A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club ...
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or region, in an international sport.
The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for example association football (soccer), curling, or basketball. However, it can be applied to groups of individuals representing a country where regular play is done by individuals, and individual scores are aggregated to a get a team result. Examples of this association are found in artistic gymnastics, archery, or figure Skating.
National teams often compete at various levels and age groups, and have a number of different selection criteria based on national and their respective federations´ rules. National teams are not always composed of the best available individual players.
