The Polish basketball league system, or Polish basketball league pyramid is a series of
interconnected competitions for professional and amateur
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
clubs in
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 mill ...
. The system has a
hierarchical
A hierarchy (from Greek: , from , 'president of sacred rites') is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) that are represented as being "above", "below", or "at the same level as" one another. Hierarchy is an important ...
format with a
promotion and relegation
In sports leagues, promotion and relegation is a process where teams are transferred between multiple divisions based on their performance for the completed season. Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are often called open league ...
system between competitions at different levels.
Men
The tier levels
For the 2020–21 season, the Polish men's basketball league system is as follows:
Women
The tier levels
For the 2020–21 season, the Polish women's basketball league system is as follows:
See also
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League system
A league system is a hierarchy of leagues in a sport. They are often called pyramids, due to their tendency to split into an increasing number of regional divisions further down the system. League systems of some sort are used in many sports in ...
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European professional club basketball system
Professional basketball clubs in Europe can compete in a number of different competitions, including national leagues, regional (multi-national) leagues, and continental competitions. It is therefore possible for clubs from some countries to take p ...
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French basketball league system
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German basketball league system
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Greek basketball league system
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Hungarian basketball league system
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Italian basketball league system
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Russian basketball league system
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Serbian basketball league system
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Spanish basketball league system
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Turkish basketball league system
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South American professional club basketball system
External links
Polish league on EurobasketPolish Basketball Association
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Basketball league systems