List of basketball leagues
This is a list of current and defunct basketball leagues.
Men
Africa
National Leagues
- ABC Super Division – Algerian Basketball Championship Super Division
Americas
National Leagues
- Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete
- NBB - Novo Basquete Brasil
- LDB - Liga de Desenvolvimento de Basquete (Under-22 league)
- NBB - Novo Basquete Brasil
- National Basketball League of Canada (NBLC)
- Canadian Basketball League (CBL)
- National Basketball Association (NBA)
University basketball
- Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN)
- South America
- Liga Sudamericana - a pan-South American league competition
- BIG3
- National Basketball Association (NBA)
- NBA G League
- American Basketball Association (ABA)
- American Professional Basketball League (APBL)
- Central Basketball Association (CBA)
- East Coast Basketball League (ECBL)
- Florida Basketball Association (FBA)
- Independent Basketball Association (IBA)
- Midwest Basketball League (MBL)
- Midwest Professional Basketball Association (MPBA)
- North American Basketball League (NABL)
- Premier Basketball League (PBL)
- Tobacco Road Basketball League (TRBL)
- United Basketball League (UBL)
- Universal Basketball Association (UBA)
- NBA G League
U.S. college basketball
- Association of Christian College Athletics (ACCA)
- California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA)
- NAIA Men's Basketball Championships (NAIA Division I)
- NAIA Men's Basketball Championships (NAIA Division II)
- NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship (NCAA Division I)
- NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship (NCAA Division II)
- NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship (NCAA Division III)
- List of NCCAA men's basketball champions (NCCAA)
- NJCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship (NJCAA Division I)
- NJCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship (NJCAA Division II)
- NJCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship (NJCAA Division III)
- Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC)
- United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA)
U.S. high school basketball
Youth Leagues
Asia
Subregional Leagues
- ABL - ASEAN Basketball League
- WABA - WABA Champions Cup
National Leagues
- CBA - Chinese Basketball Association
- NBL - National Basketball League
- CUBS - Chinese University Basketball Super League
- CUBA - Chinese University Basketball Association
- CHBL - China High School Basketball League
- CUBA - Chinese University Basketball Association
- CUBS - Chinese University Basketball Super League
- NBL - National Basketball League
- Divisia I - Kuwaiti Division I Basketball League
- B.League - first tier since 2016-2017
- 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
- FLB League - Lebanese Basketball League
- QBL - Qatari Basketball League
- SBL - Super Basketball League
- A League - A League
- UBA - University Basketball Alliance
- HBL - High School Basketball League
- UBA - University Basketball Alliance
- A League - A 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
Europe
International Leagues – National Teams
- FIBA EuroBasket- main international European basketball competition contested biannually by the men's national teams governed by FIBA Europe
- FIBA European Championship for Small Countries-international basketball competition contested by select small country national teams governed by FIBA Europe
International Leagues – Club Teams
- EuroLeague – top tier, organized by Euroleague Basketball
- EuroCup – second tier, organized by Euroleague Basketball
- Basketball Champions League – third tier, organized by FIBA
- FIBA Europe Cup – fourth tier, organized by FIBA
Subregional Leagues
- ABA League (also known as Adriatic League) – teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia
- AAC – Alpe Adria Cup
- BIBL – Balkan International Basketball League
- BBL – Baltic Basketball League - teams from the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania plus Sweden
- VTB United League – teams from Belarus, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, and Russia
- NBL - National Basketball League, also called the Mattoni NBL for sponsorship reasons[citation needed]
- KML - Korvpalli Meistriliiga
- LNB Pro A - Ligue Nationale de Basketball Pro A - first tier
- Pro B - Ligue Nationale de Basket Pro B - second tier
- Basketball Bundesliga - Basketball Bundesliga - first tier
- 2. Basketball Bundesliga - 2. Basketball Bundesliga - second tier
- Pro B - third tier
- 2. Basketball Bundesliga - 2. Basketball Bundesliga - second tier
- Georgian Superliga - Georgian Basketball Super League
- Greek Basket League - first tier
- Greek A2 Basket League - second tier
- Ligat HaAl - first tier
- Liga Leumit - second tier
- Lega Basket Serie A - first tier
- Serie A2 Basket - second tier
- Serie B Basket - third tier
- Serie A2 Basket - 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
- 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
- VTB-League – first tier since the 2012–13 season (teams from Belarus, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, and Russia)
- Basketball Super League 1 – second tier; was the first tier from 1992–2010
- Basketball Super League 2 – third tier
- First League – fourth tier
- VTB-League U21 – fifth tier
- First League – fourth tier
- Basketball Super League 2 – third tier
- Basketball Super League 1 – second tier; was the first tier from 1992–2010
- 1. A SKL, also known for sponsorship reasons as Liga Telemach[citation needed]
- 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
- Swedish Basketball League(Ligan) - first tier
- Basketettan - second tier
- BSL - Turkish Basketball Super League - first tier
- Ukrainian Basketball Superleague - first tier
- Higher League - second tier
Oceania
- NBL – National Basketball League
- Regional Leagues:
- Big V – Big V (Victoria)
- Premier League – Premier League (South Australia)
- QBL – Queensland Basketball League (Queensland)
- SBL – State Basketball League (Western Australia)
- SEABL – South East Australian Basketball League (Southeast Australia)
- Waratah League – Waratah League (New South Wales)
Women
Americas
- Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
- Women's Blue Chip Basketball League (WBCBL)
- Women's Universal Basketball Association (WUBA)
College Basketball
- Association of Christian College Athletics
- NAIA Basketball
- NCAA Basketball
- NCCAA Basketball
- NJCAA Basketball
- USCAA Basketball
Youth Leagues
Canada
University basketball
Asia
- WCBA - Women's Chinese Basketball Association
- WCUBS - Women's Chinese University Basketball Super League
- WCUBA - Women's Chinese University Basketball Association
- WCUBS - Women's Chinese University Basketball Super League
- WNBL - Women′s National Basketball League
Europe
- Úrvalsdeild kvenna - Premier league women
- BLK – Basket Liga Kobiet (first tier)
- I Liga (second tier)
- Premier League
- Superleague
- Higher League
- Superleague
- LFB – Liga Femenina de Baloncesto Ligue Féminine de Basketball
- TKBL, the Turkish initialism for Turkish Women's Basketball League
Oceania
Defunct leagues
Men
Americas
- National Basketball League (NBL), 1993–94
- Canadian National Basketball League (CNBL), 2002–2004
- All-American Basketball Alliance
- 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
- 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 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
- 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)
- 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)
- Continental Basketball League (CBL)
- American Basketball League (ABL)
- Eastern Basketball Alliance (EBA)
- West Coast Pro Basketball League (WCBL)
- International Basketball League (IBL)
Asia
- Chinese New Basketball Alliance (CNBA), 1996–97
- bj league - Basketball Japan League, 2005–16
- JBL - Japan Basketball League, 1996–13
- NBL - National Basketball League, 2014–16
- MNBL - Malaysia National Basketball League, 1981–2013
- Philippine Basketball League (PBL), 1983–2010
- 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
National Leagues
- National Basketball League (NBL), 1972–2003
- Professional Basketball League (PBL), 2010-2013
Oceania
- Australian Basketball Association (ABA), 1965–2008
- 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
Oceania
- 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.