Bairiki National Stadium, National stadium in Bairiki, Kiribati.

Bairiki National Stadium is the main sports stadium in Kiribati, located in the Bairiki district on the South Tarawa atoll. The playing field is made of sand and the stands can hold around 2,500 spectators.

The stadium's official name, Reuben Kiraua Uatioa Stadium, honours a Kiribati public figure; sources give no construction date. It is nominally the home ground of the Kiribati men's and women's national football teams, but no international match has ever been played there, partly because the field is largely sand rather than grass.

The stadium is officially named Reuben Kiraua Uatioa Stadium, and it is the nominal home ground of Kiribati's men's and women's national football teams. No international match has ever been played there, so the ground serves local football rather than national fixtures. Crowds of up to 2,500 have filled the stands for some matches.

The sand surface plays and feels differently from a grass pitch, so visitors who come to watch a game should be ready for that experience. It is worth checking locally whether a match or training session is scheduled, as the venue is not active every day.

The pitch is largely sand rather than grass, and this surface is what has kept Kiribati out of FIFA: the world body requires natural grass, so the country has never been admitted. The stadium has also never hosted an international match, since Kiribati have not played one at home.