Sport Basketball Inaugural season 1992 Country Russia | Founded 1992 No. of teams 13 | |
Formerly Russian Basketball Super League A | ||
The Russian Basketball Super League 1, or Russian Basketball Super Liga 1, (Russian: Баскетбольная Cуперлига 1), formerly known as the Russian Basketball Super League A or the Russian Basketball Super Liga A, is a men's professional basketball league that was the pre-eminent league of Russian professional basketball until 2010. Currently, it is the second-tier division of the Russian professional basketball pyramid. The league is run by the Russian Basketball Federation.
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History
After being the first-tier division of Russian basketball, from its first season in 1991–92, the Super League 1 was relegated to being the second-tier division of Russian basketball after the 2009–10 season, and was replaced with a different first-tier league, starting with the 2010–11 season of the Russian Professional Basketball League (PBL).
The successor league to the Super League 1 was not controlled by the Russian Basketball Federation, like the Super League 1 is, but by a separate body named the Professional Basketball League (PBL).
From the 2010–11 season onward, the Super League 1 and Super League B (the previous second division of the Russian basketball pyramid) divisions were united into a single league that serves as the second tier of Russian basketball. The 2010–11 season featured 11 clubs.