Tórsvøllur is a

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stadium on the sport site of

Gundadalur Gundadalur is the name of an area in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. It is home to three different football pitches and other sports facilities. The largest one is the national stadium Tórsvøllur, a multi-use stadium. Overview The actual Gundadalur ...

Tórshavn Tórshavn (; lit. " Thor's harbour"), usually locally referred to as simply ''Havn'', is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the northwest of the city lies the ...

, the capital of the

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. The

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holds 5,000 people, and was built in 1999 to become the country's

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to provide an artificial grass surface on which international football matches could be played. Previously, the Faroe Islands national team played its home matches in the town of

Toftir Toftir ( da, Tofte) is a village in Nes Municipality on the island of Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands. It is part of a chain of villages stretching over a distance of 10 kilometres on the east side of Skálafjørður (fjord) on Eysturoy island. ...

Svangaskarð Svangaskarð (pronounced ), also referred to as Tofta Leikvøllur, is a multi-purpose stadium in Toftir, Faroe Islands with two football fields and a sports arena for athletics around the lower field. It is currently used mostly for football match ...

stadium. In August 2011,

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s were introduced; these were first officially used for the football match between

and

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on 2 September 2011.

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External links

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Tórsvøllur at Nordic Stadiums

Tórsvøllur at World Stadiums

The venue at StadiumDB.com
Football venues in the Faroe Islands

Sports venues completed in 1999 1999 establishments in the Faroe Islands {{Faroes-sports-venue-stub