Ellis Park Stadium
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Ellis Park Stadium is a historic rugby and football stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, best known internationally for hosting the iconic 1995 Rugby World Cup final.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ellis Park Stadium canonical | 19 |
| Ellis Park | 3 |
| Ellis Park Stadium (Pty) Ltd | 1 |
| Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg | 1 |
| Ellis Park sports precinct | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1079390 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ellis Park Stadium Context triple: [1995 Rugby World Cup, finalVenue, Ellis Park Stadium]
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A.
Hampden Park
Hampden Park is Scotland’s national football stadium in Glasgow, renowned for hosting major domestic and international matches and historic cup finals.
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B.
North Harbour Stadium
North Harbour Stadium is a major multi-purpose sports and events venue located on Auckland's North Shore in New Zealand.
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C.
Riders Field
Riders Field is a minor league baseball stadium in Frisco, Texas, best known as the home ballpark of the Frisco RoughRiders.
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D.
Gtech Community Stadium
Gtech Community Stadium is a modern football stadium in Brentford, West London, serving as the home ground of Brentford Football Club.
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E.
Eden Park
Eden Park is New Zealand’s most famous rugby stadium, located in Auckland and renowned as the primary venue for the national team, the All Blacks.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ellis Park Stadium Target entity description: Ellis Park Stadium is a historic rugby and football stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, best known internationally for hosting the iconic 1995 Rugby World Cup final.
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A.
Hampden Park
Hampden Park is Scotland’s national football stadium in Glasgow, renowned for hosting major domestic and international matches and historic cup finals.
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B.
North Harbour Stadium
North Harbour Stadium is a major multi-purpose sports and events venue located on Auckland's North Shore in New Zealand.
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C.
Riders Field
Riders Field is a minor league baseball stadium in Frisco, Texas, best known as the home ballpark of the Frisco RoughRiders.
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D.
Gtech Community Stadium
Gtech Community Stadium is a modern football stadium in Brentford, West London, serving as the home ground of Brentford Football Club.
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E.
Eden Park
Eden Park is New Zealand’s most famous rugby stadium, located in Auckland and renowned as the primary venue for the national team, the All Blacks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
football stadium
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multi-purpose stadium ⓘ rugby union stadium ⓘ sports stadium ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ellis Park
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linked to:
Ellis Park Stadium
Emirates Airline Park ⓘ Emirates Park ⓘ |
| capacity | approximately 60000 ⓘ |
| city |
Johannesburg
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linked to:
Johannesburg, South Africa
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| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | South Africa ⓘ |
| hasLighting | floodlights ⓘ |
| hasScoreboards | electronic scoreboards ⓘ |
| hasSeatingType | all-seater configuration ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | symbol of national unity in South Africa after apartheid ⓘ |
| homeVenueOf |
Golden Lions
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Lions (United Rugby Championship) ⓘ
linked to:
Golden Lions rugby union team
Moroka Swallows FC ⓘ
linked to:
Moroka Swallows F.C.
|
| hostedEvent |
1995 Rugby World Cup final
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1995 Rugby World Cup matches ⓘ 2010 FIFA World Cup matches ⓘ South Africa national rugby union team home tests ⓘ concerts ⓘ international rugby union test matches ⓘ major football matches in South Africa ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gauteng
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Johannesburg ⓘ
linked to:
Johannesburg, South Africa
Johannesburg CBD ⓘ |
| namedAfter | JD Ellis ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with post-apartheid South African sporting history
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hosting the 1995 Rugby World Cup final ⓘ |
| opened | 1928 ⓘ |
| operator |
Ellis Park Stadium (Pty) Ltd
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linked to:
Ellis Park Stadium
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| owner | Ellis Park World of Sport (consortium) ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ellis Park sports precinct
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linked to:
Ellis Park Stadium
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| rebuilt | 1982 ⓘ |
| region | Southern Africa ⓘ |
| renovatedFor | 2010 FIFA World Cup ⓘ |
| sport |
association football
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rugby union ⓘ |
| surface | grass ⓘ |
| tenantType |
professional football clubs
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professional rugby teams ⓘ |
| timezone |
South African Standard Time
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linked to:
Central Africa Time
|
| usedFor |
football matches
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large-scale events ⓘ rugby union matches ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ellis Park Stadium Description of subject: Ellis Park Stadium is a historic rugby and football stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, best known internationally for hosting the iconic 1995 Rugby World Cup final.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ellis Park Stadium
linked to: Ellis Park Stadium
linked to: Ellis Park Stadium
subject linked to:
Golden Lions rugby union team
linked to: Ellis Park Stadium
linked to: Ellis Park Stadium
subject linked to:
Ellis Park World of Sport (consortium)
British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa 2009
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Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
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