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*[[A1 Liga]] (Croatia)
*[[A1 Liga]] (Croatia)
*ACB - [[Liga ACB]] ([[Spain]], first level)
*ACB - [[Liga ACB]] ([[Spain]], first level)
*ABA - [[American Basketball Association (21st century)|American Basketball Association]] ([http://www.abalive.com Official Page])
*ABA - [[American Basketball Association (21st centurhy)|American Basketball Association]] ([http://www.abalive.com Official Page])
*ABL - [[ASEAN Basketball League]] ([[ASEAN|Asean Countries]]) ([http://www.aseanbasketballleague.com Official page])
*ABL - [[ASEAN Basketball League]] ([[ASEAN|Asean Countries]]) ([http://www.aseanbasketballleague.com Official page])
*[[Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
*[[Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
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* WNBA - [[Women's National Basketball Association]] ([http://www.wnba.com Official Page])
* WNBA - [[Women's National Basketball Association]] ([http://www.wnba.com Official Page])
* WNBL - [[Women's National Basketball League]] (Australia) ([http://www.wnbl.com.au Official Page])
* WNBL - [[Women's National Basketball League]] (Australia) ([http://www.wnbl.com.au Official Page])
* Hong Kong Basketball League, All-Hong Kong Youth Basketball League


==[[Bowling]]==
==[[Bowling]]==

Revision as of 19:34, 10 July 2010

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]

A list of professional sports leagues:

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 place of employment. Some leagues do not pay well enough to allow players to use as their primary or only source of income, but as they are paid to play, it is considered professional.

Auto racing

Baseball

Asia

North America

Spring/Summer

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Winter

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  • Independent:

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Basketball

Bowling

Boxing

Cricket

Africa

Template:MultiCol  Kenya

 Namibia

  • Standard Bank Cup
  • SAA Provincial Challenge

 Nigeria

  • GTA 20/20 Cricket Tourney [1]
  • Iris Smart Technologies (CCC) League
  • Super Four
  • Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) Tournament

 Rwanda

  • The National Suffo League


| class="col-break " |  South Africa

 Uganda

  • Castle Lager League [2]
  • NCR20/20 Corporate League [3]
  • East and Central Africa Cricket Championship (ECACC)
  • Mawanda Cup
  • Africa Zone VI Championship

 Zimbabwe

  • Logan Cup
  • Faithwear Cup [4]
  • Twenty20 Cup
  • MTN Domestic Championship

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Americas

Template:MultiCol  Argentina

  • The NEC Trophy [5]
  • First Division Championship
  • Robin Stuart Shield
  • Saturday Championships
  • Sunday Championships
  • Twenty20 League [6]

 Chile

  • Metropolitan Cup

 Cuba

 United States


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West Indies {composed of each country with its own leagues)

 Barbados

  • Sir Garfield Sobers Cricket Tournament

 Bermuda

  • 50-Overs League
  • Open Cricket
  • 20-20 Cricket
  • Bowl-Off

 Anguilla
 Antigua and Barbuda
 Bahamas
 British Virgin Islands
 Dominica
 Grenada
 Guyana
 Jamaica
French Polynesia Leeward Islands
 Montserrat
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Saint Lucia
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 Sint Maarten
 Trinidad and Tobago
 United States Virgin Islands
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Asia

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  • Bahrain Cricket League

 Bangladesh

 Hong Kong

 India

 Japan

  • J2C League A [10]
  • J2C League B
  • J1C
  • J2C
  • Women's Tournament
  • Women's League
  • Japan Korea 06
  • Univ. Satellite
  • Univ. (Men)
  • Univ. (Women)


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  • National League [11]
  • 2 Day National League
  • National Twenty20 League
  • U-19 National League
  • Women Cricket League

 Pakistan

 Singapore

  • Stan Nagiah Trophy

 Sri Lanka

 United Arab Emirates

  • Alam Steel 4 Nations
  • Pro Arch Trophy 2008
  • AJCC -Corporate
  • Alubond -Premier B

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Europe

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 Estonia

 Ireland

  • Antalis Cup
  • Senior Two Title


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  • Nachenius Tjeenk Twenty20 Cup [12]
  • Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond Cricket Tournament
  • First Division
  • Transitional Division
  • Second Division
  • Third Division
  • Fourth Division
  • Women Premier League
  • Two-Day Competition

 Scotland

 Wales

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Oceania

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 Fiji

  • Diwarka Prasad Trophy
  • Pacific Games

 New Caledonia

  • Pacific Games


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 Papua New Guinea

  • Papua New Guinea National Championships [13]
  • Elite Super Series Twenty 20
  • Elite Super Series 50 Over Competition

 Samoa

  • Pacific Games

 Tonga

  • Pacific Games

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Curling

Cycling

 United States

International

Field hockey

 India

Football: American and Canadian

See also: List of leagues of American and Canadian football

 United States

 Canada

 Japan

Football: Association Football

See also the full List of football (soccer) competitions

This section lists a number of leagues regarded as being professional to some degree, although sources are not provided, in-keeping with the other sports leagues listed. A list of football leagues regarded as being fully professional (as per the WP:Athlete guidance) can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Fully professional leagues, and this list is largely sourced.

 Albania

 Algeria

 Argentina

 Armenia

 Australia and  New Zealand

 Austria

 Azerbaijan

 Belarus

 Belgium

 Bolivia

 Bosnia and Herzegovina

 Brazil

 Bulgaria

 Chile

 China

 Colombia

 Costa Rica

 Croatia

 Cyprus

 Czech Republic

 Denmark

 Ecuador

 El Salvador

 Egypt

 England


 Estonia

 France and  Monaco

 Finland

 Germany

 Georgia

 Greece

 Honduras

 Hong Kong

 Hungary

 India

 Indonesia

 Iran

 Iraq

 Ireland

 Israel

 Italy

 Japan

 Kazakhstan

 Kuwait

 Latvia

 Lithuania

 Luxembourg

 Malaysia

 North Macedonia

 Mexico

 Moldova

 Montenegro

 Netherlands

 Northern Ireland

 Norway

 Pakistan

 Paraguay

 Peru

 Philippines

 Poland

 Portugal

 Qatar

 Romania

 Russia

 Saudi Arabia

 Scotland

 Singapore

 Slovakia

 Slovenia

 Serbia

 South Africa

 South Korea

 Spain

 Sweden

 Switzerland and  Liechtenstein

 Syria

 Trinidad and Tobago

 Turkey

 Ukraine

 Uruguay

 United Arab Emirates

 United States,  Canada,  Puerto Rico,  Bermuda

 Uzbekistan

 Venezuela

Football: Australian rules football

See List of Australian rules football leagues and List of Australian rules football leagues outside Australia.

Football: Futsal

 Argentina

 Brazil

 Indonesia

 Italy

 Japan

 Portugal

 Spain

 Russia

Golf

See main article: Professional golf tours.

Men's

Top-level tours

Senior tours

Developmental tours

Women's

Top-level tours

Senior tours

Developmental tours

  • FUTURES Tour (second-tier US tour, operated by the LPGA)
  • Step Up Tour (second-tier Japanese tour, operated by the LPGA of Japan)
  • SAS Masters Tour (women's version is a second-tier tour in Sweden, feeding to the Ladies European Tour)

Team Handball

Ice hockey

See also: List of ice hockey leagues

Inline hockey

Lacrosse

Box / Indoor lacrosse

Field lacrosse

Mixed Martial Arts

Motorcycle racing

Speedway

Paintball

Radio-controlled model

Rugby league

 Australia

 France

 England

 New Zealand

 United States

 Russia

Rugby union

 Australia

 England

 France

 Italy

  • Magners League effective in 2010–11
  • Super 10 (semi-pro only; to be disbanded after the 2009–10 season after Italian participation in the Magners League was confirmed)

 Ireland

 Japan

 New Zealand

 Russia

 Scotland

 South Africa

 Wales

 Spain

Softball

Tennis

Video games

Volleyball

See also

External links