Sports leagues Sports leagues A division in sport consists of a group of teams which compete against one another for a divisional title, or other honour. ...more on Wikipedia about "Division (sport)"
A league system is a hierarchy of leagues in a sport that teams can be promoted or relegated between, depending on finishing positions or playoffs. They are often called pyramids due to their tendency to have more (regional) divisions at the bottom. ...more on Wikipedia about "League system"
(List of defunct sports leagues) == Australia== ...more on Wikipedia about "List of defunct sports leagues"
This article contains a list of developmental and minor sports leagues: two concepts which are largely restricted to North American sports. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of developmental and minor sports leagues"
A list of professional sports leagues: ...more on Wikipedia about "List of professional sports leagues"
A sports league is an organization which exists to provide a regulated competition for a number of people to compete in a specific sport. At its simplest, it may be a local group of amateur athletes who form teams among themselves and compete on weekends; at its most complex, it can be an international professional league making large amounts of money and involving dozens of teams and thousands of players. League is generally used to refer to competitions involving team sports, not individual sports. Sometimes a number of leagues are tied together in a hierarchical fashion; the best teams of one league may move to a higher league and the worst teams of a higher league may move to a lower league. This is called a league system and is most common in European countries in sports such as football (soccer). A league may be split into smaller groups, often called conferences or divisions; teams then compete to be the best in their division and/or conference while also trying to be the best in the league. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sports league"
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