Polish basketball league system

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The Polish basketball league system, or Polish basketball league pyramid is a series of interconnected competitions for professional and amateur basketball clubs in Poland. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and relegation system between competitions at different levels.

Men[]

The tier levels[]

For the 2020–21 season, the Polish men's basketball league system is as follows:

Level
(Clubs) 		League/Division
1
(16) 		Polska Liga Koszykówki (PLK)
16 teams
↓ 2 relegation
2
(16) 		I Liga
16 teams
↑ 2 promotion
↓ 4 relegation
3
(51) 		II Liga
Group A (North-West)
12 teams 		II Liga
Group B (Central-East)
13 teams 		II Liga
Group C (South)
13 teams 		II Liga
Group D (South-West)
13 teams
Five rounds of playoffs: ↑ 4 promotion (2 finalists and the winner of the matches for 3rd place)
One round of play-out: ↓ 4 relegation (each of the 4 losers)
4
(78) 		III Liga
DZKosz.
(DS, LB)
15 teams 		III Liga
KOZKosz.
(MA, PK)
10 teams 		III Liga
KPZKosz.
(KP, LD)
6 teams 		III Liga
OZKosz.
(OP)
7 teams 		III Liga
PodkZKosz.
(PK, LU)
3 teams 		III Liga
POZKosz.
(PM, WN)
8 teams 		III Liga
SLZKosz.
(SL)
7 teams 		III Liga
WOZKosz.
(MZ)
14 teams 		III Liga
WZKosz.
(WP)
10 teams
Semi-finals tournaments: 24 best teams from all the groups will qualify for six semi-final's tournaments (the 4 teams in each tournament)
Finals tournaments: 12 best teams of the six semi-final's tournaments (2 teams from each semi-final's tournaments)
↑ 6 promotion (2 teams from each final's tournaments)

Women[]

The tier levels[]

For the 2020–21 season, the Polish women's basketball league system is as follows:

Level
(Clubs) 		League/Division
1
(11) 		Basket Liga Kobiet (BLK)
11 teams
↓ 0 or 1 relegation [league contract, 12 clubs participating is guaranteed to play provided they meet the conditions of the license (no relegations);
exception: the fall in the event of two classes of one of the last places in consecutive seasons]
2
(20) 		I Liga Group A
10 teams 		I Liga Group B
10 teams
Four rounds of playoffs: ↑ 1 promotion (the winner of the final matches)
One round of play-out: ↓ 2 relegation (each of the 2 losers)
3
(34) 		II Liga
North Group
5 teams 		II Liga
South Group A
6 teams 		II Liga
South Group B
6 teams 		II Liga
East Group
6 teams 		II Liga
West Group
11 teams
Semi-finals tournaments: 8 best teams from all the groups will qualify for two semi-final's tournaments (the 4 teams in each tournament)
Finals tournaments: 4 best teams of the two semi-final's tournaments (2 teams from each semi-final's tournaments)
↑ 2 promotion (2 teams from final's tournaments)

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