List of professional sports leagues - Definition and Overview

A list of professional sports leagues:

Auto racing

• Champcars, formerly CART (Official Page (http://www.cart.com))
• Formula One, Grand Prix racing (Official Site (http://www.formula1.com))
• IRL (Indy Racing League) (Official Page (http://www.indyracing.com))
• NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) (Official Page (http://www.nascar.com))
• NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) (Official Page (http://www.nhra.com))

Baseball

• Major League Baseball
• Minor League Baseball
• Japanese Baseball
• Taiwan professional baseball

Basketball

• NBA - National Basketball Association (Official Page (http://www.nba.com))
• WNBA - Women's National Basketball Association (Official Page (http://www.wnba.com))
• NBA Summer Pro League
• NBDL - National Basketball Development League (Official Page (http://www.nbdl.com))
• American Basketball Association (Official Page (http://www.abalive.com/))
• CBA - Continental Basketball Association (Official Page (http://www.cbahoopsonline.com))
• United States Basketball League (Official Page (http://www.usbl.com/))
• Euroleague - Pan-European competition for elite clubs
• BLNO (Norway)

Billiards

• Billiard Congress of America

Boxing

• World Boxing Council
• World Boxing Association
• International Boxing Federation
• World Boxing Organization
• World Boxing League

Bowling

• Professional Bowlers Association

Cricket

• International Cricket Council
• Pro Cricket

Curling

• Canadian Curling Association

Equestrian

American and Canadian football

• Arena Football League
• Canadian Football League (Official Page (http://www.cfl.ca))
• National Football League (Official Page (http://www.nfl.com))
• NFL Europe (Official Page (http://www.nfleurope.com))
• National Indoor Football League
• North American Indoor Football League (Canada)

See also the full list of leagues of American football

Association Football (Soccer)

See List of football (soccer) competitions

Golf

• Canadian Professional Golfers Association
• Champions Tour (United States)
• PGA TOUR (United States)
• LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association; United States)
• PGA European Tour
• Professional Golfers Association (United Kingdom)

Ice Hockey

• American Hockey League (United States and Canada)
• Central Hockey League (United States)
• Deutsche Eishockey Liga (Germany)
• East Coast Hockey League (United States)
• Elitserien (Sweden)
• National Hockey League (United States and Canada)
• Nationalliga A (Switzerland)
• SM-liiga (Finland)
• United Hockey League (United States)

See also the full list of ice hockey leagues

Lacrosse

• Major League Lacrosse
• National Lacrosse League

Rugby

• Professional Rugby Players Association

Rugby Union

• Celtic League (Regional sides from Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
• England
  • Zurich Premiership
• New Zealand
  • National Provincial Championship
• South Africa
  • Currie Cup
• Super 12 (Regional sides from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa)

• Heineken Cup (European elite club competition)
• European Rugby Shield (European club competition)
• Six Nations Championship (European national teams)
• Tri Nations Series (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa national teams)

Rugby League

• Australia
  • National Rugby League
• Great Britain
  • Super League
  • Rugby League National Leagues

Tennis

• Association of Tennis Professionals
• Women's Tennis Association

See also

• NCAA
• List of defunct sports leagues
• List of developmental and minor sports leagues
• Little League, amateur baseball and softball league
• List of cities by number of pro-sports franchises (North American)

External Links

North American Pro Sports Teams (http://www.angelfire.com/ns/agalley/napsl/napsl1.html) - Lists every imaginable league that has operated in Canada and / or the United States. Grouped by city.