国家队，一般是指国家所组建的体育运动队伍用以参加奥运会、世界杯、世界锦标赛等国际大赛，指的最多是三大球的队伍。

• 中国国家乒乓球队
• 中国国家女子排球队
• 中国国家男子篮球队
• 中国国家羽毛球队
• 中国国家足球队

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 or region, in a sport.

The term is most commonly associated with team sports. However, it can be applied to groups of individuals representing a country in where regular play is individuals by aggregating individual scores to a get a team result.