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A league system is a hierarchy of leagues in a sport that usually teams can be promoted or relegated between, depending on finishing positions or playoffs. A sports league is an organization that exists to provide a regulated competition for a number of people to compete in a specific Sport. In many Sports leagues around the world (with North American and Australian professional leagues being the most notable exceptions promotion and relegation They are often called pyramids due to their tendency to have more (regional) divisions at the bottom.

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American Football

Football (soccer)

Basketball

Ice Hockey

Rugby league

Rugby union

Cricket

Tennis

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American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with British American Football League (BAFL is the United Kingdom 's primary American Football league Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered The American Soccer Pyramid is a term used in soccer to describe the structure of the league system in the United States. The Argentine football league system is organised as follows the first two leagues include clubs from the whole country while the third to fifth leagues are divided geographically Football is a popular sport in Austria, second only to Alpine skiing. The Belgian football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Belgium. The Bosnian football league system is a series of connected leagues for clubs football in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Brazilian football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for football clubs in Brazil. The Canadian soccer pyramid is a term used in soccer to describe the structure of the league system in the Canada. The Chilean football league system, called the Campeonatos Nacionales de Fútbol en Chile or Liga Chilena de Fútbol in Spanish, is a series of interconnected China is the last major East Asian football ( Chinese: 足球 Pinyin: zuqiu) power to start a professional Football league The Croatian football league system is a series of connected leagues for club football in Croatia. The Cyprus football league system is like this Structure At the top is the Cypriot First Division (which may be referred to as level 1 of the league "pyramid" The Czech football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in the Czech Republic. This article discusses association football in Denmark. Football is the national sport of Denmark, with 296818 players and 1614 clubs registered The Dutch football league consists of two professional leagues and seven levels of amateur football leagues the highest of which is called Hoofdklasse. The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in England (although Football in Estonia is governed by the Estonian Football Association (Eesti Jalgpalli Liit The French football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in France. For the league system of former East Germany, see East German football league system. The Greek football league system include five levels in which teams can possibly make it to Super League Greece, Greece 's highest division of football Tracing back to early 20th century the football league in Hong Kong is probably the oldest professional league in Asia The Icelandic football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Iceland The Indian I-League, is the most prominent football league in India started by the All India Football Federation (AIFF The Iranian football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for football clubs in Iran. The FAI eircom League of Ireland is the Republic of Ireland 's current national football league system created following the merging of the FAI and the League The Israeli football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Israel. The Italian football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for football clubs in Italy. Football is the most popular sport in Jamaica. It was introduced to Jamaica by the British and quickly took hold The Japanese football league system is organized in a pyramidal shape just like the football league systems in the world The Korean football league system contains three unconnected leagues for Korean football clubs The Mexican football league system is the national football competition system in Mexico. The Moroccan football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for football clubs in Morocco. The Northern Ireland football league system is structured as two series of interconnected football leagues across Northern Ireland. Football is the most popular sport in Norway. The Football Association of Norway was founded in 1902 and the first international match was played in 1908 The Pakistan football league system is the national football competition in Pakistan. The Paraguayan football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for football clubs in Paraguay. In Poland, Football (soccer is the most popular sport. Over 400000 Poles play football regularly while millions more The Russian football league system is structured as two series of interconnected football leagues across Russia. The Scottish football league system is a series of generally unconnected leagues for Scottish football clubs The Spanish league system consists of the following levels Primera división (20 clubs Segunda división (22 clubs Segunda The Swedish football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Sweden which is controlled by the Swedish Football Association The Swiss Football League is organised in several leagues The Turkish professional football system is divided into the following leagues The Campeonato Uruguayo de Fútbol (Uruguayan Football Championship is the main tournament in Uruguayan Football (soccer, and it is organized by the Uruguayan The Welsh football league system (or pyramid) is a series of football leagues with regular promotion and relegation between them Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Basketball in Spain is organized in a way similar to football, which is different from the system employed by the NBA in North America Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. The Czech Extraliga is the highest-level Ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. The Russian Superleague (Чемпионат России Суперлига lit Elitserien, or the Swedish Elite League ( SEL) as it is often unofficially called in English, is a professional Ice hockey HockeyAllsvenskan, prior to the 2005–06 season called Allsvenskan, is the name of the second highest-level Swedish Ice hockey league (after The Elite Ice Hockey League (also known for sponsorship reasons as the Bmibaby Elite League) is a Professional Ice hockey league in the United History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games The British rugby league system is based on three separate structures the professional leagues administered by the Rugby Football League, the amateur leagues administered by The major national club competition in France is the Elite one championship below this is the Elite two championship and a number of regional leagues Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short The 12-team Guinness Premiership is the top level of the English rugby union system; it is fully professional but has a salary cap in place The major national club competition in France is the Top 14 (formerly the Top 16 The top level of competition in the Irish rugby union system is the Celtic League which is a league of professional clubs from Ireland Scotland and Wales The New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union (NSWSRU is affiliated to the New South Wales Rugby Union and runs the competition affectionately known as "Subbies" rugby The top level of competition in the Scottish rugby union system is the Celtic League which is a league of professional clubs from Ireland Scotland and Wales The top level of competition in the Welsh rugby union system is the Celtic League which is a league of professional clubs from Ireland Scotland and Wales Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries The Indian Premier League (also known as the " DLF Indian Premier League" and often abbreviated as IPL) is a Twenty20 Cricket competition Major League Cricket, or MLC, is a company dedicated to running a profitable professional Cricket competition within the United States, as well as Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) The Davis Cup Tennis competition is structured around a number of groups with promotion and relegation between them The Fed Cup Tennis competition is structured around a number of groups with promotion and relegation between them A tournament (IPA) is a Competition involving a relatively large number of competitors all participating in a Sport or Game. A division in Sports consists of a group of Teams which compete against one another for a divisional title A list of professional sports leagues: Auto racing A1 Grand Prix ( Official Page American Le Mans Series ( Official
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