Conference (sports)
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A conference usually refers to a grouping of teams, typically (and loosely) based on geographical location. Sometimes if there are many teams, a conference can be split into divisions.
Examples:
- National Football Conference and American Football Conference of the National Football League
- Conference National, just below the The Football League, which is further divided into Conference North and Conference South
- Eastern Conference and Western Conference of the National Basketball Association
- Eastern Conference and Western Conference of the National Hockey League
- List of college athletic conferences, for American intercollegiate sport
- In the Philippine Basketball Association where teams do not represent geographical entities, a conference is a tournament within a season.
