Hampden Park
Sports other than football
### Sports other than football

[thumb\|right\|[U2](/wiki/U2 "U2") in concert at Hampden in August 2009, as part of the [360° Tour](/wiki/U2_360%C2%B0_Tour "U2 360° Tour"). The pitch was damaged by the concert, resulting in a postponement of a [Queen's Park](/wiki/Queen%27s_Park_F.C. "Queen's Park F.C.") football match.](/wiki/File:U2_Hampden.jpg "U2 Hampden.jpg")
[thumb\|right\|Hampden Park hosted the [2014 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony](/wiki/2014_Commonwealth_Games_closing_ceremony "2014 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony")](/wiki/File:Glasgow_2014_Closing_Ceremony.jpg "Glasgow 2014 Closing Ceremony.jpg")
[thumb\|right\|The stadium played host to the Athletics events during the 2014 Commonwealth Games](/wiki/File:Commonwealth_Games%2C_2014%2C_10%2C000_metres_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4103098.jpg "Commonwealth Games, 2014, 10,000 metres - geograph.org.uk - 4103098.jpg")

Hampden Park has held four full [rugby union](/wiki/Rugby_union "Rugby union") international matches. The first was in 1906, when the [Scottish Rugby Union](/wiki/Scottish_Rugby_Union "Scottish Rugby Union") chose to play their match against the touring [South Africans](/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team "South Africa national rugby union team") at Hampden because no rugby ground could satisfy the demand to see the visitors. A crowd of over 30,000 saw [Scotland](/wiki/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team "Scotland national rugby union team") win 6–0\. The redeveloped Hampden served as one of the [1999 Rugby World Cup](/wiki/1999_Rugby_World_Cup "1999 Rugby World Cup") venues, over 90 years later. Scotland played [Romania](/wiki/Romania_national_rugby_union_team "Romania national rugby union team") in a friendly match before the tournament and South Africa played [Uruguay](/wiki/Uruguay_national_rugby_union_team "Uruguay national rugby union team") in a tournament pool match. The only rugby union international played at Hampden since then was in November 2004, between Scotland and [Australia](/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team "Australia national rugby union team").

Hampden hosted the Scottish Amateur Athletics Association championships during the 1920s and 1930s, with the original [Meadowbank Stadium](/wiki/Meadowbank_Stadium "Meadowbank Stadium") used as an alternative venue. [Eric Liddell](/wiki/Eric_Liddell "Eric Liddell") won the 110, 220 and 440 yard dashes in the 1924 championship. His last competition in Britain was the 1925 championship, when he won the 220 yards race for a record fifth time. Hampden was temporarily converted to stage the athletics events for the [2014 Commonwealth Games](/wiki/2014_Commonwealth_Games "2014 Commonwealth Games"). It was also used for the [closing ceremony](/wiki/2014_Commonwealth_Games_closing_ceremony "2014 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony").

[Suzanne Lenglen](/wiki/Suzanne_Lenglen "Suzanne Lenglen"), the French professional [tennis](/wiki/Tennis "Tennis") player, played an exhibition match against Vivian Dewhurst at Hampden in 1927\. A crowd of 10,000 saw that match and another between male players [Howard Kinsey](/wiki/Howard_Kinsey "Howard Kinsey") and [Karel Koželuh](/wiki/Karel_Ko%C5%BEeluh "Karel Koželuh").

During the Second World War, American armed forces based in Scotland played games of [softball](/wiki/Softball "Softball"), [baseball](/wiki/Baseball "Baseball") and [American football](/wiki/American_football "American football") at Hampden. American football returned to Hampden in 1998, when the [NFL Europe](/wiki/NFL_Europe "NFL Europe") team [Scottish Claymores](/wiki/Scottish_Claymores "Scottish Claymores") shared home games between Hampden and [Murrayfield](/wiki/Murrayfield_Stadium "Murrayfield Stadium"). [World Bowl XI](/wiki/World_Bowl_XI "World Bowl XI") was held at Hampden in 2003, but after the 2004 season the Claymores folded and were replaced by the [Hamburg Sea Devils](/wiki/Hamburg_Sea_Devils_%28NFL_Europe%29 "Hamburg Sea Devils (NFL Europe)").

Hampden was the home of the [Glasgow Tigers](/wiki/Glasgow_Tigers_%28speedway%29 "Glasgow Tigers (speedway)") [speedway](/wiki/Motorcycle_speedway "Motorcycle speedway") team from 1969 until 1972\. Poor crowds, escalating costs and the refusal of the city council to allow music to be played at events contributed to the team moving to [Cliftonhill](/wiki/Cliftonhill "Cliftonhill"), in [Coatbridge](/wiki/Coatbridge "Coatbridge"). Glasgow Tigers' [Svein Kaasa](/wiki/Svein_Kaasa "Svein Kaasa") was killed during a race at Hampden Park on 29 September 1972\.

The redeveloped Hampden was the venue for a [boxing](/wiki/Boxing "Boxing") card headlined by former world champion [Mike Tyson](/wiki/Mike_Tyson "Mike Tyson") in June 2000\. Tyson knocked down [Lou Savarese](/wiki/Lou_Savarese "Lou Savarese") after just [12 seconds of the fight](/wiki/Mike_Tyson_vs._Lou_Savarese "Mike Tyson vs. Lou Savarese"), which the referee stopped after 38 seconds. The fight ended in farce as the referee, who had been attempting to separate the two fighters, was also knocked down by Tyson. The disappointed crowd booed Tyson out of the ring, while former fighters [Jim Watt](/wiki/Jim_Watt_%28boxer%29 "Jim Watt (boxer)") and [Barry McGuigan](/wiki/Barry_McGuigan "Barry McGuigan") criticised his actions. After the fight, Tyson claimed that he wanted to eat the children of world champion [Lennox Lewis](/wiki/Lennox_Lewis "Lennox Lewis"), which also drew criticism.


Which countries have played rugby union internationals at Hampden Park?