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professional sports In professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, participants receive payment for their performance. Professionalism in sport has come to the fore through a combination of developments. Mass media and increased leisure have brought l ...
leagues. A
sports league A sports league is a group of sports teams or individual athletes that compete against each other and gain points in a specific sport. At its simplest, it may be a local group of amateur athletes who form teams among themselves and compete on wee ...
is a
professional body A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional society) usually seeks to advocacy, further a particular profession, the interests of individuals and organisations engaged in that professio ...
that governs the competition of its teams. They make the rules for competition and behavior and disciplines 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. 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
profession A profession is a field of work that has been successfully '' professionalized''. It can be defined as a disciplined group of individuals, '' professionals'', who adhere to ethical standards and who hold themselves out as, and are accepted b ...
. Some leagues do not pay well enough to allow players to use them as their primary or only source of income, but because the players are paid, it is still considered
professional A professional is a member of a profession or any person who works in a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the particular knowledge and sk ...
, or
semi-professional Semi-professional sports are sports in which athletes are not participating on a full-time basis, but still receive some payment. Semi-professionals are not amateur because they receive regular payment from their team, but generally at a conside ...
. As such, some leagues listed here may not be fully professional.


Auto racing Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

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Arena Racing USA Arena Racing USA is an indoor motorsports series founded by former NASCAR chassis builder Ricky Dennis, son of 1970 NASCAR Rookie of the Year, Bill Dennis. The league “went dark” after the 2016-2017 season, per their website. History The ...
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British Touring Car Championship The Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by TOCA. It was established in 1958 as the British Saloon Car Championship and was renamed a ...
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Copa Truck The Copa Truck is a Brazilian auto racing series, composed of truck A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo, carry specialized payloads, or perform other utilitarian work. Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and ...
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Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM, German Touring Car Masters) is a grand touring car series sanctioned by ITR e.V. who have been affiliated to the DMSB- FIA since 1984. The series is based in Germany, with rounds elsewhere in Europe. The s ...
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European Le Mans Series The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the ...
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Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA; en, International Automobile Federation) is an association established on 20 June 1904 to represent the interests of motoring organisations and motor car users. It is the governing body for ...
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Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM; en, International Motorcycling Federation) is the global governing/sanctioning body of motorcycle racing. It represents 116 national motorcycle federations that are divided into six regiona ...
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Formula One Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...
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Formula E Formula E, officially the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, is a single-seater motorsport championship for electric cars. The series was conceived in 2011 in Paris by FIA president Jean Todt and Spanish businessman Alejandro Agag, wh ...
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Fórmula Truck Fórmula Truck is a Brazilian Truck racing series. It ran from 1996 to 2017, when it folded and was reorganized into the Copa Truck. However, the series returned to its original name and format in 2021. History The idea for the racing series ...
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Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup The GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup, officially known as Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS for sponsorship reasons, formerly the FIA GT Series, is a sports car racing series organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) w ...
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Grand-Am Road Racing Grand-Am Road Racing or Grand-Am was an auto racing sanctioning body that was established in 1999 to organize road racing competitions in North America. Its primary focus was the Rolex Sports Car Series, an endurance racing championship series. I ...
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International Hot Rod Association The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) is the second-largest drag racing sanctioning body after the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA). The Carrier Era 1971-1987 The IHRA was formed in November 1970 by businessman Larry Carrier. Througho ...
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INDYCAR INDYCAR, LLC, is an American-based auto racing sanctioning body for Indy car racing and other disciplines of open wheel car racing. The organization sanctions five racing series: the premier IndyCar Series with its centerpiece the Indianapoli ...
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MotoGP Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier class of motorcycle road racing events held on road circuits sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Independent motorcycle racing events have been held since the start ...
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NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. The privately owned company was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948, and ...
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National Hot Rod Association The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) is a drag racing governing body, which sets rules in drag racing and hosts events all over the United States and Canada. With over 40,000 drivers in its rosters, the NHRA claims to be the largest motorspo ...
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Stock Car Brasil Stock Car Pro Series, formerly known as Stock Car Brasil, is a touring car auto racing series based in Brazil organized by Vicar. It is considered the major Brazilian and South American motorsports series. Starting in 1979 with Chevrolet as the ...
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Super GT Super GT (stylized as SUPER GT) is a grand touring car racing series that began in 1993. Launched as the , generally referred to as either the JGTC or the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship, the series was renamed to Super GT in 2005. It is ...
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Turismo Carretera Turismo Carretera (Road racing, lit., ''Road Touring'') is a popular stock car racing series in Argentina, and the oldest auto racing series still active in the world. The series is organized by Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. The ...
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Supercars Championship The Supercars Championship is a touring car racing category in Australia, running as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) regulations, governing the sport. Supercars events take place in all Australia ...
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WeatherTech SportsCar Championship The IMSA SportsCar Championship, currently known as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship under sponsorship, is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada and organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMS ...
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FIA World Endurance Championship The FIA World Endurance Championship is an auto racing world championship organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The series supersedes the ACO's former Intercont ...
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World Rally Championship The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is the highest level of global competition in the motorsport discipline of rallying, owned and governed by the FIA. There are separate championships for drivers, co-drivers, manufacturers and t ...
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World Touring Car Cup The FIA World Touring Car Cup (abbreviated to WTCR, referring to the use of TCR regulations) was an international touring car championship promoted by Eurosport Events and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It ...


Badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...

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National Badminton League The National Badminton League (NBL) was a professional team badminton league in England. Organised by Badminton England, it was launched in October 2014 as the first ever national badminton league in the UK. Reaching seven franchise teams in its ...
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Europe Cup (badminton) The Europe Cup (also known as European Badminton Club Championships) is a badminton team championships played by clubs from all around Europe, comparable to the UEFA Champions League in football. It was established in 1978 by the members of Badmin ...


Bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

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Bandyliiga The Bandyliiga (; 'Bandy League') is the top level of men's bandy in Finland. The league was founded in 1908 as the Jääpallon SM-sarja ('Bandy Finnish Championship Series') and the present name has been used since the 1991–92 season. Bandyl ...
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Suomi-sarja The Suomi-sarja is Finland's third-highest ice hockey league. Suomi-sarja has 14 teams. Suomi-sarja has been played since the 1999–2000 season. Prior to this, Finland's third league had been Division II since 1975 and before that the Provinci ...
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Russian Bandy Super League The Russian Bandy Super League (russian: Чемпионат России по хоккею с мячом — Суперлига), is a men's professional bandy league in Russia, the top division of Russian bandy. There is no definite rule which t ...
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Russian Bandy Supreme League Russian Bandy Supreme League (russian: Первенство России среди команд Высшей лиги) is the second tier of Russian bandy, below Russian Bandy Super League. In the 2016–17 season, 23 teams competed in three gro ...
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Elitserien Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many sports, Elitserien is the highest league, with the second highest named Allsvenskan. Elitserien leagues at present: * Elitserien (badmin ...
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Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...
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Bandy World Cup The Bandy World Cup is an international bandy competition played in Sweden at the beginning of the bandy season every year, in autumn. The participating teams qualify based on their results in the previous bandy season. The World Cup is not playe ...
** Bandy World Cup Women


Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...


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Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (A ...
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American League The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the American League (AL), is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league b ...
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National League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team s ...
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International League The International League (IL) is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the United States. Along with the Pacific Coast League, it is one of two leagues playing at the Triple-A level, which is one grade below Major League Baseball ( ...
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Pacific Coast League The Pacific Coast League (PCL) is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the Western United States. Along with the International League, it is one of two leagues playing at the Triple-A level, which is one grade below Major League Ba ...
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Eastern League Eastern League may refer to: Baseball in the United States ''Most recent leagues listed first'' * Eastern League (1938–present), a minor league established in 1923 and renamed Eastern League in 1938, at the Double-A level * Eastern League (1916 ...
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Texas League The Texas League is a Minor League Baseball league which has operated in the South Central United States since 1902. It is classified as a Double-A league. Despite the league's name, only its five South Division teams are actually based in the ...
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High-A High-A (officially Class High-A, formerly known as Class A-Advanced, and sometimes abbreviated "A+" in writing) is the third-highest level of play in Minor League Baseball in the United States and Canada, below Triple-A and Double-A, and abov ...
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Midwest League The Midwest League is a Minor League Baseball league established in 1947 and based in the Midwestern United States. A Class A league for most of its history, the league was promoted to High-A as part of Major League Baseball's 2021 reorganiza ...
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Northwest League The Northwest League is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the Northwestern United States and Western Canada. A Class A Short Season league for most of its history, the league was promoted to High-A as part of Major League Basebal ...
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South Atlantic League The South Atlantic League, often informally called the Sally League, is a Minor League Baseball league with teams predominantly in states along the Atlantic coast of the United States from New York to Georgia. A Class A league for most of its ...
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Single-A Class A, also known as Single-A and sometimes as Low-A, is the fourth-highest level of play in Minor League Baseball in the United States, below Triple-A, Double-A, and High-A. There are 30 teams classified at the Single-A level, one for each ...
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California League The California League is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in California. Having been classified at various levels throughout its existence, it operated at Class A-Advanced from 1990 until its demotion to Single-A following Major L ...
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Carolina League The Carolina League is a Minor League Baseball league which has operated along the Atlantic Coast of the United States since 1945. Having been classified at various levels throughout its existence, it operated at Class A-Advanced from 1990 un ...
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Florida State League The Florida State League (FSL) is a Minor League Baseball league based in the state of Florida. Having been classified at various levels throughout its existence, it operated at Class A-Advanced from 1990 until its demotion to Single-A followi ...
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Rookie A rookie is a person new to an occupation, profession, or hobby. In sports, a ''rookie'' is a professional athlete in their first season (or year). In contrast with a veteran who has experience and expertise, a rookie is usually inexperienced ...
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Dominican Summer League The Dominican Summer League (DSL) is a branch of affiliated Minor League Baseball which is played in the Dominican Republic. The league was founded in 1985. After the demise of the Venezuelan Summer League after the 2015 season, it is the only ...
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Arizona Fall League The Arizona Fall League (AFL) is an off-season sports league owned and operated by Major League Baseball (MLB) which operates during the autumn in Arizona, United States, at six different baseball complexes. Arizona Fall League rosters are fille ...
* Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente *
Cuban National Series The Cuban National Series (, SNB) is the primary domestic professional baseball competition in Cuba. Formed after the dissolution of the Cuban League in the wake of the Cuban Revolution, the Series is a part of the Cuban baseball league system. ...
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Dominican Summer League The Dominican Summer League (DSL) is a branch of affiliated Minor League Baseball which is played in the Dominican Republic. The league was founded in 1985. After the demise of the Venezuelan Summer League after the 2015 season, it is the only ...
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Venezuelan Professional Baseball League The Venezuelan Professional Baseball League or Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional (LVBP) is the professional baseball league in Venezuela. The league's champion takes part in the Caribbean Series each year. History Early years Baseball exp ...
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Independent baseball league An independent baseball league is a professional baseball organization in the United States or Canada that is not overseen by Major League Baseball and is outside the Minor League Baseball clubs affiliated to it. The Northern League (baseball, 19 ...
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American Association American Association may refer to: Baseball * American Association (1882–1891), a major league active from 1882 to 1891 * American Association (1902–1997), a minor league active from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997 * American Association of Profe ...
*** Atlantic League ***
Frontier League The Frontier League is a professional independent baseball league with teams in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States and Eastern Canada. Formed in 1993, it is the oldest currently running independent league in the United States. The le ...
*** Pioneer League ** Other leagues: *** Empire Professional Baseball League *** Pecos League ***
United Shore Professional Baseball League The United Shore Professional Baseball League (USPBL) is an independent baseball league in suburban Metro Detroit, Michigan, United States, started in May 2016. Each team in the USPBL plays a 42-game regular season schedule from May through Septem ...
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Mexican League The Mexican League (, ) is a professional baseball league based in Mexico and the oldest running professional league in the country. The league has 18 teams organized in two divisions, North and South. Teams play 114 games each season. Five te ...
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Mexican Pacific League The Mexican Pacific League (), known as Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacífico for sponsorship reasons or simply LMP for its acronym in Spanish, is a professional baseball winter league based in Northern Mexico. The ten-team regular season schedule ru ...
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Mexican Academy League The Mexican Academy League, or the Liga de Mexicana de Beisbol Academia, is a professional minor baseball league sanctioned by the Mexican League. The Academy League was founded as a feeder league to the Mexican League. It is composed of eight ...
* Argentine Baseball League


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Nippon Professional Baseball or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning ''Professional Baseball''. Outside Japan, it is often just referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation ...
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Central League The or is one of the two professional baseball leagues that constitute Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the league championship plays against the winner of the Pacific League in the annual Japan Series. It currently consi ...
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Pacific League The or is one of the two professional baseball leagues constituting Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the league championship competes against the winner in the Central League for the annual Japan Series. It currently consi ...
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Eastern League Eastern League may refer to: Baseball in the United States ''Most recent leagues listed first'' * Eastern League (1938–present), a minor league established in 1923 and renamed Eastern League in 1938, at the Double-A level * Eastern League (1916 ...
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Intercity baseball tournament The intercity baseball tournament (都市対抗野球大会 ''Toshi Taikō yakyū taikai'') of Japan, commonly known as "Summer All-star" (真夏の球宴 ''manatsu no kyūen''), is an annual nationwide inter-city baseball tournament in Japan ...
(officially amateur but contains professional teams) ** Industrial Baseball League (officially amateur but contains professional teams) ** All Japan Club Baseball Championship (officially amateur but contains professional teams) * Independent: ** Baseball Challenge League **
Japan Women's Baseball League The , formerly Girls Professional Baseball League until 2012, was the highest level of women's baseball Women's baseball is played in several countries. The strongest and most organized women's baseball leagues are in the United States, Aust ...
** Kansai Independent Baseball League - 2nd Generation **
Shikoku Island League Plus The is an independent professional baseball league on the island of Shikoku in Japan. (None of the teams in Nippon Professional Baseball are based in Shikoku.) The league currently has four teams, and has its league headquarters in Takamatsu. ...
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KBO League The KBO League (), officially the Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League, is the highest level league of baseball in South Korea. The KBO League was founded with six franchises in 1982 and is the most popular sports league in South Korea. The Kia Tigers ar ...
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KBO Futures League KBO Futures League () or Korea Baseball Futures League is South Korea's second level of baseball, below the KBO League. It serves as a farm league with the purpose to develop professional players on-demand to play in the KBO League. The league ...
* China National Baseball League
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...
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Chinese Professional Baseball League The Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL; ) is the top-tier professional baseball league in Taiwan. The league was established in 1989 and played the first season in 1990. CPBL eventually absorbed the competing Taiwan Major League in 2 ...
* Minor League: ** Chinese Professional Baseball League, Division 2 * Independent League: ** Taiwan Baseball Summer League/Popcorn League * Philippine Baseball League


Europe

* Italian Baseball League (legally amateur) * Irish Baseball League *
Honkbal Hoofdklasse The Honkbal Hoofdklasse ( Dutch for ''Major League Baseball'') is the highest level of professional baseball in the Netherlands. It is an eight-team league that plays a 42-game schedule and is overseen by the Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softba ...
* Honkbal Overgangsklasse * Honkbal Rookie League * Czech Baseball Extraliga (officially semi-professional but contains several professional teams) * Ceskomoravská * Division Élite (officially semi-professional but contains several professional teams) * Baseball-Bundesliga (officially semi-professional but contains several professional teams) *
División de Honor de Béisbol Division de Honor de Béisbol is the highest level of baseball in Spain.Spanish baseball competitions
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Elitserien (baseball) Elitserien is the highest level of professional baseball in Sweden and is operated by the Swedish Baseball and Softball Federation. The number of teams in Elitserien has varied through the years. The Swedish baseball Baseball is a ...
* Ekstraliga Baseball (semi-professional) * Portuguese Atlantic Baseball League (semi-professional) *Turkish Baseball League (semi-professional)


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Americas

* Liga Argentina de Béisbol * Liga Colombiana de Béisbol Profesional * Liga Aqualectra * Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana * Liga Invernal Veracruzana * Liga Mexicana del Pacífico * La Liga Nicaragüense de Beisbol Profesional * Probeis * Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente *
Arizona Fall League The Arizona Fall League (AFL) is an off-season sports league owned and operated by Major League Baseball (MLB) which operates during the autumn in Arizona, United States, at six different baseball complexes. Arizona Fall League rosters are fille ...
* Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional * Liga Paralela de Béisbol en Venezuela


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Greater Brisbane League The Greater Brisbane League or formerly the Greater Brisbane Baseball Board league (GB3) is the largest baseball league in the Australian state of Queensland and covers all teams from Brisbane North, South, West, Metro as well as three Gold Coas ...
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Asia Winter Baseball League The Asia Winter Baseball League is a professional baseball league hosted in Taiwan with 2012 as its inaugural season. Making use of the warm and dry winter climate in West Taiwan, the short term league aims to offer young baseball players additio ...
* Miyazaki Phoenix League


Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...


Bowling Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term ''bowling'' usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), though ...

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Boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...

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Top Rank Boxing Top Rank, Inc. is a boxing promotional company founded by Jabir Herbert Muhammad and Bob Arum, which was incorporated in 1973, and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Since its founding, Top Rank has promoted many world class fighters, including Muh ...
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Golden Boy Promotions Golden Boy Promotions, Inc. is an American boxing promotional firm based in Los Angeles, California. The company was established in 2002 by eight-time world champion (in six divisions) Oscar De La Hoya, borrowing his nickname "Golden Boy." His ...
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Matchroom Boxing Matchroom Sport is a sporting event promotions company founded by English entrepreneur Barry Hearn and run by Hearn and his son Eddie Hearn. It first came to attention in the sports of snooker and boxing and is also involved in pool, bowling, go ...
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World Boxing Association The World Boxing Association (WBA), formerly known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), is the oldest and one of four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxi ...
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World Boxing Council The World Boxing Council (WBC) is an international professional boxing organization. It is among the four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), International Boxing Federation ...
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International Boxing Federation The International Boxing Federation (IBF) is one of four major organizations recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) which sanctions professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Cou ...
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World Boxing Organization The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is an organization which sanctions professional boxing bouts. It is recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) as one of the four major world championship groups, alongside the World Boxing ...
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Super Boxing League The Super Boxing League is the first professional boxing league in India. British-Asian businessman Bill Dosanjh and British boxing champion Amir Khan founded Super Boxing League in 2017, after Super Fight League first season. The league is o ...
* STAR Boxing Panch


Chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

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Professional Chess Association of the Philippines The Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) is a professional chess league in the Philippines. History The Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) was formed by Filipino lawyer Paul Elauria who also became the ...


Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...

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Euro T20 Slam The Euro T20 Slam is a planned professional Twenty20 cricket league. The first edition of the tournament was initially scheduled to start in August 2019, with matches to be held in Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands. It's launch has been post ...
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East Africa Premier League The East Africa Premier League (EAPL) was a 20-over competition covering Kenya and Uganda. The EAPL was founded in 2011, together with the East Africa Cup, in the wake of Kenya's disastrous performance in the 2011 Cricket World Cup. It comprise ...
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Momentum One Day Cup The CSA One-Day Cup (formerly known as the Standard Bank Cup, the MTN Domestic Championship, and the Momentum One-Day Cup) is the premier domestic one-day cricket competition of South Africa, its matches having List A status. Matches are usually ...
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Mzansi Super League The Mzansi Super League (MSL) was a Twenty20 cricket (T20) franchise league held in South Africa. The competition was established in 2018 by Cricket South Africa (CSA) as a replacement for the failed T20 Global League, but only two editions wer ...
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Sunfoil Series The CSA 4-Day Domestic Series is the domestic first class cricket competition of South Africa. The tournament is contested by teams from all nine provinces of South Africa. First contested as the Currie Cup from 1889–90, the tournament has u ...
* Logan Cup * Pro50 Championship * Stanbic Bank 20 Series


North America

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Global T20 Canada The Global T20 Canada is a 20-over cricket tournament played in Canada. The first edition of the tournament took place during June and July 2018 with six teams competing. Each team featured four local Canadian cricketers in each squad, along w ...
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Major League Cricket Major League Cricket (MLC) is an upcoming professional Twenty20 cricket league in the United States. Operated by American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) and sanctioned by USA Cricket, it plans to begin play on July 13, 2023, with six teams in major ...
West Indies The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Greate ...
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Caribbean Premier League The Caribbean Premier League (abbreviated to CPL or CPLT20) is an annual Twenty20 cricket tournament held in the Caribbean. It was founded by Cricket West Indies in 2013 to replace the Caribbean Twenty20 as the premier Twenty20 competition in ...
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Shpageeza Cricket League The Shpageeza Cricket League (SCL, also known as the Alokozay Cola Shpageeza Cricket League for sponsorship reasons and Etisalat Sixes T20) ( ps, شپږیزه کرکټ لیګ) is a Twenty20 cricket tournament organized by the Afghanistan Cricke ...
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Bangladesh Premier League The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) ( bn, বাংলাদেশ প্রিমিয়ার লীগ) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league consisting of seven franchises. The BPL is one of the three professional cricket leagues in ...
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National Cricket League The National Cricket League is the oldest domestic first-class cricket competition in Bangladesh. It is contested by teams representing seven of the eight regional divisions of Bangladesh (there is no team from Mymensingh Division) as well as a t ...
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Bangladesh Cricket League The Bangladesh Cricket League is an annual first-class cricket tournament that began in Bangladesh in the 2012–13 season. History The Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) was inaugurated in the 2012–13 season as a four-team first-class tournam ...
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Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League The Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, also known as the Dhaka Premier League, is a club List A tournament in Bangladesh. History Since its inauguration in 1973–74 the league has been the premier club cricket competition in Bangladesh. It ...
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Indian Premier League The Indian Premier League (IPL), also known as TATA IPL for sponsorship reasons, is a men's T20 franchise cricket league of India. It is annually contested by ten teams based out of seven Indian cities and three Indian states. The leagu ...
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Ranji Trophy The Ranji Trophy (also known as Mastercard Ranji Trophy for sponsorship reasons) is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between multiple teams representing regional and state cricket associations. Board of Control for Cr ...
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Duleep Trophy The Duleep Trophy, also known as Mastercard Duleep trophy due to sponsorship reasons, is a domestic first-class cricket competition played in India. Named after Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji of Nawanagar (also known as 'Duleep'), the competition wa ...
* Deodhar Trophy *
Irani Cup Irani Trophy or Irani Cup also known as the Mastercard Irani Trophy due to sponsorship reasons, is a first-class cricket tournament organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). . It is played annually between the winners of ...
* Karnataka Premier League *
Tamil Nadu Premier League The Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league contested in the state of Tamil Nadu in India and was formed in 2016 by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA). It is played during July and August of every ye ...
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Vijay Hazare Trophy The Vijay Hazare Trophy, (officially known as Mastercard Vijay Hazare trophy for sponsorship reasons) also known as the Ranji One-Day Trophy, is an annual limited-overs cricket domestic competition involving state teams from the Ranji Trophy p ...
* T20 Mumbai League *
Pakistan Super League The Pakistan Super League (PSL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league contested during February and March of every year by six teams representing six cities of Pakistan. The league was founded on 9 September 2015 with five teams by the P ...
* Quaid-e-Azam Trophy * Pakistan Cup * Kashmir Premier League * Pakistan Women's T20 League * Pakistan Champions Cricket League *
Pakistan Junior League The Pakistan Junior League (PJL) was a professional Limited overs cricket, 20-over cricket league contested by Under-19 teams representing different cities of Pakistan. The league was soft-launched on 14 April 2022 by the Pakistan Cricket Board ...
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Sri Lanka Premier League The Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) was a Twenty20 cricket competition in Sri Lanka. It was intended to be the premier Twenty20 league in the country, held by Sri Lanka Cricket, when it replaced the Inter-Provincial Twenty20 competition. Afte ...
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Premier Limited Overs Tournament The Premier Limited Overs Tournament (currently known as AIA Premier Limited Overs Tournament for sponsorship reasons) is the main domestic limited overs cricket competition in Sri Lanka. It was established in 1988 and has existed under four dif ...
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Premier Trophy The Major League Tournament (formerly known as the Premier Trophy) is the main domestic first-class cricket competition in Sri Lanka. It was established in 1938 and has existed under a number of different names. Matches before the 1988–89 seas ...
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Everest Premier League Everest Premier League (EPL) ( ne, एभरेष्ट प्रिमियर लिग) is a franchise Twenty20 cricket tournament organized by EPL Pvt. Ltd., a private group in Nepal run by Aamir Akhtar alongside his team including Kie ...
* Dhangadhi Premier League * Pokhara Premier League


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County Championship The County Championship (referred to as the LV= Insurance County Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales and is organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). It b ...
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Royal London One-Day Cup The Royal London One-Day Cup is a fifty-over limited overs cricket competition for the England and Wales first-class counties. It began in 2014 as a replacement for the ECB 40 tournament, which ran from 2010 to 2013. In contrast to its 40-ov ...
* T20 Blast * Women's Cricket Super League *
The Hundred (cricket) The Hundred is a professional franchise 100-ball cricket tournament involving eight men's and eight women's teams located in major cities across England and Wales. The tournament is run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and took plac ...
* Murgitroyd Twenty20 *
Regional Pro Series The Regional Series is a professional cricket league in Scotland. It is Scotland's premier domestic competition for the most talented cricketers in the country. The series was first contested in 2016 replaced the North Sea Pro Series a competition ...
* Dutch Twenty20 Cup * Inter-Provincial Trophy


Oceania

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Sheffield Shield The Sheffield Shield (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Marsh Sheffield Shield) is the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is contested between teams from the six states of Australia. Sheffield Sh ...
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Marsh One-Day Cup The One-Day Cup, known as the Marsh One-Day Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an Australian domestic List A 50-over limited-overs cricket tournament. It has had many different names, formats and teams since the inaugural 1969-1970 season. Initi ...
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Big Bash League The Big Bash League (known as the KFC Big Bash League for sponsorship reasons, often abbreviated to BBL or Big Bash) is an Australian professional club Twenty20 cricket league, which was established in 2011 by Cricket Australia. The Big Bash Le ...
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Women's Big Bash League The Women's Big Bash League (known as the WBBL and, for sponsorship reasons, the Weber WBBL) is the Australian women's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition. The WBBL replaced the Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup, which ran from the 2007–08 ...
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Plunket Shield New Zealand has had a domestic first-class cricket championship since the 1906–07 season. Since the 2009–10 season it has been known by its original name of the Plunket Shield. History The Plunket Shield competition was instigated in Octob ...
* Super Smash * State League


Curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns slidi ...

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World Curling Tour The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male, female, and mixed doubles curlers in the world. History The World Curling Tour was founded by former World Champion Ed Lukowich, with later assistance from John ...


Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from ...

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National Bicycle League The National Bicycle League (NBL) was a United States–based Bicycle Motocross (BMX) sports sanctioning body originally based in Deerfield Beach, Florida, but after several moves it was based in Hilliard, Ohio. It was created by George Edward Es ...
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American Bicycle Association The American Bicycle Association (ABA) was a US-based BMX sports governing body in Gilbert, Arizona. In 2011, the ABA merged with the former National Bicycle League and became the current USA BMX. The organization was founded by Merl Mennenga and ...
(BMX) * International Cycling League * Pro Cycle Cycling * Coppa Italia di ciclismo (the Italian Road Cycling Cup) * International **
UCI World Tour The UCI WorldTour (2009–2010: ''UCI World Ranking'') is the premier men's elite road cycling tour, sitting above the UCI ProSeries and various regional UCI Continental Circuits. It refers to both the tour of 38 events and, until 2019, an ann ...


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Major League Eating Major League Eating (MLE) is an organization that organises professional competitive eating events and television specials. The stated mission of Major League Eating is to maintain a safe environment for all events, to create a dynamic and enjoya ...


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American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
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Indoor American football Indoor American football, or arena football, is a variation of gridiron football played at ice hockey-sized indoor arenas. While varying in details from league to league, the rules of indoor football are designed to allow for play in a smaller ...
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Arena football Indoor American football, or arena football, is a variation of gridiron football played at ice hockey-sized indoor arenas. While varying in details from league to league, the rules of indoor football are designed to allow for play in a smaller ...
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Canadian football Canadian football () is a sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's scoring area ( ...
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Flag football Flag football is a variant of American football where, instead of tackling players to the ground, the defensive team must remove a flag or flag belt from the ball carrier ("deflagging") to end a down. The sport has a strong amateur following ...


Americas

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National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the majo ...
* XFL *
United States Football League The United States Football League (USFL) was a professional American football league that played for three seasons, 1983 through 1985. The league played a spring/summer schedule in each of its active seasons. The 1986 season was scheduled to be ...
* Gridiron Developmental Football League * Rivals Professional Football League *
Empire Football League The Empire Football League (EFL) is a semi-professional American football league with franchises based primarily in New York State. The league was established in 1969. Many franchises have come and gone including in locations such as Pennsylvania ...
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New England Football League The New England Football League (NEFL) is a semi-professional american football league based in Salisbury, Massachusetts and owned by Thomas Torrisi. It is the largest semi-professional league in New England. The NEFL was founded in 1994 and was ...
(semi-professional) * Pacific Northwest Football League (semi-professional) *
Women's Football Alliance The Women's Football Alliance (WFA) is a professional full-contact Women's American football tackle minor league that began play in 2009. It is the largest 11-on-11 football league for women in the world, and the longest running active women's ...
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Legends Football League The Extreme Football League (X League) is an American women's semi-professional tackle football league. The league was originally founded in 2009 as the Lingerie Football League (LFL), and later rebranded as the Legends Football League in 2013. ...
* United States Women's Football League * Indoor: **
Arena Football League The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 season, making it the third longest-running professional football league in ...
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Indoor Football League The Indoor Football League (IFL) is a professional indoor American football league created in 2008 out of the merger between the Intense Football League and United Indoor Football. It has one of the largest number of currently active teams am ...
** Champions Indoor Football ** American West Football Conference **
National Arena League The National Arena League (NAL) is a professional indoor football league that began play in 2017. It consists of teams based on the East Coast of the United States. Teams' typical payroll budget is $600,000 per season, while players are paid $ ...
** American Arena League *
Flag football Flag football is a variant of American football where, instead of tackling players to the ground, the defensive team must remove a flag or flag belt from the ball carrier ("deflagging") to end a down. The sport has a strong amateur following ...
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American Flag Football League The American Flag Football League is a semi-professional flag football league started in 2017. The league was founded by Jeff Lewis in May 2017. Lewis spent nine months building the league, getting investors, setting the rules, and finding players ...
* Superliga Nacional de Futebol Americano *
Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a c ...
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Western Women's Canadian Football League The Western Women's Canadian Football League (WWCFL) is a full-contact women's Canadian football league which began play in the spring of 2011. The league plays an annual season in the spring or summer, and with eight teams it is the largest wome ...
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Maritime Women's Football League The Maritime Women's Football League (MWFL) is a Canadian football league in eastern Canada. It was Canada's first all-female full-contact football competition when it began operating in 2004. Since it was established, the League has grown from two ...
* Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional * Fútbol Americano de México


Europe

* European League of Football *
Austrian Football League The Austrian Football League (AFL) is the highest level of American football in Austria founded in 1984. The Austrian Football League (AFL) has always been considered among the best and strongest leagues in Europe. The league plays by rules based ...
* Belgian Football League * Croatian League of American Football * Czech League of American Football (semi-professional) *
National Ligaen National Ligaen is the top American football league in Denmark founded in 1988. It is organized by the Danish American Football Federation. The league finale and the winning trophy is called Mermaid Bowl. The Copenhagen Towers won the 2022 fin ...
* Vaahteraliiga *
Ligue Élite de Football Américain The Championnat Élite Division 1 () is the top-level American football league of France. The league was founded in 1982. History American football was introduced to France in the early 20th century, but for decades it remained an infrequent ac ...
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German Football League The German Football League (GFL) is an American football league in Germany and was formed in 1979. Playing rules are based on those of the American NCAA. In 1999, the league switched its name from ''American-Football-Bundesliga'' to ''German Foot ...
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German Football League 2 The German Football League 2 (GFL2) is the second tier of American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players ...
* Hungarian American Football League * American Football Ireland * Israel Football League *
Italian Football League Italian Football League (IFL) is the top level American football league in Italy established in 1980. History In the 1970's teams formed and played in Italy. In 1980 the first official American football league in Italy was established and cro ...
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Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Fo ...
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Polish American Football League The Polish American Football League or shortly PLFA ( pl, Polska Liga Futbolu Amerykańskiego) was a structured system for the American football competitions in Poland founded in 2004 by the Polish federation PZFA. In 2012, the Topliga was creat ...
(semi-professional) * Liga Futbolu Amerykańskiego (semi-professional) *
Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Americano Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Americano (LPFA) is the name of the top American football league which operates in Portugal. History Teams 2017–18 Former External links (in Portuguese)
{{European Football Leagues American football le ...
* Russian American Football Championship * Eastern European Super League *Slovak Football League * Slovenian Football League * Liga Nacional de Fútbol Americano *
Superserien Superserien is the highest level of American football in Sweden, founded 1985 and became official in 1991. The number of teams in the top league has varied through the years, ranging from 4 to 10. Superserien teams (2022) Superserien seasons ...
(semi-professional) * Nationalliga A * Türkiye Korumalı Futbol Ligi *
BAFA National Leagues The BAFANL (BAFA National Leagues) are the primary American football domestic League competition in Great Britain. The League is run by the British American Football Association to coordinate contact football within England, Scotland and Wales. ...


Asia

* Chinese National Football League * China Arena Football League *
Elite Football League of India The Elite Football League of India (EFLI) is a professional American football league based in India. It was founded with eight franchises in 2011, and now has 23 franchises throughout South Asia, among whom 20 located in India, two in Sri Lanka ...
* X-League


Oceania

* Australian Gridiron League


Football:

Association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...


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Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...


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Asian Australian Football Championships The Asian Australian Football Championships, also known as the AFL Asian Championships or Asian Champs is an annual tournament of Australian rules football between AFL Asia member clubs. The tournament is considered the pinnacle of Asian Austr ...


Europe

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Euro Cup (AFL) The Euro Cup (formerly known as the EU Cup) is an international Australian rules football tournament played between European national teams. Played under 9-a-side Footy rules, the tournament was first held at Chiswick in London, England in 2005 ...
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AFL Europe Championship The AFL Europe Championship is an Australian football competition played between European national teams. The European Championship is played in a full traditional 18-a-side format (formerly 16-a-side) unlike the Euro Cup which has a 9-a-side ...


Oceania

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Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional sports, professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling ...
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AFL Women's AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football in Australia, Australian rules football league for women's Australian rules football, female players. The 2017 AFL Women's season, first season of the league ...
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South Australian National Football League The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's sports governing body, governing body for the sport. O ...
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Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
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West Australian Football League The West Australian Football League (WAFL) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from March to September ...


International

* Australian Football International Cup


Football:

Beach Soccer Beach soccer, also known as beach football, sand football or beasal, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand. Whilst football has been played informally on beaches, the introduction of ''beach soccer'' was a ...

* Ukrainian Beach Soccer Premier League * International **
Euro Winners Cup The Euro Winners Cup (EWC) is an annual, continental beach soccer club competition contested between top-division European teams; the clubs that are their country's national league/cup champions (and, for some nations, one or more runners-up) from ...
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Women's Euro Winners Cup The Women's Euro Winners Cup (WEWC) is an annual continental beach soccer club competition contested between top-division European women's teams; the clubs that are their country's national league/cup champions (and, for some nations, one or more r ...
** Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer


Football:

Futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is ...

* Austrian Futsal Liga * Argentine División de Honor de Futsal * Belarusian Futsal Premier League * Liga Nacional de Futsal * Premier Futsal League of Bosnia and Herzegovina * Czech Futsal First League *
Chinese Futsal League The Chinese Futsal League (CFL) is the top league for futsal in China. The winning team obtains the participation right to the AFC Futsal Club Championship The AFC Futsal Club Championship is the current highest Asian futsal club competiti ...
* Futsal-Regionalliga Süd * Futsal-Bayernliga * Championnat de France de Futsal *
Futsal Club Championship The Futsal Club Championship, also referred as Hero Futsal Club Championship for sponsorship ties, is the highest level futsal club competition in India, organised by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). The inaugural edition kicked off o ...
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Indonesia Pro Futsal League Indonesia Pro Futsal League (Indonesian: ''Liga Futsal Profesional Indonesia'') is the top league for futsal in Indonesia. It is organized by Indonesian Futsal Federation. Teams The following 12 clubs will be compete in the Indonesia Pro Fut ...
* Israeli Futsal League *
Iranian Futsal Super League The Iranian Futsal Super League ( fa, سوپرلیگ فوتسال ایران, ''SuperLig-e Futsāl-e Irān''), is a professional futsal league competition for clubs located at the highest level of the Iranian futsal league system founded in 200 ...
* Serie A1 * Latvian Futsal Premier League * Malaysia Premier Futsal League * Malaysia Premier Futsal League (Women) * Myanmar Futsal League *
Kyrgyzstan Futsal League The Kyrgyzstan Futsal League, is the top league for Futsal in Kyrgyzstan. The winning team obtains the participation right to the AFC Futsal Club Championship The AFC Futsal Club Championship is the current highest Asian futsal club competit ...
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F.League The F. League (in Japanese: "F・リーグ", officially "日本フットサルリーグ", Nihon Futtosaru Rīgu) is the top league for Futsal in Japan. The winning team obtains the participation right to the AFC Futsal Club Championship. Histo ...
* FK-League * Serbian Prva Futsal Liga * Ekstraklasa (futsal) *
Liga Portuguesa de Futsal Liga or LIGA may refer to: People * Līga (name), a Latvian female given name * Luciano Ligabue, more commonly known as Ligabue or ''Liga'', Italian rock singer-songwriter Sports * Liga ACB, men's professional basketball league in Spain * Liga ...
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Primera División de Futsal The Primera División or División de Honor of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala, is the premier professional futsal league in Spain. It was founded in 1989 with the name of División de Honor. The Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala league, which is p ...
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Swedish Futsal League Svenska Futsalligan (English: the Swedish Futsal League, also known as SFL) is a Swedish league for men's futsal clubs. It was founded in 2014 and is the top flight of the domestic futsal league system. Seasons run from October to March, with the ...
* Swiss Futsal Championship * Russian Futsal Super League * Russian Women's Futsal Super League * Futsal Thai League * Turkish Futsal League *
Uzbekistan Futsal League The Uzbekistan Futsal League, is the top league for Futsal in Uzbekistan. The winning team obtains the participation right to the AFC Futsal Club Championship. Champions Men Women * 2005:Sevinch Qarshi * 2006:Sevinch Qarshi * 2007:Sevinch Qarsh ...
* Professional Futsal League * Major League Futsal * National Futsal Series * National Futsal League * Scottish Futsal League * Vietnam Futsal League * Extra-Liga *International ** UEFA Futsal Champions League **
Asian Premier Futsal Championship The Premier Futsal League was an Indian franchise-based futsal league conceptualised by Indian entrepreneurs under the entity of Premier Futsal Management Pvt. Ltd. It was founded by Abhinandan Balasubramanian, Dinesh Raj and Nithyashree Sub ...
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AFC Futsal Club Championship The AFC Futsal Club Championship is the current highest Asian futsal club competition, hosted by the Asian Football Confederation. It is futsal equivalent to AFC Champions League. For the inaugural edition, AFC Futsal Committee decided to mak ...
** Copa Libertadores de Futsal ** CONCACAF Futsal Club Championship ** Intercontinental Futsal Cup


Football:

Indoor soccer Indoor soccer or arena soccer (known internationally as indoor football, fast football, or showball) is five-a-side version of minifootball, derived from association football and adapted to be played in walled hardcourt indoor arena. Indoor s ...

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Major Arena Soccer League The Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) is a North American professional indoor soccer league. The MASL features teams playing coast-to-coast in the United States and Mexico. MASL is the highest level of arena soccer in North America. MASL players ...
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Major Arena Soccer League 2 The Major Arena Soccer League 2 is a North American indoor soccer league that serves as the developmental league of the Major Arena Soccer League. History M2 launched in 2017 to "provide an outlet for teams to either reorganize for a re-emergen ...
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Premier Arena Soccer League The Premier Arena Soccer League (PASL) is an indoor soccer league with mostly semi-professional teams; along with a number of amateur teams across North America. The PASL was previously known as the Federation of Sports Arenas (FSA). The PASL logo ...
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Western Indoor Soccer League The Western Indoor Soccer League (WISL) is an American semi-professional indoor soccer league. It was formed on June 20, 2014 by a group of arena/team owners in the Pacific Northwest. The WISL began its first season on November 15, 2014 with five ...
*Arena Soccer League


Fencing Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, ...

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American Fencing League Classical fencing is the style of fencing as it existed during the 19th and early 20th centuries. According to the 19th-century fencing master Louis Rondelle,Rondelle, Louis, Foil and sabre; a grammar of fencing in detailed lessons for professor ...


Field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...


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Hockey India League Hockey India League (HIL), known as the Coal India Hockey India League is a professional field hockey league in India. The league is organized by Hockey India, the governing body for the sport in India. HIL, along with the Indian Premier League ...
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Malaysia Hockey League The Malaysia Hockey League (MHL) is a top league competition for field hockey clubs in the Malaysian hockey league system. There are, at present, seven teams in the Malaysia Hockey League. The competition has been played since 1987. At present a ...
*: Pakistan Hockey League


Europe

* Europe:
Euro Hockey League The Euro Hockey League is an annual men's field hockey cup competition organized by the European Hockey Federation, EHF for the very top field hockey clubs in Europe. The competition was launched at the start of the 2007-08 field hockey season whe ...
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Women's Euro Hockey League The Women's Euro Hockey League is the newest annual women's field hockey tournament organised by the European Hockey Federation, EHF for the very top hockey clubs in Europe. The competition was supposed to start in 2020 replacing the old EuroHocke ...
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Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey The Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, currently known as the Tulp Hoofdklasse Men for sponsorship reasons, is the men's top division of field hockey in the Netherlands. The league ranks third in the European league ranking table. The league was establishe ...
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Feldhockey Bundesliga (Men's field hockey) The Feldhockey Bundesliga is the top level of men's field hockey in Germany and is managed by the German Hockey Federation. The league currently ranks first in the men's European league rankings. It was established in 1937. Format The season s ...
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Men's Belgian Hockey League The Men's Belgian Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by the Royal Belgian Hockey Association. The league was established in 1919 as the Division 1. Between the 2006–07 and the 2015–16 seasons it was known as the Honor Division. S ...


Australia

*: Hockey One


Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...


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PGA Tour The PGA Tour (stylized in all capital letters as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in the United States and North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also ...
(United States) * PGA European Tour *
Japan Golf Tour The Japan Golf Tour ( ja, 日本ゴルフツアー機構) is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third-highest annual prize fund out of the regular (that is not for seniors) men's professional tours after t ...
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Asian Tour The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. Official money events on the tour count for Wo ...
(Asia outside Japan) * PGA Tour of Australasia (Australia and New Zealand) *
Sunshine Tour The Sunshine Tour is a men's professional golf tour based in Southern and East Africa. For much of its early history it was known either as the South African Tour or Sunshine Circuit; through sponsorship deals, it has also been known as the Vod ...
(southern Africa, mainly South Africa) * OneAsia Tour (joint venture between the Japan, Australasia, China, and Korean tours) *
Professional Golf Tour of India The Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Tata Steel Professional Golf Tour of India, is a professional golf tour for men based in India. The tour was formed in 2006, as the successor to the Indian ...
* LIV Golf


Senior tours

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PGA Tour Champions PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour) is a men's professional senior golf tour, administered as a branch of the PGA Tour. History and format The Senior PGA Championship, founded in 1937, was for many year ...
(United States) * European Senior Tour


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Korn Ferry Tour The Korn Ferry Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either not yet reached the PGA Tour, or who have done so but then failed to win enough FedEx Cup points to stay at that level. ...
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Challenge Tour The Challenge Tour is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and, as with on the main European Tour and the European Senior Tour, some of the events are played outside Europe. History T ...
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Japan Challenge Tour The Japan Challenge Tour (currently known as the AbemaTV Tour for sponsorships reasons), is a series of developmental golf tournaments run by the Japan Golf Tour Organization. It has been in operation since 1985. The 2018 schedule featured 12 tourn ...
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PGA Tour Canada PGA Tour Canada, commonly referred to as the Canadian Tour, is a men's professional golf tour headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The United States based PGA Tour took over operation of the tour on November 1, 2012, at which time it was renamed P ...
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PGA Tour China PGA Tour China is a China-based men's professional golf tour as part of the PGA Tour's global expansion. The tour started in 2014. After a hiatus in 2017, the tour resumed in 2018. It is known as PGA Tour Series China. An earlier tour, the Omega ...
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PGA Tour Latinoamérica PGA Tour Latinoamérica is a third level professional golf tour formed in 2012 and operated by the PGA Tour. It was formed in concert with the now defunct Tour de las Américas. Executives from the Tour de las Américas became employees of the ne ...
(feeds to the Web.com Tour) * Satellite Tours, four third-level tours recognised by the European Tour: **
Alps Tour The Alps Tour is a developmental professional golf tour for men which is sanctioned by the national golf associations of France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Morocco. Established in 2001, it is a third level tour, the highest level of men's gol ...
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Pro Golf Tour The Pro Golf Tour, formerly the EPD Tour (European Professional Development Tour), is a developmental professional golf tour based in Germany. It is a third-level tour, the highest level of men's golf in Europe being the European Tour, and the sec ...
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Nordic Golf League The Nordic Golf League is one of the four PGA European Tour-recognised third-tier men's professional golf tours that are known as the Satellite Tours. The top five players on the rankings list at the end of each season earn a place on the second ...
(operating in the Nordic countries) *** Swedish Golf Tour (men's version is a Swedish tour included in the Nordic League competition) **
PGA EuroPro Tour The PGA EuroPro Tour was a men's developmental professional golf tour. It was created in 2002 by the merger of two development tours, the EuroPro Tour and the PGA MasterCard Tour, as the Professional Golfers' Association and Barry Hearn's Matchro ...
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Gateway Tour The Gateway Tour, title sponsored as the OnCore Gateway Tour, is a third-level men's professional golf tour headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona that runs tournaments in Arizona, California, and Florida. The top level of men's professional golf in ...
(third-tier US tour) * Fuzion Minor League Golf Tour (low cost fourth-tier US tour) * Swing Thought Tour (third-tier US tour)


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LPGA The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of wee ...
(Ladies Professional Golf Association; United States) * LPGA of Japan Tour *
Ladies European Tour The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1978. It is based at Buckinghamshire Golf Club near London in England. Like many UK-based sports organisations it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal str ...
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LPGA of Korea Tour The LPGA of Korea Tour is a South Korean professional golf tour for women. LPGA stands for Ladies Professional Golf Association. LPGA of Korea runs this tour, not the American LPGA. It is one of the world's five leading women's golf tours. Based o ...
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Ladies Asian Golf Tour The Ladies Asian Golf Tour is a women's professional golf tour that was established as the Ladies Asia Golf Circuit in 1983 and known as the Kosaido Ladies Asia Golf Circuit 1987–2004 for sponsorship reasons. The tour was sanctioned by the Asia- ...
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ALPG Tour The WPGA Tour of Australasia, formerly known as the ALPG Tour, is a professional golf tour for women which is based in Australia. WPGA stands for Women's Professional Golfers' Association. The tour was founded as the Ladies Professional Golf Assoc ...
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Legends Tour The Legends of the LPGA, formerly known as the Women's Senior Golf Tour (2000–2005) and the Legends Tour (2006–2021), is a professional golf tour for women aged 45 and older. It is based in the United States and is the official senior tour of t ...
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Developmental tours

* Epson Tour (second-tier US tour, operated by the LPGA) * Ladies European Tour Access Series, LETAS, the official feeder tour to the Ladies European Tour, has been formed to give players not part of a major tour an opportunity to compete and progress on to the Ladies European Tour. * Step Up Tour (second-tier Japanese tour, operated by the LPGA of Japan) * Swedish Golf Tour (women's version is a second-tier tour in Sweden, feeding to the Ladies European Tour)


Handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the ...

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Angola Men's Handball League The Angolan Men's Handball League is the top tier handball competition in Angola. Summary :' Round robin tournament. Participation details Titles per club Men See also * Federação Angolana de Andebol * Angola men's national handball te ...
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Angola Women's Handball League The Angola Women's Handball League is the top tier handball competition in Angola for women. Summary The winners are: :' Round robin tournament. Participation details National Champions See also * Federação Angolana de Andebol * Angola w ...
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Handball League Australia The Handball League Australia (HLA) is an Australian-based championship for handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt player ...
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Handball Liga Austria The Handball Liga Austria (HLA) is the professional team handball, handball league of Austria. Competition format The season begins with a regular season between the ten teams. The first five teams qualify for a first playoff round, while the ...
* Algerian Handball Championship * Algerian Women's Handball Championship * Belarusian Men's Handball Championship * Belarusian Women's Handball Championship *
Belgian First Division (men's handball) The Belgian Eerste Klasse (Dutch) or Division 1 (French) is the name of the professional handball league of Belgium. Competition Format The season begins with a tournament between the six teams who don't participate at the BeNe League. The ...
* Belgian First Division (women's handball) * Bulgarian GHR A * Czech Handball Extraliga * Croatian Premier Handball League * Croatian First League (women's handball) *
Danish Men's Handball League The Danish Men's Handball League, formerly known as Herrehåndboldligaen is the men's top Danish professional handball league. The winners of the Danish Men's Handball League are recognised as the Danish men's handball champions. The current cha ...
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Danish Women's Handball League The Danish Women's Handball League ( da, Damehåndboldligaen) is the top professional league for Danish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Danish Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Danish champions. The league i ...
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Finnish Handball League The Finnish SM-liiga is the name of the professional team handball, handball league of Finland. Competition Format The season begins with a regular season between the ten teams. The first six teams qualifies for the play-offs, the teams classi ...
* Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball) * Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball) * Indian Premier Handball League * Premier Handball League * Serbian Handball Super League * Serbian Super League of Handball for Women *
Slovenská hadzanárska extraliga Extraliga is the highest league in the league system of Slovak Handball and comprises the top 8 Slovak handball teams. The first season began in 1993-94. Structure The season starts in the end of September with a regular season comprising 8 ...
* Slovenian First League (men's handball) *
Slovenian First League (women's handball) The Slovenian First League of women's handball ( sl, 1. ženska rokometna liga) is the top women's handball league in Slovenia. It is organized by the Handball Federation of Slovenia. In the 2022–23 season, the league comprises 15 teams. List ...
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Handbollsligan Handbollsligan ''(literally, "The Handball league")'' is the highest league in the league system of Swedish handball, and comprises the top 14 Swedish handball teams. The first season began in 1931–32. The season ends with a playoff. Structure ...
* Svensk handbollselit * Úrvalsdeild karla (handball) * Úrvalsdeild kvenna (handball) *
Swiss Handball League The Swiss Handball League (SHL) is the name of the professional handball league of Switzerland. It is divided into two divisions: * Nationalliga A * Nationalliga B Current season Teams for season 2020–21 * Pfadi Winterthur * Kadetten Scha ...
* SPAR Premium League * Handball-Bundesliga *
2. Handball-Bundesliga The 2. Handball-Bundesliga is the second tier of professional handball in Germany. Season It is directly linked to the Handball-Bundesliga, the country's highest tier, by a promotion and relegation system. Before the 2011–12 season, the l ...
* DHB-Pokal * Handball-Bundesliga (women) * Greek Men's Handball Championship * Greek Women's Handball Championship *
Serie A (men's handball) The Italian Serie A, officially named Serie A Gold, is the highest level men's handball league of Italy. Competition format The league has 14 teams playing against each other in a round-robin tournament. The champion is determined by playo ...
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Serie A1 (women's handball) The Serie A1 di pallamanno femminile is the premier division of the Italy, Italian women's team handball, handball national league. Established in 1970, it is currently contested by seven clubs. PF Cassano Magnago is the championship's most success ...
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Ligat Ha'Al (handball) Ligat Ha'Al (Hebrew language, Hebrew: ליגת העל בכדוריד) is the top Israeli professional handball league. The league is sponsored by Football pools, Winner Corporation since 2010 and known also as Ligat Winner. Founded in 1954, the l ...
* Championnat de France de handball * Championnat de France de handball féminin * Liga ASOBAL * División de Plata de Balonmano * División de Honor Femenina de Balonmano * Campeonato Nacional de Andebol Masculino Andebol 1 * 1ª Divisão de Andebol Feminino *
Japan Handball League The (JHL), is the top professional handball league in Japan. Team names and home cities/towns are from the official site for the 46th Japan Handball League (2021/2022 Season). 2021/2022 JHL Men's Teams 2021/2022 JHL Women's Teams Reference ...
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Handball Korea League The Handball Korea League is a handball league in South Korea. The league has been sponsored by the SK Group since 2011 and is therefore called the ''SK Handball Korea League''. The league finals are hosted at the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium wi ...
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Macedonian Handball Super League The Macedonian Handball Super League ( mk, Македонска Ракометна Супер Лига, Makedonska Rakometna Super Liga), is the top-tier team handball competition in North Macedonia. It is currently sponsored by VIP. As of 2018, ...
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Montenegrin First League of Men's Handball The Montenegrin Men's Handball First League (Montenegrin language, Montenegrin: ''Crnogorska prva muška rukometna liga'') is the top men's team handball league in Montenegro. It is organized by the Handball Federation of Montenegro. History Bef ...
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Montenegrin First League of Women's Handball The Montenegrin First League of Women's Handball is the top women's team handball league in Montenegro. It is organised by the Handball Federation of Montenegro. History Before independence Since 2006, Montenegrin women's handball clubs played i ...
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Polish Superliga (men's handball) The Polish Superliga, also known as the PGNiG Superliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's handball league in Poland. The current champion is Vive Kielce, the most titled Polish handball club, maintaining its position at the top of the ta ...
* Polish Women's Superliga (women's handball) *
Liga Națională (men's handball) The Romanian Handball League, commonly known as Liga Națională or more recently as Liga Zimbrilor, is the men's top Romanian professional handball league. The league comprises fourteen teams. History This sport was first played in Romania in 19 ...
* Divizia A1 (men's volleyball) * Liga Națională (women's handball) * Divizia A (women's handball) *
Russian Handball Super League The Russian Handball Super League (RHSL) is the top men's professional team handball league in Russia. In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Handball Federation banned Russian and Belarus athletes and officials, ...
* Russian Women's Handball Super League *
Liga Națională (men's handball) The Romanian Handball League, commonly known as Liga Națională or more recently as Liga Zimbrilor, is the men's top Romanian professional handball league. The league comprises fourteen teams. History This sport was first played in Romania in 19 ...
* Liga Națională (women's handball) * Tunisian Handball League * Tunisian Women's Handball League *
Turkish Handball Super League Turkish Handball Super League ( tr, Türkiye Hentbol Süper Ligi) is the highest league in the Turkish handball and comprises the top 12 elite men teams. The league began in 1982–83. Structure The season starts in the end of September with a re ...
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Turkish Women's Handball Super League The Turkish Women's Handball Super League ( tr, Türkiye Kadınlar Hentbol Süper Ligi) is the top professional league for Turkish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Turkey Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Tu ...
* Ukrainian Men's Handball Super League * Ukrainian Women's Handball Super League * Baltic Handball League * BENE-League Handball *
SEHA League South East Handball Association League or simply SEHA League is a regional men's club handball league in Southeast and East Europe, divided in two zones. Due to sponsorship reasons, the league is also known as the Gazprom League (or Gazprom South ...
(Southeast Europe) * Women Handball International League *
Asian Club League Handball Championship The Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship (AHF Club League Championship) is the official competition organised by Asian Handball Federation for the men's handball clubs of Asia, and takes place every year. In addition to crowning the As ...
* Asian Women's Club League Handball Championship * African Women's Handball Champions League *
African Handball Cup Winners' Cup African Men's Handball Championship for Clubs Winner's Cup is an annual international club handball competition run by the African Handball Confederation. The cup winners from Africa's national handball leagues are invited to participate in this ...
* EHF European League *
EHF European Cup The Men's EHF European Cup is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the third-tier competition of European club handball, after the EHF Champions League and the EHF European League. ...
* Women's EHF European Cup * North American and Caribbean Senior Club Championship * South and Central American Men's Club Handball Championship * South and Central American Women's Club Handball Championship *
Oceania Handball Champions Cup The Oceania Handball Champions Cup is an international club championship for men featuring teams from the Oceania region. The winners of this tournament qualify for the IHF Super Globe (World club championship). Champions Club performance ...
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Oceania Women's Handball Champions Cup The Oceania Handball Champions Cup is an international club championship featuring teams from the Oceania region. Champions Club performance Titles by nations See also * Oceania Continent Handball Federation The Oceania Continent Handball ...
* IHF Super Globe * IHF Women's Super Globe


Ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice ...


North America

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National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey sports league, league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranke ...
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American Hockey League The American Hockey League (AHL) is a professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental league for the National Hockey League (NHL). Since the 2010–11 season, every team in the lea ...
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ECHL The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and Canada. It is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL). The ...
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Premier Hockey Federation The Premier Hockey Federation (PHF), formerly the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL), is a women's professional ice hockey league located in the United States and Canada. The league was established in 2015 with four league-owned teams and h ...
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Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey The Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH, ''"North American Hockey League"'') is a low-level professional ice hockey league based in the Canadian province of Quebec. Teams in the LNAH compete for the Vertdure Cup. History The league was fou ...
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Big 6 Hockey League The Big 6 Hockey League is a senior men's ice hockey league in south-eastern Saskatchewan, Canada. There are currently nine teams in the league. The league began in 1959-1960 with four teams, the Bienfait Coalers, Frobisher Flyers, Glen Ewen ...
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Southern Professional Hockey League The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) is a professional ice hockey independent minor league based in Huntersville, North Carolina, with teams located primarily in the southeastern United States as well as Illinois and Indiana in the midw ...
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Federal Prospects Hockey League The Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL) is a professional ice hockey independent minor league with teams in the Midwestern, Southern, and Northeastern United States. The FPHL began operations in November 2010 as the Federal Hockey League. D ...
(low minor) * Liga Mexicana Élite de Hockey (semi-professional)


Asia

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Asia League Ice Hockey Asia League Ice Hockey ( ja, アジアリーグアイスホッケー; ko, 아시아리그 아이스하키) or ALIH (AL) is an association which operates a professional ice hockey league based in East Asia, with teams from Japan, South Korea, and ...
* Kazakhstan Hockey Championship * Mongolia Hockey League * Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey League * Hong Kong Ice Hockey League *
Israeli League (ice hockey) Israeli League is the top level ice hockey league of Israel. History In 2017-2018, for the first time in the league's history, there were 3 senior divisions (A, B, C) with a total of 29 senior teams playing. The Haifa Hawks have won the most lea ...


Europe

* Champions Hockey League * European Women's Hockey League * IIHF Continental Cup *
IIHF European Women's Champions Cup IIHF European Women's Champions Cup (EWCC) was an annual women's ice hockey club tournament, contested by the national women's ice hockey champions from several European ice hockey playing nations. The event was established and organized by th ...
, , , , , and * ICE Hockey League *
Austrian National League The Austrian National League (german: Österreichische Eishockey-Nationalliga) was a former second tier ice hockey league in Austria. For the 2012–13 season, it was replaced by the Inter-National League. Decline With the conclusion of the 201 ...
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BeNe League The BeNe League was the highest women's football league in Belgium and the Netherlands. To increase competitiveness in their national leagues, the BeNe League was a joint cooperation between the Royal Belgian Football Association and the Royal Du ...
* Belarusian Extraleague * Bulgarian Hockey League * Celtic League Cup *
Czech Extraliga The Czech Extraliga ( cs, Extraliga ledního hokeje, ELH) is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. It was created by the 1993 split of the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League following the breakup of Czechoslovakia. The le ...
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1st Czech Republic Hockey League The Chance Liga is the second-highest level of professional ice hockey in the Czech Republic, after the Extraliga. It began in 1993 and is run and administered by Czech Ice Hockey Association. Until 2015, the league was known as the 1st Czech N ...
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2nd Czech Republic Hockey League The 2nd Czech Republic Hockey League (or Czech 2.liga) is the third-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic under the 1st Czech Republic Hockey League. It began in 1993. Format From 1993 to 2001 the league was divided into the Western ...
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Croatian Ice Hockey League The Croatian Ice Hockey League is the top ice hockey league in Croatia. The league is operated by the Croatian Ice Hockey Federation. History The league was formed in 1991 with the dissolution of Yugoslavia. Until then, Croatian teams played in ...
* Serbian Hockey League * Metal Ligaen *
Danish Division 1 Danish Division 1 ( or ) is the second-level professional men's ice hockey league in Denmark. It lies below the Metal Ligaen. Teams 2020–21 season West * Aalborg (AaB) * Esbjerg IK * Frederikshavn IK * Jutland Vikings * Odense IK * Vo ...
* Ligue Magnus *
FFHG Division 1 FFHG Division 1 (Fédération Française de Hockey sur Glace Division 1 or French Ice Hockey Federation Division 1) is a semi-professional ice hockey league in France. It is the second of four levels of national ice hockey in France. The teams th ...
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Liiga The SM-liiga (marketed as just Liiga from 2013 on), (Finnish for ''League'') colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. It is one of the six founding leagu ...
* Mestis *
Suomi-sarja The Suomi-sarja is Finland's third-highest ice hockey league. Suomi-sarja has 14 teams. Suomi-sarja has been played since the 1999–2000 season. Prior to this, Finland's third league had been Division II since 1975 and before that the Provinci ...
* 2. Divisioona * 3. Divisioona *
Naisten Liiga The Kansallinen Liiga ('National League') is the premier division of women's football in Finland. It was previously called the Jalkapallon naisten SM-sarja ('Women's Football Finnish Championship Series') during 1974 to 2006 and the Naisten Lii ...
* Naisten Mestis *
Deutsche Eishockey Liga The Deutsche Eishockey Liga (for sponsorship reasons called "PENNY Deutsche Eishockey Liga") (; English: ''German Ice Hockey League'') or DEL, is a German professional ice hockey league and the highest division in German ice hockey. Founded in ...
* DEL2 * Oberliga , and * Erste Liga (ice hockey) * Latvian Hockey Higher League * Lithuania Hockey League *
Meistriliiga Meistriliiga (, known as the A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded in 1992, and was initially semi-professional with ...
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Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is ...
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GET-ligaen Eliteserien, known as Fjordkraftligaen due to sponsorship, is the premier Norwegian ice hockey league, organised by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association. It comprises 10 clubs and works on the premise of promotion and relegation, in which the t ...
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Norwegian First Division (ice hockey) The Norwegian First Division is the second level of ice hockey in Norway. It is below Fjordkraftligaen and above the 2. divisjon The Norwegian Second Division, also called 2. divisjon and often referred to as PostNord-ligaen for sponsorship ...
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Norwegian Second Division (ice hockey) The Norwegian Second Division is the third level of ice hockey in Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of ...
* Italian Hockey League - Serie A *
Italian Hockey League - Serie B The Italian Hockey League is the second level of ice hockey in Italy. The league was founded in 1934. The league changed his name several times: *Serie B (1934–1941) *Campionato italiano di promozione (1948–1965) *Serie B (1965–1996. divid ...
* Italian Hockey League - Serie C *
Polska Hokej Liga The Polska Hokej Liga is the premier ice hockey league in Poland. Previously, it was known as the I Liga or Ekstraklasa from 1926 to 1999, and the Polska Liga Hokejowa from 1999 to 2013. In 2013, it was reorganized as a limited liability company ...
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Romanian Hockey League The Romanian Hockey League (''Campionatul Naţional'') is the highest level of Romanian ice hockey. It is governed by the ''Federaţia Română de Hochei pe Gheaţă'' (FRHG) ( Romanian Ice Hockey Federation). 2021/22 teams Champions * 1925 ...
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Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs ba ...
(major) only * Russian Major League (high minor) *
Russian Hockey League The Supreme Hockey League Championship (VHL-B) (russian: Первенство Высшей хоккейной лиги (ВХЛ-П), ''Pervenstvo Vysshaya hokkeinaya liga'') is an ice hockey league in Russia. It stands at the third-tier of the Ru ...
(low minor) * Russian Women's Hockey League , *
Slovak Extraliga The Tipos Extraliga (Slovak Extraliga) is the highest-level ice hockey league in Slovakia. From the 2018–19 season to the 2020–21 season, the league included one or two teams from Hungary. In 2009, it was ranked by the IIHF as the fifth st ...
* Slovak 1.Liga * Slovak 2. Liga *
Slovenian Ice Hockey League The Slovenian Hockey League is the highest level ice hockey league in Slovenia. The championship phase is contested after the regular season to determine the national champion. History The Slovenian Hockey League was firstly contested in the 1 ...
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National League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team s ...
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Swiss League The Swiss League is the second tier of the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland, behind the National League. The winners of the league each season plays a best-of-seven series against the bottom team of the NL, and if they win, t ...
* MySports League * Swiss 1. Liga * Swiss 2. Liga *
Swedish Hockey League The Swedish Hockey League (officially SHL; sv, Svenska Hockeyligan) is a professional ice hockey league, and the highest division in the Swedish ice hockey system. The league currently consists of 14 teams. The league was founded in 1975, an ...
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HockeyAllsvenskan HockeyAllsvenskan (previously Allsvenskan and SuperAllsvenskan) is a professional ice hockey league, and the second-highest league in the Swedish ice hockey system (after the SHL). Since the 2009–10 season, the league consists of fourteen team ...
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Hockeyettan Hockeyettan is the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden. As of the 2015–16 season, the league consists of 46 teams divided geographically into four groups. Hockeyettan operates a system of promotion and relegation with HockeyAllsvenskan and D ...
* Hockeytvåan * Swedish Women's Hockey League * Damettan * Damtvåan *
Turkish Ice Hockey Super League The Turkish Ice Hockey Super League ( tr, Türkiye Buz Hokeyi Süper Ligi, abbreviated TBHSL) is the highest level of professional ice hockey in Turkey. It is operated under the jurisdiction of the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the I ...
* Turkish Ice Hockey First League * Turkish Women's Ice Hockey League *
Ukrainian Hockey League The Ukrainian Hockey League is the name of the highest ice hockey league in Ukraine since the 2016–17 season, playing for the Ukrainian Hockey Championship. The league was created in June 2016 and folded in 2021. Seasons * 2016–17 (winner ...
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Elite Ice Hockey League The Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL), sometimes referred to as the British Elite League or, for sponsorship reasons, the Viaplay Elite League, is an ice hockey league in the United Kingdom. Formed in 2003 following the demise of the Ice Hocke ...
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English Premier Ice Hockey League The English Premier Ice Hockey League (EPIHL) was an ice hockey league of 10 teams, all of which were based in England. Headquartered in Blackpool, the EPIHL was one of two professional ice hockey leagues in the United Kingdom (the other being th ...
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National Ice Hockey League The National Ice Hockey League (NIHL) is a set of professional ice hockey leagues administered by the English Ice Hockey Association. It is currently the second tier of British ice hockey, below the Elite Ice Hockey League. Formerly called th ...
* Scottish National League * Northern League (ice hockey, 2005–)


Oceania

* Australian Ice Hockey League (semi-pro) * East Coast Super League *
New Zealand Ice Hockey League The NZIHL is New Zealand’s national ice hockey league. It is an amateur league that was formed in 2005 to develop the sport in New Zealand and to give the top players regular competition against each other to improve the skill level of the game ...
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Indoor hockey

* Men's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup * Women's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup


Inline hockey Roller inline hockey, or inline hockey is a variant of hockey played on a hard, smooth surface, with players using inline skates to move and ice hockey sticks to shoot a hard, plastic puck into their opponent's goal to score points. The spo ...

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Major League Roller Hockey Major League Roller Hockey (MLRH) is a limited liability company which operates multiple inline hockey Sports league, leagues and tournaments. Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, Alexandria, Virginia, MLRH is one of the only full-contact inline ...
(United States) * Professional Inline Hockey Association (United States) *
Portuguese Roller Hockey First Division The Portuguese Roller Hockey First Division ( pt, Campeonato Nacional da Primeira Divisão de Hóquei em Patins or simply ''1ª Divisão''; literally: Roller Hockey First Division National Championship) is the premier roller hockey league in Portu ...
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Roller Hockey Premier League The Premier League is the main competition in England Roller Hockey. It has a long history, and it has existed since 1930. It has some of the most historic European teams like Herne Bay and Herne Bay United. The top teams usually compete in Euro ...
(UK)


Roller hockey (quad)/Rink hockey

* OK Liga *
Rink Hockey Euroleague The WSE Champions League is an annual club roller hockey competition organised by World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey and contested by teams from the top-ranked European leagues. The current champions are Italian side Trissino, which secured their ...
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World Skate Europe Cup The WSE Cup is an annual European club roller hockey competition organised by the World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey The World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey,Continental Cup (rink hockey) * Rink Hockey European Female League *
Roller Hockey Intercontinental Cup The Intercontinental Cup is a roller hockey competition organized by World Skate and usually contested between the World Skate Europe and the World Skate America champions clubs. History The Intercontinental Cup was established in 1985 and was o ...
* Roller Hockey Women's Intercontinental Cup


Kabaddi Kabaddi is a contact team sport. Played between two teams of seven players, the objective of the game is for a single player on offence, referred to as a "raider", to run into the opposing team's half of the court, touch out as many of their ...

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Kabaddi World Cup Kabbadi World Cup may refer to: * Kabaddi World Cup (Standard style), an indoor international competition conducted by the International Kabaddi Federation * Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style) The circle style Kabaddi World Cup, is an internatio ...
* Kabaddi Masters Series *
World Kabaddi League The World Kabaddi League (WKL) is a professional circle-style Kabaddi league in India, United States, Canada, Pakistan and the United Kingdom. It is the first worldwide circle style kabaddi league. League organization There will be 8 internat ...
(, , , , , , , ,, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and ) Kabaddi Leagues * Pro Kabaddi League () * Women's Kabaddi Challenge() *
Super Kabaddi League Super Kabaddi League (SKL) is a professional-level kabaddi league in Pakistan. Its inaugural season was played from May 1 to May 10, 2018 in Lahore. This league follows a city-based franchise model. More than a 100 Kabaddi players from Pakistan a ...
(Pakistan) - Pakistan's first Kabaddi League. Season 01 took place in April–May 2018 and was hailed as a success.


Kickboxing Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, general ...

* Glory *
K-1 K-1 is a professional kickboxing promotion established in 1993, well known worldwide mainly for its heavyweight division fights and Grand Prix tournaments. In January 2012, K-1 Global Holdings Limited, a company registered in Hong Kong, acquired ...
* Kunlun Fight * Wu Lin Feng


Korfball

* Korfball Europa Cup * Korfball Europa Shield


Lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensiv ...


Box / Indoor lacrosse

and * NLL –
National Lacrosse League The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is a men's professional box lacrosse league in North America. The league is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The NLL currently has fifteen teams: ten in the United Stat ...
(United States and Canada) ajor* WLA – Western Lacrosse Association (Canada) igh minor* MSL – Major Series Lacrosse (Canada) igh minor* ALL –
Arena Lacrosse League The Arena Lacrosse League (ALL) is a senior men's semi-professional box lacrosse league based in Canada. The league consists of teams in Ontario and British Columbia. Teams play a 14-game regular season schedule before league playoffs conclude wit ...
(Canada) id minor


Field lacrosse Field lacrosse is a full contact outdoor men's sport played with ten players on each team. The sport originated among Native Americans, and the modern rules of field lacrosse were initially codified by Canadian William George Beers in 1867. Fi ...

* PLL –
Premier Lacrosse League Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) is an American professional field lacrosse league, composed of 8 teams. The league's inaugural season debuted on June 1, 2019, and included a 14-week tour-based schedule taking place in 12 major-market cities. The le ...
(United States) ajor**
Merged Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations, or their operating units are transferred to or consolidated with another company or business organization. As an aspect ...
with the competing
Major League Lacrosse Major League Lacrosse (MLL) was a men's field lacrosse league in the United States. The league's inaugural season was in 2001. Teams played anywhere from ten to 16 games in a summertime regular season. This was followed by a four-team playoff ...
in December 2020, with the merged league operating as the PLL. * ALL - American Lacrosse League (United States) ow minor/club* UWLX - United Women's Lacrosse League (United States) * WPLL -
Women's Professional Lacrosse League The Women's Professional Lacrosse League (WPLL) was a women's lacrosse league in the United States. The league was formally composed of five teams: the Brave, Command, Fight, Fire, and Pride. The league announced on February 27, 2020, that it woul ...
(United States) * AUL - Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse * Europe ** Ken Galluccio Cup


Mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incor ...

* :
Ultimate Fighting Championship The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Zuffa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. It is the largest MMA ...
(''Premier American/International Organization'') * :
Bellator MMA Bellator MMA (formerly Bellator Fighting Championships) is an American mixed martial arts promotion founded in 2008 and based in Santa Monica, California, owned and operated as a subsidiary of television and media conglomerate Paramount Global. ...
(''Second Tier American Organization'') * :
Professional Fighters League The Professional Fighters League (PFL) is an American mixed martial arts league founded by venture capitalist Donn Davis in 2017 and launched in 2018, following the acquisition and restructuring of the former World Series of Fighting (WSOF) promo ...
(''Second Tier American Organization'') *: Legacy Fighting Alliance (''Minor American Organization'') * :
King of the Cage King of the Cage (KOTC) is a mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion based in Southern California, United States. History KOTC was founded in 1998 by Terry Trebilcock. KOTC features mostly amateur as well as up and coming MMA stars and former mains ...
(''Minor American Organization'') * : Shark Fights (''Minor American Organization'') * : Titan Fighting Championships (''Minor American Organization'') * : Tachi Palace Fights (''Minor American Organization'') * :
Invicta Fighting Championships Invicta Fighting Championships, also known as Invicta FC, is an American professional mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion dedicated to Women's mixed martial arts that was founded in 2012 by Janet Martin and Shannon Knapp. The promotion is currentl ...
(''Minor American Organization'') * Japan:
Rizin FF Rizin Fighting Federation (Rizin FF or Rizin) is a Japanese mixed martial arts organization created in 2015 by the former Pride Fighting Championships and Dream Stage Entertainment president Nobuyuki Sakakibara. Rizin was founded to be the spir ...
(''Premier Japanese Organization'') * Japan:
Shooto Shooto is a combat sport and mixed martial arts organization that is governed by the ''Shooto Association'' and the ''International Shooto Commission''. Shooto was originally formed in 1985, first as a particular fighting system and then in 198 ...
(''Second Tier Japanese Organization'') * Japan: Pancrase (''Second Tier Japanese Organization'') * Japan: DEEP (''Minor Japanese Organization'') * Japan:
ZST ZST (pronounced ''Zest'') is a Japan-based mixed martial arts promotion and sanctioning organization holding amateur and semi-professional MMA events. ZST adopts unique rules in the MMA industry and also used to hold tag-team MMA matches. Histo ...
(''Minor Japanese Organization'') * Japan: RisingOn (''Minor Japanese Organization'') * South Korea: ROAD Fighting Championship (''Premier Korean Organization'') * South Korea: TOP Fighting Championship (''Second Tier Korean Organization'') * Brazil:
Jungle Fight Jungle Fight is a Brazilian mixed martial arts and kickboxing promotion. It was created in 2003. The name is derived from its origin, the Amazonas state in Brazil. History Jungle Fight was founded by pioneering MMA fighter and long-time Bra ...
(''Premier Brazilian Organization'') * Brazil: Shooto Brasil (''Second Tier Brazilian Organization'') * Russia: Absolute Championship Akhmat ''(Premier Russian-based Organization)'' * Russia: Fight Nights Global ''(Premier Russian-based Organization)'' * Russia: M-1 Global (''Second Tier Russian-based Organization'') * Poland: Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (Premier Polish-based Organization) * Canada: Maximum Fighting Championship (''Premier Canadian Organization'') * England:
BAMMA BAMMA (British Association of Mixed Martial Arts) was a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United Kingdom. It premiered on June 27, 2009, and was shown on the television channel Bravo. BAMMA events were shown live on ITV4 in the UK and I ...
(''Premier English Organization'') * Netherlands: United Glory (''Premier Dutch Organization'') * Poland: Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (''Premier Polish Organization'') * Finland: Finnfight (''Premier Finish Organization'') * China: Kunlun Fight (''Premier Chinese Organization'') * Singapore: ONE Championship (''Premier Singaporean Organization'') * Hong Kong:
Legend Fighting Championship Legend Fighting Championship (Legend FC) started as a Hong Kong-based mixed martial arts (MMA) organisation which invited national champion fighters from throughout the Asia-Pacific to compete for regional supremacy. Legend was unique among MMA ...
(''Premier Hong Konger Organization'') * Philippines:
Universal Reality Combat Championship Universal Reality Combat Championship (URCC) is the first and only professional mixed martial arts promotion based in the Philippines. Its inaugural event was held at the Casino Filipino Amphitheater in Parañaque, Philippines on November 23, 20 ...
(''Premier Filipino Organization'') * India: Super Fight League


Motorcycle racing Motorcycle racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) is the motorcycle sport of racing motorcycles. Major varieties include motorcycle road racing and off-road racing, both either on circuits or open courses, and track racing. O ...

*
Grand Prix motorcycle racing Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier class of motorcycle road racing events held on road circuits sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Independent motorcycle racing events have been held since the start ...
(MotoGP) *
Superbike World Championship Superbike World Championship (also known as WorldSBK, SBK, World Superbike, WSB, or WSBK) is a silhouette-class road racing series based on heavily modified production motorcycles, also known as superbike racing. The championship was founded i ...
(SBK) *
AMA Superbike Championship AMA Superbike Championship is an American motorcycle racing series that has been run every year beginning in 1976. For most of its existence it has been considered the premier motorcycle road racing series in the United States. It is sanctioned ...
* AMA Supercross Championship


Netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...

* –
Suncorp Super Netball Suncorp Super Netball is the top level netball league featuring teams from Australia. In 2017 it replaced the ANZ Championship, which also included teams from New Zealand, as the top level netball league in Australia. Since 2019, the league has ...
,
Australian Netball League The Australian Netball Championships, formerly the Australian Netball League, is an Australian netball competition. Since 2008 it has served as a second level competition, initially below the ANZ Championship and later below Suncorp Super Netb ...
* – ANZ Premiership * –
Netball Superleague The Netball Super League is a top level netball league featuring teams from the United Kingdom. The league is organised by England Netball but features teams based in England, Wales and Scotland. The league was commenced playing at the 2005 ...
* – Netball Super League (Singapore)


Pesäpallo

: *
Superpesis The Superpesis, known as SM-sarja from 1955 to 1989, is the top professional pesäpallo league in Finland. It was created in 1990 to replace the SM-sarja which was fundamentally an amateur league. The Superpesis is directly overseen by the Finnis ...


Shooting Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles ...

* Bundesliga (shooting)


Speedway

* : **
Danish Speedway League The Danish Speedway League ( da, Dansk Speedway Liga) or Danish Super League or Metal League as it is called today is the top division of motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport i ...
* : **
Speedway Ekstraliga The Speedway Ekstraliga ( en, Polish Extraleague, pl, Ekstraliga żużlowa) is the top division of motorcycle speedway in Poland. It has been called the "richest and most popular speedway league in the world", and attracts riders from all over the ...
* : **
Elitserien Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many sports, Elitserien is the highest league, with the second highest named Allsvenskan. Elitserien leagues at present: * Elitserien (badmin ...
**
Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...
* : ** Elite League **
Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Fo ...
**
National League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team s ...


Professional wrestling Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring or ...

;United States * WWE (also known as World Wrestling Entertainment) *
Impact Wrestling Impact Wrestling (stylized as ''IMPACT! Wrestling''), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment. Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promo ...
(formerly Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and Global Force Wrestling) *
All Elite Wrestling All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. It is considered the second largest wrestling promotion in the United States behind WWE. AEW is owned by Shahid Khan and his son Tony, ...
*
Ring of Honor Ring of Honor (ROH) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. The promotion was founded by Rob Feinstein on February 23, 2002, and was operated by Cary Silkin from 2004 until 2011, when the promotion was s ...
– shares ownership with All Elite Wrestling, but remains a separate legal entity * Game Changer Wrestling * Major League Wrestling ;Japan *
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Nakano, Tokyo. Founded on January 13, 1972, by Antonio Inoki, the promotion was sold to Yuke's, who later sold it to Bushiroad in 2012. TV Asahi and Amuse, Inc. own minority sha ...
*
All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW/AJP) or simply All Japan is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established on October 21, 1972 when Giant Baba split away from the Japanese Wrestling Association and created his own promotion. Many wrestlers had left with Baba ...
* DDT Pro-Wrestling *
Pro Wrestling Noah (stylised as Pro Wrestling NOAH) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000 by former All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) ace Mitsuharu Misawa after he had led a mass exodus in which 24 of AJPW's 26 contracted wrestlers left th ...
;Mexico *
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Co., Ltd. (CMLL; , "World Wrestling Council") is a ''lucha libre'' professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City. The promotion was previously known as ''Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre'' (''EMLL'') (''Mexi ...
*
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide Antonio Peña Promotions, S.A. de C.V. doing business as, d/b/a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide is a Mexican Lucha Libre (professional wrestling) professional wrestling promotion, promotion based in Mexico City, Mexico. Commonly referred to as simply ...


Racquetball Racquetball is a racquet sport and a team sport played with a hollow rubber ball on an indoor or outdoor court. Joseph Sobek invented the modern sport of racquetball in 1950, adding a stringed racquet to paddleball in order to increase velo ...

*
International Racquetball Tour The International Racquetball Tour (IRT) is the leading professional racquetball organization for men's competition. It was founded in 1991 and is the successor to previous iterations of the tour by different names. Professional Men's racquetbal ...
*
Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour The Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour is the latest name for the women's professional racquetball tour. It features the world's best players and several events each season - running from September to May - that are mostly played in the USA. Hist ...


Roll Ball

* Maha Roll Ball League * Roll Ball One * Pro Roll Ball One * Roll Ball League


Rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...


Americas

* North American Rugby League


Europe

*
Super League The Super League (officially known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred and legally known as Super League Europe), is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of w ...
**
RFL Championship The Championship, known as the Betfred Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a professional rugby league competition. It is the second-tier competition organised by the Rugby Football League, the governing body for the sport in England, a ...
***
RFL League 1 RFL League One (for sponsorship reasons currently known as the Betfred League One) is a professional rugby league competition based in the United Kingdom. Part of the British rugby league pyramid, the competition features clubs from England an ...
*
RFL Women's Super League The Rugby Football League Women's Super League (known as the Betfred Women's Super League due to sponsorship) is the elite women's rugby league club competition in England. Originally competed between four teams in the 2017 season, the league ha ...
* Elite One Championship **
Elite Two Championship Elite 2 (formerly the Elite Two Championship) is the second tier semi-professional rugby league competition in France below Elite 1, but above the National Division 1. The season runs from September to April. The clubs play each other hom ...


Oceania

*
National Rugby League The National Rugby League (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competition which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. The NRL formed in 1998 as a joint partnership ...
**
Canterbury Cup NSW The NSW Cup, currently known as the Knock-On Effect NSW Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a rugby league competition for clubs in New South Wales. The competition has a history dating back to the NSWRFL's origins in 1908, starting off as a reserv ...
**
Queensland Cup The Queensland Cup, currently known as the Hostplus Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level regional rugby league football competition in Queensland, Australia. It is run by the Queensland Rugby League (QRL) and is contested by fou ...
**
NSW Challenge Cup The NSW Challenge Cup is a rugby league football competition played in Sydney, New South Wales. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League. NSW Challenge Cup Premiers Premiership Tally See also * Pre-season Cup * ...
*** Ron Massey Cup (semi-professional) ***
Group 7 Rugby League South Coast Group 7 Rugby League (or Group 7 Rugby League for simplicity) is the divisional boundary drawn from the Southern Illawarra and South Coast regions (from the town of Warilla south to Ulladulla) of New South Wales, Australia and is gov ...
(semi-professional) ** NZ National Competition ** Papua New Guinea National Rugby League (semi-professional) *
NRL Women's Premiership The Telstra NRL Women's Premiership (NRLW) is Australia's national rugby league competition for female players. The first season of the league began in September 2018 with four teams. The league is run by the National Rugby League (NRL) and is ...
*
QRL Women's Premiership The QRL Women's Premiership, known as the BMD Premiership due to sponsorship from BMD Group, is the top level of women's rugby league football in Queensland, Australia. Run by the Queensland Rugby League, the competition is Queensland's first s ...


Rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

Intercontinental * United Rugby Championship Africa * Currie Cup Premier Division ** Currie Cup First Division * Kenya Cup (semi-professional) * Top 20 (semi-professional) Americas *
Major League Rugby Major League Rugby (MLR or USMLR) is a professional rugby union competition and the top-level championship for clubs in North America. In the 2022 season it was contested by thirteen teams: twelve from the United States and one from Canada. Off ...
*
Súper Liga Americana de Rugby Super Rugby Americas (SRA) will be the new franchise rugby tournament format in America, and the first season will begin on February 18, 2023 after efforts by World Rugby.​ It will be organized and led by Sudamérica Rugby, the highest rugby en ...
Asia-Pacific *
Super Rugby Pacific Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Building on various Southern Hem ...
* NPC * **
Japan Rugby League One Japan Rugby League One (formerly the Top League) is a rugby union competition in Japan. It is the highest level of professional rugby competition in the country. The Japan Rugby Football Union created the competition in 2003, by absorbing the ...
- Division 1 **
Japan Rugby League One Japan Rugby League One (formerly the Top League) is a rugby union competition in Japan. It is the highest level of professional rugby competition in the country. The Japan Rugby Football Union created the competition in 2003, by absorbing the ...
- Division 2 **
Japan Rugby League One Japan Rugby League One (formerly the Top League) is a rugby union competition in Japan. It is the highest level of professional rugby competition in the country. The Japan Rugby Football Union created the competition in 2003, by absorbing the ...
- Division 3 (semi-professional) *
Sri Lanka Rugby Championship The Sri Lanka Rugby Championship, known as the Nippon Paint Inter-Club Rugby League for sponsorship reasons, is the major national rugby union club competition, held between the top Division 'A' rugby sides, in Sri Lanka. The annual home and awa ...
(semi-professional) Europe *
Premiership Rugby Premiership Rugby, officially known as Gallagher Premiership Rugby, or the Gallagher Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is an English professional rugby union competition. The Premiership has consisted of thirteen clubs since 2021, and is the ...
** Premiership Rugby Shield **
RFU Championship The RFU Championship is an English rugby union competition comprising twelve clubs. It is the second level of men’s English rugby and is played by both professional and semi-professional players. The competition has existed since 1987, when ...
** National League 1 (semi-professional) **
Premier 15s The Premier 15s, currently known for sponsorship purposes as the Allianz Premier 15s, is the top tier of the women's English rugby union domestic league system run by the Rugby Football Union (RFU). The league was created mainly from teams in t ...
(semi-professional) *
National Rugby League (France) The French National Rugby League (french: Ligue Nationale de Rugby), known as the LNR, manages the professional rugby sector in France, by delegation of the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the French Rugby Federation. LNR * organises, manages and ...
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Top 14 The Top 14 () is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France. Created in 1892, the Top 14 is at the top of the national league system operated by the French National Rugby League, also known by its French initialism o ...
**
National Rugby League (France) The French National Rugby League (french: Ligue Nationale de Rugby), known as the LNR, manages the professional rugby sector in France, by delegation of the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the French Rugby Federation. LNR * organises, manages and ...
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Rugby Pro D2 Rugby Pro D2, also known as Pro D2 is the second tier of rugby union club competition division in France. It is operated by Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) which also runs the division directly above, the first division Top 14. Rugby Pro D2 was in ...
** - Championnat Fédéral Nationale (semi-professional) * Russian Rugby Championship * CEC Bank SuperLiga * Top12 (semi-professional) * Extraliga ragby (semi-professional) *
All-Ireland League (rugby union) The All-Ireland League (AIL), known for sponsorship reasons as the Energia All-Ireland League, is the national league system for the 50 senior rugby union clubs in Ireland, covering both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The league ...
(semi-professional) * Ekstraliga (rugby) (semi-professional) * Super 6 (semi-professional) *
División de Honor de Rugby The División de Honor de Rugby is Spain's top level professional men's rugby union competition. The División de Honor de Rugby Championship is organised by the Federación Española de Rugby (Spanish Rugby Federation) and currently consists of 12 ...
(semi-professional) * Welsh Premier Division (semi-professional) *
Didi 10 The Didi 10 (, "Big 10") is a semi-professional domestic rugby union club competition in Georgia (country), Georgia. It is the top tier of rugby competitions in the country. Current Table 2018–19 Didi 10 season: List of Champions Teams ...
(semi-professional) * Rugby Europe Super Cup (semi-professional) * European Rugby Champions Cup * European Rugby Challenge Cup Pro clubs in an amateur league * Heidelberger RK


Snooker

* World Snooker Tour


Softball

*Women's Professional Fastpitch *Athletes Unlimited Softball * National Softball League * ESF men's EC club championships * ESF men's CWC club championships * ESF Co-Ed Slowpitch European Super Cup


Table tennis

* China Table Tennis Super League * Bundesliga (table tennis) * Ultimate Table Tennis * T.League * Egyptian Table Tennis League *European Champions League (table tennis)


Tennis

* Association of Tennis Professionals * International Tennis Federation * United States Tennis Association * Women's Tennis Association * World TeamTennis


Asia

* International Premier Tennis League (India, Japan, UAE, Singapore) *Champions Tennis League


Track and field

* Diamond League


Ultimate (sport), Ultimate

* American Ultimate Disc League * Premier Ultimate League


Video gaming/eSports, Electronic sports

*Major League Gaming *NBA 2K League *ESL Pro League *ESL Turkey Premiership *League of Legends Championship League


Asia

*League of Legends Pro League, ''League of Legends'' Pro League (top level) * ESL India Premiership * Bangalore eSports League * UCypher (upcoming major league) *Ongamenet Starleague *Global StarCraft II League *League of Legends Champions Korea, ''League of Legends'' Champions Korea (top level) // *League of Legends Master Series, ''League of Legends'' Master Series (top level) *League of Legends Japan League *The Nationals (esports), The Nationals Southeast Asia * Garena Premier League (second level)


Multiple regions

*League of Legends Championship Series, ''League of Legends'' Championship Series (top-tier, Europe and North America) *Overwatch League (North America, Europe, and Asia) *Halo Championship Series (United States, Europe, Latin America)


Volleyball

* Angola Volleyball League * Australian Volleyball League * Australian Women's Volleyball League * Liga Argentina de Voleibol – Serie A1 * Liga Femenina de Voleibol Argentino * Bulgarian Volleyball League * Bulgarian Women's Volleyball League * Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) (beach volleyball) * Athletes Unlimited Volleyball (AUV) * Volleyball League of America (VLA) * National Volleyball Association (NVA) * National Volleyball League (NVL) * English National Volleyball League * English Women's National Volleyball League * Canadian Volleyball League (CVL) * National Beach Volleyball League (NBVL) * Austrian Volleyball Bundesliga · * Austrian Women's Volley League * Belgium Men's Volleyball League (Euro Millions Volley League) * Belgium Women's Volleyball League (Liga A) * Czech Men's Volleyball Extraliga * Czech Women's Volleyball Extraliga * Chinese Volleyball Super League (CVL) (both men and women) * Croatian 1A Volleyball League * Danish Volleyball League * Danish Women's Volleyball League * Dutch Volleyball League· * Dutch Women's Volleyball League * Deutsche Volleyball-Bundesliga, Volleyball Bundesliga der Männer * German Women's Volleyball League, Volleyball-Bundesliga der Frauen * Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's volleyball) * Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's volleyball) * Enterprise Volleyball League (TVL) (both men and women) * A1 Ethniki Volleyball (men) * A1 Ethniki Women's Volleyball * Israeli Men's Volleyball League * Israeli Women's Volleyball League * Proliga (Indonesia) ** Indonesian men's Proliga ** Indonesian women's Proliga * Prime Volleyball League * Iranian Volleyball Super League (men) * Italian Volleyball League, Lega Pallavolo Serie A (men) * Italian Women's Volleyball League, Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile (women

* Liga de Voleibol Superior Masculino, Male Superior Volleyball League (men) * Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino, Female Superior Volleyball League (women) * Spikers' Turf (men) * Philippine Super Liga (women) * Premier Volleyball League (women) * Dominican Republic Volleyball League (both men and women) * V.League (Japan), V.League (both men and women) * V.Challenge League (both men and women) * V-League (South Korea), V-League (both men and women) * Men's Volleyball Thailand League (men) * Men's Volleyball Pro Challenge * Women's Volleyball Thailand League * Women's Volleyball Pro Challenge * Volleyball Thai-Denmark Super League * Pro A (volleyball), Pro A (men) * French Women's Volleyball League * Divizia A1 (men's volleyball), Romanian Volleyball League * Divizia A1 (women's volleyball), Romanian Women's Volleyball League * Russian Volleyball Super League (men) * Russian Women's Volleyball Super League * Brazilian Men's Volleyball Superliga * Brazilian Women's Volleyball Superliga * PlusLiga (men) * TAURON Liga (women) * Slovakian Men's Volleyball League * Slovakian Women's Volleyball League * Slovenian Volleyball League * Slovenian Women's Volleyball League * Superliga de Voleibol Masculina * Superliga Femenina de Voleibol * Portuguese Volleyball First Division * First Division Women's Volleyball League (Portugal), First Division Women's Volleyball League * Montenegrin Volleyball League * Montenegrin women's volley league * Divizia A1 (men's volleyball) * Divizia A1 (women's volleyball) * Volleyball Vietnam League * Volleyball League of Serbia * Serbian Women's Volleyball League * Elitserien (men's volleyball) * Elitserien (women's volleyball) * Swiss Volleyball League· * Swiss Women's Volleyball League * Norwegian Volleyball League * Norwegian Women's Volleyball League * Finland Volleyball League * Finnish Women's Volleyball League * Tunisian Women's Volleyball League * Tunisian Men's Volleyball League * Turkish Men's Volleyball League * Turkish Women's Volleyball League * UK Beach Tour (UKBT), UK Beach Tour * Ukrainian Men's Volleyball Super League * Ukrainian Women's Volleyball Super League * FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League * FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League * FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour * Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship * Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship * CEV Champions League * CEV Women's Champions League * CEV Cup * Women's CEV Cup * CEV Challenge Cup * CEV Women's Challenge Cup * Baltic Men Volleyball League * Baltic Women's Volleyball League * MEVZA League * NEVZA Clubs Championship * African Clubs Championship (volleyball) * Women's African Clubs Championship (volleyball) * Arab Clubs Championship (volleyball) * Women's Arab volleyball clubs championship


Water polo

* Australian National Water Polo League * Bosnia and Herzegovina Water Polo League * Liga Nacional (water polo) * Croatian First League of Water Polo * Championnat de France (water polo) * Championnat de France (women's water polo) * Deutsche Wasserball-Liga * A1 Ethniki Water Polo * A1 Ethniki Women's Water Polo * Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo) * Országos Bajnokság I (women's water polo) * Serie A1 (water polo) * Serie A2 (men's water polo) * Serie B (men's water polo) * Serie A1 (women's water polo) * Maltese Water Polo Premier League * Montenegrin First League of Water Polo * Dutch Men's Water Polo Championship * Dutch Women's Water Polo Championship * Polish Championship in Water polo * Portuguese Water Polo League * Romanian Superliga (water polo) * Russian Water Polo Championship * Russian Women's Water Polo Championship * Serbian Water Polo League A * Slovenian First League of Water Polo * División de Honor de Waterpolo * División de Honor Femenina de Waterpolo * Elitserien (water polo) * Türkiye Sutopu 1. Ligi * British Water Polo League * Regional Water Polo League (Adriatic Water Polo League) * Nordic Water Polo League * Asian Water Polo Clubs Championships * LEN Champions League * LEN Euro Cup * LEN Super Cup * FINA Water Polo World League * World Club Water Polo Challenge * LEN Euro League Women * Women's LEN Trophy


See also

* List of professional sports leagues in Asia * List of defunct professional sports leagues * List of developmental and minor sports leagues * Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada * List of professional sports teams in the United States and Canada * List of American and Canadian cities by number of major professional sports franchises * National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) * List of sports * List of sports attendance figures * List of attendance figures at domestic professional sports leagues * List of professional sports leagues by revenue * List of largest sports contracts


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Professional Sports Leagues, List Of Lists of sports events, Professional leagues Professional sports leagues, Multi-national professional sports leagues