A sports league is a professional body that governs the competition of its teams.[clarification needed] They make the rules for competition and behavior and discipline its members as necessary. This is done through a structure that varies by league. Some are made up of a board of governors that have a Commissioner or President. While others are single entity organizations where the league owns the franchises and therefore does not have a board of governors.[clarification needed]
A list of professional sports leagues:
This list attempts to show, those sports leagues, for which all players and teams are paid to play. In other words, these players can be considered to play their chosen sport as their place of employment. Some leagues do not pay well enough to allow players to use as their primary or only source of income, but as they are paid to play, it is considered professional.
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- 1. A SKL - known for sponsorship reasons as Liga UPC Telemach (Slovenia)
- A1 Liga (Croatia)
- ACB - Liga ACB (Spain, first level)
- ABA - American Basketball Association (Official Page)
- Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- BBL - Baltic Basketball League (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Sweden)
- BBL - Basketball BundesLiga (Germany)
- BBL - British Basketball League (United Kingdom)
- BLNO (Norway)
- BSN - National Superior Basketball (Puerto Rico)
- CBA - Chinese Basketball Association
- E.O.K. - Greece Basketball Association (Official page)
- Euroleague - Pan-European competition for elite clubs (Official Page)
- Eurocup - know as the ULEB Cup from 2002-2008. Is the second-tier transnational professional basketball competition in Europe.
- EuroChallenge - is the top Men's Basketball competition directly run by FIBA Europe. The competition was created in 2003 following the defection of several top European basketball teams from the former European Champions' Cup which heralded the formation of the Euroleague under the umbrella of ULEB.
- IBL - International Basketball League
- ISL - Iranian Basketball Super League (Iran)
- KBL - Korean Basketball League (South Korea) (Official Page)
- Korisliiga (Finland)
- LBL - Latvian Basketball League
- LEB - Liga Española de Baloncesto (Spain, second level)
- LEGA Basket A (Italy, first level)
- LegADue (Italy, second level)
- Ligat HaAl (Israel)
- LKL - Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga (Lithuania)
- LNB - Liga Nacional de Básquetbol (Argentina)
- LNB - Ligue Nationale de Basketball (France)
- LNBP - Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (Mexico)
- Naša Sinalko Liga (Serbia)
- NBA - National Basketball Association (Official Page)
- NBA D-League - NBA Development League (Official Page)
- NBA Summer Pro League
- NBB - Novo Basquete Brasil (Official Page)
- NBL - National Basketball League (Australasia), (Australia & New Zealand)
- NBL - National Basketball League (New Zealand), (New Zealand only)
- NLB League, also known as Adriatic League (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and Slovenia)
- Opportunity League (Montenegro)
- PBA - Philippine Basketball Association (Philippines)
- PBL - Premier Basketball League (United States)
- PLK - Polska Liga Koszykówki, also called Dominet Bank Ekstraliga for sponsorship reasons (Poland, men) Official page
- PLKK - Polska Liga Koszykówki Kobiet, also called Torell Basket Liga for sponsorship reasons (Poland, women) Official page
- SBL - Super Basketball League (Taiwan)
- TBL - Turkish Basketball League
- TPBL - Texas Pro Basketball League
- USBL - United States Basketball League (Official Page)
- WBA - World Basketball Association
- WNBA - Women's National Basketball Association (Official Page)
- Australia
- England
- India
- New Zealand
- Kenya
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Bangladesh
- Pakistan
- Wales
- West Indies {composed of each country with its own leagues)} -
- Barbados
- Guyana
- Jamaica
- Bermuda
- Leewards Islands
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- British Virgin Islands
- Nevis
- Montserrat
- St. Kitts
- St. Maarten
- United States Virgin Islands
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Bahamas
- Windward Islands
- Dominica Grenada
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent & the Grenadines
- Cuba
- Barbados
- Sir Garfield Sobers Cricket Tournament
- Netherlands
- Nachenius Tjeenk Twenty20 Cup [1]
- Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond Cricket Tournament
- First Division
- Transitional Division
- Second Division
- Third Division
- Fourth Division
- Women Premier League
- Two-Day Competition
- Scotland
- Bermuda
- 50-Overs League
- Open Cricket
- 20-20 Cricket
- Bowl-Off
- Japan
- J2C League A [2]
- J2C League B
- J1C
- J2C
- Women's Tournament
- Women's League
- Japan Korea 06
- Univ. Satellite
- Univ. (Men)
- Univ. (Women)
- Ireland
- Antalis Cup
- Senior Two Title
- Argentina
- The NEC Trophy [3]
- First Division Championship
- Robin Stuart Shield
- Saturday Championships
- Sunday Championships
- Twenty20 League [4]
- Namibia
- Standard Bank Cup
- SAA Provincial Challenge
- Rwanda
- The National Suffo League
- Nepal
- National League [5]
- 2 Day National League
- National Twenty20 League
- U-19 National League
- Women Cricket League
- Zimbabwe
- Logan Cup
- Faithwear Cup [6]
- Twenty20 Cup
- MTN Domestic Championship
- Nigeria
- GTA 20/20 CRICKET TOURNEY [7]
- Iris Smart Technologies (CCC) League
- Super Four
- Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) Tournament
- Estonia
- Hong Kong
- Bahrain
- Bahrain Cricket League [9]
- Chile
- Singapore
- America
- Uganda
- Castle Lager League [11]
- NCR20/20 Corporate League [12]
- East and Central Africa Cricket Championship (ECACC)
- Mawanda Cup
- Africa Zone VI Championship
- Papua New Guinea
- Papua New Guinea National Championships [13]
- Elite Super Series Twenty 20
- Elite Super Series 50 Over Competition
- Fiji
- Diwarka Prasad Trophy
- Pacific Games
- Samoa
- Tonga
- New Caledonia
- United Arab Emirates
- Alam Steel 4 Nations
- Pro Arch Trophy 2008
- AJCC -Corporate
- Alubond -Premier B
United States
International
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India
United States
Canada
Japan
See also the full list of leagues of American and Canadian football
This section lists a number of leagues regarded as being professional to some degree, although sources are not provided, in-keeping with the other sports leagues listed. A list of football leagues regarded as being fully professional (as per the WP:Athlete guidance) can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Fully professional leagues, and this list is largely sourced.
Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Armenia
Australia and
New Zealand
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
El Salvador
Egypt
England
Estonia
France and
Monaco
Finland
Germany
Georgia
Greece
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Macedonia
Mexico
Moldova
Montenegro
Netherlands
Northern Ireland
Norway
Paraguay
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Scotland
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Serbia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland and
Liechtenstein
Syria
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Ukraine
Uruguay
United Arab Emirates
United States,
Canada,
Puerto Rico,
Bermuda
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
See also the full List of football (soccer) competitions
- See List of Australian rules football leagues and List of Australian rules football leagues outside Australia.
- See main article: Professional golf tours.
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- FUTURES Tour (second-tier US tour, operated by the LPGA)
- Step Up Tour (second-tier Japanese tour, operated by the LPGA of Japan)
- SAS Masters Tour (women's version is a second-tier tour in Sweden, feeding to the Ladies European Tour)
See also the full list of ice hockey leagues
- NPPL- National Professional Paintball League(based in US)
- GPPL- Gauteng Professional Paintball League(based in South Africa)
See List of paintball leagues, for complete list of all major professional leagues.
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