Intercontinental •
FIBA Intercontinental Cup •
Arab Club Basketball Championship 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 •
Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA) •
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 (Brazil) – second tier • LDB –
Liga de Desenvolvimento de Basquete (Under-22 League) – third tier • NBA –
National Basketball Association (Toronto Raptors) •
NBA G League (Raptors 905) • CEBL –
Canadian Elite Basketball League • BSL –
Basketball 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 (2018–present) • LPB –
Liga Profesional de Baloncesto (2015–present) • 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 • 94x50 –
94x50 League • ABA –
American Basketball Association •
Big3 Basketball • ECBL –
East Coast Basketball League • FBA –
Florida Basketball Association • MBL –
Maximum Basketball League • NABL –
North American Basketball League • NBL – National Basketball League (United States) • NNBA –
New Nation Basketball Association • PBA –
Pro Basketball Association • PBL –
Premier Basketball League • SBL -
Southern Basketball League • 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 •
Basketball Champions League Asia •
East Asia Super League •
West Asia Super League 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 (under-19) • EPBL –
Elite Pro Basketball League (defunct) • 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 (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 •
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 (many college leagues also offer high school basketball tournaments): • 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 (many college leagues also offer high school basketball tournaments): • 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 (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. •
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 (despite the name, the league is not limited to Northern Europe) - fifth tier
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 • 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 to 2022 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 - second tier •
Divizia A • 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 • 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 (also known for sponsorship reasons as Liga Telemach) – 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
College and university basketball •
BUCS Premier • BUCS Tier 1 • BUCS Tier 2 • BUCS Tier 3 • BUCS Tier 4 • BUCS Tier 5
Youth basketball • EABL - Elite Academy Basketball League • CBL - College Basketball League (Tier 2 and Tier 3) Dynamik National Schools Competition (players registered in any EABL or CBL teams are not permitted to play here except the U17 league) • U19, U17, U16 Co-Ed Premier, U16 Co-Ed, U14 Co-Ed Premier, U14 Co-Ed
Oceania • NBL –
National Basketball League – Major League •
NBL1 – Minor League •
Big V – Minor League •
University Basketball League – Minor League • GBA –
Guam Basketball Association • NBL –
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