noun
national team
Loanword from English; used in sports and other competitive contexts to refer to a country's representative team.
彼はサッカーのナショナルチームに選ばれた。
He was selected for the national soccer team.
Variant with interpunct; less common in running text.
More formal or official term for 'representative team'; ナショナルチーム is a casual loanword often used in sports.
Loanword from English 'national team'.