This is a list of current and defunct basketball leagues around the world.
Philippines (Philippine basketball is not divided into a tier-like league system)
The Games and Amusements Board (GAB) issues professional licenses for players playing in professional leagues. GAB had instructed amateur leagues that are paying its players to be under its belt. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this hasn't been applied as the GAB has only allowed professional leagues (of any sport) to operate.
Philippines (many college leagues also offer high school basketball tournaments):
Clubs participate pan-European leagues in two ways. Larger clubs play in Euroleague Basketball's system, with several of them having long-term licenses and others having annual licenses (irrespective of domestic league results), akin to the franchise model in North American sports. The Basketball Champions League (BCL) is the other way clubs participate, which is mostly based on sporting merit. A club usually opts to play in the EuroLeague instead of the BCL if it's eligible for both.
National leagues
College basketball
Youth leagues
University basketball
Filipino College Basketball
Subregional Leagues
National Leagues
Subregional Leagues
National Leagues
Subregional leagues
National leagues
Donta Lamont Smith is an American-Venezuelan professional basketball player for Trotamundos de Carabobo of the Venezuelan Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto (SPB). Playing for Maccabi Haifa, he was named the 2014 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP.
The following are the basketball events of the year 2006 throughout the world.
Michael Levin Anderson is an American former basketball player for Drexel University, the NBA, Spain's professional Liga ACB, the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), the Greek Basket League and the Turkish Basketball Super League.
Basketball is the most popular sport in the Philippines, played on both the amateur and professional levels.
The following are the basketball events of the year 2007 throughout the world.
The following are the basketball events of the year 2008 throughout the world.
The following are the basketball events of the year 2009 throughout the world.
Novo Basquete Brasil is the Brazilian premier professional men's basketball league. It is organized by the Liga Nacional de Basquete, in a new format of Brazil's previous top-tier level basketball competition, the Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete. The NBB is managed by the Brazilian basketball associations, which were founding members of the LNB.
The following are the basketball events of the year 2011 throughout the world.
The following are the basketball events of the year 2014 throughout the world.
Brandon Robinson is an American professional basketball player. Robinson played with Seminole State College of Florida and Clayton State University at the college level. He began his professional career in Canada where he was named NBL Canada Rookie of the Year and All-Star Game Most Valuable Player in 2012.
Nathan Ezell Bowie is an American basketball coach and former player.
The North American continent is the birthplace of several organized sports, such as basketball, charrería/rodeo, gridiron football, ice hockey, jaripeo/bull riding, lacrosse, ollamaliztl, mixed martial arts (MMA), racquetball, ultimate, and volleyball. The modern versions of baseball and softball, skateboarding, snowboarding, stock car racing, and surfing also developed in North America.
Kirk King is a retired professional basketball player. He played for the Connecticut Huskies from 1993 to 1997 before being suspended during his senior season for violating National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rules. In 1997, he was drafted into the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), the now-defunct developmental league of the National Basketball Association (NBA). While never reaching the NBA, King played professionally for several years in the CBA, the United States Basketball League, the International Basketball League, the Philippines, Greece, Puerto Rico and Venezuela.
Marcus Ryan Elliott is an American professional basketball player for the Urunday Universitario of the Liga Uruguaya de Basketball.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruption to basketball across the world, mirroring its impact across all sports. Across the world and to varying degrees, events and competitions have been cancelled or postponed with limited or no spectators, and other restrictions in 2020 and 2021. The National Basketball Association (NBA) suspended its 2019–20 season due to one player testing positive from COVID-19, and began to resume the season later in 2020.