Encyclopedia > List of developmental and minor sports leagues
This article contains a list of developmental and minor sports leagues: two concepts which are largely restricted to North American sports.
North America
Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005 Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls attempts to score. ...
The American Basketball Association (ABA) ABA was founded in 1999 and is currently in a period of expansion. ...
The Continental Basketball Association or CBA is a professional mens basketball league in the United States. ...
The United States Basketball League is a professional mens summer basketball league. ...
This article is about the International Basketball League formed in 2005. ...
The National Basketball Association Development League, more commonly known as the D-League, is the NBAs officially sponsored and operated developmental basketball organization. ...
The National Alliance of Basketball Leagues is the descendent of the industrial-based basketball clubs that formed into the National Basketball League in the early 1930s. ...
Baseball is a team sport in which a player on one team (the pitcher) attempts to throw a hard, fist-sized ball past a player on the other team (the batter), who attempts to hit the baseball with a tapered, smooth cylinder called a bat. ...
This is a list of minor league baseball leagues and teams in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. ...
United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ...
NFL Europe logo Old World League of American Football logo NFL Europe is an American football league which operates in Europe. ...
The Arena Football League (AFL) was founded in 1987 as an American football indoor league. ...
af2 (short for arenafootball2) is the name of the Arena Football Leagues minor league, which started play in 2000. ...
National Indoor Football League is a minor league indoor football association based in the United States. ...
United Indoor Football is an indoor football league starting in 2005. ...
Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...
This logo is being used to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the AHLs founding. ...
The Canadian Hockey League is an umbrella organization for three Canadian Major Junior A Tier I hockey leagues for players of 15 to 20 years of age. ...
The Western Hockey League is one of the three hockey Major Junior Tier I leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. ...
A typical OHL hockey game. ...
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (French: la Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec, abbreviated QMJHL in English, LHJMQ in French) is one of the three Major Junior A Tier I hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. ...
The Central Hockey League (CHL) is a professional hockey league. ...
The ECHL is a professional hockey minor league based in the United States and Canada, generally regarded as a tier below the American Hockey League. ...
The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) is a low-level professional ice hockey league with teams located in the southeastern United States. ...
UHL logo The United Hockey League (UHL) is a low-level professional ice hockey league with teams in the United States. ...
The Western Hockey League is one of the three hockey Major Junior Tier I leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. ...
Soccer (association football) Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Confederation of African Football (CAF) Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) The Current Laws of the Game (LOTG) The Rec. ...
The United Soccer Leagues First Division is a professional mens soccer league in North America. ...
The United Soccer Leagues Second Division is a professional mens soccer league in North America, part of the United Soccer Leagues (USL) league pyramid. ...
The USL Premier Development League (PDL) is the amateur league of the United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the American Soccer Pyramid. ...
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