List of professional sports leagues

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This is a list of professional sports leagues.

A sports league is a professional body that governs the competition of its teams.[clarification needed] They make the rules for competition and behavior and disciplines its members as necessary. This is done through a structure that varies by league. Some are made up of a board of governors that have a commissioner or president, while others are single entity organizations where the league owns the franchises and therefore does not have a board of governors.[clarification needed]

This list attempts to show those sports leagues for which all players and teams are paid to play. In other words, these players can be considered to play their chosen sport as their profession. Some leagues don't pay well enough to allow players to use them as their primary or only source of income, but because the players are paid, it's still considered professional, or semi-professional. As such, some leagues listed here may not be fully professional.

Auto racing[edit]

Badminton[edit]

 England

 India

 Indonesia

Bandy[edit]

 Finland

 Russia

 Sweden

Baseball[edit]

See also: List of organized baseball leagues, Professional baseball, and Baseball awards

Northern Hemisphere Summer[edit]

Americas[edit]

 United States,  Canada,  Cuba,  Venezuela, and  Argentina

 Mexico

 Argentina

Asia-Pacific[edit]

 Japan

 South Korea

 People's Republic of China

Taiwan Taiwan

 Philippines

Europe[edit]

 Italy

 Ireland

 Netherlands

 Czech Republic

 France

  • Division Élite (officially semi-professional but contains several professional teams)

 Germany

 Spain

 Sweden

 Poland

 Portugal

Northern Hemisphere Winter[edit]

Americas[edit]

 Argentina

 Colombia

 Curaçao

 Dominican Republic

 Mexico

 Nicaragua

 Panama

 Puerto Rico

 United States

 Venezuela

Asia-Pacific[edit]

 Australia,  New Zealand and  South Korea

 Japan,  South Korea and  Taiwan

Basketball[edit]

Main article: List of basketball leagues

Bowling[edit]

Boxing[edit]

Major promotions

Major sanctioning bodies

 India

Chess[edit]

 Philippines

Cricket[edit]

Africa[edit]

North America[edit]

Canada

United States

West Indies

Asia[edit]

Europe[edit]

Oceania[edit]

 Australia

 New Zealand

Curling[edit]

Cycling[edit]

 United States

 India

  • International Cycling League
  • Pro Cycle Cycling

 Italy

Competitive eating[edit]

Gridiron football: American football, Indoor American football, Arena football, Canadian football, and Flag football[edit]

See also: List of American and Canadian football leagues

 United States

 Australia

 Brazil

 Canada

 China

 Croatia

 Japan

 India

 Austria

 Germany

 Czech Republic

 France

 Italy

 Mexico

 Poland

 Turkey

 UK

 Russia

 Russia

  • Slovak Football League

 Sweden

Football: Association football[edit]

Main articles: Geography of association football, Geography of women's association football, and Professionalism in association football
See also: List of association football competitions

Football: Australian rules football[edit]

Football: Beach Soccer[edit]

 Ukraine

Football: Futsal[edit]

 Austria

 Australia

 Argentina

 Belarus

 Brazil

 Bosnia and Herzegovina

 Czech Republic

 China

 Germany

 France

 India

 Indonesia

 Israel

 Iran

 Italy

 Latvia

 Malaysia

 Myanmar

 Kyrgyzstan

 Japan

 South Korea

 Serbia

 Poland

 Portugal

 Spain

 Sweden

  Switzerland

 Russia

 Thailand

 Turkey

 Uzbekistan

 United States

 United Kingdom

 Vietnam

 Ukraine

Football: Indoor soccer[edit]

 United States

Fencing[edit]

Field hockey[edit]

Asia[edit]

Europe[edit]

Australia[edit]

Golf[edit]

Main article: Professional golf tours

Men's[edit]

Top-level tours[edit]

Senior tours[edit]

Developmental tours[edit]

Women's[edit]

Top-level tours[edit]

Senior tours[edit]

Developmental tours[edit]

  • Symetra Tour (second-tier US tour, operated by the LPGA)
  • Ladies European Tour Access Series, LETAS,[12] the official feeder tour to the Ladies European Tour, has been formed to give players not part of a major tour an opportunity to compete and progress on to the Ladies European Tour.
  • Step Up Tour (second-tier Japanese tour, operated by the LPGA of Japan)
  • Swedish Golf Tour (women's version is a second-tier tour in Sweden, feeding to the Ladies European Tour)

Handball[edit]

 Belgium  Netherlands

Ice hockey[edit]

See also: List of ice hockey leagues

North America[edit]

 Canada and  United States

 Canada only

 United States only

 Mexico

Asia[edit]

 Japan,  South Korea, and  Russia

 Kazakhstan

 Mongolia

 Taiwan

 China

 Israel

Europe[edit]

 Austria,  Croatia,  Slovakia,  Hungary,  Czech Republic, and  Italy

 Austria,  Italy, and  Slovenia

 Estonia  Latvia  Lithuania

 Belgium,  Netherlands

 Belarus

 Bulgaria

 Scotland Republic of Ireland

 Czech Republic

 Croatia

 Serbia

 Denmark

 France

 Finland

 Germany

 Austria,  Hungary and  Romania

 Latvia

 Lithuania

 Estonia

 Netherlands and  Belgium

 Norway

 Italy

 Poland

 Romania

 Russia,  Belarus,  China,  Finland,  Kazakhstan,  Latvia, and  Slovakia

 Russia only

 Slovakia,  Hungary

 Slovenia

  Switzerland

 Sweden

 Turkey

 Ukraine

 United Kingdom ( England,  Scotland,  Wales, and  Northern Ireland)

Oceania[edit]

 Australia

 New Zealand

Indoor hockey[edit]

Inline hockey[edit]

Roller hockey (quad)/Rink hockey[edit]

 Spain

Kabaddi[edit]

International Tournaments

 Russia,  Maldives,  North Korea,  New Zealand,  Philippines,  Spain,  Guyana,  Chile,  Cambodia,  Indonesia,  Malaysia,  Israel,  Sri Lanka,  Canada,  Argentina,  Kenya,  Saudi Arabia,  Japan and  UAE)

Kabaddi Leagues

Kickboxing[edit]

Korfball[edit]

Lacrosse[edit]

Box / Indoor lacrosse[edit]

 United States and  Canada

Field lacrosse[edit]

Mixed martial arts[edit]

Motorcycle racing[edit]

Netball[edit]

Pesäpallo[edit]

 Finland:

Shooting[edit]

 Germany

Speedway[edit]

Professional wrestling[edit]

See also: List of professional wrestling promotions
United States
India
Japan
Mexico

Racquetball[edit]

Roll Ball[edit]

 India

 United States

  • Roll Ball One

 United Kingdom

  • Pro Roll Ball One

 European Union

  • Roll Ball League

Rugby league[edit]

See also: List of rugby league competitions

Northern Hemisphere[edit]

See also: British rugby league system and French rugby league system

Southern Hemisphere[edit]

See also: List of rugby league competitions in Australia

Rugby union[edit]

See also: List of rugby union competitions

Intercontinental

Africa

Americas

Asia-Pacific

Europe

Pro clubs in an amateur league

Snooker[edit]

Softball[edit]

 India

 United States

 United Kingdom

Table tennis[edit]

Tennis[edit]

Asia[edit]

 India

Track and field[edit]

Ultimate[edit]

 United States

Video gaming/Electronic sports[edit]

 United States

Asia[edit]

 China

 India

 South Korea

 Taiwan/ Hong Kong/ Macau

 Japan

 Philippines

Southeast Asia

Multiple regions[edit]

Volleyball[edit]

Water polo[edit]

Main article: Geography of water polo

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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