons, Queensland Reds, Australia national rugby league team and Australia national rugby union team
7 Eden Park 50,000 Auckland  New Zealand Auckland Rugby Football Union, Blues, some New Zealand national rugby union team, New Zealand national soccer team, Auckland Aces and New Zealand national cricket team for Test Cricket and One Day International and Twenty20 matches
8 Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre Stadium 48,500[2] Brisbane  Australia Queensland Athletics. Formerly used by the Brisbane Broncos and Queensland Maroons for rugby league. Main athletics venue for the 1982 Commonwealth Games (as Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Sports Centre) and the 2001 Goodwill Games (as ANZ Stadium.)
9 Sydney Cricket Ground 48,000 Sydney  Australia Mainly used for Australian national cricket team for Test Cricket, One Day International and Twenty20 matches, home ground for New South Wales Blues and Sydney Sixers, Eastern Suburbs DRLFC, New South Wales rugby league team, Sydney Swans|
10 Allianz Stadium 45,000 Sydney  Australia Eastern Suburbs DRLFC, Sydney FC, New South Wales Waratahs
11 Brisbane Cricket Ground 42,000 Brisbane  Australia Australian national cricket team for Test Cricket, One Day International and Twenty20 matches, Brisbane Heat, Queensland Bulls, Brisbane Lions
12 GMHBA Stadium 40,000 Geelong  Australia Geelong Cats, Western United FC
13 Sky Stadium 34,500 Wellington  New Zealand Hurricanes, Wellington Rugby Football Union, Wellington Phoenix FC, some New Zealand national rugby union team matches, New Zealand national cricket team for One Day International and Twenty20 matches
14 McDonald Jones Stadium 33,000 Newcastle  Australia Newcastle Knights, Newcastle Jets
15 Forsyth Barr Stadium 30,748 Dunedin  New Zealand Highlanders, Otago Rugby Football Union, Otago United, some New Zealand national rugby union team matches
16 AAMI Park 30,050 Melbourne  Australia Melbourne Storm, Melbourne Rebels, Melbourne Victory FC, Melbourne Heart FC
17 Mt. Smart Stadium 30,000 Auckland  New Zealand New Zealand Warriors, Counties Manukau Rugby Union
18 CommBank Stadium 30,000 Sydney  Australia Parramatta Eels, Western Sydney Wanderers FC, some Wests Tigers, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, South Sydney DRLFC and New South Wales Waratahs matches
19 Henson Park 30,000 Sydney  Australia Newtown Jets
20 Okara Park 30,000 Whangārei  New Zealand Northern Districts men's cricket team, Northland Rugby Union

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