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

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

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 (Brazil) – second tier
** LDB – Liga de Desenvolvimento de Basquete – third tier
NBA – National Basketball Association
*NBA G League
CEBL – Canadian Elite Basketball League
BSL-Super League (North America)">Super League (Ireland)">Super League (North America)
LNB – Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de Chile
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
LNB – Liga Nacional de Básquetbol
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
*NBA G League
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
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
USBL – United States Basketball League

College and university basketball

OUA – Wilson Cup
U Sports – W. P. McGee Trophy
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
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
NCBBA - National Club Basketball Association
Youth leagues
AAU – Amateur Athletic Union
USSSA – United States Specialty Sports Association
SPB – Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto
LPB – Liga Profesional de Baloncesto

Asia

International leagues

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
NSBL – National Star Basketball League
INBL - Indian National Basketball League
EPBL – Elite Pro Basketball League
IBL – Indonesian Basketball League
IBSL – Iranian Basketball Super League
IBL – Iraqi Professional 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
Korean Basketball League - Top tier Basketball League in Korea
JPBL – Jordanian Premier Basketball League - first tier
* First Division - second tier
FLB League – Lebanese Basketball League
MBL – Major Basketball League Malaysia
The League
OBL – Oman Basketball League

The Games and Amusements Board 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 to operate.

Professional leagues
* AsiaBasket
* Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League
* National Basketball League
* Philippine Basketball Association
* Pilipinas Super League
* Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup
Amateur leagues:
* PBA D-League
* Pinoyliga
* Sinag Liga Asya
College basketball :
* BUCAA – Bulacan Universities and Colleges Athletic Association
* BUCAL – Bicol Universities and Colleges Athletic League
* CESAFI – Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc.
* COSAA – Cagayan de Oro Schools Athletics Association
* DASAFI – Davao Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc.
* 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
SPL – Saudi Premier League
NBL -National Basketball League (Singapore)
Pro-Am SBL - Pro-Am Singapore Basketball League
Merlion Cup
KBL – Korean Basketball League – first tier
* KBL R–League – KBL Reserve League – second tier
** KUBL – Korean University Basketball League – third tier
SBL – Syrian Basketball League
PLG – P. League+ – professional
TPBL – Taiwan Professional Basketball League – professional
* SBL – Super Basketball League – semi-professional
** A League – amateur
*** UBA – University Basketball Alliance
**** HBL – High School Basketball League
TBL – Thailand Basketball League
BTL – Basketball Thai League
NBL – UAE National Basketball League
VBA – Vietnam Basketball Association

College and university basketball

CUBA – Chinese University Basketball Association
LIMA – Liga Mahasiswa

BUCAA – Bulacan Universities and Colleges Athletic Association
BUCAL – Bicol Universities and Colleges Athletic League
CESAFI – Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc.
COSAA – Cagayan de Oro Schools Athletics Association
DASAFI – Davao Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc.
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
U-League
UBA – University Basketball Alliance
NUC – National University Championship
Youth leagues
CHBL – China High School Basketball League
DBL – Developmental Basketball League
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)
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, akin to the franchise model in North American sports. The Basketball Champions League 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.

EuroLeague - organised by EuroLeague Basketball - first tier
* EuroCup - organised by EuroLeague Basketball - second tier
** Basketball Champions League - organised by FIBA Europe - third tier
*** FIBA Europe Cup - organised by FIBA Europe - fourth tier
**** European North Basketball League - fifth tier
Subregional leagues
AAC – Alpe Adria Cup – featuring teams from Austria, Croatia, Czechia (Czech Republic), Hungary, Poland, Romania, 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, 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

ABSL – Albanian Basketball Superliga – first tier
* ABFD – Albanian Basketball First Division – second tier
ABS – Austrian Basketball Superliga – first tier
* BZL – Basketball Zweite Liga – second tier
ABL – Armenia Basketball League A
ABL – Azerbaijan Basketball League
BPL – Belarusian Premier League (basketball)

BNXT League – first tier in both countries from 2021-22 season onward
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 Kooperativa NBL for sponsorship reasons
DBL – Danish Basketball League
KML – Korvpalli Meistriliiga
Korisliiga – first tier
* I Division – second tier
LNB Élite – 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
Promotiedivisie – second tier; top purely domestic level from 2021 to 2022
BLNO
PLK – Polska Liga Koszykówki (Polish Basketball League) – 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 – Russian [Basketball Super League 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
BLS – Basketball League of Serbia – first tier
* BLS B – Basketball League of Serbia B – second tier
** RBL First Division – First [Regional Basketball League (Serbia)|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
* Primera FEB – second tier
** Segunda FEB – third tier
*** Tercera FEB – fourth tier
**** Primera División de Baloncesto – fifth tier
SBL – Swedish Basketball League (Ligan) – 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
*** TRBL – Turkish Regional Basketball League – fourth tier
UBSL – Ukrainian Basketball Superleague – first tier
* Higher League – second tier
Super League
SBL – Super League Basketball – First Tier
* BCB - British Championship Basketball - second tier
** NBL D1 - National Basketball League Division One - third tier
** SBC D1- Scottish Basketball Championship Division One - third tier
** BWNL - Basketball Wales National League - third tier
*** NBL D2 - National Basketball League Division Two - fourth tier
*** SBC D2 - Scottish Basketball Championship Division Two - fourth tier
*** SWBA D1 - South Wales Basketball League Division One- fourth tier
*** NWBA D1 - North Wales Basketball League Division One - fourth tier
**** NBL D3 - National Basketball League Division Three - fifth tier
**** SWBA D2 - South Wales Basketball League Division Two - fifth tier
**** NWBA D2 - North Wales Basketball League Division Two - fifth tier
***** SWBA D3 - South Wales Basketball League Division Three - sixth tier