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leagues around the world.

Men

Intercontinental

FIBA Intercontinental Cup The FIBA Intercontinental Cup, also commonly referred to as the FIBA World Cup for Champion Clubs, or the FIBA Club World Cup, is a professional basketball clubs competition that is endorsed by FIBA and the NBA. Historically, its purpose has be ...

Africa

International leagues

* BAL –

Basketball Africa League The Basketball Africa League (BAL) is Africa's premier men's basketball league. The league consists of twelve teams, each qualified through their domestic competition, similar to the format of the UEFA Champions League. The league is a joint eff ...

FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup The FIBA Africa Basketball League (formerly named the FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup) was the highest caliber men's professional basketball competition for clubs until 2020, organized by the FIBA Africa and played by the champions of the league ...

National leagues

* ABC Super Division – Algerian Basketball Championship Super Division * ABL –

Angolan Basketball League The Angolan Men's Basketball League, (in Portuguese: Campeonato Nacional de Basquetebol em Séniores Masculinos) is the top tier men’s basketball league in Angola. The league was formerly known as BAI Basket, BIC Basket and Unitel Basket, named ...

– first tier ** ABC –

Angola Second Division Basketball Championship The Angolan Second Division Basketball Championship ''Campeonato Nacional de Basquetebol da Segunda Divisão'', is the second tier men's basketball league in Angola. The competition, organized by the Angolan Basketball Federation and meant to be p ...

– second tier * CABL – Central African Division I Basketball League *

GSP Basketball League GSP may refer to: Places Parks * Gambrill State Park, Frederick, Maryland * Garner State Park, Concan, Texas * Garrapata State Park, California * Gathland State Park, Burkittsville, Maryland * Geneva State Park, Ashtabula County, Ohio Transpo ...

* EBSL –

Egyptian Basketball Super League The Egyptian Basketball Super League, also known as the Egyptian Basketball Premier League A, is the top professional basketball division of the Egyptian basketball league system. Administrated by the Egyptian Basketball Federation (EBBFED), it is ...

* LBA League * LBL –

Libyan Division I Basketball League The Libyan Division I Basketball League (LBL) is the highest tier professional basketball league in Libya. It is organized by the Libyan Arab Basketball Federation. Teams *Al Ittihad Tripoli * Al Ahly Tripoli * Al Shabab * Al Nasr Benghazi * Al ...

Nationale 1 The Division Excellence (DEX-H) is the top professional basketball league in Morocco. Founded in 1957, the league currently consists of 16 teams. The league is administered by the Royal Moroccan Basketball Federation (FRMBB). The current defendin ...

* MBL –

Mozambican Division I Basketball League Mozambican may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Mozambique, a country in southeastern Africa * A person from Mozambique, or of Mozambican descent: ** Demographics of Mozambique ** Culture of Mozambique ** List of Mozambicans * Mozambic ...

* NPL –

Nigerian Premier League The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) is the highest level of the Nigerian football league system, for the Nigerian club-football championships. The Nigerian league has suffered, like many others, from the financial impact and dwind ...

* NBL – National Basketball League * SBL –

Senegalese Division I Basketball League The Nationale 1 Masculin (abbreviated as NM1; in English: National 1 Men) is the highest professional basketball league in Senegal. Established in 1971, the league consists of 16 teams. Each season is finished with a final in a single-game elim ...

* BNL –

Basketball National League The Basketball National League (BNL) is the pre-eminent male and female semi-professional basketball league in South Africa. Since its inception in 1993 the league has been exclusively played by male club teams, in 2021 the women's division offi ...

* TBL –

Tunisian Division I Basketball League The Pro A (formerly the Championnat National A (CNA)) is the highest tier professional basketball league in Tunisia. The league is organised by the Tunisia Basketball Federation (FTBB). Established in 1956, the league currently features 10 teams. ...

* NBL – National Basketball League

Americas

International leagues

* BCLA –

Basketball Champions League Americas The Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA) (Spanish: ''Baloncesto Liga Campeones de las Américas'', Portuguese: ''Liga dos Campeões de Basquetebol das Américas'') is Pan-America's premier men's basketball club competition. Founded in 2019 ...

FIBA Americas League The FIBA Americas League (Portuguese: ''FIBA Liga das Américas'', Spanish: ''FIBA Liga de las Américas''), officially abbreviated as the LDA, was the premier intercontinental basketball club competition played annually by clubs of the entire Am ...

Liga Sudamericana Liga or LIGA may refer to: People * Līga (name), a Latvian female given name * Luciano Ligabue, more commonly known as Ligabue or ''Liga'', Italian rock singer-songwriter Sports * Liga ACB, men's professional basketball league in Spain * Liga ...

National leagues

* LNB –

Liga Nacional de Básquet The Liga Nacional de Básquet (abbreviated LNB, and literally in English, "National Basketball League"), also commonly referred to as "La Liga de Básquet" ("The Basketball League"), is the top-tier level of the Argentine basketball league system ...

– first tier ** TNA – Torneo Nacional de Ascenso – second tier *

Libobasquet The Liga Boliviana de Básquet (abbreviated as Libobasket) is the top professional basketball league in Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and g ...

* CBB –

Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete The Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete (English: Brazilian Basketball Championship) is the annual championship title of the top-tier level men's professional basketball league in Brazil. Over the years, the championship has been held under differ ...

– first tier ** NBB –

Novo Basquete Brasil Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB) (English: New Basketball Brazil) is the Brazilian premier professional men's basketball league. It is organized by the Liga Nacional de Basquete (LNB) (National Basketball League), in a new format of Brazil's previous t ...

– first tier **

Liga Ouro de Basquete (Brazil) The Liga Ouro de Basquete (LOB) (English: Gold Basketball League) is the second-tier level men's professional club basketball league in Brazil. It is organized by the Liga Nacional de Basquete (LNB) (National Basketball League), with the approval ...

– second tier *** LDB –

Liga de Desenvolvimento de Basquete Liga de Desenvolvimento de Basquete (LDB) (English: Developmental Basketball League) is an Under-20 age version of the top-tier level Brazilian men's professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of ...

(Under-22 League) – third tier * NBA –

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United S ...

(Toronto Raptors) **

NBA G League The NBA G League, or simply the G League, is the National Basketball Association's (NBA) official List of developmental and minor sports leagues, minor league basketball organization. The league was known as the National Basketball Development ...

(Raptors 905) * CEBL –

Canadian Elite Basketball League The Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) is a men's professional minor league basketball organization. The CEBL was founded in 2017 and began play in 2019 with six teams competing all owned and operated by ownership group Canadian Basketball ...

* NBLC –

National Basketball League of Canada The National Basketball League of Canada (NBL Canada; french: Ligue nationale de basketball du Canada) is a Canadian professional men's minor league basketball organization. The NBL Canada was founded in 2011, when three existing Premier Basketb ...

* LNM –

Liga Nacional Movistar Liga or LIGA may refer to: People * Līga (name), a Latvian female given name * Luciano Ligabue, more commonly known as Ligabue or ''Liga'', Italian rock singer-songwriter Sports * Liga ACB, men's professional basketball league in Spain * Lig ...

* BPC –

Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano (in English: Professional Colombian Basketball), currently known as the Liga WPlay de Baloncesto for sponsorship reasons, is the premier professional basketball championship in Colombia. The championship was es ...

* LBSCR – Liga de Baloncesto Superior de Costa Rica * LSB –

Liga Superior de Baloncesto The Liga Superior de Baloncesto (LSB) (English: Superior Basketball League) is the highest level men's professional basketball league in Cuba. The LSB has been active for twenty-eight years, interrupted only three times, once in 2011, 2014, and i ...

* LNB –

Liga Nacional de Baloncesto The Liga Nacional de Baloncesto (LNB) is the top men's professional basketball league in the Dominican Republic. Established in 2005, six teams compete annually between September and October. History The league was founded on September 6, 2004 a ...

* LEB – Liga Ecuatoriana de Baloncesto * LSBES – Liga Superior de Baloncesto de El Salvador * LNBP –

Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional The National Professional Basketball League ( or LNBP) is the top professional basketball league in Mexico. The league was founded in 2000 with 10 teams. Despite its short history, the LNBP has established itself as the one of the most important ...

– first tier ** CIBACOPA –

Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico The Basketball Circuit of the Pacific Coast ( or ''CIBACOPA'') is a basketball league based in Northwestern Mexico. As of 2018, it involves 10 clubs, primarily from northwest Mexico. The matches take place from March to June. History A league wi ...

– second tier *

– first tier Minor League *

ACB League The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, wi ...

* LNB – Liga Nicaragüense de Baloncesto (2018–present) * LPB –

Liga Profesional de Baloncesto The Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto, commonly known as the SPB, is the Venezuelan first division national professional basketball league. Founded in 1974 as the Liga Especial de Baloncesto, it adopted the name Liga Profesional de Baloncesto i ...

(2015–present) * PMBL –

Paraguayan Metropolitan Basketball League The Paraguayan Metropolitan Basketball League is the most important basketball league from Paraguay. As of 2015, 12 teams are participating in the league. The yearly winners of this league are considered the Paraguayan basketball champions, altho ...

* LBL –

Liga de Basket de Lima The Liga de Basket de Lima (LBL) is a regional basketball league in Peru.Este miérc ...

* LNB – Liga Nacional de Basketball * BSN –

Baloncesto Superior Nacional The Baloncesto Superior Nacional, abbreviated as BSN, is the first-tier-level professional men's basketball list of basketball leagues, league in Puerto Rico. It was founded in 1929 and is organized by the Puerto Rican Basketball Federation. T ...

* BSNF –

Baloncesto Superior Nacional Femenino The Baloncesto Superior Nacional Femenino (BSNF) is the top professional women's basketball league in Puerto Rico. Current teams The current league organization features 8 teams and is in the process of expansion. See also * Puerto Rico wo ...

* LUB –

Liga Uruguaya de Basketball Liga or LIGA may refer to: People * Līga (name), a Latvian female given name * Luciano Ligabue, more commonly known as Ligabue or ''Liga'', Italian rock singer-songwriter Sports * Liga ACB, men's professional basketball league in Spain * Lig ...

* NBA –

* ABA –

American Basketball Association The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a major men's professional basketball league from 1967 to 1976. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA–NBA merger, American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger in 1976, ...

* ECBL – East Coast Basketball League * FBA –

Florida Basketball Association The Florida Basketball Association (FBA) is a semi-professional men's basketball league that began play in the fall of 2012 with teams in Orlando, Lake Wales, and Palm Beach Gardens. The commissioner of the FBA is former NBA player Greg Kite. H ...

* MBL – Maximum Basketball League * NABL –

North American Basketball League The North American Basketball League (NABL) is an American minor professional basketball league organization founded in 2016. History Formed in 2016, the NABL began with 10 teams based in the South and Southwest regions of the United States. ...

* NNBA – New Nation Basketball Association * PBL –

Premier Basketball League The Premier Basketball League, often abbreviated to the PBL, is an American professional men's basketball minor league that began play in January 2008. The league folded after the 2017 season. It was announced that the league would be revived un ...

* TBL –

The Basketball League The Basketball League (TBL), formerly North America Premier Basketball (NAPB), is a minor league basketball organization. The league began operating in North America in 2018 with eight teams, and expanded to over 44 teams as of 2022. The Bask ...

* UBA –

Universal Basketball Association The Universal Basketball Association (UBA) is a semi-professional men's basketball minor league in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country ...

* UBL –

United Basketball League The United Basketball League is a spring semi-professional basketball league based in the Southern United States The Southern United States (sometimes Dixie, also referred to as the Southern States, the American South, the Southland, or simp ...

= College and university basketball

= * OUA – Wilson Cup * U Sports – W. P. McGee Trophy * ACCA –

Association of Christian College Athletics The Association of Christian College Athletics (ACCA) is an organization of collegiate athletics. It was incorporated to provide an opportunity for smaller Christian college members to compete on an equal level of competition with schools of like ...

* Bible College NIT * CCCAA –

California Community College Athletic Association The California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) is a sports association of community colleges in the U.S. state of California. It oversees 108 athletic programs throughout the state. The organization was formed in 1929 as the Calif ...

* NAIA Division I – NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Championship ** NAIA Division II – NAIA Men's Division II Basketball Championship * NCAA Division I –

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as NCAA March Madness and commonly called March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament played each spring in the United States, currently featuring 68 college basketball teams from ...

** NCAA Division II –

NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship The NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament (officially styled by the NCAA as a "Championship" instead of a "Tournament") is an annual championship tournament for colleges and universities that are members of NCAA Division II, a grouping of ...

*** NCAA Division III –

NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship The NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament (officially styled as "Championship" instead of "Tournament") is a tournament to determine the NCAA Division III national champion. It has been held annually from 1975 to 2019 & since 2022, but no ...

* NCCAA –

List of NCCAA men's basketball champions The following is a list of National Christian College Athletic Association Men's Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, com ...

* NIT –

National Invitation Tournament The National Invitational Tournament (NIT) is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Played at regional sites and traditionally at Madison Square Garden (Final Four) in New York City ...

* NJCAA Division I –

NJCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship NJCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championships is held annually in March at the Hutchinson Sports Arena in Hutchinson, KS. The first official NJCAA National Championship was in 1948 in Springfield, MO at the Southwest State College Fieldhouse. The ...

** NJCAA Division II –

NJCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Men's Division II Basketball Championships consists of sixteen teams playing over a five-day period (Wednesday through Saturday) in March to determine a National Champion. About the tourname ...

*** NJCAA Division III –

NJCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Men's Division III Basketball Championships consists of eight teams playing over a three-day period (Thursday-Saturday) in March to determine a National Champion. The tournament field is made ...

* NWAC –

Northwest Athletic Conference The Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC), formerly the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC), is a sports association for community colleges in the U.S. states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, along with the Canadian prov ...

* USCAA –

United States Collegiate Athletic Association The United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) is a national organization for the intercollegiate athletic programs of 72 mostly small colleges, including community/junior colleges, across the United States. The USCAA holds 15 nationa ...

= Youth leagues

= * AAU –

Amateur Athletic Union The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is an amateur sports organization based in the United States. A multi-sport organization, the AAU is dedicated exclusively to the promotion and development of amateur sports and physical fitness programs. It has ...

* USSSA –

United States Specialty Sports Association The United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA) is a volunteer, sports governing body and a nonprofit organization 3] based in Viera, Florida. Originally USSSA stood for United States Slowpitch Softball Association. However, in 1998, ...

* LPB – Liga Profesional de Baloncesto (Venezuela), Liga Profesional de Baloncesto

Asia

International leagues

* ABL –

ASEAN Basketball League The ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) is a professional men's basketball league in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong/Macau, which includes six teams from Southeast Asian nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam), one tea ...

East Asia Super League The East Asia Super League (Simplified Chinese:东亚超级联赛; Traditional Chinese: 東亞超級聯賽; Korean: 동아시아 슈퍼리그; Japanese: 東アジアスーパーリーグ), abbreviated as EASL, is a basketball league featuring cl ...

FIBA Asia Champions Cup The FIBA Asia Champions Cup, previously known as the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) Champions Cup until 2002, is the Asian club championship for professional basketball. It is organised by FIBA Asia, and takes place once a year (since 199 ...

* WABA –

WABA Champions Cup The WABA Champions Cup, between 2011 and 2012 known as the West Asian Basketball League (WABL), was the West Asian club championship for basketball organized by West Asia Basketball Association The West Asia Basketball Association (WABA) is a s ...

West Asia Super League The West Asia Super League (WASL) is an international basketball league organised by FIBA Asia, consisting of clubs from Western Asia and Gulf regions, in addition to the representatives of India and Kazakhstan. The league was announced in 2022 a ...

National leagues

* BPL –

Bahraini Premier League The Bahraini Premier League is the main football competition in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Currently known as the Nasser bin Hamad Premier League, the first season was held in 1957. The winners of the domestic championship qualify for the AFC Cup ...

* CBA –

Chinese Basketball Association The Chinese Basketball Association (), often abbreviated as the CBA, is the first-tier professional men's basketball league in China. The league is commonly known by fans as the CBA, and this acronym is even used in Chinese on a regular basis ...

– first tier ** NBL – National Basketball League – second tier *** CUBA –

Chinese University Basketball Association Chinese University Basketball Association (CUBA, ) was founded in 1996 and the league was launched in 1998. It is the most competitive and popular college basketball competition in China. This event is held annually and divided into the preliminary ...

– third tier **** CHBL – China High School Basketball League – fourth tier * A1 –

Hong Kong A1 Division Championship Hong Kong A1 Division Championship (), abbreviated as HKA1 and A1 Division, is the top division of men's basketball league in Hong Kong. Current clubs A total of ten teams contested in the 2021 season: * Eagles (飛鷹) * Eastern (東方) * ...

* INBC –

Indian National Basketball Championship for Men Indian National Basketball Championship for Men is a professional basketball tournament in India for men. This tournament is held by the Basketball Federation of India. The teams in the 61st Championship (2011) listed below with 27 states teams p ...

* INBL -

Indian National Basketball League The Indian National Basketball League (INBL) is the open-entry franchise basketball league in India, organized and run by the Basketball Federation of India.

* EPBL –

Elite Pro Basketball League Elite Pro Basketball League (EPBL) is a professional men's basketball league in India. Elite Pro Basketball Pvt Ltd was incorporated in February 2022 under the directorship of Sunny bhandarkar and Pranav Prabhu. It is owned and operated by Eli ...

* IBL –

Indonesian Basketball League The Indonesian Basketball League (IBL; id, Liga Bola Basket Indonesia) is the preeminent men's professional basketball league in Indonesia, founded by Indonesian Basketball Association (Perbasi) in 2003. From 2010 to 2015 it was known as the Na ...

* IBSL –

Iranian Basketball Super League The Iranian Basketball Super League (IBSL) is a professional men's basketball league in Iran. It was founded in 1998. The current champions is Shahrdari Gorgan. The league follows the promotion and relegation system in which the worst two teams ...

* IBL –

Iraqi Division I Basketball League The Iraqi Basketball League, officially known as 1XBET Iraqi Basketball League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest professional basketball league in Iraq. Current clubs List of champions Most successful clubs Recent finals References ...

* KBC –

Kazakhstan Basketball Championship The Kazakhstan Basketball Championship (russian: Чемпионата Казахстана по баскетболу) is the highest professional basketball league in Kazakhstan, it is organised by the National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan. Its ...

– first tier ** KBC –

Kazakhstan Basketball Cup The Kazakhstan Basketball Cup () is the national men's professional basketball cup competition in the country of Kazakhstan. It is organised annually over a few days in a single location by the National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan. Its offic ...

– second tier * KBL –

Kuwaiti Division I Basketball League The Kuwaiti Division I Basketball League is the highest professional basketball league in Kuwait. The most decorated team in the league is Kuwait SC (basketball), Kuwait SC, who have won 7 titles. Teams *Al Kuwait SC (basketball), Al Kuwait SC *A ...

B.League The B.League is a professional men's basketball league that began in Japan in September 2016. The league is operated by the Japan Professional Basketball League and was formed as a result of a merger between the National Basketball League that w ...

– first tier since 2016–17 ** B.League Division Two – second tier *** B.League Division Three – third tier **** AJIBC -

All Japan Intercollegiate Basketball Championship All Japan Intercollegiate Basketball Championship (全日本大学バスケットボール選手権大会 ''zen nippon daigaku Basukettoboru senshuken taikai'') is an annual nationwide intercollegiate basketball tournament. It is the largest scale ...

– fourth tier * JPBL –

Jordanian Premier Basketball League The Jordanian Premier Basketball League is a professional basketball league in Jordan. It is the top league in the country with the second-tier league going by the name of ''First Division''. There are six teams competing in the 2022 league: ...

- first tier ** First Division - second tier * FLB League –

Lebanese Basketball League The Lebanese Basketball League is the top-tier professional men's basketball league in Lebanon. It is organized annually as a national championship with playoffs and a national cup by the Lebanese Basketball Federation (FLB). Currently, the leagu ...

* MNBA – Mongolian National Basketball Association * OBL – Oman Basketball League (Philippine basketball is not divided into a tier-like

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Games and Amusements Board The Games and Amusements Board (GAB) ( tgl, Lupon sa Palaro at Libangan) is the government-ran regulatory body of professional sports in the Philippines. History The Games and Amusements Board initially started its operation in 1951 with the issu ...

(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 The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...

, this hasn't been applied as the GAB has only allowed professional leagues (of any sport) to operate. * Professional leagues ** Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 **

Filbasket The Filipino Basketball League, also known as Filbasket, is a professional basketball league founded in 2021 in the Philippines. Its first season was launched on October 28, 2021, featured eleven teams and ran for a period of 26 days. AICC Man ...

Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League The Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines. History Manny Pacquiao launched the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League on August 29, 2017, starting off as a semi-professional lea ...

** National Basketball League **

Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the se ...

Pilipinas Super League The Pilipinas Super League (PSL) is a professional basketball league in the Philippines. History The Pilipinas Super League (PSL) was founded in December 2021 by former officials of another league; the Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup. It was estab ...

Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup The Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup, also known as GlobalPort Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup due to sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball league in the Philippines. The league comprises teams from the Visayas and Mindanao regions of the Phil ...

Women's National Basketball League The Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) is the pre-eminent professional women's basketball league in Australia. It is currently composed of eight teams. The league was founded in 1981 and is the women's counterpart to the National Baske ...

* Amateur leagues: **

PBA Developmental League The PBA Developmental League, or PBA D-League, is the Philippine Basketball Association's official minor league basketball organization. History The PBA D-League was conceptualized after the collapse of the proposed merger between the Philip ...

Community Basketball Association The Community Basketball Association (CBA – Pilipinas / CBA – Philippines) was a regional-based grassroots basketball tournament based in the Philippines. Founded in June 2018, the league aimed to become an avenue to scout and expose young ...

** Metro League * College basketball (many college leagues also offer high school basketball tournaments): ** CESAFI –

Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. The Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. (CESAFI) is a sports and academic association of 14 schools, colleges and universities in Cebu, Philippines. The CESAFI was established in 2001. History Before the creation of the CESAFI, there was alre ...

** COSAA – Cagayan de Oro Schools Athletics Association ** CUSA – Colleges and Universities Sports Association ** ISSA –

Iloilo Schools Sports Association The Iloilo Schools Sports Association (High School Basketball) is a sports association of Universities and Colleges in Iloilo City, Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil ...

** LCUAA – Laguna Colleges and Universities Athletic Association ** MNCAA –

Men's National Collegiate Athletic Association The Men's National Collegiate Athletic Association is an athletic association in the Philippines, and is the direct counterpart of the older Women's National Collegiate Athletic Association (founded in 1970). The Men's National Collegiate Athletic ...

** NAASCU –

National Athletic Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities The National Athletic Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (NAASCU) is an athletic association of colleges and universities in the Philippines. It was established in 2001. NAASCU sports are men's, women's and junior's basketball, men' ...

** NCAA – National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball Championship ** NCAA South –

National Collegiate Athletic Association – South The National Collegiate Athletic Association – South (NCAA South), established in 1999, is a regional athletic association for colleges and universities in the National Capital Region and Calabarzon regions in the Philippines. Currently, the NCA ...

** NCRAA –

National Capital Region Athletic Association The National Capital Region Athletic Association (NCRAA) is an athletic association in Metro Manila (National Capital Region), Philippines established in 1993. It is primarily held during the second semester of a school around November until Febru ...

** PCCL –

Philippine Collegiate Championship League The Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) is a national collegiate basketball championship league in the Philippines. Its tournament, known as the "National Collegiate Championship" (NCC) is sanctioned by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipina ...

** SCUAA –

State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association The State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (SCUAA) is an association of 93 institutions, conferences, organizations, and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of different state colleges and universities in the Philippin ...

** UAAP – University Athletic Association of the Philippines Basketball Championship ** UCAA –

Universities and Colleges Athletic Association The Universities and Colleges Athletic Association (UCAA) is an athletic association of colleges and universities in the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republik ...

** UCBL – Universities and Colleges Basketball League ** UCCL – United Calabarzon Collegiate League ** UCLAA –

United Central Luzon Athletic Association The United Central Luzon Athletic Association (UCLAA) is an association of colleges and universities in Central Luzon region aiming to showcase the skills of student-athletes in different sports. It was formally introduced in 2015 in San Fernando, ...

* High school basketball: ** PSSBC –

Philippine Secondary Schools Basketball Championship Philippine Secondary Schools Basketball Championship (PSSBC) is an amateur basketball tournament participated by different high school basketball teams from the NCAA, UAAP and Filipino-Chinese leagues. PSSBC's mission is to provide an avenue for y ...

**PRISSAA – Private Secondary Schools Athletics Association * QBL –

Qatari Basketball League The Qatari Basketball League () is the top-tier men's basketball league operating in Qatar. The winning team obtains the participation right to the FIBA Asia Champions Cup. The first official season took place in 1981/82. There is a second divis ...

* SPL –

Saudi Premier League The Saudi Pro League (SPL for short) ( ar, دوري المحترفين السعودي, link=no, ''Dawriyy al-Muḥtarifayni as-Suʿūdī''), known as the Roshn Saudi League (RSL for short) for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of associat ...

* Pro-Am SBL - Pro-Am Singapore Basketball League *

Merlion Cup The Merlion Cup was an invitational football tournament that was held in Singapore annually from 1982–1986, in 1992, 2009 and 2019. Participants included full national sides, Olympic sides, Invitational XI's and club teams. After the 1986 tou ...

* KBL –

Korean Basketball League The Korean Basketball League (KBL; ) is a professional men's basketball league in South Korea which was established in 1997. The league consists of ten teams and each team plays a total of 54 games (27 home and 27 away) in the regular season. H ...

– first tier ** KBL R–League – KBL Reserve League – second tier *** KUBL – Korea University Basketball League – third tier * SBL – Syrian Basketball League * PLG – P. League+ – first tier (professional) * T1 –

T1 League The T1 League is a Taiwanese men's professional basketball league founded in 2021. It is the third professional basketball league in Taiwan after the Chinese Basketball Alliance (CBA) and the P. League+ (PLG). In the 2022–23 season, the T ...

– first tier (professional) ** SBL –

Super Basketball League The Super Basketball League (超級籃球聯賽), often abbreviated as the SBL, is a semi-professional men's basketball list of basketball leagues, league in Taiwan. Current clubs Currently, there are four teams competing in the SBL. They are ...

– second tier (semi-professional) *** A League – third tier (amateur) **** UBA – University Basketball Alliance – fourth tier ***** HBL – High School Basketball League – fifth tier * TBL –

Thailand Basketball League The Thailand Basketball League (TBL) () is a men's professional basketball league in Thailand. The league is composed 11 teams on the Men's division while the Women's division consists of six teams. The league also consists of 3 divisions: Divis ...

* NBL –

UAE National Basketball League The UAE National Basketball League is the top professional basketball league in the United Arab Emirates. It was founded in 2013.Vietnam Basketball Association The Vietnam Basketball Association ( vi, Giải bóng rổ chuyên nghiệp Việt Nam), often abbreviated as VBA, is a Vietnamese national professional basketball league founded in 2016. History The formation of the VBA was announced by charter ...

College and university basketball

* CUBA –

* LIMA – Liga Mahasiswa (many college leagues also offer high school basketball tournaments): * CESAFI –

* COSAA – Cagayan de Oro Schools Athletics Association * CUSA – Colleges and Universities Sports Association * ISSA –

* LCUAA – Laguna Colleges and Universities Athletic Association * MNCAA –

* NAASCU –

* NCAA – National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball Championship * NCAA South –

* NCRAA –

* PCCL –

* SCUAA –

* UAAP – University Athletic Association of the Philippines Basketball Championship * UCAA –

* UCBL – Universities and Colleges Basketball League * UCCL – United Calabarzon Collegiate League * UCLAA –

U-League The U-League, officially KUSF College Sports U-League (Korean: KUSF 대학스포츠 U-리그), is operated by the Korea University Sports Federation (KUSF), the organization which oversees college sports in South Korea. The KUSF U-League operates in ...

* UBA – University Basketball Alliance

= Youth leagues

= * CHBL – China High School Basketball League * DBL – Developmental Basketball League * PSSBC –

*PRISSAA – Private Secondary Schools Athletics Association * HBL – High School Basketball League

Europe

International leagues

= Continental Leagues

= 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 The Basketball Champions League (BCL) is an annual professional basketball competition for European clubs, organised by FIBA. It is the top-level competition organised by FIBA Europe, therefore the champion participates in the FIBA Intercontin ...

(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 qualifies for both. * BCL –

– organized by

FIBA Europe FIBA Europe is the administrative body for basketball in Europe, within the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), which includes all 50 national European basketball federations. In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIBA Euro ...

FIBA Europe Cup The FIBA Europe Cup (FEC) is an annual professional club basketball competition organised by FIBA for eligible European clubs. It is FIBA's European-wide second level. Clubs mainly qualify for the competition based on their performance in nation ...

– organized by

* EuroLeague – organized by

Euroleague Basketball Euroleague Basketball is the private company that runs and operates the top continental-wide basketball men's professional sports club competitions in Europe, the first-tier level EuroLeague, and the second-tier level EuroCup. It has been org ...

** EuroCup – organized by

= Subregional leagues

= * AAC –

Alpe Adria Cup Alpe Adria Cup is an annual professional basketball competition for clubs from Central Europe. The league comprises teams from seven countries, namely Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. It is played under ...

– featuring teams from

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

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, Czechia (Czech Republic),

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

and

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

* ABA League (also known as the Adriatic League) – first tier league featuring teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina,

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, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and

** ABA League Second Division – second tier * BIBL – Balkan International Basketball League – featuring teams from Albania, Bulgaria, Israel, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia * VTB–League – VTB United League – featuring teams from Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia

National leagues

* ABSL – Albanian Basketball Superliga – first tier ** ABFD – Albanian Basketball First Division – second tier * ÖBL – Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga * ABL – Armenia Basketball League A * ABL – Azerbaijan Basketball League * BPL – Belarusian Premier League (basketball), Belarusian Premier League & * BNXT League – first tier in both countries from 2021-22 season onward * BCBH – Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina – first tier ** A1 Liga (Bosnia and Herzegovina), A1 Liga – second tier * NBL – National Basketball League (Bulgaria), National Basketball League * A-1 Liga * Cyprus Basketball Division 1 * NBL – National Basketball League (Czech Republic), National Basketball League, also called the Kooperativa NBL for sponsorship reasons * DBL – Basketligaen, Danish Basketball League * KML – Korvpalli Meistriliiga * Korisliiga – first tier ** I Division – second tier * LNB Pro A – Ligue Nationale de Basketball Pro A – first tier ** LNB Pro B – Ligue Nationale de Basket Pro B – second tier * GSL – Georgian Superliga * BBL – Basketball Bundesliga – first tier ** ProA – second tier *** ProB – third tier * GBL – Greek Basket League – first tier ** GBL A2 – Greek A2 Basket League – second tier *** GBL B – Greek B Basket League – third tier **** GBL C – Greek C Basket League – fourth tier * Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (men's basketball), Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A * Premier League (Iceland), Premier League * First Division Men (Icelandic basketball), First Division * IBPL – Israeli Basketball Premier League – first tier ** Liga Leumit (basketball), Liga Leumit – second tier *** Liga Artzit (basketball), Liga Artzit – third tier * Lega Basket Serie A, Serie A – first tier ** Serie A2 Basket, Serie A2 – second tier *** Serie B Basket, Serie B – third tier **** Serie C Gold – fourth tier ***** Serie C Silver – fifth tier ****** Serie D Regionale – sixth tier ******* Promozione – seventh tier * KBSL – Kosovo Basketball Superleague – first tier ** KBFL – Kosovo Basketball First League – second tier * LBL – Latvijas Basketbola līga * LKL – Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga – first tier ** NKL – National Basketball League (Lithuania), Nacionalinė Krepšinio Lyga – second tier *** RKL – Regional Basketball League (Lithuania), Regioninė Krepšinio Lyga – third tier * Total League ** Nationale 2 * MFL – Macedonian First League (basketball), Macedonian First League * MBL – Montenegrin Basketball League * Promotiedivisie – second tier; top purely domestic level from 2021 to 2022 * BLNO * PLK – Polish Basketball League, Polska Liga Koszykówki (Polish Basketball League) – first tier ** I Liga (basketball), I Liga – second tier *** II Liga – third tier * LCB – Portuguese Basketball League (LCB), Portuguese Basketball League * Proliga (Portugal), Proliga * Divizia A (Baschet Masculin), Divizia A * VTB–League – VTB United League – first tier since the 2012–13 season (also featuring teams from Belarus, Estonia, Kazakhstan and

) ** BSL 1 – Russian Basketball Super League 1, Basketball Super League 1 – second tier; was the first tier league from 1992 to 2010 *** BSL 2 – Basketball Super League 2 – third tier **** First League – fourth tier ***** VTB-League U21 – fifth tier * BLS – Basketball League of Serbia – first tier ** BLS B – Basketball League of Serbia B – second tier *** RBL First Division – First Regional Basketball League (Serbia), Regional Basketball League First Division – third tier **** RBL Second Division – Second Regional Basketball League (Serbia), Regional Basketball League Second Division – fourth tier * SEL Slovak Extraliga (basketball), Slovak Extraliga * 1. A SKL – Premier A Slovenian Basketball League (also known for sponsorship reasons as Liga Telemach) – first tier ** SSBL – Slovenian Second Basketball League – second tier *** SBL – School Basketball League – third tier * Liga ACB, Liga Endesa – first tier ** Liga Española de Baloncesto, LEB Oro – second tier *** LEB Plata – third tier **** Liga EBA – fourth tier ***** Primera División de Baloncesto, Primera División – fifth tier * SBL – Swedish Basketball League, Swedish Basketball League (Ligan) – first tier ** Basketettan – second tier * LNBA – Swiss Basketball League – first tier ** Championnat LNB – second tier * BSL – Turkish Basketball Super League – first tier ** TBL – Turkish Basketball First League – second tier *** TB2L – Turkish Basketball Second League – third tier **** TRBL – Turkish Regional Basketball League – fourth tier * UBSL – Ukrainian Basketball Superleague – first tier ** Higher League – second tier * Super League (Ireland), Super League * BBL – British Basketball League – First Tier ** NBL - National Basketball League (England), National Basketball League – Second Tier ** SBC – Scottish Basketball Championship – Second Tier

Oceania

* NBL – National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball League – Major League ** NBL1 – Minor League ** Big V – Minor League * GBA – Guam Basketball Association * NBL – National Basketball League (New Zealand), National Basketball League

Women

Africa

* FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup * Arab Women's Club Basketball Championship National leagues * AWBL - Angola Women's Basketball League * MWBC - Moroccan Women's Basketball Championship * Tunisian Women's Division I Basketball League * ZWBL - Zenith Women Basketball League

Americas

* Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) **Athletes Unlimited Basketball (AUB)
Women's American Basketball Association
(WABA)
Women's Basketball Development Association
(WBDA) College basketball * NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament (NCAA Division I Women's) * NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament (NCAA Division II Women's) * NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament (NCAA Division III Women's) * Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) * NAIA Women's Basketball Championships, NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Championships (NAIA Division I Women's) * NAIA Women's Basketball Championships, NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Championships (NAIA Division II Women's) *

* National Christian College Athletic Association, NCCAA Women's Basketball (NCCAA Women's) * NJCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship (NJCAA Division I Women's) * NJCAA Women's Basketball Championship, NJCAA Division II Women's Basketball Championship (NJCAA Division II Women's) * NJCAA Women's Basketball Championship, NJCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship (NJCAA Division III Women's) * United States Collegiate Athletic Association, USCAA Women's Basketball (USCAA Women's) Youth leagues * Amateur Athletic Union, AAU * United States Specialty Sports Association, USSSA * YBOA University basketball * Bronze Baby, U Sports *

(BSNF)

Asia

* WCBA - Women's Chinese Basketball Association - first tier ** WCUBA - Chinese University Basketball Association, Women's Chinese University Basketball Association - second tier * WHKBA - Women's Hong Kong Basketball Association * Indian National Basketball Championship for Women * Srikandi Cup * WJBL - Women's Japan Basketball League * Women's Next5Hoops * WNBL —

Filipino College Basketball * UAAP - UAAP Basketball Championship, University Athletic Association of the Philippines * WNCAA - Women's National Collegiate Athletic Association * NAASCU -

* WKBL - Women's Korean Basketball League (Taiwan) * WSBL - Super Basketball League, Women's Super Basketball League * WTBL - Women's Thailand Basketball League

Europe

* EuroLeague Women, EuroLeague ** EuroCup Women, EuroCup ** FIBA Europe SuperCup Women, Europe SuperCup ** Baltic Women's Basketball League, Baltic Women's League * Albanian A-1 League (Women), Albanian A-1 League * AWBB - Austrian Women's Basketball Bundesliga * BWBL - Belgian Women's Basketball League * Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Women) * Bulgarian Women's Basketball Championship * Prva ženska liga - Croatian First Women's Basketball League * Cyprus Women's Basketball Division A ** Kadınlar Basketbol Ligi - Kadınlar Basketbol Ligi, Women's Basketball League * Česká ženská basketbalová liga - Czech Women's Basketball League * Dameligaen, Women's Danish Basketball League * LFB – Ligue Féminine de Basketball * WKML - Women's Korvpalli Meistriliiga * Naisten Korisliiga * Damen-Basketball-Bundesliga, Women's Basketball Bundesliga * Greek Women's Basketball League, Greek Women's Basket - first tier ** A2 Ethniki Women's Basketball, Greek A2 Women's Basket - second tier * Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (women's basketball), Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A for Women's * Úrvalsdeild kvenna - Premier league women * Israeli Female Basketball Premier League * Serie A1 (women's basketball), LegA Basket Femminile Serie A1 - first tier ** Serie A2 (pallacanestro femminile), Serie A2 - second tier *** Serie B d'Eccellenza (pallacanestro femminile), Serie B d'Eccellenza - third tier * LSBL Championships, Latvijas Sieviešu basketbola līga * LMKL - Lithuanian Women's Basketball League * Nationale 1 Dames, Total League - Dames * First Women's Basketball League of Macedonia * First A Women's Basketball League of Montenegro * Vrouwen Basketball League * BLK – Basket Liga Kobiet (first tier) ** I Liga (second tier) * LFB - Liga Feminina de Basquetebol, Premier Women's Basketball League * Liga Națională (women's basketball), Divizia A * Russian Women's Basketball Premier League ** Superleague *** Higher League * WABA League, Adriatic League ** First Women's Basketball League of Serbia * Slovak Women's Basketball Extraliga * Slovenian Women's Basketball League * LFB – Liga Femenina de Baloncesto Ligue Féminine de Basketball ** LF2B - Liga Femenina 2 de Baloncesto Ligue Féminine 2 de Basketball * Basketligan dam * Swiss Women's Basketball Championship * TWBL - Turkish Women's Basketball League * UWBSL, Ukrainian Women's Basketball SuperLeague * WBBL - Women's British Basketball League ** EWBL - English Women's Basketball League ** SWNL - Scottish Women's National League

Oceania

* WNBL – Women's National Basketball League * Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa – first tier * D-League – Women's Development League – second tier

Defunct leagues

Men

World

* McDonald's Championship, 1987-1999

Americas

* National Basketball League (1993-94 Canadian league), National Basketball League (NBL), 1993–94 * Canadian National Basketball League (CNBL), 2002–2004 * Amateur Athletic Association Basketball (AAU), 1897–1982 * National Basketball League (1898–1904), 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 (1925-1955), 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 (United States), National Basketball League with 1937–38 season. * National Basketball League (United States), National Basketball League (NBL), 1937–1949; merged with the Basketball Association of America to become the

. * World Professional Basketball Tournament (WPBT), 1939–1948 * Eastern Pro League (EPL) * Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League (PCPBL), 1946–1948 * Basketball Association of America (BAA), 1946–1949; merged with the National Basketball League (United States), National Basketball League to become the

. * New York State Professional Basketball League (NYSPL), 1946–1949 * Continental Basketball Association (CBA), 1946–2009; 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 (1950-1951), National Professional Basketball League (NPBL), 1950–1951 * American Basketball League (1961-1963), American Basketball League (ABL), 1961–1963 * Midwest Professional Basketball League (MPBL) (1961-1964) * North American Basketball League (1964-1968), (NABL) 1964–1968 * American Basketball Association (1967-1976), 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 (1999-2001), 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 (2007-), National Professional Basketball League (NPBL) * All-American Basketball Alliance (2010) * 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) * Minor League Basketball Association (MLBA) * Continental Basketball League (CBL) * American Basketball League (2013), 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 * Chinese University Basketball Association, Chinese University Basketball Super League (CUBS), 2004–15 * UBA Pro Basketball League, 2015–17 * bj league - bj league, Basketball Japan League, 2005–16 * JBL - Japan Basketball League, 2007–2013 ** NBL - National Basketball League (Japan), National Basketball League, 2013–16 * MNBL - Malaysia National Basketball League, 1981–2013 * Philippine Basketball League (PBL), 1983–2011 * Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association (MICAA), 1938-1981 * Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA), 1998–2002 * Liga Pilipinas (LP), 2008–2011 (Taiwan) * Chinese Basketball Alliance (CBA), 1995–1999

Europe

Subregional leagues * BBL – Baltic Basketball League - teams from the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania plus Sweden * CEBL – Central European Basketball League National leagues * Pro Basketball League (PBL), 1925–2021; replaced by the BNXT League * National Basketball League (United Kingdom), National Basketball League (NBL), 1972–2003 * Dutch Basketball League (DBL), 1960–2021; replaced by the BNXT League * Russian Professional Basketball League, Professional Basketball League (PBL), 2010–2013; superseded by the VTB United League Yugoslavia, Former Yugoslavia * Yugoslav Basketball League

Oceania

* Australian Basketball Association (ABA), 1965–2008 * South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL), 1981–2018 * 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 (1984), Women's American Basketball Association (Women's American Basketball Association, WABA), 1984 See: (Women's American Basketball Association, 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: (Women's American Basketball Association, WBA/WABA) * American Basketball League (1996-1998), American Basketball League (ABL), 1996–1998 * National Women's Basketball League (NWBL), 1998–2007 * Women's American Basketball Association (Women's American Basketball Association, WABA), 2002 * WMLBA, Women's Minor League Basketball Association (WMLBA), 2016–2020

Asia

* Chinese University Basketball Association, Women's Chinese University Basketball Super League (WCUBS), 2004–15 * Pinay Ballers League (2014-2018) * Women's Philippine Basketball League (WPBL)

Oceania

* Women's Basketball Championship (WBC) ** Women's Basketball Championship Division Two (WBC Division Two) * Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) ** Women's Basketball League (WBL), conference-based second-tier league

References

{{reflist Basketball leagues, * Basketball-related lists, Basketball leagues