List of basketball leagues

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This is a list of current and defunct basketball leagues around the world.

Men[]

Intercontinental[]

  • FIBA Intercontinental Cup

Africa[]

International leagues[]

  • BAL – Basketball Africa League
  • FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup

National leagues[]

 Algeria

 Angola

 Central African Republic

 Ghana

 Egypt

 Liberia

 Libya

  • LBL – Libyan Division I Basketball League

 Morocco

  • Nationale 1

 Mozambique

  • MBL – Mozambican Division I Basketball League

 Nigeria

 Rwanda

  • NBL – National Basketball League

 Senegal

  • SBL – Senegalese Division I Basketball League

 South Africa

 Tunisia

  • TBL – Tunisian Division I Basketball League

 Uganda

Americas[]

International leagues[]

National leagues[]

 Argentina

 Bolivia

 Brazil

 Canada

  • NBA – National Basketball Association – Major League
    • NBA G League – first tier Minor League
  • CEBL – Canadian Elite Basketball League
  • NBLC – National Basketball League of Canada

 Chile

  • LNM – Liga Nacional Movistar

 Colombia

  • BPC – Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano

 Costa Rica

  • LBSCR –

 Cuba

 Dominican Republic

 Ecuador

 El Salvador

 Mexico

 Nicaragua

  • ACB League
  • LNB – (2018–present)

 Panama

 Paraguay

  • PMBL – Paraguayan Metropolitan Basketball League

 Peru

 Puerto Rico

  • BSN – Baloncesto Superior Nacional
  • BSNF – Baloncesto Superior Nacional Femenino

 Uruguay

  • LUB – Liga Uruguaya de Basketball

 United States

College and university basketball[]

 Canada

  • OUA – Wilson Cup
  • U Sports – W. P. McGee Trophy

 United States

Youth leagues[]
  • AAU – Amateur Athletic Union
  • USSSA – United States Specialty Sports Association

 Venezuela

  • LPB – Liga Profesional de Baloncesto

Asia[]

International leagues[]

National leagues[]

 Bahrain

 China

 Hong Kong

  • A1 – Hong Kong A1 Division Championship

 India

 Indonesia

  • IBL – Indonesia Basketball League

 Iran

 Iraq

  • IBL – Iraqi Division I Basketball League

 Kazakhstan

 Kuwait

 Japan

  • B.League – first tier since 2016–17
    • B.League Division Two – second tier
      • B.League Division Three – third tier
        • AJIBC - All Japan Intercollegiate Basketball Championship – fourth tier

 Jordan

 Lebanon

  • FLB League – Lebanese Basketball League

 Mongolia

 Oman

 Philippines (Philippine basketball is not divided into a tier-like league system)

The Games and Amusements Board (GAB) issues professional licenses for players playing in professional leagues. GAB had instructed amateur leagues that are paying its players to be under its belt. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this hasn't been applied as the GAB has only allowed professional leagues (of any sport) to operate.

 Qatar

  • QBL – Qatari Basketball League

 Saudi Arabia

 Singapore

 South Korea

  • KBL – Korean Basketball League – first tier
    • KBL R–League – KBL Reserve League – second tier
      • KUBL – Korea University Basketball League – third tier

 Syria

  • SBL – Syrian Basketball League

 Thailand

 Taiwan

  • PLG – P. League+ – first tier (professional)
  • T1 – T1 League – first tier (professional)
    • SBL – Super Basketball League – second tier (semi-professional)
      • A League – third tier (amateur)
        • UBA – University Basketball Alliance – fourth tier
          • HBL – High School Basketball League – fifth tier

 United Arab Emirates

 Vietnam

Europe[]

International leagues[]

Continental Leagues[]

Clubs participate pan-European leagues in two ways. Larger clubs play in Euroleague Basketball's system, with several of them having long-term licenses and others having annual licenses (irrespective of domestic league results), akin to the franchise model in North American sports. The Basketball Champions League (BCL) is the other way clubs participate, which is mostly based on sporting merit. A club usually opts to play in the EuroLeague instead of the BCL if it qualifies for both.

Subregional leagues[]
  • AAC – Alpe Adria Cup – featuring teams from Austria, Croatia, Czechia (Czech Republic), Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia
  • ABA League (also known as the Adriatic League) – first tier league featuring teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia
  • BIBL – Balkan International Basketball League – featuring teams from Albania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia
  • VTB–League – VTB United League – featuring teams from Belarus, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Poland and Russia

National leagues[]

 Albania

 Austria

 Armenia

 Azerbaijan

  • ABL – Azerbaijan Basketball League

 Belarus

 Belgium &  Netherlands

  • BNXT League – first tier in both countries from 2021-22 season onward

 Bosnia and Herzegovina

 Bulgaria

 Croatia

  • A-1 Liga

 Cyprus

  • Cyprus Basketball Division 1

 Czech Republic

  • NBL – National Basketball League, also called the Kooperativa NBL for sponsorship reasons

 Denmark

  • DBL – Danish Basketball League

 Estonia

  • KML – Korvpalli Meistriliiga

 Finland

  • Korisliiga – first tier
    • I Division – second tier

 France

  • LNB Pro A – Ligue Nationale de Basketball Pro A – first tier
    • LNB Pro B – Ligue Nationale de Basket Pro B – second tier

 Georgia

 Germany

 Greece

 Hungary

 Iceland

  • Premier League
  • First Division

 Israel

 Italy

  • Serie A – first tier
    • Serie A2 – second tier
      • Serie B – third tier
        • Serie C Gold – fourth tier
          • Serie C Silver – fifth tier
            • Serie D Regionale – sixth tier
              • Promozione – seventh tier

 Kosovo

 Latvia

 Lithuania

  • LKL – Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga – first tier
    • NKL – Nacionalinė Krepšinio Lyga – second tier
      • RKL – Regioninė Krepšinio Lyga – third tier

 Luxembourg

 North Macedonia

 Montenegro

  • MBL – Montenegrin Basketball League

 Netherlands

  • Promotiedivisie – second tier; top purely domestic level from 2021 to 2022

 Norway

  • BLNO

 Poland

 Portugal

  • LCB – Portuguese Basketball League
  • Proliga

 Romania

  • Divizia A

 Russia

  • VTB–League – VTB United League – first tier since the 2012–13 season (also featuring teams from Belarus, Estonia, Kazakhstan and Poland)
    • BSL 1 – Basketball Super League 1 – second tier; was the first tier league from 1992 to 2010
      • BSL 2 – Basketball Super League 2 – third tier
        • First League – fourth tier
          • VTB-League U21 – fifth tier

 Serbia

 Slovakia

  • SEL Slovak Extraliga

 Slovenia

 Spain

 Sweden

  Switzerland

  • LNBA – Swiss Basketball League – first tier

 Turkey

 Ukraine

  • UBSL – Ukrainian Basketball Superleague – first tier
    • Higher League – second tier

 Ireland

  • Super League

 Great Britain

  • BBL – British Basketball League – First Tier

Oceania[]

 Australia

  • NBL – National Basketball League – Major League

 Guam

 New Zealand

Women[]

Africa[]

National leagues

 Angola

 Morocco

 Tunisia

 Nigeria

Americas[]

 United States

College basketball

Youth leagues

  • AAU
  • USSSA
  • YBOA

 Canada

University basketball

  • U Sports

 Puerto Rico

  • Baloncesto Superior Nacional Femenino (BSNF)

Asia[]

 China

 Hong Kong

 India

  • Indian National Basketball Championship for Women

 Indonesia

  • Srikandi Cup

 Japan

 Philippines

Filipino College Basketball

 South Korea

 Republic of China (Taiwan)

 Thailand

  • WTBL - Women's Thailand Basketball League

Europe[]

 Albania

  • Albanian A-1 League

 Austria

 Belgium

 Bosnia and Herzegovina

 Bulgaria

 Croatia

 Cyprus

 Czech Republic

 Denmark

 France

 Estonia

 Finland

 Germany

 Greece

 Hungary

 Iceland

  • Úrvalsdeild kvenna - Premier league women

 Israel

 Italy

 Latvia

 Lithuania

 Luxembourg

 North Macedonia

 Montenegro

 Netherlands

  • Vrouwen Basketball League

 Poland

  • BLK – Basket Liga Kobiet (first tier)
    • I Liga (second tier)

 Portugal

 Romania

 Russia

 Serbia

 Slovakia

 Slovenia

 Spain

 Sweden

  Switzerland

 Turkey

 Ukraine

 United Kingdom

Oceania[]

 Australia

 New Zealand

  • NBLW – National Basketball League Women – first tier
  • D-League – Women's Development League – second tier

Defunct leagues[]

Men[]

World[]

Americas[]

 Canada

 United States

  • Amateur Athletic Association Basketball (AAU), 1897–1982
  • National Basketball League (NBL), 1898–99 to 1903-04
  • Philadelphia Basketball League (PBL), 1902–1909
  • New England Basketball League (NEBL), 1903–1904
  • Western Massachusetts Basketball League (WMBL), 1903–1904
  • Western Pennsylvania Basketball League (WPBL), 1903–1904; 1912–1913; 1914–1915
  • New England Basketball Association (NEBA), 1904–1905
  • Mohawk Valley League (MVL), 1906–1910
  • Central Basketball League (CBL), 1906–1912
  • Hudson River League (HRL), 1909–12
  • Eastern Basketball League (EBL), 1909–1933
  • New York State League (NYSL), 1911–23
  • Pennsylvania State League (PSL), 1914–1921
  • Interstate Basketball League (IBL), 1915–1920
  • Interstate League (IL), 1919–1923
  • Metropolitan Basketball League (MBL), 1921–1928
  • American Basketball League (ABL), 1925–1955
  • National Basketball League (NBL), 1926–27
  • National Basketball League (NBL), 1929–30
  • National Basketball League (NBL), 1932–33
  • Midwest Basketball Conference (MBC), 1935–1937; became National Basketball League with 1937–38 season.
  • National Basketball League (NBL), 1937–1949; merged with the Basketball Association of America to become the National Basketball Association.
  • World Professional Basketball Tournament (WPBT), 1939–1948
  • Eastern Pro League (EPL)
  • Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League (PCPBL), 1946–1948
  • Basketball Association of America (BAA), 1946–1949; merged with the National Basketball League to become the National Basketball Association.
  • New York State Professional Basketball League (NYSPL), 1946–1949
  • Continental Basketball Association (CBA), 1946–2009;[1] originally named Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, then Eastern Professional Basketball League.
  • Professional Basketball League of America (PBLA), 1947–1948
  • National Industrial Basketball League (NIBL), 1947–1961
  • National Professional Basketball League (NPBL), 1950–1951
  • American Basketball League (ABL), 1961–1963
  • Midwest Professional Basketball League (MPBL) (1961-1964)
  • North American Basketball League (1964-1968), (NABL) 1964–1968
  • American Basketball Association (ABA), 1967–1976
  • All-American Basketball Alliance (AABA), 1977–78
  • Western Basketball Association (WBA), 1978–79
  • World Basketball League (WBL), 1988–1992; was founded as the International Basketball Association in November 1987, before changing its name prior to the 1988 season.
  • Global Basketball Association (GBA), 1991-92 - December 1992; league folded midway through 1992–93 season.
  • International Basketball Association (IBA), 1995–2001
  • International Basketball League (IBL), 1999–2001
  • National Rookie League (NRL), 2000
  • All-American Professional Basketball League (AAPBL), 2005
  • United States Basketball League (USBL)
  • National Professional Basketball League (NPBL)
  • All-American Basketball Alliance (2010)
  • Global Professional Basketball League (GPBL)
  • Global Professional Basketball League 2 (GPBL 2)
  • United Regions Basketball League (URBL)
  • National Alliance Basketball League (NABL)
  • National Athletic Basketball League (NABL)
  • Universal Basketball League (UBL)
  • Minor League Basketball Association (MLBA)
  • Continental Basketball League (CBL)
  • American Basketball League (ABL)
  • Eastern Basketball Alliance (EBA)
  • West Coast Pro Basketball League (WCBL)
  • International Basketball League (IBL)

Asia[]

 China

 Japan

 Malaysia

  • MNBL - Malaysia National Basketball League, 1981–2013

 Philippines

 Republic of China (Taiwan)

  • Chinese Basketball Alliance (CBA), 1995–1999

Europe[]

Subregional leagues

National leagues

 Belgium

 Great Britain

  • National Basketball League (NBL), 1972–2003

 Netherlands

 Russia

  • Professional Basketball League (PBL), 2010–2013; superseded by the VTB United League

Former Yugoslavia

  • Yugoslav Basketball League

Oceania[]

 Australia

 New Zealand

Women[]

Americas[]

 United States

Asia[]

 China

 Philippines

Oceania[]

 New Zealand

  • Women's Basketball Championship (WBC)
    • Women's Basketball Championship Division Two (WBC Division Two)
  • Women's National Basketball League (WNBL)
    • Women's Basketball League (WBL), conference-based second-tier league

References[]

  1. ^ "Continental Basketball Association Confronts an Uncertain Future". New York Times. 8 February 2009.
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