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List of professional sports leagues

List of professional sports leagues in the world From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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This is a list of professional sports leagues.

A sports league is a professional body that governs the competition of its teams.[clarification needed] 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.[clarification needed]

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. 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, or semi-professional. As such, some leagues listed here may not be fully professional.

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Basketball

Bat and ball games: Baseball/softball

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Northern Hemisphere Summer

Americas

 United States and  Canada

 United States only

 Cuba

 Curaçao

 Dominican Republic

 Venezuela

 Mexico

 Argentina

Asia-Pacific

 Japan

 South Korea

 People's Republic of China

Taiwan Taiwan

Europe

 Europe

 Italy

 Ireland

 Netherlands

 Czech Republic

 France

  • Division Élite (officially semi-professional but contains several professional teams)

 Germany

 Spain

 Sweden

 Poland

 Portugal

 Turkey

  • Turkish Baseball League (semi-professional)

Northern Hemisphere Winter

Americas

 Argentina

 Colombia

 Cuba

 Curaçao

 Dominican Republic

 Mexico

 Nicaragua

 Panama

 Puerto Rico

 United States

 Venezuela

Asia-Pacific

 Australia and  New Zealand

 Japan,  South Korea and  Taiwan

 United Arab Emirates

Softball

 United States

 United Kingdom

 Japan

 Mexico

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Bat and ball games: Cricket

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Africa

 South Africa

 Zimbabwe

North America

Canada Canada

United States United States

Cricket West Indies West Indies

Asia

 Afghanistan

 Bangladesh

 India

 Pakistan

 Sri Lanka

   Nepal

 United Arab Emirates

Europe

 England and  Wales

 Scotland

 Netherlands

 Ireland

Oceania

 Australia

 New Zealand

Bat and ball games: Pesäpallo

 Finland:

Bowling

Bull riding

Chess

 Philippines

Combat sports: Boxing

Major promotions

Major sanctioning bodies

 India

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Combat sports: Fencing

Combat sports: Kickboxing

Combat sports: Mixed martial arts

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Combat sports: Professional wrestling

United States United States
Japan Japan
Mexico Mexico
Australia Australia

Curling

Cycling

 India

  • International Cycling League
  • Pro Cycle Cycling

 Italy

Competitive eating

Football: Association football

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Beach soccer

 Ukraine

Futsal

 Austria

 Argentina

 Belarus

 Brazil

 Bosnia and Herzegovina

 Czech Republic

 China

 Germany

 France

 India

 Indonesia

 Israel

 Iran

 Italy

 Latvia

 Malaysia

 Myanmar

 Kyrgyzstan

 Japan

 South Korea

 Serbia

 Poland

 Portugal

 Spain

 Sweden

  Switzerland

 Russia

 Thailand

 Turkey

 Uzbekistan

 United States

 United Kingdom

 Vietnam

 Ukraine

Indoor soccer

 United States

Football: Australian rules football

Asia

Europe

Oceania  Australia

Football: Gridiron football

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Includes American and Canadian Football and their variants.

Americas

 United States

 Brazil

 Canada

 Mexico

Europe

 Europe

 Austria

 Belgium

 Croatia

 Czech Republic

 Denmark

 Finland

 France

 Germany

 Hungary

 Ireland

 Israel

 Italy

 Netherlands

 Portugal

 Russia

 Slovakia

  • Slovak Football League

 Spain

 Sweden

  Switzerland

 Turkey

 UK

Asia

 China

 Japan

Oceania

 Australia

Football: Rugby football

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Rugby league

Europe

Oceania

Rugby union

Intercontinental

Africa

Americas

Asia-Pacific

Europe

Pro clubs in an amateur league

Golf

Men's

Top-level tours

Senior tours

Developmental tours

Women's

Top-level tours

Senior tours

Developmental tours

  • Epson Tour (second-tier US tour, operated by the LPGA)
  • Ladies European Tour Access Series, LETAS,[20] 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

Hockey: Bandy

 Finland

 Russia

 Sweden

Hockey: Field hockey

Asia

Europe

Australia

Indoor hockey

Hockey: Ice hockey

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North America

 Canada and  United States

 Canada only

 United States only

 Mexico

Asia

 Russia,  Belarus,  Kazakhstan and  China

 Russia only

 Japan and  South Korea

 Kazakhstan

 Mongolia

 Taiwan

 China

 Israel

Europe

 Austria,  Croatia,  Slovakia,  Hungary,  Czech Republic, and  Italy

 Austria,  Italy, and  Slovenia

 Estonia  Latvia  Lithuania

 Belgium,  Netherlands

 Belarus

 Bulgaria

 Scotland and  Ireland

 Czech Republic

 Croatia

 Serbia

 Denmark

 France

 Finland

 Germany

 Austria,  Hungary and  Romania

 Latvia

 Lithuania

 Estonia

 Netherlands and  Belgium

 Norway

 Italy

 Poland

 Romania

 Slovakia,  Hungary

 Slovenia

 Switzerland

 Sweden

 Turkey

 United Kingdom ( England,  Scotland,  Wales, and  Northern Ireland)

Oceania

 Australia

 New Zealand

Hockey: on skates

Inline hockey

Quad hockey/Rink hockey

Lacrosse

Box / Indoor lacrosse

 Canada and  United States

Field lacrosse

Netball

Racing: Automobile

Racing: Motorcycle

Speedway

Racquet sports: Badminton

 India

 Indonesia

Racquet sports: Pickleball

 Australia

 United States

Racquet sports: Racquetball

Racquet sports: Table tennis

Racquet sports: Tennis

Roll Ball

 India

 United States

  • Roll Ball One

 United Kingdom

  • Pro Roll Ball One

 European Union

  • Roll Ball League

Shooting

 Germany

Snooker

Tag games

Kabaddi

International Tournaments

Kabaddi Leagues

Kho kho

Track and field

Ultimate

 United States

Video gaming/Electronic sports

 United States

Asia

 China

 India

  • ESL India Premiership
  • Bangalore eSports League[23]

 South Korea

 Japan

 Philippines

 Turkey

  • ESL Turkey Premiership
  • League of Legends Championship League

Multiple regions

Volleyball

Water polo

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