- List of professional sports leagues
A list of professional sports leagues:
Auto racing *
A1 Grand Prix ( [http://www.a1gp.com Official Page] )
*American Le Mans Series ( [http://www.americanlemans.com/ Official Site] )
*British Touring Car Championship ( [http://www.btcc.net Official Site] )
* DTM - German Touring Car Masters ( [http://www.dtm.de Official Page] )
*Formula One , Grand Prix racing ( [http://www.formula1.com Official Site] )
*FIA GT Championship ( [http://www.fiagt.com Official Site] )
*IndyCar Series (Indy Racing League ) ( [http://www.indyracing.com Official Page] )
*NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) ( [http://www.nascar.com Official Page] ):
**Sprint Cup Series
**Nationwide Series
**Craftsman Truck Series
**NASCAR Canadian Tire Series (Canada) ( [http://www.nascar.ca Official Page] )
**NASCAR Corona Series (Mexico) ( [http://www.nascarmexico.com Official Page] )
*NHRA (National Hot Rod Association ) ( [http://www.nhra.com Official Page] )
*V8 Supercar (Australia) ( [http://www.v8supercars.com.au Official Page] )
*World Rally Championship ( [http://www.wrc.com Official Page] )
* FIAWorld Touring Car Championship ( [http://www.fiawtcc.com Official Site] )Baseball *
China Baseball League (China)
*Chinese Professional Baseball League (Taiwan)
*Dominican Winter Baseball League
* Independent Baseball (United States/Canada)
**American Association of Independent Professional Baseball
**Atlantic League of Professional Baseball
**Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball
**Continental Baseball League
**Frontier League
**Golden Baseball League
**Liga Norte de Sonora
** Northern League
**South Coast League
**United League Baseball
*Korean Baseball Organization
* MLB -Major League Baseball
* MiLB -Minor League Baseball
** ApL -Appalachian League
** AzL -Arizona League
** AzFL -Arizona Fall League
** CalL -California League
** CarL -Carolina League
** EL - Eastern League
** FSL -Florida State League
** GCL -Gulf Coast League
** IL -International League
** LMB -Mexican League
** LMP -Liga Mexicana del Pacífico (Winter League)
** MwL -Midwest League
** NYPL -New York - Penn League
** NwL -Northwest League
** PCL -Pacific Coast League
** PBL -Pro Baseball League
** PL - Pioneer League
** SAL -South Atlantic League
** SL - Southern League
** TL -Texas League
*Nippon Professional Baseball (Japan)
*Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League
*Venezuelan Professional Baseball League Basketball *
A1 Liga (Croatia)
*ACB -Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (Spain , first level)
*ABA - American Basketball Association ( [http://www.abalive.com Official Page] )
*Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina
*BBL - Basketball BundesLiga (Germany)
*BBL -British Basketball League (United Kingdom)
*BLNO (Norway)
*BSN -National Superior Basketball (Puerto Rico)
*CBA -Chinese Basketball Association
*CBA -Continental Basketball Association ( [http://www.cbahoopsonline.com Official Page] )
*E.O.K. -Greece Basketball Association ( [http://www.basket.gr Official page] )
*Euroleague - Pan-Europe an competition for elite clubs ( [http://www.euroleague.net/ Official Page] )
*IBL -International Basketball League
*KBL - Korean Basketball League (South Korea) ( [http://www.kbl.or.kr Official Page] )
*Korisliiga (Finland)
*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 ( [http://www.nba.com Official Page] )
* NBA D-League -NBA Development League ( [http://www.nbdl.com Official Page] )
*NBA Summer Pro League
* NBL - National Basketball League (Australia)
*NLB League , also known as Adriatic League (Bosnia and Herzegovina ,Croatia ,Serbia ,Montenegro andSlovenia )
*Opportunity League (Montenegro )
* PBA -Philippine Basketball Association (Philippines)
* PBL -Premier Basketball League (United States)
* PLK - Polska Liga Koszykówki, also calledDominet Bank Ekstraliga for sponsorship reasons (Poland , men) [http://www.plk.pl Official page]
* PLKK - Polska Liga Koszykówki Kobiet, also calledTorell Basket Liga for sponsorship reasons (Poland , women) [http://www.plkk.pl Official page]
* SKL - known for sponsorship reasons as Liga UPC Telemach (Slovenia )
* SBL -Super Basketball League (Taiwan)
* TBL -Turkish Basketball League
* TPBL -Texas Pro Basketball League
* USBL -United States Basketball League ( [http://www.usbl.com/ Official Page] )
* WBA -World Basketball Association
* WNBA -Women's National Basketball Association ( [http://www.wnba.com Official Page] )Bowling *
Professional Bowlers Association
*United States Bowling Congress Boxing *
World Boxing Council
*World Boxing Association
*International Boxing Federation
*World Boxing Organization
*World Boxing League Cricket *
Australia
**Sheffield Shield
**Ford Ranger One Day Cup
**KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
**Cricket Australia Cup
**Women's National Cricket League
**Tasmanian Grade Cricket
**Sydney Grade Cricket
** ING Cup
**Victorian Premier Cricket
** CA Under-19 Cup
** CA Under-17 Cup
*England
**County Championship
**Friends Provident Trophy
**Twenty20 Cup
**NatWest Trophy
** National League
**Second XI Championship
**Benson & Hedges Cup
**North v. South
**Pro40
**Minor Counties Cricket Championship
*India
**Indian Cricket League
**Indian Premier League
**NKP Salve Challenger Trophy
**Ranji Trophy
**Duleep Trophy
**Deodhar Trophy
**Irani Trophy
**Twenty20 Zonal Competition
**Vijay Hazare Trophy
**Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup
*New Zealand
**New Zealand first-class cricket championship
**State League
**State Twenty20 Cricket Tournament
**State Championship
** State Women's Twenty20
**New Zealand limited-overs cricket trophy
**Hawke Cup
*Kenya
** Zonal League
** N.P.C.A. 50 Over League
** N.P.C.A. 20 Over League
**Sahara Elite League
*South Africa
**MTN Domestic Championship
**South African Airways Provincial Challenges
**Standard Bank Pro 20 Series
**SuperSport Series
*Sri Lanka
**Henry Steele Olcott Memorial Cricket Tournament
**M. J. Gopalan Trophy
**Premier Limited Overs Tournament
**Premier Trophy
**Royal-Thomian
*Bangladesh
**National Cricket League of Bangladesh
**One-Day Cricket League of Bangladesh
*Pakistan
**ABN-AMRO Cup National One-day Championship
**ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup
**Nissar Trophy
**Patron's Trophy
**Pentangular Trophy
**Quaid-i-Azam Trophy
*Wales
**Minor Counties Cricket Championship
**MCCA Knockout Trophy
*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
**Carib Beer Cup
**KFC Cup
**Stanford 20/20
** TCL Under-19 West Indies Challenge
** TCL Under-19 West Indies Challenge Limited Overs Series
**Inter-Colonial Tournament
** WIWCF Women's Senior Tournament
*Barbados
** Sir Garfield Sobers Cricket Tournament
*Netherlands
** Nachenius Tjeenk Twenty20 Cup [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2004/OTHERS/NL_LOCAL/]
**Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond Cricket Tournament
** First Division
** Transitional Division
** Second Division
** Third Division
** Fourth Division
** Women Premier League
** Two-Day Competition
*Canada
** British Columbia Mainland Cricket Leagues
** Metro Vancouver Cricket League
** District Cricket Association [http://blogs.cricinfo.com/btw/archives/2008/06/ugandas_kamyuka.php]
** Inter-Provincial Competition
** National 20/20 Competition
*Scotland
**Cricket Scotland 50 Over Competition
** Lloyds TSB Scotland League
*Bermuda
** 50-Overs League
** Open Cricket
** 20-20 Cricket
** Bowl-Off
*Japan
** J2C League A [http://www.cricket.or.jp/eng/match.php]
** 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 [http://blogs.cricinfo.com/btw/archives/2008/05/argentinian_dom.php]
** First Division Championship
** Robin Stuart Shield
** Saturday Championships
** Sunday Championships
** Twenty20 League [http://blogs.cricinfo.com/btw/archives/2007/11/argentina_prepa.php]
*Namibia
** Standard Bank Cup
** SAA Provincial Challenge
*Rwanda
** The National Suffo League
*Nepal
** National League [http://www.cricket.com.np/]
** 2 Day National League
** National Twenty20 League
** U-19 National League
** Women Cricket League
*Zimbabwe
**Logan Cup
** Faithwear Cup [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2007-08/ZIM_LOCAL/]
** Twenty20 Cup
** MTN Domestic Championship
*Nigeria
** GTA 20/20 CRICKET TOURNEY [http://blogs.cricinfo.com/btw/archives/nigeria/]
** Iris Smart Technologies (CCC) League
** Super Four
** Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) Tournament
*Estonia
**Estonian cricket league
**Ice cricket
*Hong Kong
**Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes
** Summer Eights [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/NATIONAL/ICC_MEMBERS/HKG/DOMESTIC.html#News]
** Saturday League
** Sunday League
** Social League
** Knock-out Tournament
** Hong Kong Cricket Association Round Robin
*Bahrain
** Bahrain Cricket League [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES2/articles/000033/003320.shtml]
*Chile
** Metropolitan Cup
*Singapore
** Stan Nagiah Trophy
* America
**Pro Cricket
**Major League Cricket
**Colorado Cricket League
** Central West Championship
** Twenty20 League
** FREEDOM T20 Cricket Tournament [http://www.cricketcouncilusa.com/News/RecentNews.aspx?NewsId=1]
*Uganda
** Castle Lager League [http://blogs.cricinfo.com/btw/archives/2006/04/castle_lager_le.php]
** NCR20/20 Corporate League [http://content-www.cricinfo.com/other/content/story/352927.html]
** East and Central Africa Cricket Championship (ECACC)
** Mawanda Cup
** Africa Zone VI Championship
*Papua New Guinea
** Papua New Guinea National Championships [http://blogs.cricinfo.com/btw/archives/2008/03/png_national_ch.php]
** Elite Super Series Twenty 20
** Elite Super Series 50 Over Competition
*Fiji
** Diwarka Prasad Trophy
** Pacific Games
*Samoa
** Pacific Games
*Tonga
** Pacific Games
*New Caledonia
** Pacific Games
*United Arab Emirates
** Alam Steel 4 Nations
** Pro Arch Trophy 2008
** AJCC -Corporate
** Alubond -Premier BCurling *
Canadian Curling Association Cycling *
American Bicycle Association Bicycle Motocross (BMX)
*National Bicycle League (BMX)
*USA Cycling (multi discipline)International
*UCI ProTour Field Hockey Football: American and Canadian
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National Football League ( [http://www.nfl.com Official Page] )
*Arena Football League ( [http://www.arenafootball.com Official Page] )*
Canadian Football League ( [http://www.cfl.ca Official Page] )*
X-League ( [http://www.xleague.com/ Official Page] )See also the full
list of leagues of American and Canadian football Football: Association Football
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Kategoria superiore *
Algerian Championnat National *
Primera División Argentina *
Armenian Premier League * Hyundai
A-League * Bundesliga
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AFFA Supreme League *
B.League
*Belarusian Premier League *
Belgian First Division *
Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano *
Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina * Campeonato Brasileiro
*Campeonato Brasileiro Série B *
Bulgarian A Professional Football Group *
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Chinese Super League *
Copa Mustang *
Primera División de Costa Rica *
Prva HNL *
Cypriot First Division *
Gambrinus Liga *SAS Ligaen (top level)
*Viasat Sport Division (second level)*
Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol *
Primera División de Fútbol Profesional *
Egyptian League *
Premier League
*The Football League , composed of:
**Football League Championship
**Football League One
**Football League Two *
Meistriliiga *
Veikkausliiga *
Ligue 1
*Ligue 2 * 1st Bundesliga
* 2nd Bundesliga
*3rd Liga *
Umaglesi Liga *
Super League Greece
* Second Division*
Liga Nacional de Honduras *
Hong Kong First Division League *
Borsodi Liga *
Landsbankadeild *
I-League
*I League 2nd Division
*National Football League (India) (Defunct)*
Liga Indonesia *
Persian Gulf Cup (Premier League)
*Azadegan League (1st Division)*
Iraq Super League *
FAI League of Ireland
**FAI Premier Division , the top level of the above*
Ligat ha'Al (Premier League)
*Liga Leumit (National League)*
Serie A
*Serie B
*Serie C1
*Serie C2 *
J. League
*Japan Football League *
Kazakhstan Super League *
Kuwaiti Premier League *
Virsliga *
A Lyga *
Malaysia Super League
*Malaysia Premier League *
Maltese Premier League *
Makedonska 1. Liga *
Primera División de México (Premier Division)
*Primera División A
*Segunda División de Mexico
*Tercera División de México *
Divizia Naţională *
Montenegrin First League *
GNF 1 *
Eredivisie
*Eerste Divisie *
Irish Premier League * Tippeligaen (top level)
*Adeccoligaen (second level)*
Liga Paraguaya *
Primera División Peruana *
Orange Ekstraklasa *
Portuguese Liga
*Liga de Honra (second level)*
Qatar National First Division *
Liga I
*Liga II *
Russian Premier League *
Saudi Premier League *
Scottish Premier League
*Scottish Football League , composed of:
**Scottish First Division
**Scottish Second Division
**Scottish Third Division * Singapore Professional Football League (S.League)
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Corgoň Liga *
PrvaLiga Telekom Slovenije *
Serbian Superliga *
Premier Soccer League * Korea Professional Football League (K-League)
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La Liga
*Liga BBVA *
Allsvenskan *
Swiss Super League
*Challenge League *
Syrian League * Professional Football League
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Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
*Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2 *
Turkcell Super League
*TFF First League *
Ukrainian Premier League *
Primera División Uruguaya *
UAE League *
Major League Soccer (MLS) (US and Canada - premier league)
*United Soccer Leagues (USL)
**USL First Division
**USL Second Division
** USL W-League
*Major Indoor Soccer League *
Uzbek League *
Primera División Venezolana *
V-League See also the full
List of football (soccer) competitions Football:
Australian rules football *
Australian Football League ( [http://www.afl.com.au Official Page] )
*Victorian Football League
*South Australian National Football League ( [http://www.sanfl.com.au Official Page] )
*West Australian Football League
* Victorian Women's Football Leauue:See List of Australian rules football leagues andList of Australian rules football leagues outside Australia .Golf :"See main article:
Professional golf tours ."Men's
Top-level tours
* PGA TOUR (
United States )
*European Tour
*Japan Golf Tour
*Asian Tour (Asia outside Japan)
*PGA Tour of Australasia (Australia and New Zealand)
*Sunshine Tour (southern Africa, mainly South Africa)
*Canadian Professional Golf Tour enior tours
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Champions Tour (United States)
*European Seniors Tour Developmental tours
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Nationwide Tour (second-tier US tour, operated by the PGA TOUR)
*Challenge Tour (second-tier European tour)
*Japan Challenge Tour (second-tier Japanese tour)
*Alps Tour (third-tier tour operating in Austria, France, Italy, Morocco and Switzerland, with events also in the Czech Republic and Tunisia)
*EPD Tour (third-tier tour based in Germany)
*Gateway Tour (third-tier US tour)
*Minor Leauge Golf Tour (low cost fourth-tier US tour)
*NGA Hooters Tour (third-tier US tour)
*PGA EuroPro Tour (third-tier tour based in the UK)
*US Pro Golf Tour (third-tier US tour)
*Telia Tour (men's version is a fourth-tier tour based in Sweden)Women's
Top-level tours
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LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association; United States)
*LPGA of Japan Tour
*Ladies European Tour
*LPGA of Korea Tour (South Korea)
*Ladies Asian Golf Tour (Asia outside of Japan and Korea)
*ALPG Tour (Australia)enior tours
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Legends Tour (United States)Developmental tours
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FUTURES Tour (second-tier US tour, operated by the LPGA)
*Telia Tour (women's version is a second-tier tour in Sweden, feeding to the Ladies European Tour)Team Handball * German Bundesliga (handball)
*Liga ASOBAL (Spain)
* Championnat de France de handballIce Hockey *
National Hockey League (United States andCanada )
*American Hockey League (United States andCanada )
*Central Hockey League (United States )
*Kontinental Hockey League (Russia , with teams also inBelarus ,Kazakhstan , andLatvia )
*Deutsche Eishockey Liga (Germany )
*ECHL (United States andCanada )
*Elitserien (Sweden )
*Asia League Ice Hockey (Japan ,South Korea andChina )
* Nationalliga A (Switzerland )
*SM-liiga (Finland )
*Southern Professional Hockey League (SoutheasternUnited States )
*United Hockey League (United States )
*GET-ligaen (Norway )"See also the full
list of ice hockey leagues "Inline hockey Professional Inline Hockey Association (United States)Lacrosse * NLL -
National Lacrosse League (United States andCanada )
* MSL -Major Series Lacrosse (Canada )
* WLA -Western Lacrosse Association (Canada )
* ACL -Alantic Coast Lacrosse (Canada )
* WCL -West Coast Lacrosse (Canada )Field lacrosse
* MLL -
Major League Lacrosse (United States )Mixed Martial Arts *"United States:" Ultimate Fighting Championship a.k.a.
UFC
**World Extreme Cagefighting a.k.a. WEC ("a division of UFC")
*"World Combat League" founded by Chuck NorrisPaintball *
NPPL - National professional paintball league(based in US)See-
List of paintball leagues , for complete list of all major professional leagues
=Speedway=*"Czech Republic:" Ekstraliga
*"Denmark:"Danish Speedway League
*"Germany:" Bundesliga
*"Poland:"
**Speedway Ekstraliga
**Pierwsza Liga ("1st League")
**Druga Liga ("2nd League")
*"Sweden:"
**Elitserien
**Allsvenskan
*"United Kingdom:"
**Sky Sports Elite League
**Premier League
**Conference LeagueRugby league *
Australia
**National Rugby League (one team in New Zealand)
**Queensland Cup
**New South Wales Cup
**Jim Beam Cup
*France
** French elite championship
**Lord Derby Cup
*Great Britain
** Super League (one team in France)
** National Leagues
** Challenge Cup
**National League Cup
*New Zealand
**Bartercard Cup
*United States
**American National Rugby League " Fact|date=May 2007"Rugby union *
Professional Rugby Players Association
*IRB Sevens World Series
* (Australia )
**Super 14
**Australian Rugby Championship (defunct)
**Australian Provincial Championship (at least dormant)
* (England )
**Guinness Premiership
**Heineken Cup
**EDF Energy Cup
**European Rugby Shield
* (France )
**Ligue Nationale de Rugby
***Top 14
***Rugby Pro D2
**Heineken Cup
**European Rugby Shield
* (Italy )
** Super 10
**Heineken Cup
**European Rugby Shield
* (Ireland )
** Magners League
**Heineken Cup
**European Rugby Shield
* (Japan )
**Top League
**Microsoft Cup
* (New Zealand )
**Super 14
**Air New Zealand Cup
**Ranfurly Shield
* (Russia )
**Professional Rugby League
* (Scotland )
** Magners League
**Heineken Cup
**European Rugby Shield
* (South Africa )
**Super 14
**Currie Cup
*** Premier Division
*** First Division
**Vodacom Cup
* (Wales )
** Magners League
**Heineken Cup
**EDF Energy Cup
**European Rugby Shield Softball *
National Pro Fastpitch Tennis *
Association of Tennis Professionals
*Women's Tennis Association
*World TeamTennis *
Championship Gaming Series
*Cyberathlete Professional League
*Electronic Sports World Cup
*Major League Gaming
*World Cyber Games Volleyball *
Lega Pallavolo Serie A (Italian League)
*Female Superior Volleyball League
* V.League
*Pro A (French League)
* AVP (beach volleyball )ee also
*
List of sports attendance figures
* NCAA
*List of defunct sports leagues
*List of developmental and minor sports leagues
*Little League , amateurbaseball andsoftball league
*List of cities by number of pro-sports franchises (North America n)External links
* [http://www.angelfire.com/ns/agalley/napsl/napsl1.html North American Pro Sports Teams] - Lists every imaginable league that has operated in Canada and / or the United States. Grouped by city.
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