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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.

Auto racing

Badminton

 England

 India

 Indonesia

Bandy

  Finland

 Russia

 Sweden

Baseball

Northern Hemisphere Summer

Americas

  United States,   Canada,   Cuba,   Venezuela, and   Argentina

  Mexico

  Argentina

Asia-Pacific

  Japan

  South Korea

  People's Republic of China

Taiwan Taiwan

  Philippines

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

  Curaçao

  Dominican Republic

  Mexico

  Nicaragua

  Panama

  Puerto Rico

  United States

  Venezuela

Asia-Pacific

  Australia,   New Zealand and   South Korea

  Japan,   South Korea and   Taiwan

Basketball

Bowling

Boxing

Major promotions

Major sanctioning bodies

  India

Chess

 Philippines

Cricket

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

Europe

 England

 Scotland

  Netherlands

 Ireland

Oceania

 Australia

 New Zealand

Curling

Cycling

 United States

 India

  • International Cycling League
  • Pro Cycle Cycling

 Italy

Competitive eating

Football: Association football


Football: 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

Football: Beach soccer

  Ukraine

Football: Indoor soccer

 United States

Football: Australian rules football

Asia

Europe

Oceania

  Australia

International

Football: Gridiron football

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

 Poland

 Portugal

 Russia

 Slovakia

  • Slovak Football League

 Slovenia

 Spain

 Sweden

  Switzerland

 Turkey

 UK

Asia

 China

  India

 Japan

Oceania

 Australia

Football: Rugby league

Americas

Europe

Oceania

Football: Rugby union

Intercontinental

Africa

Americas

Asia-Pacific

Europe

Pro clubs in an amateur league

Fencing

Field hockey

Asia

Europe

Australia

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, [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

  Belgium   Netherlands

Ice hockey

North America

 Canada and  United States

 Canada only

 United States only

 Mexico

Asia

  Japan,   South Korea, and   Russia

  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 Republic of Ireland

  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

 Australia

 New Zealand

Indoor hockey

Inline hockey

Roller hockey (quad)/Rink hockey

  Spain

Kabaddi

International Tournaments

Kabaddi Leagues

Kho kho

Kickboxing

Korfball

Lacrosse

Box / Indoor lacrosse

 United States and  Canada

Field lacrosse

Mixed martial arts

Motorcycle racing

Netball

Pesäpallo

  Finland:

Shooting

  Germany

Speedway

Professional wrestling

United States
Japan
Mexico
Australia

Racquetball

Roll Ball

  India

  United States

  • Roll Ball One

  United Kingdom

  • Pro Roll Ball One

  European Union

  • Roll Ball League

Snooker

Softball

 United States

  United Kingdom

  Japan

Table tennis

Tennis

Asia

  India

Track and field

Ultimate

 United States

Video gaming/ Electronic sports

 United States

 Turkey

  • ESL Turkey Premiership
  • League of Legends Championship League

Asia

  China

  India

  South Korea

  Taiwan/  Hong Kong/  Macau

  Japan

 Philippines

Southeast Asia

Multiple regions

Volleyball

Water polo

See also

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