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List of professional sports leagues

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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Badminton edit

  England

  India

  Indonesia

Bandy edit

  Finland

  Russia

  Sweden

Baseball edit

See also: List of organized baseball leagues, Professional baseball, and Baseball awards

Northern Hemisphere Summer edit

Americas edit

  United States,   Canada,   Cuba,   Venezuela, and   Argentina

  Mexico

  Argentina

Asia-Pacific edit

  Japan

  South Korea

  People's Republic of China

  Taiwan

  Philippines

Europe edit

  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 edit

Americas edit

  Argentina

  Colombia

  Curaçao

  Dominican Republic

  Mexico

  Nicaragua

  Panama

  Puerto Rico

  United States

  Venezuela

Asia-Pacific edit

  Australia,   New Zealand and   South Korea

  Japan,   South Korea and   Taiwan

Basketball edit

Main article: List of basketball leagues

Bowling edit

Boxing edit

Major promotions

Major sanctioning bodies

  India

Chess edit

  Philippines

Cricket edit

Africa edit

  South Africa

  Zimbabwe

North America edit

  Canada

  United States

  West Indies

Asia edit

  Afghanistan

  Bangladesh

  India

  Pakistan

  Sri Lanka

    Nepal

Europe edit

  England

  Scotland

  Netherlands

  Ireland

Oceania edit

  Australia

  New Zealand

Curling edit

Cycling edit

  United States

  India

  • International Cycling League
  • Pro Cycle Cycling

  Italy

Competitive eating edit

Football: Association football edit

Main articles: Geography of association football, Geography of women's association football, and Professionalism in association football
See also: List of association football competitions

Football: Futsal edit

  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

Football: Beach soccer edit

  Ukraine

Football: Indoor soccer edit

  United States

Football: Australian rules football edit

Asia edit

Europe edit

Oceania edit

  Australia

International edit

Football: Gridiron football edit

See also: List of American and Canadian football leagues

Includes American and Canadian Football and their variants.

Americas edit

  United States

  Brazil

  Canada

  Mexico

Europe edit

  Europe

  Austria

  Belgium

  Croatia

  Czech Republic

  Denmark

  Finland

  France

  Germany

  Hungary

  Ireland

  Israel

  Italy

  Netherlands

  Poland

  Portugal

  Russia

  Slovakia

  • Slovak Football League

  Slovenia

  Spain

  Sweden

   Switzerland

  Turkey

  UK

Asia edit

  China

  India

  Japan

Oceania edit

  Australia

Football: Rugby league edit

See also: List of rugby league competitions

Americas edit

Europe edit

See also: British rugby league system and French rugby league system

Oceania edit

See also: List of rugby league competitions in Australia

Football: Rugby union edit

See also: List of rugby union competitions

Intercontinental

Africa

Americas

Asia-Pacific

Europe

Pro clubs in an amateur league

Fencing edit

Field hockey edit

Asia edit

Europe edit

Australia edit

Golf edit

Main article: Professional golf tours

Men's edit

Top-level tours edit

Senior tours edit

Developmental tours edit

Women's edit

Top-level tours edit

Senior tours edit

Developmental tours edit

  • Epson Tour (second-tier US tour, operated by the LPGA)
  • Ladies European Tour Access Series, LETAS,[18] 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 edit

  Belgium   Netherlands

Ice hockey edit

See also: List of ice hockey leagues

North America edit

  Canada and   United States

  Canada only

  United States only

  Mexico

Asia edit

  Japan,   South Korea, and   Russia

  Kazakhstan

  Mongolia

  Taiwan

  China

  Israel

Europe edit

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

  Austria,   Italy, and   Slovenia

  Estonia   Latvia   Lithuania

  Belgium,   Netherlands

  Belarus

  Bulgaria

  Scotland  

  Czech Republic

  Croatia

  Serbia

  Denmark

  France

  Finland

  Germany

  Austria,   Hungary and   Romania

  Latvia

  Lithuania

  Estonia

  Netherlands and   Belgium

  Norway

  Italy

  Poland

  Romania

  Russia,   Belarus,   China,   Finland,   Kazakhstan,   Latvia, and   Slovakia

  Russia only

  Slovakia,   Hungary

  Slovenia

  Switzerland

  Sweden

  Turkey

  Ukraine

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

Oceania edit

  Australia

  New Zealand

Indoor hockey edit

Inline hockey edit

Roller hockey (quad)/Rink hockey edit

  Spain

Kabaddi edit

International Tournaments

Kabaddi Leagues

Kho kho edit

Kickboxing edit

Korfball edit

Lacrosse edit

Box / Indoor lacrosse edit

  United States and   Canada

Field lacrosse edit

Mixed martial arts edit

Motorcycle racing edit

Netball edit

Pesäpallo edit

  Finland:

Shooting edit

  Germany

Speedway edit

Professional wrestling edit

See also: List of professional wrestling promotions
United States
Japan
Mexico
Australia

Racquetball edit

Roll Ball edit

  India

  United States

  • Roll Ball One

  United Kingdom

  • Pro Roll Ball One

  European Union

  • Roll Ball League

Snooker edit

Softball edit

  United States

  United Kingdom

  Japan

Table tennis edit

Tennis edit

Asia edit

  India

Track and field edit

Ultimate edit

  United States

Video gaming/Electronic sports edit

  United States

  Turkey

  • ESL Turkey Premiership
  • League of Legends Championship League

Asia edit

  China

  India

  South Korea

  Taiwan/  Hong Kong/  Macau

  Japan

  Philippines

Southeast Asia

Multiple regions edit

Volleyball edit

Water polo edit

Main article: Geography of water polo

See also edit

References edit

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