List of basketball leagues
This is a list of current and defunct basketball leagues around the world.
Men
Intercontinental
Africa
International leagues
- BAL – Basketball Africa League
National leagues
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
- ABC Super Division – Algerian Basketball Championship Super Division
File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola
- ABL – Angolan Basketball League – first tier
- ABC – Angola Second Division Basketball Championship – second tier
File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic
File:Flag of Liberia 23px.svg Liberia
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
- NPL – Nigerian Premier League
File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda
Americas
International leagues
National leagues
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
- LNB – Liga Nacional de Básquet – first tier
- TNA – Torneo Nacional de Ascenso – second tier
File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
- CBB – Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete – first tier
- NBB – Novo Basquete Brasil – first tier
- Liga Ouro de Basquete (Brazil) – second tier
- LDB – Liga de Desenvolvimento de Basquete (Under-22 League) – third tier
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
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- NBA – National Basketball Association (Toronto Raptors)
- NBA G League (Raptors 905)
- CEBL – Canadian Elite Basketball League
- BSL-Basketball Super League (North America)
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica
- LBSCR – Liga de Baloncesto Superior de Costa Rica
File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic
File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador
File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
- 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
File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua
- ACB League
- LNB – Liga Nicaragüense de Baloncesto (2018–present)
File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama
- LPB – Liga Profesional de Baloncesto (2015–present)
File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay
- LBL – Liga de Basket de Lima
- LNB – Liga Nacional de Basketball
File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay
File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
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- NBA – National Basketball Association
- Big3 Basketball
- ABA – American Basketball Association
- ECBL – East Coast Basketball League
- FBA – Florida Basketball Association
- MBL – Maximum Basketball League
- SBL - Southern Basketball League
- NABL – North American Basketball League
- NBL – National Basketball League (United States)
- NNBA – New Nation Basketball Association
- PBL – Premier Basketball League
- PBA - Pro Basketball Association
- TBL – The Basketball League
- UBA – Universal Basketball Association
- UBL – United Basketball League
- WABA - Women's American Basketball Association
- WNBA - Women's National Basketball Association
College and university basketball
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
- OUA – Wilson Cup
- U Sports – W. P. McGee Trophy
File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
- ACCA – Association of Christian College Athletics
- Bible College NIT
- 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
- NCAA Division II – NCAA Men's Division II 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
- NJCAA Division II – NJCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship
- NWAC – Northwest Athletic Conference
- USCAA – United States Collegiate Athletic Association
- NCBBA - National Club Basketball Association
Youth leagues
File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela
Asia
International leagues
- East Asia Super League
- Basketball Champions League Asia
- TAT – The Asian Tournament
- West Asia Super League
National leagues
File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain
- BPL – Bahraini Premier League
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
- 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
- CUBA – Chinese University Basketball Association – third tier
- NBL – National Basketball League – second tier
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
- INBC – Indian National Basketball Championship for Men
- INBL - Indian National Basketball League
- EPBL – Elite Pro Basketball League
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
- KBC – Kazakhstan Basketball Championship – first tier
- KBC – Kazakhstan Basketball Cup – second tier
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait
- 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
- B.League Division Three – third tier
- B.League Division Two – second tier
File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan
- JPBL – Jordanian Premier Basketball League - first tier
- First Division - second tier
File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon
- FLB League – Lebanese Basketball League
File:Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg Malaysia
File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia
- OBL – Oman Basketball League
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines (Philippine basketball is not divided into a tier-like league system) The Games and Amusements Board (GAB) issues professional licenses for players playing in professional leagues. GAB had instructed amateur leagues that are paying its players to be under its belt. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this hasn't been applied as the GAB has only allowed professional leagues (of any sport) to operate.
- Professional leagues
- Amateur leagues:
- PBA D-League
- Pinoyliga
- Sinag Liga Asya
- College basketball (many college leagues also offer high school basketball tournaments):
- BUCAL – Bicol Universities and Colleges Athletic League
- CESAFI – Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc.
- COSAA – Cagayan de Oro Schools Athletics Association
- CUSA – Colleges and Universities Sports Association
- ISSA – Iloilo Schools Sports Association
- LACUAA – Local 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
- SCUAA – State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association
- UAAP – University Athletic Association of the Philippines Basketball Championship
- UCAA – Universities and Colleges Athletic Association
- UCAL – Universities and Colleges Athletic League
- UCCL – United Collegiate Championship League
- UCLAA – United Central Luzon Athletic Association
- High school basketball:
- FCAAF – Filipino-Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation
- MMTLBA – Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball Association
- NBTC – NBTC League
- NGBL – Next Generation Basketball League
- PCYAA – Philippine Ching Yuen Athletic Association
- PSSBC – Philippine Secondary Schools Basketball Championship
- PRISAA – Private Schools Athletic Association (Philippines)
- QBL – Qatari Basketball League
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
- SPL – Saudi Premier League
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
- NBL -National Basketball League (Singapore)
- Pro-Am SBL - Pro-Am Singapore Basketball League
- Merlion Cup
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
- KBL – Korean Basketball League – first tier
- KBL R–League – KBL Reserve League – second tier
- KUBL – Korean University Basketball League – third tier
- KBL R–League – KBL Reserve League – second tier
- SBL – Syrian Basketball League
File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan
- PLG – P. League+ – first tier (professional)
- TPBL – Taiwan Professional Basketball League – first tier (professional)
- SBL – Super Basketball League – second tier (semi-professional)
- A League – third tier (amateur)
- UBA – University Basketball Alliance – fourth tier
- HBL – High School Basketball League – fifth tier
- UBA – University Basketball Alliance – fourth tier
- A League – third tier (amateur)
- SBL – Super Basketball League – second tier (semi-professional)
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam
College and university basketball
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
- LIMA – Liga Mahasiswa
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines (many college leagues also offer high school basketball tournaments):
- BUCAL – Bicol Universities and Colleges Athletic League
- 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
- SCUAA – State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association
- UAAP – University Athletic Association of the Philippines Basketball Championship
- UCAA – Universities and Colleges Athletic Association
- UCAL – Universities and Colleges Athletic League
- UCCL – United Collegiate Championship League
- UCLAA – United Central Luzon Athletic Association
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan
- UBA – University Basketball Alliance
Youth leagues
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
- CHBL – China High School Basketball League
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
- FCAAF – Filipino-Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation
- MMTLBA – Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball Association
- NBTC – NBTC League
- NGBL – Next Generation Basketball League
- PCYAA – Philippine Ching Yuen Athletic Association
- PSSBC – Philippine Secondary Schools Basketball Championship
- PRISAA – Private Schools Athletic Association (Philippines)
File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan
- HBL – High School Basketball League
Europe
International leagues
Continental Leagues
Clubs participate pan-European leagues in two ways. Larger clubs play in Euroleague Basketball's system, with several of them having long-term licenses and others having annual licenses (irrespective of domestic league results), akin to the franchise model in North American sports. The Basketball Champions League (BCL) is the other way clubs participate, which is mostly based on sporting merit. A club usually opts to play in the EuroLeague instead of the BCL if it's eligible for both.
- BCL – Basketball Champions League – organized by FIBA Europe
- FIBA Europe Cup – organized by FIBA Europe
- EuroLeague – organized by Euroleague Basketball
- EuroCup – organized by Euroleague Basketball
Subregional leagues
- AAC – Alpe Adria Cup – featuring teams from Austria, Croatia, Czechia (Czech Republic), Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia
- ABA League (also known as the Adriatic 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, Israel, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia
- ENBL – European North Basketball League
- LEBL – Latvian-Estonian Basketball League – featuring teams from Latvia and Estonia
- VTB League – VTB United League – featuring teams from Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia
National leagues
File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania
- ABSL – Albanian Basketball Superliga – first tier
- ABFD – Albanian Basketball First Division – second tier
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
- ABS – Austrian Basketball Superliga – first tier
- BZL – Basketball Zweite Liga – second tier
File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia
File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan
File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium & File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
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- BNXT League – first tier in both countries from 2021-22 season onward
File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina
- BCBH – Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina – first tier
- A1 Liga – second tier
File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
- NBL – National Basketball League, also called the Kooperativa NBL for sponsorship reasons
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
- DBL – Danish Basketball League
File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia
- KML – Korvpalli Meistriliiga
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
- Korisliiga – first tier
- I Division – second tier
File:Flag of France.svg France
- LNB Élite – Ligue Nationale de Basketball Pro A – first tier
- LNB Pro B – Ligue Nationale de Basket Pro B – second tier
File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia
- GSL – Georgian Superliga
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
- BBL – Basketball Bundesliga – first tier
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece
- 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
- GBL B – Greek B Basket League – third tier
- GBL A2 – Greek A2 Basket League – second tier
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel
- IBPL – Israeli Basketball Premier League – first tier
- Liga Leumit – second tier
- Liga Artzit – third tier
- Liga Leumit – second tier
- Serie A – first tier
File:Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo
- KBSL – Kosovo Basketball Superleague – first tier
- KBFL – Kosovo Basketball First League – second tier
File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
- LBL – Latvijas Basketbola līga
File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania
- LKL – Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga – first tier
- NKL – Nacionalinė Krepšinio Lyga – second tier
- RKL – Regioninė Krepšinio Lyga – third tier
- NKL – Nacionalinė Krepšinio Lyga – second tier
File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg
File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia
- MFL – Macedonian First League
File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
- Promotiedivisie – second tier; top purely domestic level from 2021 to 2022
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
- PLK – Polska Liga Koszykówki (Polish Basketball League) – first tier
- I Liga – second tier
- II Liga – third tier
- I Liga – second tier
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
- VTB–League – VTB United League – first tier since the 2012–13 season (also featuring teams from Belarus & Kazakhstan)
- BSL 1 – Basketball Super League 1 – second tier; was the first tier league from 1992 to 2010
- BSL 2 – Basketball Super League 2 – third tier
- First League – fourth tier
- VTB-League U21 – fifth tier
- First League – fourth tier
- BSL 2 – Basketball Super League 2 – third tier
- BSL 1 – Basketball Super League 1 – second tier; was the first tier league from 1992 to 2010
File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
- 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
- RBL First Division – Regional Basketball League First Division – third tier
- BLS B – Basketball League of Serbia B – second tier
File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia
- SEL Slovak Extraliga
File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
- 1. A SKL – Premier A Slovenian Basketball League (also known for sponsorship reasons as Liga Telemach) – first tier
- SSBL – Slovenian Second Basketball League – second tier
- SBL – School Basketball League – third tier
- SSBL – Slovenian Second Basketball League – second tier
- Liga Endesa – first tier
- LEB Oro – second tier
- LEB Plata – third tier
- Liga EBA – fourth tier
- Primera División – fifth tier
- Liga EBA – fourth tier
- LEB Plata – third tier
- LEB Oro – second tier
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
- SBL – Swedish Basketball League (Ligan) – first tier
- Basketettan – second tier
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
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- LNBA – Swiss Basketball League – first tier
- Championnat LNB – second tier
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
- BSL – Turkish Basketball Super League – first tier
- TBL – Turkish Basketball First League – second tier
- TB2L – Turkish Basketball Second League – third tier
- TRBL – Turkish Regional Basketball League – fourth tier
- TB2L – Turkish Basketball Second League – third tier
- TBL – Turkish Basketball First League – second tier
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
- UBSL – Ukrainian Basketball Superleague – first tier
- Higher League – second tier
File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
- BBL – British Basketball League – First Tier
- NBL - National Basketball League – Second Tier
- SBC – Scottish Basketball Championship – Second Tier
Oceania
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
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- NBL – National Basketball League – Major League
- NBL1 – Minor League
- Big V – Minor League
- University Basketball League – Minor League
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Women
Africa
National leagues File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Americas
File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
College basketball
- NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament (NCAA Division I Women's)
- NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament (NCAA Division II Women's)
- NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament (NCAA Division III Women's)
- Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT)
- NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Championships (NAIA Division I Women's)
- NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Championships (NAIA Division II Women's)
- Association of Christian College Athletics
- NCCAA Women's Basketball (NCCAA Women's)
- NJCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship (NJCAA Division I Women's)
- NJCAA Division II Women's Basketball Championship (NJCAA Division II Women's)
- NJCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship (NJCAA Division III Women's)
- USCAA Women's Basketball (USCAA Women's)
Youth leagues
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada University basketball
File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico
Asia
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
- WCBA - Women's Chinese Basketball Association - first tier
- WCUBA - Women's Chinese University Basketball Association - second tier
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
- Srikandi Cup
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
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
- NCRAA - National Capital Region Athletic Association
- UCCL - United Collegiate Championship League
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China (Taiwan)
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
- WTBL - Women's Thailand Basketball League
Europe
File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina
File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
- Prva ženska liga - Croatian First Women's Basketball League
File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus
- Cyprus Women's Basketball Division A
- Kadınlar Basketbol Ligi - Women's Basketball League
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
- Česká ženská basketbalová liga - Czech Women's Basketball League
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
File:Flag of France.svg France
File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece
- Greek Women's Basket - first tier
- Greek A2 Women's Basket - second tier
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland
- Úrvalsdeild kvenna - Premier league women
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel
- LegA Basket Femminile Serie A1 - first tier
- Serie A2 - second tier
- Serie B d'Eccellenza - third tier
- Serie A2 - second tier
File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania
File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg
File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia
File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
- BLK – Basket Liga Kobiet (first tier)
- I Liga (second tier)
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
- Russian Women's Basketball Premier League
- Superleague
- Higher League
- Superleague
File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia
File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
- LFB – Liga Femenina de Baloncesto Ligue Féminine de Basketball
- LF2B - Liga Femenina 2 de Baloncesto Ligue Féminine 2 de Basketball
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Oceania
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
- WNBL – Women's National Basketball League – Major League
- NBL1 – Minor League
- Big V – Minor League
- University Basketball League – Minor League
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Defunct leagues
Men
World
- McDonald's Championship, 1987–1999
Africa
- FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup, (1972-2019)
Americas
- FIBA Americas League, (2007-2019)
- Campeonato Panamericano de Clubes de Básquetbol, (1993-2000)
Subregional Leagues
- Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes, (1946-2008)
- Liga Centroamericana de clubes de baloncesto, (2014-2018)
National Leagues File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
- National Basketball League (NBL), 1993–94
- Canadian National Basketball League (CNBL), 2002–2004
- National Basketball League of Canada (NBLC). 2011-2023
File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
- Amateur Athletic Association Basketball (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 (CBL), 1906–1912
- Hudson River League (HRL), 1909–12
- Eastern Basketball League (EBL), 1909–1933
- New York State League (NYSL), 1911–23
- Pennsylvania State League (PSL), 1914–1921
- Interstate Basketball League (IBL), 1915–1920
- Interstate League (IL), 1919–1923
- Metropolitan Basketball League (MBL), 1921–1928
- American Basketball League (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 with 1937–38 season.
- National Basketball League (NBL), 1937–1949; merged with the Basketball Association of America to become the National Basketball Association.
- World Professional Basketball Tournament (WPBT), 1939–1948
- Eastern Pro League (EPL)
- Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League (PCPBL), 1946–1948
- Basketball Association of America (BAA), 1946–1949; merged with the National Basketball League to become the National Basketball Association.
- New York State Professional Basketball League (NYSPL), 1946–1949
- Continental Basketball Association (CBA), 1946–2009;[1] originally named Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, then Eastern Professional Basketball League.
- Professional Basketball League of America (PBLA), 1947–1948
- National Industrial Basketball League (NIBL), 1947–1961
- National Professional Basketball League (NPBL), 1950–1951
- American Basketball League (ABL), 1961–1963
- Midwest Professional Basketball League (MPBL) (1961-1964)
- North American Basketball League (1964-1968), (NABL) 1964–1968
- American Basketball Association (ABA), 1967–1976, Merged with NBA, four teams now in NBA.
- All-American Basketball Alliance (AABA), 1977–78
- Western Basketball Association (WBA), 1978–79
- World Basketball League (WBL), 1988–1992; was founded as the International Basketball Association in November 1987, before changing its name prior to the 1988 season.
- Global Basketball Association (GBA), 1991-92 - December 1992; league folded midway through 1992–93 season.
- International Basketball Association (IBA), 1995–2001
- International Basketball League (IBL), 1999–2001
- National Rookie League (NRL), 2000
- All-American Professional Basketball League (AAPBL), 2005
- United States Basketball League (USBL)
- National Professional Basketball League (NPBL)
- All-American Basketball Alliance (2010)
- Global Professional Basketball League (GPBL)
- Global Professional Basketball League 2 (GPBL 2)
- United Regions Basketball League (URBL)
- National Alliance Basketball League (NABL)
- National Athletic Basketball League (NABL)
- Universal Basketball League (UBL)
- Minor League Basketball Association (MLBA)
- Continental Basketball League (CBL)
- American Basketball League (ABL)
- Eastern Basketball Alliance (EBA)
- West Coast Pro Basketball League (WCBL)
- International Basketball League (IBL)
Asia
Subregional Leagues
- ABL – ASEAN Basketball League, (2009–2023)
- WABA – WABA Champions Cup, (1998-2019)
National Leagues File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
- Chinese New Basketball Alliance (CNBA), 1996–97
- Chinese University Basketball Super League (CUBS), 2004–15
- UBA Pro Basketball League, 2015–17
- bj league - Basketball Japan League, 2005–16
- JBL - Japan Basketball League, 2007–2013
- NBL - National Basketball League, 2013–16
File:Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg Malaysia
- MNBL - Malaysia National Basketball League, 1981–2013
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
- Philippine Basketball League (PBL), 1983–2011
- Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association (MICAA), 1938-1981
- Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA), 1998–2002
- Liga Pilipinas (LP), 2008–2011
File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Chinese Basketball Alliance (CBA), 1995–1999
- T1 League, 2021–2024
Europe
Subregional leagues
- BBL – Baltic Basketball League - teams from the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania plus Sweden
- CEBL – Central European Basketball League
National leagues File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
- ÖBB – Austrian Basketball Bundesliga replaced by the Austrian Basketball Superliga
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
- Pro Basketball League (PBL), 1925–2021; replaced by the BNXT League
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
- National Basketball League (NBL), 1972–2003
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
- Dutch Basketball League (DBL), 1960–2021; replaced by the BNXT League
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
- Professional Basketball League (PBL), 2010–2013; superseded by the VTB United League
Oceania
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
- Australian Basketball Association (ABA), 1965–2008
- South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL), 1981–2018
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
- Conference Basketball League (CBL), 1981–2010
Women
Americas
File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
- Women's Professional Basketball Association (WPBA), 1975; the league folded before it ever started.
- Women's Professional Basketball League (WBL), 1978–1981
- Ladies Professional Basketball Association (LPBA), 1980–81; formed as a rival league to the WBL when the WBL began to experience financial problems. The league was poorly organized and played only five (or seven) games before disbanding with three teams never playing a game.
- Women's American Basketball Association (WABA), 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 (ABL), 1996–1998
- National Women's Basketball League (NWBL), 1998–2007
- Women's American Basketball Association (WABA), 2002
- Women's Minor League Basketball Association (WMLBA), 2016–2020
Asia
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
- Women's Chinese University Basketball Super League (WCUBS), 2004–15
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
- Pinay Ballers League (2014-2018)
- Women's Philippine Basketball League (WPBL)
Oceania
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
- Australian Basketball Association (ABA), 1965–2008
- South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL), 1981–2018
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
- Women's Basketball Championship (WBC)
References
- ↑ "Continental Basketball Association Confronts an Uncertain Future". New York Times. 8 February 2009.