List of basketball leagues
This is a list of current and defunct basketball leagues around the world.
Men
World
International Leagues
- BAL – Basketball Africa League
- FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
National Leagues
- ABC Super Division – Algerian Basketball Championship Super Division
- ABL – Angolan Basketball League – first tier
- * ABC – Angola Second Division Basketball Championship – second tier
- CABL – Central African Division I Basketball League
- GSP Basketball League
- EBSL – Egyptian Basketball Super League
- LBA League
- LBL – Libyan Division I Basketball League
- Nationale 1
- MBL – Mozambican Division I Basketball League
- NPL – Nigerian Premier League
- NBL – National Basketball League
- SBL – Senegalese Division I Basketball League
- BNL – Basketball National League
- TBL – Tunisian Division I Basketball League
- NBL – National Basketball League
Americas
International Leagues
- BCLA – Basketball Champions League Americas
- FIBA Americas League
- Liga Sudamericana
National Leagues
- LNB – Liga Nacional de Básquet – first tier
- * TNA – Torneo Nacional de Ascenso – second tier
- Libobasquet
- CBB – Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete – first tier
- * NBB – Novo Basquete Brasil – first tier
- * Liga Ouro de Basquete – second tier
- ** LDB – Liga de Desenvolvimento de Basquete – third tier
- NBA – National Basketball Association – Major League
- *NBA G League – first tier Minor League
- CEBL – Canadian Elite Basketball League
- NBLC – National Basketball League of Canada
University basketball
- OUA – Wilson Cup
- U Sports – W. P. McGee Trophy
- LNM – Liga Nacional Movistar
- BPC – Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano
- LBSCR – Liga de Baloncesto Superior de Costa Rica
- LSB – Liga Superior de Baloncesto
- LNB – Liga Nacional de Baloncesto
- LEB – Liga Ecuatoriana de Baloncesto
- LSBES – Liga Superior de Baloncesto de El Salvador
- LNBP – Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional – first tier
- * CIBACOPA – Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico – second tier
- NBA G League – first tier Minor League
- ACB League
- LNB – Liga Nicaragüense de Baloncesto
- LPB – Liga Profesional de Baloncesto
- PMBL – Paraguayan Metropolitan Basketball League
- LBL – Liga de Basket de Lima
- LNB – Liga Nacional de Basketball
- BSN – Baloncesto Superior Nacional
- BSNF – Baloncesto Superior Nacional Femenino
- LUB – Liga Uruguaya de Basketball
- NBA – National Basketball Association – Major League
- *NBA G League – first tier Minor League
- ** ABA – American Basketball Association – second tier Minor League
- ** CBA – Central Basketball Association – second tier Minor League
- ** ECBL – East Coast Basketball League – second tier Minor League
- ** FBA – Florida Basketball Association – second tier Minor League
- ** MBL – Maximum Basketball League – second tier Minor League
- ** MSBA – Mid-South Basketball Association – second tier Minor League
- ** PBL – Premier Basketball League – second tier Minor League
- ** TBL – The Basketball League – second tier Minor League
- ** UBA – Universal Basketball Association – second tier Minor League
- ** UBL – United Basketball League – second tier Minor League
College basketball
- ACCA – Association of Christian College Athletics
- CCCAA – California Community College Athletic Association
- 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
- * NCAA Division II – NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship
- ** NCAA Division III – NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship
- NCCAA – List of NCCAA men's basketball champions
- NIT – National Invitation Tournament
- NJCAA Division I – NJCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
- * NJCAA Division II – NJCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship
- ** NJCAA Division III – NJCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship
- NWAC – Northwest Athletic Conference
- USCAA – United States Collegiate Athletic Association
Youth Leagues
- AAU – Amateur Athletic Union
- USSSA – United States Specialty Sports Association
- LPB – Liga Profesional de Baloncesto
Asia
International Leagues
- ABL – ASEAN Basketball League
- Asia League
- FIBA Asia Champions Cup
- WABA – WABA Champions Cup
National Leagues
- BPL – Bahraini Premier League
- CBA – Chinese Basketball Association – first tier
- * NBL – National Basketball League – second tier
- ** CUBA – Chinese University Basketball Association – third tier
- *** CHBL – China High School Basketball League – fourth tier
- A1 – Hong Kong A1 Division Championship
- INBC – Indian National Basketball Championship for Men
- UBA Pro Basketball League
- IBL – Indonesia Basketball League
- IBSL – Iranian Basketball Super League
- IBL – Iraqi Division I Basketball League
- KBC – Kazakhstan Basketball Championship – first tier
- * KBC – Kazakhstan Basketball Cup – second tier
- KBL – Kuwaiti Division I Basketball League
- B.League – first tier since 2016–17
- * B.League Division Two – second tier
- ** B.League Division Three – third tier
- *** AJIBC - All Japan Intercollegiate Basketball Championship – fourth tier
- JBL – Jordan Basketball Super League
- JPBL – Jordanian Premier Basketball League
- Pro-Am SBL Pro-Am Singapore Basketball League
- FLB League – Lebanese Basketball League
- MNBA – Mongolian National Basketball Association
- OBL – Oman Basketball League
- MPBL – Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League – first tier
- PBA – Philippine Basketball Association – first tier
- * Liga Manila – second tier
- * Men's Next5Hoops – second tier
- * PBA D–League – PBA Developmental League – second tier
- ** NBL – National Basketball League – third tier
- ** UNTV Cup – third tier
College basketball
- CESAFI – Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc.
- COSAA – Cagayan de Oro Schools Athletics Association
- CUSA – Colleges and Universities Sports Association
- ISSA – Iloilo Schools Sports Association
- LCUAA – Laguna Colleges and Universities Athletic Association
- MNCAA – Men's National Collegiate Athletic Association
- NAASCU – National Athletic Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities
- NCAA – National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball Championship
- NCAA South – National Collegiate Athletic Association – South
- NCRAA – National Capital Region Athletic Association
- PCCL – Philippine Collegiate Championship League
- PRISSAA – Private Secondary Schools Athletics Association
- SCUAA – State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association
- UAAP – University Athletic Association of the Philippines Basketball Championship
- UBA - Universities Basketball Association
- UCAA – Universities and Colleges Athletic Association
- UCBL – Universities and Colleges Basketball League
- UCCL – United Calabarzon Collegiate League
- UCLAA – United Central Luzon Athletic Association
High school basketball
- PSSBC – Philippine Secondary Schools Basketball Championship
- QBL – Qatari Basketball League
- SPL – Saudi Premier League
- Merlion Cup
- KBL – Korean Basketball League – first tier
- * KBL R–League – KBL Reserve League – second tier
- ** KUBL – Korea University Basketball League – third tier
- SBL – Syrian Basketball League
- TBL – Thailand Basketball League
- SBL – Super Basketball League - First tier
- William Jones Cup
- HBL – High School Basketball League
- * A League - Second tier
- NBL – UAE National Basketball League
- VBA – Vietnam Basketball Association
Europe
International Leagues
Continental Leagues
- EuroLeague – first tier, organized by Euroleague Basketball
- * EuroCup – second tier, organized by Euroleague Basketball
- * BCL – Basketball Champions League – second tier, organized by FIBA Europe
- ** FIBA Europe Cup – third tier, organized by FIBA Europe
Subregional Leagues
- AAC – Alpe Adria Cup – featuring teams from Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia
- ABA League – first tier league featuring teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia
- * ABA League Second Division – second tier
- BIBL – Balkan International Basketball League – featuring teams from Albania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia
- VTB–League – VTB United League – featuring teams from Belarus, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Poland 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
- BLB – Basketball League Belgium Division I
- BCBH – Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina – first tier
- * A1 Liga – second tier
- NBL – National Basketball League
- A-1 Liga
- Cyprus Basketball Division 1
- NBL – National Basketball League, also called the Mattoni NBL for sponsorship reasons
- DBL – 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
- Premier League
- First Division
- IBPL – Israeli Basketball Premier League – first tier
- * Liga Leumit – second tier
- ** Liga Artzit – third tier
- Serie A – first tier
- * Serie A2 – second tier
- ** Serie B – third tier
- *** Serie C Gold – fourth tier
- **** Serie C Silver – fifth tier
- ***** Serie D Regionale – sixth tier
- ****** Promozione – seventh tier
- KBSL – Kosovo Basketball Superleague – first tier
- * KBFL – Kosovo Basketball First League – second tier
- LBL – Latvijas Basketbola līga
- LKL – Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga – first tier
- * NKL – Nacionalinė Krepšinio Lyga – second tier
- ** RKL – Regioninė Krepšinio Lyga – third tier
- Total League
- * Nationale 2
- MFL – Macedonian First League
- MBL – Montenegrin Basketball League
- Dutch Basketball League – first tier
- FEB Promotiedivisie – second tier
- BLNO
- PLK – Polska Liga Koszykówki – first tier
- * I Liga – second tier
- ** II Liga – third tier
- LCB – Portuguese Basketball League
- Proliga
- Divizia A
- VTB–League – VTB United League – first tier since the 2012–13 season
- * BSL 1 – Basketball Super League 1 – second tier; was the first tier league from 1992–2010
- ** 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 – Regional Basketball League First Division – third tier
- *** RBL Second Division – Regional Basketball League Second Division – fourth tier
- SEL Slovak Extraliga
- 1. A SKL – Premier A Slovenian Basketball League – first tier
- * SSBL – Slovenian Second Basketball League – second tier
- ** SBL – School Basketball League – third tier
- Liga Endesa – first tier
- * LEB Oro – second tier
- ** LEB Plata – third tier
- *** Liga EBA – fourth tier
- **** Primera División – fifth tier
- SBL – Swedish Basketball League – 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
- UBSL – Ukrainian Basketball Superleague – first tier
- * Higher League – second tier
- Super League
- BBL – British Basketball League – first tier
- * EBL - English Basketball League – second tier
- * SBC – Scottish Basketball Championship – second tier
Oceania
- NBL – National Basketball League – Major League
- * NBL1 – Minor League
State Leagues
- Big V
- SBL – State Basketball League
- Waratah League
- GBA – Guam Basketball Association
- NBL – National Basketball League
Women
Africa
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
- *
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- *Women's Minor League Basketball Association
- NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
- NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
- NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
- Women's National Invitation Tournament
- NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Championships
- NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Championships
- Association of Christian College Athletics
- NCCAA Women's Basketball
- NJCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship
- NJCAA Division II Women's Basketball Championship
- NJCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship
- USCAA Women's Basketball
- AAU
- USSSA
- YBOA
- U Sports
- Baloncesto Superior Nacional Femenino
Asia
- WCBA - Women's Chinese Basketball Association - first tier
- * WCUBA - 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
- Pinay Ballers League
- * Women's Next5Hoops
- ** WNBL — Women's National Basketball League
Filipino College Basketball
- UAAP - University Athletic Association of the Philippines
- WNCAA - Women's National Collegiate Athletic Association
- NAASCU - National Athletic Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities
- WKBL - Women's Korean Basketball League
- WSBL - Women's Super Basketball League
- WTBL - Women's Thailand Basketball League
Europe
- EuroLeague
- * EuroCup
- * Europe SuperCup
- * Baltic Women's League
- Albanian A-1 League
- AWBB - Austrian Women's Basketball Bundesliga
- BWBL - Belgian Women's Basketball League
- Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgarian Women's Basketball Championship
- Prva ženska liga - Croatian First Women's Basketball League
- Cyprus Women's Basketball Division A
- * Kadınlar Basketbol Ligi - Women's Basketball League
- Česká ženská basketbalová liga - Czech Women's Basketball League
- Women's Danish Basketball League
- LFB – Ligue Féminine de Basketball
- WKML - Women's Korvpalli Meistriliiga
- Naisten Korisliiga
- Women's Basketball Bundesliga
- Greek Women's Basket - first tier
- * Greek A2 Women's Basket - second tier
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A for Women's
- Úrvalsdeild kvenna - Premier league women
- Israeli Female Basketball Premier League
- LegA Basket Femminile Serie A1 - first tier
- * Serie A2 - second tier
- ** Serie B d'Eccellenza - third tier
- Latvijas Sieviešu basketbola līga
- LMKL - Lithuanian Women's Basketball League
- 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
- * I Liga
- LFB - Premier Women's Basketball League
- Divizia A
- Russian Women's Basketball Premier League
- * Superleague
- ** Higher 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, the Turkish initialism for 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
- NBLW – National Basketball League Women – 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 National Basketball League, 2002–2004
- Amateur Athletic Association Basketball, 1897–1982
- National Basketball League, 1898-99 to 1903-04
- Philadelphia Basketball League, 1902–1909
- New England Basketball League, 1903–1904
- Western Massachusetts Basketball League, 1903–1904
- Western Pennsylvania Basketball League, 1903–1904; 1912–1913; 1914–1915
- New England Basketball Association, 1904–1905
- Mohawk Valley League, 1906–1910
- Central Basketball League, 1906–1912
- Hudson River League, 1909–12
- Eastern Basketball League, 1909–1933
- New York State League, 1911–23
- Pennsylvania State League, 1914–1921
- Interstate Basketball League, 1915–1920
- Interstate League, 1919–1923
- Metropolitan Basketball League, 1921–1928
- American Basketball League, 1925–1955
- National Basketball League, 1926–27
- National Basketball League, 1929–30
- National Basketball League, 1932–33
- Midwest Basketball Conference, 1935–1937; became National Basketball League with 1937-38 season.
- National Basketball League, 1937–1949; merged with the Basketball Association of America to become the National Basketball Association.
- World Professional Basketball Tournament, 1939–1948
- Eastern Pro League
- Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League, 1946–1948
- Basketball Association of America, 1946–1949; merged with the National Basketball League to become the National Basketball Association.
- New York State Professional Basketball League, 1946–1949
- Continental Basketball Association, 1946–2009; originally named Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, then Eastern Professional Basketball League.
- Professional Basketball League of America, 1947–1948
- National Industrial Basketball League, 1947–1961
- National Professional Basketball League, 1950–1951
- American Basketball League, 1961–1963
- Midwest Professional Basketball League
- North American Basketball League, 1964–1968
- American Basketball Association, 1967–1976
- All-American Basketball Alliance, 1977–78
- Western Basketball Association, 1978–79
- World Basketball League, 1988–1992; was founded as the International Basketball Association in November 1987, before changing its name prior to the 1988 season.
- Global Basketball Association, 1991-92 - December 1992; league folded midway through 1992-93 season.
- International Basketball Association, 1995–2001
- International Basketball League, 1999–2001
- National Rookie League, 2000
- All-American Professional Basketball League, 2005
- United States Basketball League
- National Professional Basketball League
- All-American Basketball Alliance All-American Basketball Alliance
- Global Professional Basketball League
- Global Professional Basketball League 2
- United Regions Basketball League
- National Alliance Basketball League
- National Athletic Basketball League
- Universal Basketball League
- Minor League Basketball Association, 2016-Present
- Continental Basketball League
- American Basketball League
- Eastern Basketball Alliance
- Community Basketball Leagues
- West Coast Pro Basketball League
- International Basketball League
- Southern Basketball Association
Asia
- Chinese New Basketball Alliance, 1996–97
- Chinese University Basketball Super League, 2004–15
- bj league - Basketball Japan League, 2005–16
- JBL - Japan Basketball League, 1996–2013
- * NBL - National Basketball League, 2014–16
- MNBL - Malaysia National Basketball League, 1981–2013
- Philippine Basketball League, 1983–2010
- Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association, 1938-1981
- Metropolitan Basketball Association, 1998–2002
- National Basketball Conference, 2004–2007
- Liga Pilipinas, 2008–2012
- Chinese Basketball Alliance, 1994–1999
Europe
- BBL – Baltic Basketball League - teams from the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania plus Sweden
- CEBL – Central European Basketball League
- National Basketball League, 1972–2003
- Professional Basketball League, 2010-2013
- Yugoslav Basketball League
Oceania
- Australian Basketball Association, 1965–2008
- Premier League, 1957–2019
- Queensland Basketball League, 1986–2019
- South East Australian Basketball League, 1981–2018
- Conference Basketball League, 1981–2010
Women
Americas
- Women's Professional Basketball Association, 1975; the league folded before it ever started.
- Women's Professional Basketball League, 1978–1981
- Ladies Professional Basketball Association, 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 games before disbanding with three teams never playing a game.
- Women's American Basketball Association, 1984 See:
- National Women's Basketball Association, 1986; the league folded right before the season was supposed to start.
- Liberty Basketball Association, 1991; played one pre-season exhibition game on February 10, 1991 before disbanding.
- Women's Basketball Association, 1993-1995 See:
- American Basketball League, 1996–1998
- National Women's Basketball League, 1998–2007
- Women's American Basketball Association, 2002
Asia
- Women's Chinese University Basketball Super League, 2004–15
- Women's Philippine Basketball League
Oceania
- Women's Basketball Championship
- * Women's Basketball Championship Division Two
- Women's National Basketball League
- * Women's Basketball League, conference-based second-tier league