The Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center Central Stadium () is a

stadium A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...

situated in the Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong province,

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. It is used mostly for association football, but also for athletics, rugby union and rugby sevens. It held rugby and

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events at the

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. Starting from 2013, it also held the China Women's Sevens as part of the IRB Women's Sevens World Series. The stadium has a capacity of 39,346, making it the third largest stadium in Guangzhou, after Guangdong Olympic Stadium and Tianhe Stadium. The Guangzhou Rams rugby tens team sometimes use the venue for their big games.

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