Russian basketball league system
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The Russian basketball league system or Russian basketball league pyramid, is a series of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in Russia. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and demotion system between competitions at different levels. There are currently five different competitions on the pyramid – the 1st-tier VTB United League, the 2nd-tier Russian Super League 1, the 3rd-tier Russian Super League 2, the 4th-tier Russian Super League 3, and the 5th-tier Under-23 Youth League.
The tier pyramid
| Level | League | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | VTB United League (16 teams - 10 from Russia, 6 from other countries) (Current)
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| 2. | Russian Super League 1 (First Tier from 1992–2010) (13 teams) | ||||
| 3. | Russian Super League 2 (11 teams) | ||||
| 4. | Russian Super League 3 (9 teams) | ||||
| 5. | Under–23 Youth League (10 teams) | ||||
Other competitions
See also
- League system
- European professional club basketball system
- Spanish basketball league system
- Greek basketball league system
- Italian basketball league system
- French basketball league system
- Turkish basketball league system
- German basketball league system
- Hungarian basketball league system
- South American professional club basketball system