List of basketball leagues - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Americas

- Liga Nacional de Básquetbol
  Liga Nacional de Básquetbol
  The Liga Nacional de Básquet is the top level of the Argentine basketball league system. The league is controlled by the Basketball Clubs' Association...

- Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete
  Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete
  The Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete was the main basketball league in Brazil. The championship was organized by the Brazilian confederation, CBB...

- National Basketball League of Canada
  National Basketball League of Canada
  The National Basketball League of Canada is a Canadian professional men's basketball league founded in 2011. For the first season, three teams formerly of the Premier Basketball League have joined, with four expansion teams officially joining to form the NBL's "Original Seven".-Current:These are...

- División Mayor del Básquetbol de Chile
  División Mayor del Básquetbol de Chile
  The División Mayor del Básquetbol de Chile or DIMAYOR is the national professional basketball league in Chile. The league was created in 1979.-Teams participating in 2009:-List of Champions:...

- LNBP - Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional
  Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional
  The Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional is the top professional basketball league in Mexico. The league was founded in 2000 with 11 teams, expanding to 24 as of 2008...
  
  (Official Page)

- Paraguayan Metropolitan Basketball League
  Paraguayan Metropolitan Basketball League
  The Paraguayan Metropolitan Basketball League is the most important basketball league from Paraguay. As of 2006, 11 teams are participating in the league. The yearly winners of this league are considered the Paraguayan basketball champions despite the fact that only teams from Asunción compete...

- BSN - National Superior Basketball (Official Page)

South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
- Liga Sudamericana
  Liga Sudamericana
  The Liga Sudamericana is the second most important South American basketball tournament at club level, the first being the FIBA Americas League. It is organized by the South American Basketball Confederation.The league usually includes domestic champions, and some runner-ups, from the leading...
  
  - a pan-South American league competition

- AABA - All-American Basketball Alliance
  All-American Basketball Alliance (2010)
  The All-American Basketball Alliance was announced on January 19, 2010 by Don "Moose" Lewis as an all-white basketball league, with players reportedly required to be "natural-born United States citizens", and whose parents must both be "of the Caucasian race". The initial roster of the league was...
- ABA - American Basketball Association
  American Basketball Association (2000–present)
  The American Basketball Association, often abbreviated as ABA, is a semi-professional men's basketball league that was founded in 1999. The current ABA has no affiliation with the original American Basketball Association that merged with the National Basketball Association in 1976...
  
  (Official Page)
- ABI - Americas Basketball International League
- ACPBL - Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League
  Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League
  The Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League is a professional men's basketball league set to begin play in late 2010. The league initially was made up of two teams formerly in the Premier Basketball League, three formerly of the Eastern Basketball Alliance, and three expansion teams...
- ANBL - American National Basketball League
- CBL - Continental Basketball League
  Continental Basketball League
  The Continental Basketball League is a professional men's basketball minor league in the United States that began play in April of 2010. The league is headquartered in Florida.- History :...
  
  (Official Page)
- EBA - Eastern Basketball Alliance
  Eastern Basketball Alliance
  The Eastern Basketball Alliance is a professional men's winter basketball league. Games are played on the weekends and the season is approximately 4 months long, January through April.-History:...
  
  (Official Page)
- ESL - Eurobasket Summer League (Official Page)
- GPBL - Global Professional Basketball League
  Global Professional Basketball League
  The Global Professional Basketball League, often abbreviated to the GPBL, is an American men's semi-professional minor league basketball organization. The league's inaugural season will start in November 2010, with teams based in cities across the United States...
  
  (Official Page)
- GPBL-2 - Global Professional Basketball League 2
  Global Professional Basketball League 2
  The Global Professional Basketball League 2, often abbreviated to the GPBL-2, is an American men's semi-professional minor league basketball organization which is a development league of fellow group the Global Professional Basketball League . Its inaugural season is set to tip off in April 2010,...
- IBEL - Iowa Basketball Exposure League
  Iowa Basketball Exposure League
  The Iowa Basketball Exposure League is a semi-professional basketball league based in Des Moines, Iowa. The IBEL announced that the Central Iowa Hybrids, Iowa Wind Turbines, and Des Moines Hydrogen would join the league for the late spring 2010 season....
  
  (Official Page)
- IBL - International Basketball League
  International Basketball League
  The International Basketball League was a short lived professional basketball league in the United States. The IBL was headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The league started in 1999 and ended in 2001.-History:...
  
  (Official Page)
- KBDL - Kentucky Basketball Developmental League
  Kentucky Basketball Developmental League
  The Kentucky Basketball Developmental League, often abbreviated to the KBDL, formerly known as the Kentucky International Basketball Association , is a professional basketball minor league based in the state of Kentucky, United States. Its stated goal is to be a minor league to develop American...
  
  (Official Page)
- LBL - Louisville Basketball League (Official Page)
- LHBL - Louisville Hoopfest Basketball League (Official Page)
- MBA - Metropolitan Basketball Association; an amateur African American
  African American
  African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
  
  basketball league established in 1920.
- NABL - National Alliance Basketball League (Official Page)
- NABL - National Alliance of Basketball Leagues
  National Alliance of Basketball Leagues
  The National Alliance of Basketball Leagues is the descendant of the industrial-based basketball clubs that formed into the National Basketball League in the early 1930s. The league was the brainchild of Indianapolis grocer Irv Kautsky, who sponsored the Indianapolis Kautskys club team, and...
- NABL - National Athletic Basketball League
  National Athletic Basketball League
  The National Athletic Basketball League is a men's spring basketball league featuring teams from the West Coast.The first season 2010 NABL Season Recap:...
  
  (Official Page)
- NABL - North American Basketball League
- NBA - National Basketball Association
  National Basketball Association
  The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
  
  (Official Page)
- NBA D-League - NBA Development League
  NBA Development League
  The NBA Development League, or NBA D-League, is the National Basketball Association's official minor league basketball organization. Known until summer 2005 as the National Basketball Development League , the NBA D-League started with eight teams in the fall of 2001...
  
  (Official Page)
- NECBL - North East Chinese Basketball League
  North East Chinese Basketball League
  The North East Chinese Basketball League was formed on August 8 2008 with sponsorship from the non-profit organization GAPS Foundation. It features Chinese American players in the North East United States.- History :...
  
  ; an amateur Chinese American
  Chinese American
  Chinese Americans represent Americans of Chinese descent. Chinese Americans constitute one group of overseas Chinese and also a subgroup of East Asian Americans, which is further a subgroup of Asian Americans...
  
  basketball league established in August 8, 2008.
- NPBL - National Professional Basketball League
  National Professional Basketball League (2007-)
  The National Professional Basketball League, often abbreviated to the NPBL, was an American men's professional basketball minor league featuring teams from the East Coast of the United States which played for two seasons....
  
  (Official Page)
- OAL - Olympian Athletic League; an amateur African American
  African American
  African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
  
  basketball league established in 1907.
- PBL - Premier Basketball League
  Premier Basketball League
  The Premier Basketball League, often abbreviated to the PBL, is a men's professional basketball minor league in the United States that began play in January 2008. The league had ten teams for the 2008 season and thirteen teams for the 2009 season. Nine teams from Canada and the United States...
  
  (Official Page)
- ROBI Royal Oaks Basketball Invitational (Official Page)
- SBL - Southwest Basketball League (Official Page)
- SBL - Sunday Basketball League (Official Page)
- SEBL - Summer Basketball League
- TPBL - Texas Professional Basketball League
- UBA - Ultimate Basketball Association (Official Page)
- UBA - Universal Basketball Association (Official Page)
- UBL - United Basketball League
  United Basketball League
  The United Basketball League is a spring professional minor basketball league in the Southern United States. Originally founded by Mac Claire in 2006 as the Regional Basketball League, the UBL is scheduled to begin its inaugural season in the spring of 2008...
  
  (Official Page)
- UBL - Universal Basketball League (Official Page)
- URBL - United Regions Basketball League
- USBA - United States Basketball Association
  United States Basketball Association
  The United States Basketball Association is a proposed professional minor division men's basketball league which was first announced in July 2007 and has yet to commence play as of March 2010.-Background:...
  
  (Official Page)
- USBL - United States Basketball League
  United States Basketball League
  The United States Basketball League , often abbreviated to the USBL, was a professional men's spring basketball league. The league was formed in 1985. The final champions are the Kansas Cagerz, who won the title game on July 1, 2007.-History:...
  
  (Official Page)
- WBA - World Basketball Association
  World Basketball Association
  The World Basketball Association, often abbreviated to the WBA, is a professional men's spring basketball league in the United States.-History:The WBA was conceived in 2004, with seven teams scheduled to play...
  
  (Official Page)
- WCBL West Coast Pro Basketball League
  West Coast Pro Basketball League
  The West Coast Professional Basketball League, often abbreviated to the WCBL, is an international professional men's spring basketball league featuring teams from the West Coast of the United States and China.-Current clubs:...
  
  (Official Page)

- Liga Uruguaya de Basketball
  Liga Uruguaya de Basketball
  The Liga Uruguaya de Basketball is the most important basketball league from Uruguay.-List of Champions:...

- Liga Profesional de Baloncesto
  Liga Profesional de Baloncesto (Venezuela)
  The Liga Profesional de Baloncesto is the Venezuelan National Basketball League.-Teams:*Cocodrilos de Caracas*Guaiqueríes de Margarita*Trotamundos de Carabobo*Panteras de Miranda*Marinos de Anzoátegui*Gaiteros del Zulia*Guaros de Lara...

Asia

- CBA - Chinese Basketball Association
  Chinese Basketball Association
  The Chinese Basketball Association , often abbreviated to the CBA, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in China.The league is commonly known as the CBA, and this acronym is often used even in Chinese...
  
  (Official Page) - first tier
- NBL - National Basketball League - second tier
- CUBS - Chinese University Basketball Super League - third tier
- CUBA - Chinese University Basketball Association
  Chinese University Basketball Association
  Chinese University Basketball Association or CUBA, was founded in 1996 and the league was launched in 1998. It is the most competitive and popular college basketball competition in China...
  
  (Official Page) - fourth tier
- CHBL - China High School Basketball League - fifth tier

- SBL - Super Basketball League
  Super Basketball League
  The Super Basketball League , often abbreviated to the SBL, is the pre-eminent men's semi-professional basketball league in Taiwan. It was founded in 2003 and considered by many as the successor organization to the short-lived Chinese Basketball Alliance , a men's professional basketball league...
  
  (Official Page) - first tier
- A League - A League - second tier
- UBA - University Basketball Alliance (Official Page) - third tier
- HBL - High School Basketball League (Official Page) - fourth tier

- NBL - National Basketball League
  National Basketball League (Indonesia)
  The National Basketball League , in Indonesian: Liga Bola Basket Nasional, often abbreviated to the NBL, is the pre-eminent men's basketball league in Indonesia, competed by 10 clubs across the country. It is organised by DBL Indonesia and sanctioned by Perbasi...

- ISL - Iranian Basketball Super League
  Iranian Basketball Super League
  The Iranian Basketball Super League is a professional basketball league in Iran founded in 1998.-2011–12 teams:*Azad University Tehran*Bank Saman Tehran*Foolad Mahan Isfahan*Hamyari Shahrdari Zanjan*Jahesh Tarabar Qom*Louleh a.s Shiraz*Mahram Tehran...

- BJ League - Basketball Japan League
  Bj league
  The bj league is a professional basketball league in Japan that began on November 5, 2005. The ten team league is divided into two conferences, the Eastern Conference, and the Western Conference. It had its inaugural All-Star game in 2006. One of its major sponsors is Spalding.The bj league...
  
  (Official Page) - first tier
- JBL - Japan Basketball League
  Japan Basketball League
  The Japan Basketball League is a professional basketball league in Japan. It lies below the bj league, which is Japan's top basketball competition, but there is no promotion and relegation between bj and the JBL....
  
  - second tier
- AJIBC - All Japan Intercollegiate Basketball Championship
  All Japan Intercollegiate Basketball Championship
  All Japan Intercollegiate Basketball Championshipis an annual nationwide intercollegiate basketball tournament...
  
  - third tier

- FLBB - Lebanese Basketball League
  Lebanese Basketball League
  The Lebanese Basketball League or FLB League or BANKMED FLB League is the top basketball league in Lebanon and one of the top leagues in Asia. It is organised annually as a national championship with playoffs and a national cup by the Lebanese Basketball Federation . The Men Division A made up of...

- NBL - National Basketball League (Official Page)

- PBA - Philippine Basketball Association
  Philippine Basketball Association
  The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...
  
  (Pfficial Page)- first tier
- PBL - Philippine Basketball League
  Philippine Basketball League
  The Philippine Basketball League is a commercial semi-professional basketball league in the Philippines. The league is composed of several commercial teams with several collegiate and provincial stars.-History:...
  
  (Official Page) - second tier
- LP - Liga Pilipinas
  Liga Pilipinas
  Liga Pilipinas is a regional basketball league in the Philippines. It is sanctioned by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, the country's national basketball federation, and owned by Pinoy Basketbol, Inc....
  
  (Official Page)
- NBC - National Basketball Conference
  National Basketball Conference
  The National Basketball Conference was a regional-based basketball league in the Philippines formed in 2004. The league is sanctioned by the Philippine national sport association for basketball, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas. Teams are also sponsored by the local government and sponsors.In...
- MVBA - Mindanao Visayas Basketball Association
  Mindanao Visayas Basketball Association
  The Mindanao Visayas Basketball Association is a community-based amateur commercial basketball league in Southern Philippines sanctioned by the country's National Sports Association for basketball, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas . The league is made up of teams from the Visayas and Mindanao...
- PCC - College basketball in the Philippines

South East Asia
- ABL - ASEAN Basketball League
  ASEAN Basketball League
  The ASEAN Basketball League, often abbreviated to the ABL, is a men's professional basketball league in Southeast Asia. Six clubs from six different countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations competed in the league's 2009 inaugural season...
  
  (Official Page)

- KBL: Korean Basketball League
  Korean Basketball League
  The Korean Basketball League, often abbreviated to the KBL, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in South Korea. Its inaugural season was in 1997. The season starts in October and ends in April the following year. The KBL consists of 10 teams. Each team plays 54 games . Each team...
  
  - first tier
- KBL R-League: KBL Reserve League
  Korean Basketball League
  The Korean Basketball League, often abbreviated to the KBL, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in South Korea. Its inaugural season was in 1997. The season starts in October and ends in April the following year. The KBL consists of 10 teams. Each team plays 54 games . Each team...
  
  - second tier
- KUBL: Korea University Basketball League - third tier

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

- Euroleague
  Euroleague
  Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
  
  - a pan-Europe competition for elite clubs (Official Page)
- Eurocup - second tier
- EuroChallenge
  EuroChallenge
  The EuroChallenge is the 3rd tier level transnational men's professional club basketball competition in Europe. It is organized and run by FIBA Europe...
  
  - third tier

- ÖBL - Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga
  Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga
  The Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga is the top men's professional basketball league in Austria. Until the 2004–05 season, the league was known as the A-Liga and then until the 2008–09 season it was called the Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga...

- Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina

- NBL - National Basketball League
  National Basketball League (Bulgaria)
  The Bulgarian National Basketball League is the highest professional basketball league in Bulgaria. It was founded in the year 2008. Previously, it was called the Bulgarian A Division...

- A-1 Liga

- NBL - Asociace M. Prvoligovych Klubu
  National Basketball League (Czech Republic)
  The Czech Republic National Basketball League , also called the Mattoni NBL for sponsorship reasons, is the top level professional basketball league in the Czech Republic. The league operates under a promotion and relegation system. The bottom two NBL teams from each season's standings are...

- LNB - Ligue Nationale de Basketball
  Ligue Nationale de Basketball
  The Ligue National de Basket is the top men's French professional basketball league. There are two divisions: French Pro A League and French Pro B League .-Pro A:...

- BBL - Basketball Bundesliga
  Basketball Bundesliga
  The Basketball Bundesliga — commonly abbreviated BBL — is the highest level league of club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 18 teams. A BBL season is split into a league stage and a playoff stage...

- HEBA A1 - first tier
- HEBA A2 - second tier

- Irish Superleague

- Ligat HaAl - first tier
- Liga Leumit
  Liga Leumit (basketball)
  Liga Leumit is the second tier of league basketball competition in Israel, below the Israeli Basketball Super League.-League system:The league contains 14 clubs that compete in a home-and-away round-robin. At the end of the season, the top eight clubs advance to the play-offs. The first round is...
  
  - second tier

- Lega Basket A - first tier
- Legadue - second tier

- LKL - Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga
  Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga
  The Lietuvos krepšinio lyga is Lithuania's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of 12 teams.- History :...
  
  - first tier
- NKL - Nacionalinė Krepšinio Lyga
  National Basketball League (Lithuania)
  The National Basketball League was founded in 2005. NKL is the second-tier basketball minor league The National Basketball League was founded in 2005. NKL is the second-tier basketball minor league The National Basketball League was founded in 2005. NKL is the second-tier basketball minor league...
  
  - second tier

- Opportunity League
  Opportunity League
  The Opportunity Liga is a national professional basketball league in Montenegro. It is the top basketball division in Montenegro's Košarkaški savez Crne Gore national basketball federation. It was established in the year 2006, shortly after Montenegro declared its independence from Serbia and...

- Dutch Basketball League
  Dutch Basketball League
  The Dutch Basketball League , is the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The league has a closed system...
  
  (Official Page) - first tier
- FEB Promotiedivisie
  Dutch Basketball League
  The Dutch Basketball League , is the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The league has a closed system...
  
  - second tier

- BLNO
  BLNO
  BLNO is Norway's premier professional men's basketball league. It was established in 2000.-Competition:There are 8 teams in the BLNO. Foreign players are allowed on all teams, but a maximum of two Americans are allowed on the court at a time...

- PLK, also known for sponsorship reasons as Tauron Basket Liga

- LCB - Portuguese Basketball League
  Portuguese Basketball League (LCB)
  The Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol is the top men’s basketball league in Portugal. From the 2008-09 season onwards, the competition will be organized once again by the Federação Portuguesa de Basquetebol after 13 seasons. This was caused by the fold of the LCB, after many years of financial...
- Proliga

- Professional Basketball League - first tier since the 2010–11 season
- Basketball Superleague
  Russian Basketball Super League
  The Russian Basketball SuperLeague is a men's professional basketball league that was the pre-eminent league of Russian professional basketball until 2010...
  
  - second tier; was the first tier from 1992–2010

- Basketball League of Serbia

- 1. A SKL
  Premier A Slovenian Basketball League
  The Premier A Slovenian Basketball League , abbreviated as 1. A SKL and known for sponsorship reasons as the Telemach League , is the top-level professional men's basketball league in Slovenia...
  
  , also known for sponsorship reasons as Liga Telemach

- ACB – Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto - first tier
- LEB – Liga Española de Baloncesto
  Liga Española de Baloncesto
  Liga Española de Baloncesto is the second league of the Spanish basketball league system behind the ACB. It is run by the FEB. The Liga Española de Baloncesto is divided into two categories and they are sponsored by Adecco. The names of the two leagues are Adecco Oro and Adecco Plata.The LEB league...
  
  - second tier
- LEB-2 – Liga Española de Baloncesto 2 - third tier

- LNBA - Ligue Nationale de Basket

- Turkish Basketball League
  Turkish Basketball League
  The Turkish Basketball League is the top men’s professional basketball league in Turkey, which is also called Turkish Premier Basketball League . There is also a Turkish Second Basketball League consisting of 2 divisions .-History:The first basketball game played in Turkey was at the Robert...

- BBL - British Basketball League
  British Basketball League
  The British Basketball League, often abbreviated to the BBL, is the premier men's professional basketball league in the United Kingdom. The BBL runs two knockout competitions alongside the league championship; the BBL Cup and the BBL Trophy....

Former Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
- Yugoslav Basketball League

Subregional leagues:
- Liga ABA (also known as Adriatic League) – teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
  
  , Croatia
  Croatia
  Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
  
  , the Czech Republic
  Czech Republic
  The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
  
  , Montenegro
  Montenegro
  Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
  
  , Serbia
  Serbia
  Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
  
  , and Slovenia
  Slovenia
  Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
- Balkan International Basketball League
  Balkan International Basketball League
  The Balkan International Basketball League , also known as the Balkan League, is a multinational professional basketball league that features pro clubs from the Balkans. The league includes teams from the countries of Bulgaria, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and...
- BBL – Baltic Basketball League
  Baltic Basketball League
  Baltic Basketball League is a Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004.Currently, the league is divided into two: the Elite division and the Challenge Cup division. The 10 strongest Baltic basketball clubs participate in the Elite division. The rest of the teams compete in the Challenge Cup...
  
  - teams from the Baltic states
  Baltic states
  The term Baltic states refers to the Baltic territories which gained independence from the Russian Empire in the wake of World War I: primarily the contiguous trio of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania ; Finland also fell within the scope of the term after initially gaining independence in the 1920s.The...
  
  of Estonia
  Estonia
  Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
  
  , Latvia
  Latvia
  Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
  
  and Lithuania
  Lithuania
  Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
  
  plus Sweden
  Sweden
  Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
- Central European Basketball League
  Central European Basketball League
  The Central European Basketball League is a professional basketball competition in Central Europe. It is composed of teams from Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary and Romania. The CEBL was created in 2007.-Teams:...
- VTB United League
  VTB United League
  VTB United League is an international professional basketball league that was founded in 2008. Its goal is to unite the leading basketball clubs of Eastern Europe and Northern Europe together into one league. The league is sponsored by VTB Bank. In its inaugural 2009–10 season, it featured clubs...
  
  – teams from each of the Baltic states
  Baltic states
  The term Baltic states refers to the Baltic territories which gained independence from the Russian Empire in the wake of World War I: primarily the contiguous trio of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania ; Finland also fell within the scope of the term after initially gaining independence in the 1920s.The...
  
  , Belarus
  Belarus
  Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
  
  , Finland
  Finland
  Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
  
  , Poland
  Poland
  Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
  
  , Russia
  Russia
  Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
  
  and Ukraine
  Ukraine
  Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

Oceania

- NBL - National Basketball League
  National Basketball League (Australasia)
  The National Basketball League, also known as the iiNet NBL Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in Australasia....
  
  (Official Page)

- NBL - National Basketball League
  National Basketball League (New Zealand)
  The National Basketball League, often abbreviated to the NBL, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in New Zealand.There were 10 teams in the 2010 season with teams based in Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Invercargill, Nelson, New Plymouth, North Shore, Palmerston North,...
  
  (Official Page)

Americas

- WBCBL - Women's Blue Chip Basketball League (Official Page)
- WNBA - Women's National Basketball Association
  Women's National Basketball Association
  The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...
  
  (Official Page)
- WSBL - Women's Southwest Basketball League (Official Page)
- WABA - Women's American Basketball Association

Asia

- WCBA - Women's Chinese Basketball Association
  Women's Chinese Basketball Association
  The Women's Chinese Basketball Association is a women's basketball league in the People's Republic of China. It is commonly known as the WCBA, and this name is often used even in Chinese.The WCBA was established in 2002...
  
  - first tier
- WCUBS - Women's Chinese University Basketball Super League - second tier
- WCUBA - Women's Chinese University Basketball Association - third tier

- WPBL - Women's Philippine Basketball League
  Women's Philippine Basketball League
  The Women's Philippine Basketball League is an upcoming women's basketball league in the Philippines. It was originally formed in 1998 as the women's counterpart to the Philippine Basketball League. The league went on hiatus from 2000 until it was revived in 2008. The revived league is expected to...
  
  (Official Page)

Europe

- PLKK
  PLKK
  PLKK is a Polish female basketball league. The league also uses sponsors' names.- PLKK names in previous seasons :* 2006-still Ford Germaz Ekstraklasa...
  
  , also known as Torell Basket Liga for sponsorship reasons (Official Page)

- LFB – Liga Femenina de Baloncesto
  Liga Femenina de Baloncesto
  -Competition format:The league is similar to Liga ACB, each team has to play all the other teams in its division twice, one at home and one away, At the end of the league, the eight best teams start a play-off.-Qualification for European competitions:...

- TKBL, the Turkish initialism for Turkish Women's Basketball League
  Turkish Women's Basketball League
  The Turkish Women’s Basketball League is the top women’s professional basketball league in Turkey organized by the Turkish Basketball Federation. The women’s league started in 1980...

Oceania

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

- WBC - Women's Basketball Championship (Official Page)

Americas

- National Basketball League
  National Basketball League (Canada)
  The National Basketball League that was based in Canada lasted only one and a half seasons in 1993 and 1994. It rose from the ashes of the World Basketball League which folded after the 1992 season, which had teams in various Canadian and American cities. The NBL's first game was played on May 1,...
  
  (NBL), 1993-94

- Amateur Athletic Association Basketball
  Amateur Athletic Association Basketball
  The Amateur Athletic Association of England or AAA is the oldest national governing body for athletics in the world, having been established on 24 April 1880. In the past, it has effectively overseen athletics throughout Britain. Now, it supports regional athletic clubs and works to develop...
  
  (AAU), 1897-1982
- 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
  Central Basketball League
  The Central Basketball League was an early regional professional or semi-pro basketball league based in Ohio and Pennsylvania. The league disbanded on November 12, 1912 after playing a few exhibition games. Joseph "Joe" Meech Leithead served as Secretary prior to 1908 and President of the League...
  
  (CBL), 1906-1912
- Hudson River League
  Hudson River League
  The Hudson River League was formed in 1903 as a class D minor league. Upgraded to class C the next season, it continued through 1907 before collapsing. There were twelve cities that represented the league during the five year run; eleven came from New York State and one from Massachusetts...
  
  (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
  American Basketball League (1925-1955)
  The American Basketball League was an early professional basketball league. During six seasons from 1925-26 to 1930-31, the ABL was the first attempt to create a major professional basketball league in the United States...
  
  (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
  National Basketball League (United States)
  Founded in 1937, the National Basketball League, often abbreviated to NBL, was a professional men's basketball league in the United States. The league would later merge with the Basketball Association of America to form the National Basketball Association in 1949.- League history :The...
  
  with 1937-38 season.
- National Basketball League
  National Basketball League (United States)
  Founded in 1937, the National Basketball League, often abbreviated to NBL, was a professional men's basketball league in the United States. The league would later merge with the Basketball Association of America to form the National Basketball Association in 1949.- League history :The...
  
  (NBL), 1937-1949; merged with the Basketball Association of America
  Basketball Association of America
  The Basketball Association of America was a professional basketball league in North America, founded in 1946. The league merged with the National Basketball League in 1949, forming the National Basketball Association ...
  
  to become the National Basketball Association
  National Basketball Association
  The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
  
  .
- World Professional Basketball Tournament
  World Professional Basketball Tournament
  World Professional Basketball Tournament was an invitational tournament for professional basketball teams in the United States held in Chicago, Illinois by the Chicago Herald American. The annual event was held from 1939 to 1948...
  
  (WPBT), 1939-1948
- Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League
  Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League
  The Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League was a professional basketball league with teams from the Pacific Northwest in the United States and Canada...
  
  (PCPBL), 1946-1948
- Basketball Association of America
  Basketball Association of America
  The Basketball Association of America was a professional basketball league in North America, founded in 1946. The league merged with the National Basketball League in 1949, forming the National Basketball Association ...
  
  (BAA), 1946-1949; merged with the National Basketball League
  National Basketball League (United States)
  Founded in 1937, the National Basketball League, often abbreviated to NBL, was a professional men's basketball league in the United States. The league would later merge with the Basketball Association of America to form the National Basketball Association in 1949.- League history :The...
  
  to become the National Basketball Association
  National Basketball Association
  The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
  
  .
- New York State Professional League (NYSPL), 1946-1949
- Continental Basketball Association
  Continental Basketball Association
  The Continental Basketball Association was a professional men's basketball league in the United States, which has been on hiatus since the 2009 season.- History :...
  
  (CBA), 1946-2009; originally named Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, then Eastern Professional Basketball League.
- Professional Basketball League of America
  Professional Basketball League of America
  The Professional Basketball League of America was a basketball league in the United States that was started in 1947 in response to the tremendous upsurge in interest in basketball in the era immediately following World War II...
  
  (PBLA), 1947-1948
- National Industrial Basketball League
  National Industrial Basketball League
  The National Industrial Basketball League was founded in 1947, to enable mill workers a chance to compete in basketball. The league was founded out of the teams that did not join the newly formed NBA...
  
  (NIBL), 1947-1961
- National Professional Basketball League (NPBL), 1950-1951
- American Basketball League
  American Basketball League (1961-1963)
  The American Basketball League played one full season, 1961-1962, and part of 1962-1963. The league actually folded on December 31, 1962. The ABL was the first basketball league to have a three point shot for baskets scored far away from the goal.-Formation:...
  
  (ABL), 1961-1963
- American Basketball Association (ABA), 1967-1976
- All-American Basketball Alliance
  All-American Basketball Alliance
  The All-American Basketball Alliance was formed in 1977, with the intention of competing with the established Continental Basketball Association as the premier basketball minor league in the United States...
  
  (AABA), 1977-78
- Western Basketball Association
  Western Basketball Association
  The Western Basketball Association was formed in 1978 and played for one season during 1978-79. Organized by Larry Cregar, a former assistant coach in the National Basketball Association and American Basketball Association , and real estate developer Neil Christianson.The seven-team league...
  
  (WBA), 1978-79
- World Basketball League
  World Basketball League
  World Basketball League was a minor professional basketball league in the United States and Canada. It was founded as the International Basketball Association in November 1987, before changing its name prior to the 1988 season. One of the major differences between it and other leagues was that it...
  
  (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
  Global Basketball Association
  The Global Basketball Association was a minor league with various franchises in the United States. Teams were located throughout the South and Midwest...
  
  (GBA), 1991-92 - December 1992; league folded midway through 1992-93 season.
- International Basketball Association
  International Basketball Association
  The International Basketball Association was founded by Alexandria, Minnesota entrepreneur Thomas Anderson in 1995. Anderson traveled the Upper Midwest searching for franchise owners for a couple of years before the league began play with five teams in the 1995-1996 season...
  
  (IBA), 1995-2001
- International Basketball League (IBL), 1999-2001
- National Rookie League
  National Rookie League
  The National Rookie League was an American unaffiliated minor league for the National Basketball Association that completed its inaugural season in August, 2000....
  
  (NRL), 2000
- All-American Professional Basketball League
  All-American Professional Basketball League
  The All-American Professional Basketball League was a minor basketball league formed in 2005 by Worth Christie. Announced on January 23, 2005 the league viewed itself as a direct minor league outlet for the National Basketball Association . The best players were to be promised salaries of up to...
  
  (AAPBL), 2005

Asia

- Chinese New Basketball Alliance (CNBA), 1996-97

- Chinese Basketball Alliance
  Chinese Basketball Alliance
  The Chinese Basketball Alliance was a men's professional basketball league in Taiwan that existed from 1995 to 1999. Also abbreviated as "CBA", the defunct organization based in Taiwan was distinct from the Chinese Basketball Association of the People's Republic of China and was also not to be...
  
  (CBA), 1994-1999

- Metropolitan Basketball Association
  Metropolitan Basketball Association
  The Metropolitan Basketball Association or Metroball was a professional basketball league in the Philippines founded in 1998.The MBA overtook the Philippine Basketball Association's plans on regionalization when the league adopted a home-and-away format where teams, instead of representing...
  
  (MBA), 1998-2002

Europe

- National Basketball League
  National Basketball League (United Kingdom)
  The National Basketball League, or NBL for short, is a British basketball league. The league started in 1972 and continued through to 2003 renamed the English Basketball League.-1972-1993:...
  
  (NBL), 1972-2003

Americas

- Women's Professional Basketball Association (WPBA), 1975; the league folded before it ever started.
- Women's Professional Basketball League
  Women's Professional Basketball League
  The Women's Professional Basketball League was a professional women's basketball league in the United States. The league played three seasons from the fall of 1978 to the spring of 1981...
  
  (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 (WABA
  Women's American Basketball Association
  The Women's American Basketball Association played one season in 2002. The 2002 champions were the York City Noise. There was also an earlier, separate league of the same name, in 1984.-Clubs:* Allentown Crunch* Reading Rage* Schuylkill Syrens...
  
  ), 1984
- 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
- American Basketball League
  American Basketball League (1996-1998)
  The American Basketball League, often abbreviated to the ABL of 1996 was an independent professional basketball league for women in the United States. At the same time the ABL was being formed, the National Basketball Association was creating the Women's National Basketball Association...
  
  (ABL), 1996-1998
- National Women's Basketball League
  National Women's Basketball League
  The National Women's Basketball League, often abbreviated to the NWBL, was an organization governing professional basketball leagues for women in the United States. The league was founded in 1997 and began play in the Fall of that year. The league used to have its own season during the off-season...
  
  (NWBL), 1998-2007
- Women's American Basketball Association
  Women's American Basketball Association
  The Women's American Basketball Association played one season in 2002. The 2002 champions were the York City Noise. There was also an earlier, separate league of the same name, in 1984.-Clubs:* Allentown Crunch* Reading Rage* Schuylkill Syrens...
  
  (WABA
  Women's American Basketball Association
  The Women's American Basketball Association played one season in 2002. The 2002 champions were the York City Noise. There was also an earlier, separate league of the same name, in 1984.-Clubs:* Allentown Crunch* Reading Rage* Schuylkill Syrens...
  
  ), 2002

Oceania

- Women's National Basketball League (WNBL)
- Women's Basketball League (WBL), conference-based second-tier league

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