List of basketball leagues

This is a list of current and defunct basketball leagues around the world.

Men edit

Intercontinental edit

Africa edit

International leagues edit

National leagues edit

  Algeria

  Angola

  Central African Republic

  Ghana

  Egypt

  Liberia

  Libya

  Morocco

  Mozambique

  Nigeria

  Rwanda

  Senegal

  South Africa

  Tunisia

  Uganda

Americas edit

International leagues edit

National leagues edit

  Argentina

  Bolivia

  Brazil

  Canada

  Chile

  Colombia

  Costa Rica

  • LBSCR – Liga de Baloncesto Superior de Costa Rica

  Cuba

  Dominican Republic

  Ecuador

  El Salvador

  Mexico

  Nicaragua

  • ACB League
  • LNB – Liga Nicaragüense de Baloncesto (2018–present)

  Panama

  Paraguay

  Peru

  Puerto Rico

  Uruguay

  United States

College and university basketball edit

  Canada

  United States

Youth leagues edit

  Venezuela

Asia edit

International leagues edit

National leagues edit

  Bahrain

  China

  Hong Kong

  India

  Indonesia

  Iran

  Iraq

  Kazakhstan

  Kuwait

  Japan

  Jordan

  Lebanon

  Mongolia

  Oman

  Philippines (Philippine basketball is not divided into a tier-like league system)

The Games and Amusements Board (GAB) issues professional licenses for players playing in professional leagues. GAB had instructed amateur leagues that are paying its players to be under its belt. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this hasn't been applied as the GAB has only allowed professional leagues (of any sport) to operate.

  Qatar

  Saudi Arabia

  Singapore

  South Korea

  Syria

  Taiwan

  • PLG – P. League+ – first tier (professional)
  • T1 – T1 League – first tier (professional)
    • SBL – Super Basketball League – second tier (semi-professional)
      • A League – third tier (amateur)
        • UBA – University Basketball Alliance – fourth tier
          • HBL – High School Basketball League – fifth tier

  Thailand

  United Arab Emirates

  Vietnam

College and university basketball edit

  China

  Indonesia

  Philippines (many college leagues also offer high school basketball tournaments):

  South Korea

  Taiwan

  • UBA – University Basketball Alliance
Youth leagues edit

  China

  • CHBL – China High School Basketball League

  Indonesia

  Philippines

  Taiwan

  • HBL – High School Basketball League

Europe edit

International leagues edit

Continental Leagues edit

Clubs participate pan-European leagues in two ways. Larger clubs play in Euroleague Basketball's system, with several of them having long-term licenses and others having annual licenses (irrespective of domestic league results), akin to the franchise model in North American sports. The Basketball Champions League (BCL) is the other way clubs participate, which is mostly based on sporting merit. A club usually opts to play in the EuroLeague instead of the BCL if it's eligible for both.

Subregional leagues edit

National leagues edit

  Albania

  Austria

  Armenia

  Azerbaijan

  Belarus

  Belgium &   Netherlands

  • BNXT League – first tier in both countries from 2021-22 season onward

  Bosnia and Herzegovina

  Bulgaria

  Croatia

  Cyprus

  Czech Republic

  Denmark

  Estonia

  Finland

  • Korisliiga – first tier
    • I Division – second tier

  France

  • LNB Pro A – Ligue Nationale de Basketball Pro A – first tier
    • LNB Pro B – Ligue Nationale de Basket Pro B – second tier

  Georgia

  Germany

  Greece

  Hungary

  Iceland

  Israel

  Italy

  • Serie A – first tier
    • Serie A2 – second tier
      • Serie B – third tier
        • Serie C Gold – fourth tier
          • Serie C Silver – fifth tier
            • Serie D Regionale – sixth tier
              • Promozione – seventh tier

  Kosovo

  Latvia

  Lithuania

  Luxembourg

  North Macedonia

  Montenegro

  Netherlands

  • Promotiedivisie – second tier; top purely domestic level from 2021 to 2022

  Norway

  Poland

  Portugal

  Romania

  Russia

  Serbia

  Slovakia

  Slovenia

  Spain

  Sweden

  Switzerland

  Turkey

  Ukraine

  Ireland

  Great Britain

Oceania edit

  Australia

  Guam

  New Zealand

Women edit

Africa edit

National leagues

  Angola

  Morocco

  South Africa

  Tunisia

  Nigeria

Americas edit

  United States

College basketball

Youth leagues

  Canada

University basketball

  Puerto Rico

Asia edit

  China

  Hong Kong

  India

  Indonesia

  • Srikandi Cup

  Japan

  Philippines

Filipino College Basketball

  South Korea

  Republic of China (Taiwan)

  Thailand

  • WTBL - Women's Thailand Basketball League

Europe edit

  Albania

  Austria

  Belgium

  Bosnia and Herzegovina

  Bulgaria

  Croatia

  Cyprus

  Czech Republic

  Denmark

  France

  Estonia

  Finland

  Germany

  Greece

  Hungary

  Iceland

  Israel

  Italy

  Latvia

  Lithuania

  Luxembourg

  North Macedonia

  Montenegro

  Netherlands

  Poland

  Portugal

  Romania

  Russia

  Serbia

  Slovakia

  Slovenia

  Spain

  Sweden

  Switzerland

  Turkey

  Ukraine

  United Kingdom

Oceania edit

  Australia

  New Zealand

Defunct leagues edit

Men edit

World edit

Africa edit

Americas edit

Subregional Leagues

National Leagues

  Canada

  United States

Asia edit

Subregional Leagues

National Leagues

  China

  India

  Japan

  Malaysia

  Philippines

  Republic of China (Taiwan)

Europe edit

Subregional leagues

National leagues

  Austria

  Belgium

  Great Britain

  Netherlands

  Russia

Former Yugoslavia

Oceania edit

  Australia

  New Zealand

Women edit

Americas edit

  United States

Asia edit

  China

  Philippines

Oceania edit

  Australia

  New Zealand

  • Women's Basketball Championship (WBC)

References edit

  1. ^ "Continental Basketball Association Confronts an Uncertain Future". New York Times. 8 February 2009.