This is a list of current and defunct basketball leagues.
FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
National Leagues
Algeria
Algerian Super Division
Uganda
National Basketball League (Uganda)
South Africa
Basketball National League
FIBA Americas League
National Leagues
Argentina
Liga Nacional de Básquet
Brazil
Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete
NBB - Novo Basquete Brasil
LDB - Liga de Desenvolvimento de Basquete (Under-22 league)
Canada
National Basketball League of Canada (NBLC)
National Basketball Association (NBA)
NBA Development League (NBA D-League)
University basketball
U Sports
Chile
Liga Nacional Movistar
Colombia
Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano
Dominican Republic
Liga Nacional de Baloncesto
Mexico
LNBP - Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional
CIBACOPA - Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico
Paraguay
Paraguayan Metropolitan Basketball League
Puerto Rico
Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN)
South America
Liga Sudamericana - a pan-South American league competition
United States
National Basketball Association (NBA)
NBA Development League (NBA D-League)
American Basketball Association (ABA)
American Professional Basketball League (APBL)
Central Basketball Association (CBA)
East Coast Basketball League (ECBL)
Florida Basketball Association (FBA)
Independent Basketball Association (IBA)
Midwest Basketball League (MBL)
Midwest Professional Basketball Association (MPBA)
North American Basketball League (NABL)
Premier Basketball League (PBL)
Tobacco Road Basketball League (TRBL)
United Basketball League (UBL)
Universal Basketball Association (UBA)
Association of Christian College Athletics (ACCA)
California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA)
NAIA Men's Basketball Championships (NAIA Division I)
NAIA Men's Basketball Championships (NAIA Division II)
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship (NCAA Division I)
NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship (NCAA Division II)
NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship (NCAA Division III)
List of NCCAA men's basketball champions (NCCAA)
NJCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship (NJCAA Division I)
NJCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship (NJCAA Division II)
NJCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship (NJCAA Division III)
Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC)
United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA)
National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS)
Amateur Athletic Union (AAU)
United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA)
Uruguay
Liga Uruguaya de Basketball
Venezuela
Liga Profesional de Baloncesto
FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Subregional Leagues
ABL - ASEAN Basketball League
National Leagues
China
CBA - Chinese Basketball Association
NBL - National Basketball League
CUBS - Chinese University Basketball Super League
CUBA - Chinese University Basketball Association
CHBL - China High School Basketball League
Hong Kong
Hong Kong A1 Division Championship
Kazakhstan
Kazakh National League
Kuwait
Divisia I - Kuwaiti Division I Basketball League
Chinese Taipei
SBL - Super Basketball League
A League - A League
UBA - University Basketball Alliance
HBL - High School Basketball League
Indonesia
NBL - National Basketball League
Iran
ISL - Iranian Basketball Super League
Japan
B.League - first tier since 2016-2017
AJIBC - All Japan Intercollegiate Basketball Championship - third tier
Lebanon
FLBB - Lebanese Basketball League
Malaysia
NBL - National Basketball League
Philippines
PBA - Philippine Basketball Association - first tier
PBA D-League - PBA Developmental League - second tier
PCC - Philippine Collegiate Championship - third tier
UAAP Basketball Championship
NCAA Basketball Championship
Filsports Basketball Association
Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League
UNTV Cup
Next5Hoops
Qatar
QBL - Qatari Basketball League
Republic of China
SBL - Super Basketball League
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Premier League
South Korea
KBL: Korean Basketball League - first tier
KBL R-League: KBL Reserve League - second tier
KUBL: Korea University Basketball League - third tier
Thailand
TBL - Thailand Basketball League
Vietnam
VBA - Vietnam Basketball Association
Europe
International Leagues (National Teams)
FIBA EuroBasket- main international European basketball competition contested biannually by the men's national teams governed by FIBA Europe
FIBA European Championship for Small Countries-international basketball competition contested by select small country national teams governed by FIBA Europe
International Leagues (Club Teams)
Euroleague - a pan-Europe competition for elite clubs
FIBA Basketball Champions League- Starting play in September 2016, designed as a new FIBA rival to the EuroLeaue, a competing first-tier
Eurocup - second tier, organized by EuroLeague
FIBA Europe Cup - third tier
Subregional leagues:
ABA League (also known as Adriatic League) – teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia
AAC - Alpe Adria Cup
BIBL - Balkan International Basketball League
BBL – Baltic Basketball League - teams from the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania plus Sweden
VTB United League teams from each of the Baltic states, Belarus, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Poland, Russia and Ukraine
National Leagues
Austria
ÖBL - Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga
Belarus
BPL - Belarusian Premier League (basketball)
Belgium
BLB - Basketball League Belgium Division I
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
NBL - National Basketball League
Croatia
A-1 Liga
Cyprus
Cyprus Basketball Division 1
Czech Republic
NBL - National Basketball League(Asociace M. Prvoligovych Klubu), also called the Mattoni NBL for sponsorship reasons
Denmark
Danish Basketball League
Estonia
KML - Korvpalli Meistriliiga
Finland
Korisliiga
France
LNB Pro A - Ligue Nationale de Basketball Pro A - first tier
Pro B - Ligue Nationale de Basket Pro B - second tier
Germany
Basketball Bundesliga - Basketball Bundesliga - first tier
2. Basketball Bundesliga - 2. Basketball Bundesliga - second tier
Pro B - third tier
Georgia
Georgian Superliga - Georgian Basketball Super League
Greece
Greek Basket League - first tier
Greek A2 Basketball League - second tier
Hungary
Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A
Iceland
Premier League
First League
Ireland
Premier League
Israel
Ligat HaAl - first tier
Liga Leumit - second tier
Italy
Lega Basket Serie A - first tier
Serie A2 Basket - second tier
Serie B Basket - third tier
Latvia
LBL - Latvijas Basketbola līga
Lithuania
LKL - Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga - first tier
NKL - Nacionalinė Krepšinio Lyga - second tier
RKL - Regioninė Krepšinio Lyga - third tier
Macedonia
Macedonian First League
Montenegro
Opportunity League
Netherlands
Dutch Basketball League - first tier
FEB Promotiedivisie - second tier
Norway
BLNO
Poland
PLK - Polska Liga Koszykówki (Polish Basketball League) - first tier
I Liga - second tier
II Liga - third tier
Portugal
LCB - Portuguese Basketball League
Proliga
Romania
Divizia A
Russia
VTB-League - first tier since the 2012–13 season (teams from each of the Baltic states, Belarus, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Poland, Russia and Ukraine)
Basketball Superleague - second tier; was the first tier from 1992–2010
Higher League - third tier
First League - fourth tier
VTB-League U21
Serbia
Basketball League of Serbia
Slovakia
Slovak Extraliga
Slovenia
1. A SKL, also known for sponsorship reasons as Liga Telemach
Spain
Liga Endesa - first tier
LEB Oro - second tier
LEB Plata - third tier
Liga EBA - fourth tier
Primera División - fifth tier
Switzerland
LNBA - Ligue Nationale de Basketball A
Sweden
Swedish Basketball League(Ligan) - first tier
Basketettan - second tier
Turkey
BSL - Turkish Basketball League - first tier
TB2L - Turkish Basketball Second League - second tier
TB3L - Turkish Basketball Third League - third tier
Ukraine
Ukrainian Basketball Superleague - first tier
Higher League - second tier
United Kingdom
BBL - British Basketball League
Australia
NBL – National Basketball League
Regional Leagues:
Big V – Big V (Victoria)
Premier League – Premier League (South Australia)
QBL – Queensland Basketball League (Queensland)
SBL – State Basketball League (Western Australia)
SEABL – South East Australian Basketball League (Southeast Australia)
Waratah League – Waratah League (New South Wales)
New Zealand
NBL – National Basketball League
United States
Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Women's Blue Chip Basketball League (WBCBL)
Women's Universal Basketball Association (WUBA)
College Basketball
Association of Christian College Athletics
NAIA Basketball
NCAA Basketball
NCCAA Basketball
NJCAA Basketball
USCAA Basketball
Youth Leagues
AAU
USSSA
YBOA
Canada
University basketball
U Sports
Puerto Rico
Baloncesto Superior Nacional Femenino (BSNF)
China
WCBA - Women's Chinese Basketball Association
WCUBS - Women's Chinese University Basketball Super League
WCUBA - Women's Chinese University Basketball Association
Indonesia
WNBL - Women′s National Basketball League
Japan
WJBL - Women's Japan Basketball League
Philippines
Pinay Ballers League
Women's Next5Hoops
South Korea
WKBL - Women's Korean Basketball League
Thailand
WTBL - Women's Thailand Basketball League
EuroLeague
EuroCup
Iceland
Úrvalsdeild kvenna - Premier league women
Israel
Israeli Female Basketball Premier League
Lithuania
LMKL - Lithuanian Women's Basketball League
France
LFB – Ligue Féminine de Basketball
Poland
BLK – Basket Liga Kobiet (first tier)
I Liga (second tier)
Romania
Divizia A
Russia
Premier League
Superleague
Higher League
Spain
LFB – Liga Femenina de Baloncesto Ligue Féminine de Basketball
Turkey
TKBL, the Turkish initialism for Turkish Women's Basketball League
Ukraine
UPBL, Ukrainian Women's Basketball SuperLeague
Australia
WNBL – Women's National Basketball League
New Zealand
WBC – Women's Basketball Championship
Canada
National Basketball League (NBL), 1993–94
Canadian National Basketball League (CNBL), 2002–2004
United States
All-American Basketball Alliance
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
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 League (NYSPL), 1946–1949
Continental Basketball Association (CBA), 1946–2009; 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
American Basketball Association (ABA), 1967–1976
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)
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)
Continental Basketball League (CBL)
American Basketball League (ABL)
Eastern Basketball Alliance (EBA)
West Coast Pro Basketball League (WCBL)
International Basketball League (IBL)
China
Chinese New Basketball Alliance (CNBA), 1996–97
Japan
Bj League - Basketball Japan League, 2005-16
NBL - National Basketball League, 2014-16 - former JBL
JBL - Japan Basketball League, 1996-13
Chinese Taipei
Chinese Basketball Alliance (CBA), 1994–1999
Philippines
Philippine Basketball League (PBL), 1983-2010
Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA), 1998-2002
National Basketball Conference (NBC), 2004-2007
Liga Pilipinas (LP), 2008-2012
Subregional Leagues
Central European Basketball League
National Leagues
United Kingdom
National Basketball League (NBL), 1972–2003
Russia
Professional Basketball League (PBL), 2010-2013
Former Yugoslavia
Yugoslav Basketball League
Australia
Australian Basketball Association (ABA), 1965–2008
New Zealand
Conference Basketball League (CBL), 1981–2010
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 See: (WABA)
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 See: (WBA/WABA)
American Basketball League (ABL), 1996–1998
National Women's Basketball League (NWBL), 1998–2007
Women's American Basketball Association (WABA), 2002
Philippines
Women's Philippine Basketball League
New Zealand
Women's National Basketball League (WNBL)
Women's Basketball League (WBL), conference-based second-tier league
