List of basketball leagues

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This is a list of current and defunct basketball leagues.

Current leagues

The league names are listed below.

Men

Africa

Americas

Asia

Europe

Oceania

Women

Americas

Asia

Europe

Oceania

Defunct leagues

Men

Americas

  •  Canada
    • National Basketball League (NBL), 1993–94

Asia

  •  China
    • Chinese New Basketball Alliance (CNBA), 1996–97

Europe

Women

Americas

  •  United States
    • Women's Professional Basketball Association (WPBA), 1975; the league folded before it ever started.
    • Women's Professional Basketball League (WBL), 1978–1981
    • Ladies Professional Basketball Association (LPBA), 1980–81; formed as a rival league to the WBL when the WBL began to experience financial problems. The league was poorly organized and played only five (or seven) games before disbanding with three teams never playing a game.
    • Women's American Basketball Association (WABA), 1984 See: (WABA)
    • National Women's Basketball Association (NWBA), 1986; the league folded right before the season was supposed to start.
    • Liberty Basketball Association (LBA), 1991; played one pre-season exhibition game on February 10, 1991 before disbanding.
    • Women's Basketball Association (WBA), 1993-1995 See: (WBA/WABA)
    • American Basketball League (ABL), 1996–1998
    • National Women's Basketball League (NWBL), 1998–2007
    • Women's American Basketball Association (WABA), 2002

Oceania

  •  New Zealand
    • Women's National Basketball League (WNBL)
    • Women's Basketball League (WBL), conference-based second-tier league

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