List of basketball leagues
This is a list of current and defunct basketball leagues around the world.
Men
Africa
International Leagues
- BAL – Basketball Africa League
- FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
National Leagues
- ABC Super Division – Algerian Basketball Championship Super Division
- ABL – Angolan Basketball League – first tier
- ABC – Angola Second Division Basketball Championship – second tier
- GSP Basketball League
- Nationale 1
- MBL – Mozambican Division I Basketball League
- NPL – Nigerian Premier League
- SBL – Senegalese Division I Basketball League
- TBL – Tunisian Division I Basketball League
Americas
International Leagues
- BCLA – Basketball Champions League Americas
- FIBA Americas League
- Liga Sudamericana
National Leagues
- LNB – Liga Nacional de Básquet – first tier
- TNA – Torneo Nacional de Ascenso – second tier
- CBB – Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete – first tier
- NBB – Novo Basquete Brasil – first tier
- Liga Ouro de Basquete (Brazil) – second tier
- LDB – Liga de Desenvolvimento de Basquete (Under-22 League) – third tier
- NBA – National Basketball Association – Major League
- NBA G League – first tier Minor League
- CEBL – Canadian Elite Basketball League
- NBLC – National Basketball League of Canada
University basketball
- OUA – Wilson Cup
- U Sports – W. P. McGee Trophy
- LNM – Liga Nacional Movistar
- LBSCR – Liga de Baloncesto Superior de Costa Rica
- LNBP – Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional – first tier
- CIBACOPA – Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico – second tier
- NBA G League – first tier Minor League
- ACB League
- LNB – Liga Nicaragüense de Baloncesto (2018–present)
- LPB – Liga Profesional de Baloncesto (2015–present)
- LBL – Liga de Basket de Lima
- LNB – Liga Nacional de Basketball
- LUB – Liga Uruguaya de Basketball
- NBA – National Basketball Association – Major League
- NBA G League – first tier Minor League
- ABA – American Basketball Association – second tier Minor League
- CBA – Central Basketball Association – second tier Minor League
- ECBL – East Coast Basketball League – second tier Minor League
- FBA – Florida Basketball Association – second tier Minor League
- MBL – Maximum Basketball League – second tier Minor League
- MSBA – Mid-South Basketball Association – second tier Minor League
- PBL – Premier Basketball League – second tier Minor League
- TBL – The Basketball League – second tier Minor League
- UBA – Universal Basketball Association – second tier Minor League
- UBL – United Basketball League – second tier Minor League
- NBA G League – first tier Minor League
College basketball
- ACCA – Association of Christian College Athletics
- CCCAA – California Community College Athletic Association
- NAIA Division I – NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
- NAIA Division II – NAIA Men's Division II Basketball Championship
- NCAA Division I – NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
- NCAA Division II – NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship
- NCAA Division III – NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship
- NCAA Division II – NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship
- NCCAA – List of NCCAA men's basketball champions
- NIT – National Invitation Tournament
- NJCAA Division I – NJCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
- NJCAA Division II – NJCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship
- NJCAA Division III – NJCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship
- NJCAA Division II – NJCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship
- NWAC – Northwest Athletic Conference
- USCAA – United States Collegiate Athletic Association
Youth Leagues
- LPB – Liga Profesional de Baloncesto
Asia
International Leagues
- ABL – ASEAN Basketball League
- Asia League
- FIBA Asia Champions Cup
- WABA – WABA Champions Cup
National Leagues
- BPL – Bahraini Premier League
- CBA – Chinese Basketball Association – first tier
- NBL – National Basketball League – second tier
- CUBA – Chinese University Basketball Association – third tier
- CHBL – China High School Basketball League – fourth tier
- CUBA – Chinese University Basketball Association – third tier
- NBL – National Basketball League – second tier
- IBL – Indonesia Basketball League
- IBL – Iraqi Division I Basketball League
- KBC – Kazakhstan Basketball Championship – first tier
- KBC – Kazakhstan Basketball Cup – second tier
- 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
- B.League Division Three – third tier
- B.League Division Two – second tier
- JBL – Jordan Basketball Super League
- JPBL – Jordanian Premier Basketball League
- Pro-Am SBL Pro-Am Singapore Basketball League
- FLB League – Lebanese Basketball League
- OBL – Oman Basketball League
- MPBL – Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League – first tier
- PBA – Philippine Basketball Association – first tier
- Liga Manila – second tier
- Men's Next5Hoops – second tier
- PBA D–League – PBA Developmental League – second tier
- NBL – National Basketball League – third tier
- UNTV Cup – third tier
College basketball
- CESAFI – Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc.
- COSAA – Cagayan de Oro Schools Athletics Association
- CUSA – Colleges and Universities Sports Association
- ISSA – Iloilo Schools Sports Association
- LCUAA – Laguna Colleges and Universities Athletic Association
- MNCAA – Men's National Collegiate Athletic Association
- NAASCU – National Athletic Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities
- NCAA – National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball Championship
- NCAA South – National Collegiate Athletic Association – South
- NCRAA – National Capital Region Athletic Association
- PCCL – Philippine Collegiate Championship League
- PRISSAA – Private Secondary Schools Athletics Association
- SCUAA – State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association
- UAAP – University Athletic Association of the Philippines Basketball Championship
- UBA - Universities Basketball Association (Taiwan)
- UCAA – Universities and Colleges Athletic Association
- UCBL – Universities and Colleges Basketball League
- UCCL – United Calabarzon Collegiate League
- UCLAA – United Central Luzon Athletic Association
High school basketball
- QBL – Qatari Basketball League
- SPL – Saudi Premier League
- KBL – Korean Basketball League – first tier
- KBL R–League – KBL Reserve League – second tier
- KUBL – Korea University Basketball League – third tier
- KBL R–League – KBL Reserve League – second tier
- SBL – Syrian Basketball League
- SBL – Super Basketball League - First tier
- William Jones Cup
- HBL – High School Basketball League
- A League - Second tier
Europe
International Leagues
Continental Leagues
- EuroLeague – first tier, organized by Euroleague Basketball
- EuroCup – second tier, organized by Euroleague Basketball
- BCL – Basketball Champions League – second tier, organized by FIBA Europe
- FIBA Europe Cup – third tier, organized by FIBA Europe
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
- ABA League Second Division – second tier
- 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
- ABSL – Albanian Basketball Superliga – first tier
- ABFD – Albanian Basketball First Division – second tier
- ÖBL – Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga
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- BLB – Basketball League Belgium Division I
- BCBH – Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina – first tier
- A1 Liga – second tier
- A-1 Liga
- Cyprus Basketball Division 1
- NBL – National Basketball League, also called the Mattoni NBL for sponsorship reasons
- DBL – Danish Basketball League
- KML – Korvpalli Meistriliiga
- Korisliiga – first tier
- I Division – second tier
- LNB Pro A – Ligue Nationale de Basketball Pro A – first tier
- LNB Pro B – Ligue Nationale de Basket Pro B – second tier
- GSL – Georgian Superliga
- BBL – Basketball Bundesliga – first tier
- GBL – Greek Basket League – first tier
- GBL A2 – Greek A2 Basket League – second tier
- GBL B – Greek B Basket League – third tier
- GBL C – Greek C Basket League – fourth tier
- GBL B – Greek B Basket League – third tier
- GBL A2 – Greek A2 Basket League – second tier
- Premier League
- First Division
- IBPL – Israeli Basketball Premier League – first tier
- Liga Leumit – second tier
- Liga Artzit – third tier
- Liga Leumit – second tier
- Serie A – first tier
- KBSL – Kosovo Basketball Superleague – first tier
- KBFL – Kosovo Basketball First League – second tier
- LBL – Latvijas Basketbola līga
- LKL – Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga – first tier
- NKL – Nacionalinė Krepšinio Lyga – second tier
- RKL – Regioninė Krepšinio Lyga – third tier
- NKL – Nacionalinė Krepšinio Lyga – second tier
- Total League
- Nationale 2
- MFL – Macedonian First League
- MBL – Montenegrin Basketball League
- Dutch Basketball League – first tier
- FEB Promotiedivisie – second tier
- PLK – Polska Liga Koszykówki (Polish Basketball League) – first tier
- I Liga – second tier
- II Liga – third tier
- I Liga – second tier
- LCB – Portuguese Basketball League
- Proliga
- Divizia A
- 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 1992–2010
- BSL 2 – Basketball Super League 2 – third tier
- First League – fourth tier
- VTB-League U21 – fifth tier
- First League – fourth tier
- BSL 2 – Basketball Super League 2 – third tier
- BSL 1 – Basketball Super League 1 – second tier; was the first tier league from 1992–2010
- BLS – Basketball League of Serbia – first tier
- BLS B – Basketball League of Serbia B – second tier
- RBL First Division – Regional Basketball League First Division – third tier
- RBL Second Division – Regional Basketball League Second Division – fourth tier
- RBL First Division – Regional Basketball League First Division – third tier
- BLS B – Basketball League of Serbia B – second tier
- SEL Slovak Extraliga
- 1. A SKL – Premier A Slovenian Basketball League (also known for sponsorship reasons as Liga Telemach) – first tier
- SSBL – Slovenian Second Basketball League – second tier
- SBL – School Basketball League – third tier
- SSBL – Slovenian Second Basketball League – second tier
- Liga Endesa – first tier
- LEB Oro – second tier
- LEB Plata – third tier
- Liga EBA – fourth tier
- Primera División – fifth tier
- Liga EBA – fourth tier
- LEB Plata – third tier
- LEB Oro – second tier
- SBL – Swedish Basketball League (Ligan) – first tier
- Basketettan – second tier
- LNBA – Swiss Basketball League – first tier
- Championnat LNB – second tier
- BSL – Turkish Basketball Super League – first tier
- TBL – Turkish Basketball First League – second tier
- TB2L – Turkish Basketball Second League – third tier
- TBL – Turkish Basketball First League – second tier
- UBSL – Ukrainian Basketball Superleague – first tier
- Higher League – second tier
- BBL – British Basketball League – first tier
- EBL - English Basketball League – second tier
- SBC – Scottish Basketball Championship – second tier
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State Leagues
Women
Africa
National Leagues
Americas
College Basketball
- NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament (NCAA Division I Women's)
- NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament (NCAA Division II Women's)
- NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament (NCAA Division III Women's)
- Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT)
- NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Championships (NAIA Division I Women's)
- NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Championships (NAIA Division II Women's)
- Association of Christian College Athletics
- NCCAA Women's Basketball (NCCAA Women's)
- NJCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship (NJCAA Division I Women's)
- NJCAA Division II Women's Basketball Championship (NJCAA Division II Women's)
- NJCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship (NJCAA Division III Women's)
- USCAA Women's Basketball (USCAA Women's)
Youth Leagues
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University basketball
Asia
- WCBA - Women's Chinese Basketball Association - first tier
- WCUBA - Women's Chinese University Basketball Association - second tier
- Srikandi Cup
- Pinay Ballers League
- Women's Next5Hoops
- WNBL — Women's National Basketball League
- Women's Next5Hoops
Filipino College Basketball
- UAAP - University Athletic Association of the Philippines
- WNCAA - Women's National Collegiate Athletic Association
- NAASCU - National Athletic Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities
- WTBL - Women's Thailand Basketball League
Europe
- Prva ženska liga - Croatian First Women's Basketball League
- Cyprus Women's Basketball Division A
- Kadınlar Basketbol Ligi - Women's Basketball League
- Česká ženská basketbalová liga - Czech Women's Basketball League
- Greek Women's Basket - first tier
- Greek A2 Women's Basket - second tier
- Úrvalsdeild kvenna - Premier league women
- LegA Basket Femminile Serie A1 - first tier
- Serie A2 - second tier
- Serie B d'Eccellenza - third tier
- Serie A2 - second tier
- Vrouwen Basketball League
- BLK – Basket Liga Kobiet (first tier)
- I Liga (second tier)
- Russian Women's Basketball Premier League
- Superleague
- Higher League
- Superleague
- LFB – Liga Femenina de Baloncesto Ligue Féminine de Basketball
- LF2B - Liga Femenina 2 de Baloncesto Ligue Féminine 2 de Basketball
- TWBL, the Turkish initialism for Turkish Women's Basketball League
- WBBL - Women's British Basketball League
- EWBL - English Women's Basketball League
- SWNL - Scottish Women's National League
Oceania
- NBLW – National Basketball League Women – first tier
- D-League – Women’s Development League – second tier
Defunct leagues
Men
World
- McDonald's Championship, 1987-1999
Americas
- National Basketball League (NBL), 1993–94
- Canadian National Basketball League (CNBL), 2002–2004
- 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)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), 2016-Present
- Continental Basketball League (CBL)
- American Basketball League (ABL)
- Eastern Basketball Alliance (EBA)
- Community Basketball Leagues (CBL)
- West Coast Pro Basketball League (WCBL)
- International Basketball League (IBL)
- Southern Basketball Association (SBA)[2]
Asia
- Chinese New Basketball Alliance (CNBA), 1996–97
- Chinese University Basketball Super League (CUBS), 2004–15
- bj league - Basketball Japan League, 2005–16
- JBL - Japan Basketball League, 1996–2013
- NBL - National Basketball League, 2014–16
- MNBL - Malaysia National Basketball League, 1981–2013
- Philippine Basketball League (PBL), 1983–2010
- Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association (MICAA), 1938-1981
- Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA), 1998–2002
- National Basketball Conference (NBC), 2004–2007
- Liga Pilipinas (LP), 2008–2012
- Chinese Basketball Alliance (CBA), 1994–1999
Europe
Subregional Leagues
- BBL – Baltic Basketball League - teams from the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania plus Sweden
- CEBL – Central European Basketball League
National Leagues
- National Basketball League (NBL), 1972–2003
- Professional Basketball League (PBL), 2010-2013
- Yugoslav Basketball League
Oceania
- Australian Basketball Association (ABA), 1965–2008
- Premier League (South Australia), 1957–2019
- Queensland Basketball League (QBL), 1986–2019
- South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL), 1981–2018
- Conference Basketball League (CBL), 1981–2010
Women
Americas
- Women's Professional Basketball Association (WPBA), 1975; the league folded before it ever started.
- Women's Professional Basketball League (WBL), 1978–1981
- Ladies Professional Basketball Association (LPBA), 1980–81; formed as a rival league to the WBL when the WBL began to experience financial problems. The league was poorly organized and played only five (or seven) games before disbanding with three teams never playing a game.
- Women's American Basketball Association (WABA), 1984 See: (WABA)
- National Women's Basketball Association (NWBA), 1986; the league folded right before the season was supposed to start.
- Liberty Basketball Association (LBA), 1991; played one pre-season exhibition game on February 10, 1991 before disbanding.
- Women's Basketball Association (WBA), 1993-1995 See: (WBA/WABA)
- American Basketball League (ABL), 1996–1998
- National Women's Basketball League (NWBL), 1998–2007
- Women's American Basketball Association (WABA), 2002
Asia
- Women's Chinese University Basketball Super League (WCUBS), 2004–15
Oceania
- 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
- "Continental Basketball Association Confronts an Uncertain Future". New York Times. 8 February 2009.
- Reynolds, William. "Atlanta Businessman Announces New Professional Basketball League". newstarjournal.com. NewStar Journal.
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