This is a list of developmental and minor sports leagues, two concepts which are largely restricted to North American sports. Note that this does not include teams in leagues that include promotion and relegation.

North America

Baseball

* Minor League Baseball **

International League The International League (IL) is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the United States. Along with the Pacific Coast League, it is one of two leagues playing at the Triple-A level, which is one grade below Major League Baseball ...

(Class AAA) **

Pacific Coast League The Pacific Coast League (PCL) is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the Western United States. Along with the International League, it is one of two leagues playing at the Triple-A (baseball), Triple-A level, which is one grade bel ...

(Class AAA) ** Eastern League (Class AA) ** Southern League (Class AA) ** Texas League (Class AA) ** Midwest League (Class A+) ** Northwest League (Class A+) ** South Atlantic League (Class A+) **

California League The California League is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in California. Having been classified at various levels throughout its existence, it operated at Class A-Advanced from 1990 until its demotion to Single-A following Major Leag ...

(Class A) ** Carolina League (Class A) **

Florida State League The Florida State League (FSL) is a Minor League Baseball league based in the state of Florida. Having been classified at various levels throughout its existence, it operated at Class A-Advanced from 1990 until its demotion to Single-A following ...

(Class A) ** Arizona Complex League (rookie) ** Florida Complex League (rookie) ** Dominican Summer League (rookie) *Off-season leagues ** Arizona Fall League (off-season) ** Colombian Professional Baseball League (off-season) **

Dominican Winter Baseball League Dominican may refer to: * Someone or something from or related to the Dominican Republic ( , stress on the "mi"), on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles, in the Caribbean ** People of the Dominican Republic ** Demographics of the Domi ...

(off-season) **

Mexican Pacific League The Mexican Pacific League (), known as Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacífico for sponsorship reasons or simply LMP for its acronym in Spanish, is a professional baseball winter league based in Northern Mexico. The ten-team regular season schedule run ...

(off-season) ** Puerto Rico Baseball League (off-season) ** Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (off-season) *

Independent baseball league An independent baseball league is a professional baseball organization in the United States or Canada that is not overseen by Major League Baseball and is outside the Minor League Baseball clubs affiliated to it. The Northern League and Frontie ...

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American Association American Association may refer to: Baseball * American Association (1882–1891), a major league active from 1882 to 1891 * American Association (1902–1997), a minor league active from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997 * American Association of Profe ...

** Atlantic League **

Empire League The Empire League is a high school athletic league that is part of the CIF Southern Section. It serves large public schools in the Orange County, California area. Members Teams for the 2018–2019 season are: * Crean Lutheran High School * Cypre ...

** Frontier League ** Mexican League **

Pecos League Pecos may refer to: Places * Pecos River, rises near Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States * Pecos, Texas, a city in Reeves County, Texas, United States * Pecos County, Texas, named for the Pecos River ** Pecos Spring, a spring * Pecos, New Mexico, ...

** Pioneer League ** United Shore League {{dagger MLB Partner Leagues

Basketball

Affiliated: * NBA G League *

NBA Summer League The NBA Summer League, also known as the Las Vegas Summer League, is an off-season competition organized by the National Basketball Association. NBA teams come together to try out different summer rosters instead of their regular season line-ups ...

Independent: ''Pro'' *

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 ...

(CEBL) * National Basketball League of Canada (NBL Canada) *

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 ...

(TBL) * The Basketball Tournament (TBT) ''Semi-Pro'' *

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, ...

(ABA) *

(CEBL) * Central Basketball Association (CBA) *

East Coast Basketball League East Coast Basketball League (ECBL) is a men's professional basketball minor league in the United States that began play in March 2015. The league is centered in the Carolinas with teams also in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, ...

(ECBL) *

Elite Basketball League The Elite Basketball League (EBL) is a semi-professional men's basketball league that began play in the fall of 2014. History There were 10 charter members competing in the first season, based around Arkansas. The EBL season begins in October a ...

(EBL) * Florida Basketball Association (FBA) *

Maximum Basketball League The Maximum Basketball League (MBL) is a semi-professional men's basketball league which operates 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 countr ...

(MBL) * National Basketball League of Canada (NBL Canada) *

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. ...

(NABL) * Premier Basketball League (PBL) *

United Basketball League The United Basketball League is a spring semi-professional basketball league based in the Southern United States. History Founded by Mac Claire in 2006 as the Regional Basketball League, the UBL began its inaugural season in the spring of 2008. ...

(UBL) *

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 ...

(UBA)

American football

Outdoor: ''High-level'' * United States Football League *

XFL XFL may refer to: Sports * XFL (2001), a defunct American football league that played its only season in 2001 * XFL (2020), a professional American football league Vehicles * Bell XFL Airabonita, a 1940 U.S. Navy experimental interceptor aircra ...

''Mid-level'' *

Major League Football Major League Football (MLFB) is a proposed professional American football minor league consisting of teams that are all league-owned and Major League Football, Inc., is a publicly traded company. MLFB will operate on a strict budget, well und ...

''Low-level'' * Fútbol Americano de México * Gridiron Developmental Football League * Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional * Rivals Professional Football League Indoor: ''High-level'' *

Fan Controlled Football Fan Controlled Football (FCF) is a professional 7-on-7 Indoor football league created in 2017 as the first sports league controlled by fans. All games are played at the Pullman Yards in Atlanta, Georgia and broadcast on Twitch, NBCLX, DAZN, ...

* Indoor Football League * National Arena League ''Mid-level'' * Champions Indoor Football ''Low-level'' * Arena Football Association * American Arena League *

American West Football Conference The American West Football Conference (AWFC) is a professional indoor American football minor league created in 2018 by Platinum Events & Security, LLC, the owners of the Idaho Horsemen. The league's inaugural season was in 2019. Players are ...

Ice hockey

Professional: * American Hockey League (high-level) * ECHL (formerly East Coast Hockey League) (mid-level) * Federal Prospects Hockey League (low-level) *

Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey The Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH, ''"North American Hockey League"'') is a low-level professional ice hockey league based in the Canadian province of Quebec. Teams in the LNAH compete for the Vertdure Cup. History The league was fou ...

(low-level) *

Southern Professional Hockey League The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) is a professional ice hockey independent minor league based in Huntersville, North Carolina, with teams located primarily in the southeastern United States as well as Illinois and Indiana in the mid ...

(low-level)

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Canadian Hockey League The Canadian Hockey League (CHL; french: Ligue canadienne de hockey ‒ LCH) is an umbrella organization that represents the three Canada-based major junior ice hockey leagues. The CHL was founded in 1975 as the Canadian Major Junior Hockey L ...

(CHL; an umbrella organization) ** Ontario Hockey League (Major junior) ** Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (Major junior) ** Western Hockey League (Major junior) * United States Hockey League (

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Association football (soccer)

* United Soccer League ** USL Championship (men's Division II) ** USL Super League (women's Division II, planned to start in 2023) ** USL League One (men's Division III) ** USL W League (women's Division III) * MLS Next Pro (Division III) * National Independent Soccer Association (Division III) * United Women's Soccer (women's Division II) * Women's Premier Soccer League (women's Division II)

Indoor soccer

* Major Arena Soccer League 2 (M2)

Auto racing

* ARCA Menards Series * American Speed Association *

CRA CRA is an abbreviation for: Companies * Conestoga-Rovers & Associates, a consulting engineering firm in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada * Convenience Retail Asia, Hong Kong * Conzinc Riotinto of Australia * CRA International, a consultancy Credit ...

* Indy Lights *

Pro Mazda Championship The USF Pro 2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires, formerly known as the Star Mazda Championship, Pro Mazda Championship, and later Indy Pro 2000 Championship, is an Open-wheel car, open-wheel racing series serving as the third step on th ...

* NASCAR Pinty's Series ( Canada) *

NASCAR Peak Mexico Series The NASCAR Mexico Series (formerly NASCAR Corona Series and other names) is a NASCAR series in Mexico. It is the most prestigious stock car racing series in the country. Origins (Desafío Corona) The Desafío Corona was established in 2004 by ...

( Mexico) * NASCAR Whelen Euro Series ( Europe) *

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (NWMT) (previously the NASCAR Winston Modified Tour and NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series from 1985 until 2005) is a modified stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR in the Modified Division. The Mod ...

* NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour * NASCAR K&N Pro Series East * NASCAR K&N Pro Series West *

Michelin Pilot Challenge The Michelin Pilot Challenge is a grand touring and touring car racing series run by the International Motor Sports Association. Originating from the Canadian Motorola Cup, the series was taken over by Grand-Am in 2001 to become the Grand-Am Cu ...

* GT4 America

Cricket

* Minor League Cricket

Africa

Rugby union

* Vodacom Cup ( South Africa; now defunct. During the competition's existence, teams from Argentina and Namibia were occasionally included.) * Rugby Challenge ( South Africa; successor to the Vodacom Cup. Includes the same Namibian team that occasionally featured in the Vodacom Cup.)

Asia

Baseball

* Baseball Challenge League (

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) * Eastern League (

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Shikoku-Kyūshū Island League The is an independent professional baseball league on the island of Shikoku in Japan. (None of the teams in Nippon Professional Baseball are based in Shikoku.) The league currently has four teams, and has its league headquarters in Takamatsu. Th ...

(

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Basketball

* National Basketball League (

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

) * Philippine Basketball League ( Philippines, 1983-2011) * Liga Pilipinas ( Philippines, 2008-2011) * PBA Developmental League ( Philippines, 2011–present) *

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( Philippines, 2015-2016) * Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League ( Philippines, 2015-2016) *

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 ...

( Philippines, 2019–present)

Association football

*Manila Football League (Philippines, 1930-1967) *Manila Premier Football League (Philippines, 1997) *National Football League (Philippines, 1977-1991) *PFA Major Soccer Series (Philippines, 1967-1972) * Filipino Premier League (Philippines, 2008) * United Football League (Philippines), (2009-2016)

Europe

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* European Le Mans * GT4 European Series * GT4 France Cup

Oceania

Association football (soccer)

* National Premier Leagues (

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* TAC Cup ( Victoria) * South Australian National Football League ( South Australia) * Victorian Football League ( Victoria) * West Australian Football League ( Western Australia) * North East Australian Football League ( New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory & Australian Capital Territory)

Baseball

* Darwin Baseball League ( Northern Territory) *

Greater Brisbane League The Greater Brisbane League or formerly the Greater Brisbane Baseball Board league (GB3) is the largest baseball league in the Australian state of Queensland and covers all teams from Brisbane North, South, West, Metro as well as three Gold Coas ...

( Queensland) *

Illawarra Baseball League The Illawarra Baseball League is a sports league of Wollongong, Kiama and the Shoalhaven. It conducts the sport of baseball as the region's organising body. It has eight active clubs. The I.B.A. is a member of the NSW Country Baseball Associa ...

( New South Wales) *

New South Wales Major League The NSW State Baseball League (previously known as the New South Wales Major League) is the highest amateur level of play for the sport of baseball in New South Wales. The league is currently composed of 9 baseball clubs predominantly from Sydne ...

( New South Wales)

Basketball

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NBL1 NBL1 is a semi-professional basketball list of basketball leagues, league in Australia, consisting of NBL1 South, South, NBL1 North, North, NBL1 Central, Central, NBL1 West, West and NBL1 East, East Conferences with both men's and women's compet ...

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NBL1 Central NBL1 Central, formerly the Premier League, is a semi-professional basketball league in South Australia, comprising both a men's and women's competition. In 2020, Basketball South Australia partnered with the National Basketball League (NBL) to ...

( South Australia) ** NBL1 East ( New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory) **

NBL1 North NBL1 North, formerly the Queensland Basketball League (QBL), is a semi-professional basketball league in Queensland and Northern Territory, Australia, comprising both a men's and women's competition. In 2020, Basketball Queensland partnered wit ...

( Queensland and Northern Territory) ** NBL1 South (Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia) **

NBL1 West NBL1 West, formerly the State Basketball League (SBL), is a semi-professional basketball league in Western Australia, comprising both a men's and women's competition. In 2020, Basketball Western Australia partnered with the National Basketball L ...

( Western Australia)

Ice hockey

* East Coast Super League ( New South Wales)

Rugby league

Melbourne Rugby League The Melbourne Rugby League, (currently the Storm Premiership for branding reasons), is a rugby league football competition located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and run by NRL Victoria. As of the 2022 season, there are currently 17 competing ...

( Victoria) * New South Wales Cup ( New South Wales) * Queensland Cup ( Queensland) *

S. G. Ball Cup The S. G. Ball Cup is a junior rugby league football competition played predominantly in New South Wales, between teams made up of players aged under 19. Teams from Canberra and Melbourne (Victoria Thunderbolts) also participate. Prior to the C ...

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* Super2 Series *

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North America

Association football (soccer)

Indoor soccer

Cricket

Africa

Asia

Europe

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Oceania

Association football (soccer)

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See also