- List of defunct sports leagues
Australia Australian football
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Tasmanian Football League (TFL 1879-2000)Baseball
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Australian Baseball League Rugby League
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Super League (Australia) Rugby Union
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Australian Rugby Championship occer
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Anglo-Australian Football Association
*Queensland British Football Association
*South Australian British Football Association
*Southern British Football Association
*Tasmania British Football Association
*National Soccer LeagueCanada Baseball *
Canadian Baseball League (CBL 2003)Basketball *National Basketball League (NBL 1993-94)
Ice Hockey *
Coloured Hockey League (1895-1925)
*Canadian Amateur Hockey League (1898-1905)
*Amateur Hockey Association (AHA 1893-1898)
*Federal Amateur Hockey League (1903-1906)
*Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey League (1905-1906)
*Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (1906-1909)
*Manitoba Professional Hockey League (MPHL 1907-09)
*National Hockey Association (NHA 1909-1917)
* Canadian Hockey Association (CHA 1909-1910)
*Maritime Professional Hockey League (MPHL 1910-15) - aka Interprovincal Hockey League, and Eastern Professional Hockey League
*Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA 1911-24)
*Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL 1921-1926)
* International Hockey League (IHL 1945-2001)
*Metro Junior A League (1961-63)
*World Hockey Association (WHA 1972-1979)
*Roller Hockey International (RHI 1993-1997, 1999)Soccer *Canadian Soccer League (CSL 1987-92)
*Canadian National Soccer League (CNSL 1922-97)New Zealand Rugby union *
National Provincial Championship (NPC, 1976-2005)
** Replaced byAir New Zealand Cup andHeartland Championship in 2006.Russia Ice hockey *
Russian Super League (1996-2008)
** Replaced by theKontinental Hockey League in 2008. The KHL also launched with teams fromBelarus ,Latvia . andKazakhstan .United Kingdom American Football *
Amateur American Football Conference (AAFC) (1985-1986)
*American Football League, UK (AFLUK) (1985)
*British American Football Federation (BAFF) (1985)
* British American Football League (BAFL) (1986)
*British Independent Gridiron Conference (BIG-C) (1997)
*Budweiser League (1986-1989)
*Capital League (1987)
*Combined Gridiron League (CGL) (1989)
*National Conference Management and Marketing Association (NCMMA) (1990)
*National Division Management Association (NDMA) (1990-1993)
*Northwest & Welsh Counties American Football League (NWCAFL) (1987)
*South Western American Football League (SWAFL) (1988-1989)
*Thistle League (1987)
*United Kingdom American Football Association (UKAFA) (1985)
*United Kingdom American Football League (UKAFL) (1987-1988)Basketball * National Basketball League (1974-2003)
Association Football *
Football Alliance (1889-1892)
*Athenian League (1912-1984)
*Chiltonian League (1984-2000)
*Surrey Senior League (1922-2003)United States Pro Baseball
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National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (1871-75)
* American Association (1882-1891)
*Union Association (1884)
*Negro League s
**League of Colored Baseball Clubs reorganized asEastern Interstate League (1887; 1889-1890)
** Negro National League
*** Midwestern and southern United States (1920-1931)
*** Eastern United States (1933-1948)
**Eastern Colored League (1923-1928)
**American Negro League (1929)
**Negro East West League (1932)
**Negro Southern League (1932)
**Negro American League (1937-1950)
**Negro Midwest League (194?-19??)
**United States Negro Baseball League (1945-1946)
**West Coast Negro Baseball League (1946)
*Players League (1890)
*Federal League (1914-1915)
*American Association (20th century) minor league (1902-1962 and 1969-1997)
*All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (1943-1954)
*Continental League (1960, never played)
*Senior Professional Baseball Association (1989-1990)
*Great Central League (1994)
* United League Baseball (1995, never played)
*Western Baseball League (1995-2002)Pro Basketball
Men:
* AABA-All-American Basketball Alliance (1977-78)
* AAPBL-All-American Professional Basketball League (2005)
* ABA-American Basketball Association (1967-1976)
* ABL I-American Basketball League I (1925-1955)
* ABL II-American Basketball League II (1961-1963)
* GBA-Global Basketball Association (GBA 1991-92 - December 1992, league folded midway through 1992-93 season)
* IBA-International Basketball Association (1995-2001)
* IBL-International Basketball League (1999-2001)
* NBL-National Basketball League (1937-1949)
* NPBL-National Professional Basketball League (1950-1951)
* NRL-National Rookie League (2000-2002)
* PBLA-Professional Basketball League of America (1947-1948)
* WBA-Western Basketball Association (1978-79)
* WBL-World Basketball League (1988-1992)Women:
*Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL 1978-81)
*Liberty Basketball Association , a woman's pro basketball league.
* American Basketball League III (ABL 1996-1998)Amateur Basketball
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Amateur Athletic Association Basketball (AAU 1897-1982)Pro Football
*AAFC -
All-America Football Conference (1946-1949)
*AFL - American Football League (1926)
*AFL - American Football League (1936-1937)
*AFL - American Football League (1940-1941)
*AFL -American Football League (1960-1969, now the AFC of the NFL)
*CFL -Continental Football League (1965-1969)
*IFL -Indoor Football League (1999-2000)
*IPFL -Indoor Professional Football League (1999-2001)
*PIFL -Professional Indoor Football League (1998)
*PSFL -Professional Spring Football League (1991 - Training Camp)
*USFL -United States Football League (1983-1985)
*WFL -World Football League (1974-1975)
*XFL - eXtreme Football League (2001)Note: Bolded leagues were competitor of major league
NFL .Pro Hockey
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World Hockey Association (WHA 1972-1979)
*Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA 1911-1924)
* International Hockey League (IHL 1945-2001)
*Roller Hockey International (RHI 1993-1997, 1999)Pro Soccer (Association Football)
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American Football Association (1896-1907)
*American Soccer League (1921-1933, 1933-83, 1988-1989)
*Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL 1993-97)
*Major Soccer League aka Major Indoor Soccer League ( 1978-1992)
*North American Soccer League (NASL 1968-1984)
*Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA 2001-2003; to be revived in 2009 asWomen's Professional Soccer )
*World Indoor Soccer League (WISL 1998-2001)
*United Soccer League (1984-85)Pro Lacrosse
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National Lacrosse League (1974-75)
*American Lacrosse League (1988)Other
* Canadian Association of Stock Car Auto Racing (CASCAR 1981-2006; replaced by
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series )
*International Boxing League (IBL 1969-70)
*International Roller Derby League (IRDL 1935-1973)
*International Volleyball Association (IVA 1974)
*Japan Soccer League (JSL 1965-1992)
*National Bowling League (NBL 1961-62)
*Major League Volleyball (1987-89)
*NFL Europa (1991-2007)
*Pro Cricket (2004)
*Professional Slow Pitch Softball League s (1977-1982)
*United States Professional Volleyball (USPV 2002-2003)
*World Team Tennis (WTT 1974-1978)
*Women's American football leagues since 1998.
*Women's Western Volleyball League (WWVL 1993-1994)External links
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