Wikipedia:WikiProject Basketball/Fully professional leagues
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This page is part of the WikiProject on Basketball and provides a list of known fully professional leagues, and also those that are known to not be fully professional. As such this article can be used as an aide in considering the WP:NBASKETBALL guideline, which states that "Players who have appeared, and managers who have managed, in a fully professional league, will generally be regarded as notable."
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List of fully professional leagues edit
Men's leagues edit
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Americas edit
Argentina – Liga Nacional de Básquet
Brazil – Novo Basquete Brasil
Canada – National Basketball League of Canada
Mexico – Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional
Puerto Rico – Baloncesto Superior Nacional
United States – National Basketball Association
Venezuela – Liga Profesional de Baloncesto
Asia edit
China – Chinese Basketball Association
Philippines – Philippine Basketball Association[1]- Southeast Asia, China,
Hong Kong, 
Macau and 
Chinese Taipei – ASEAN Basketball League[2]
Europe edit
Europe – EuroLeague- Europe – EuroCup
- Europe – Champions League
- Former Yugoslavia – ABA League
Austria – Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga
Belgium – Basketball League Belgium
Bulgaria – National Basketball League
Cyprus – Cyprus Basketball Division 1
Czech Republic – National Basketball League
Denmark – Basketligaen
Estonia – Korvpalli Meistriliiga
Finland – Korisliiga
France – LNB Pro A, LNB Pro B
Germany – Basketball Bundesliga
Greece – Greek Basket League
Hungary – Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A
Israel – Israeli Basketball Premier League
Italy – Lega Basket Serie A, Serie A2 Basket
Latvia – Latvijas Basketbola Līga
Lithuania – Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga
Netherlands – Dutch Basketball League
Poland – Polish Basketball League
Portugal – Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol
Romania – Liga Națională
Russia – VTB United League
Spain – Liga ACB, LEB Oro and LEB Plata
Sweden – Basketligan
Switzerland – Ligue Nationale de Basket
Ukraine – Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague
Turkey – Turkish Basketball Super League, Turkish Basketball First League
United Kingdom – British Basketball League
Oceania edit
Women's leagues edit
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List of leagues which are not fully professional edit
 | These top-level leagues are NOT fully-professional. |
Men's leagues edit
| | This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. |
Women's leagues edit
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ Joble, Rey (5 March 2014). "Pay to play: Joining PBA as expansion team could cost close to P200 million in fees, deposit". InterAksyon.com. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "2014 ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) Betting". SportsBettingSites.org. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
ASEAN Basketball League is fully professional. The players are paid, teams use foreign imports, and there is plenty at stake each season. Though only small money comes in from ticket sales, the league has a lot of sponsors.
- ^ Nelson, Murry (2013). American Sports: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas (illustrated ed.). ABC-CLIO. p. 706. ISBN 978-0313397530.
- ^ "PBA D-League perfect venue for college teams needing to toughen up". GMA News. 10 March 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
For college teams competing in the inaugural PBA D-League, which comes off the wraps on March 12 at The Arena, their participation in the newly-formed amateur caging league is a much-needed shot in the arm.
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