List of defunct sports leagues

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Contents 1 Australia 1.1 Australian football 1.2 Baseball 1.3 Rugby League 1.4 Rugby Union 1.5 Soccer 2 Canada 2.1 Baseball 2.2 Basketball 2.3 Ice hockey 2.4 Soccer 3 New Zealand 3.1 Rugby union 4 Russia 4.1 Ice hockey 5 United Kingdom 5.1 American Football 5.2 Basketball 5.3 Association Football 6 United States 6.1 Pro Baseball 6.2 Pro Basketball 6.3 Amateur Basketball 6.4 Pro Football 6.5 Pro Hockey 6.6 Pro Soccer (Association Football) 6.7 Pro Lacrosse 7 Other 8 External links

[edit] Australia

[edit] Australian football

• Tasmanian Football League (TFL 1879-2000)

[edit] Baseball

• Australian Baseball League

[edit] Rugby League

• Super League (Australia)

[edit] Rugby Union

• Australian Rugby Championship

[edit] Soccer

• Anglo-Australian Football Association
• Queensland British Football Association
• South Australian British Football Association
• Southern British Football Association
• Tasmania British Football Association
• National Soccer League

[edit] Canada

[edit] Baseball

• Canadian Baseball League (CBL 2003)

[edit] Basketball

• National Basketball League (NBL 1993-94)

[edit] Ice hockey

• Coloured Hockey League (1895-1925)
• Canadian Amateur Hockey League (1898-1905)
• Amateur Hockey Association (AHA 1893-1898)
• Federal Amateur Hockey League (1903-1906)
• Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey League (1905-1906)
• Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (1906-1909)
• Manitoba Professional Hockey League (MPHL 1907-09)
• National Hockey Association (NHA 1909-1917)
• Canadian Hockey Association (CHA 1909-1910)
• Maritime Professional Hockey League (MPHL 1910-15) - aka Interprovincal Hockey League, and Eastern Professional Hockey League
• Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA 1911-24)
• Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL 1921-1926)
• International Hockey League (IHL 1945-2001)
• Metro Junior A League (1961-63)
• World Hockey Association (WHA 1972-1979)
• Roller Hockey International (RHI 1993-1997, 1999)

[edit] Soccer

• Canadian Soccer League (CSL 1987-92)
• Canadian National Soccer League (CNSL 1922-97)

[edit] New Zealand

[edit] Rugby union

• National Provincial Championship (NPC, 1976-2005)
  • Replaced by Air New Zealand Cup and Heartland Championship in 2006.

[edit] Russia

[edit] Ice hockey

• Russian Super League (1996-2008)
  • Replaced by the Kontinental Hockey League in 2008. The KHL also launched with teams from Belarus, Latvia. and Kazakhstan.

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] American Football

• Amateur American Football Conference (AAFC) (1985-1986)
• American Football League, UK (AFLUK) (1985)
• British American Football Federation (BAFF) (1985)
• British American Football League (BAFL) (1986)
• British Independent Gridiron Conference (BIG-C) (1997)
• Budweiser League (1986-1989)
• Capital League (1987)
• Combined Gridiron League (CGL) (1989)
• National Conference Management and Marketing Association (NCMMA) (1990)
• National Division Management Association (NDMA) (1990-1993)
• Northwest & Welsh Counties American Football League (NWCAFL) (1987)
• South Western American Football League (SWAFL) (1988-1989)
• Thistle League (1987)
• United Kingdom American Football Association (UKAFA) (1985)
• United Kingdom American Football League (UKAFL) (1987-1988)

[edit] Basketball

• National Basketball League (1974-2003)

[edit] Association Football

• Football Alliance (1889-1892)
• Athenian League (1912-1984)
• Chiltonian League (1984-2000)
• Surrey Senior League (1922-2003)

[edit] United States

[edit] Pro Baseball

• National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (1871-75)
• American Association (1882-1891)
• Union Association (1884)
• Negro Leagues
  • League of Colored Baseball Clubs reorganized as Eastern Interstate League (1887; 1889-1890)
  • Negro National League
    • Midwestern and southern United States (1920-1931)
    • Eastern United States (1933-1948)
  • Eastern Colored League (1923-1928)
  • American Negro League (1929)
  • East-West League (1932)
  • Negro Southern League (1932)
  • Negro American League (1937-1950)
  • Negro Midwest League (194?-19??)
  • United States Negro Baseball League (1945-1946)
  • West Coast Negro Baseball League (1946)
• Players League (1890)
• Federal League (1914-1915)
• American Association (20th century) minor league (1902-1962 and 1969-1997)
• All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (1943-1954)
• Continental League (1960, never played)
• Senior Professional Baseball Association (1989-1990)
• Great Central League (1994)
• United League Baseball (1995, never played)
• Western Baseball League (1995-2002)

[edit] Pro Basketball

Men:

• AABA-All-American Basketball Alliance (1977-78)
• AAPBL-All-American Professional Basketball League (2005)
• ABA-American Basketball Association (1967-1976)
• ABL I-American Basketball League I (1925-1955)
• ABL II-American Basketball League II (1961-1963)
• GBA-Global Basketball Association (GBA 1991-92 - December 1992, league folded midway through 1992-93 season)
• IBA-International Basketball Association (1995-2001)
• IBL-International Basketball League (1999-2001)
• NBL-National Basketball League (1937-1949)
• NPBL-National Professional Basketball League (1950-1951)
• NRL-National Rookie League (2000-2002)
• PBLA-Professional Basketball League of America (1947-1948)
• WBA-Western Basketball Association (1978-79)
• WBL-World Basketball League (1988-1992)

Women:

• Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL 1978-81)
• Liberty Basketball Association, a woman's pro basketball league.
• American Basketball League III (ABL 1996-1998)

[edit] Amateur Basketball

• Amateur Athletic Association Basketball (AAU 1897-1982)

[edit] Pro Football

• AAFC - All-America Football Conference (1946-1949)
• AFL - American Football League (1926)
• AFL - American Football League (1936-1937)
• AFL - American Football League (1940-1941)
• AFL - American Football League (1960-1969, now the AFC of the NFL)
• CFL - Continental Football League (1965-1969)
• IFL - Indoor Football League (1999-2000)
• IPFL - Indoor Professional Football League (1999-2001)
• PIFL - Professional Indoor Football League (1998)
• PSFL - Professional Spring Football League (1991 - Training Camp)
• USFL - United States Football League (1983-1985)
• WFL - World Football League (1974-1975)
• XFL - Xtreme Football League (2001)

Note: Bolded leagues were competitor of major league NFL.

[edit] Pro Hockey

• World Hockey Association (WHA 1972-1979)
• Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA 1911-1924)
• International Hockey League (IHL 1945-2001)
• Roller Hockey International (RHI 1993-1997, 1999)

[edit] Pro Soccer (Association Football)

• American Football Association (1896-1907)
• American Soccer League (1921-1933, 1933-83, 1988-1989)
• Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL 1993-97)
• Major Soccer League aka Major Indoor Soccer League ( 1978-1992)
• North American Soccer League (NASL 1968-1984)
• Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA 2001-2003; revived in 2009 as Women's Professional Soccer)
• World Indoor Soccer League (WISL 1998-2001)
• United Soccer League (1984-85)

[edit] Pro Lacrosse

• National Lacrosse League (1974-75)
• American Lacrosse League (1988)

[edit] Other

• Canadian Association of Stock Car Auto Racing (CASCAR 1981-2006; replaced by NASCAR Canadian Tire Series)
• International Boxing League (IBL 1969-70)
• International Roller Derby League (IRDL 1935-1973)
• International Volleyball Association (IVA 1974)
• Japan Soccer League (JSL 1965-1992)
• National Bowling League (NBL 1961-62)
• Major League Volleyball (1987-89)
• NFL Europa (1991-2007)
• Pro Cricket (2004)
• Professional Slow Pitch Softball Leagues (1977-1982)
• United States Professional Volleyball (USPV 2002-2003)
• World Team Tennis (WTT 1974-1978)
• Women's American football leagues since 1998.
• Women's Western Volleyball League (WWVL 1993-1994)

[edit] External links

• Defunct sports leagues
• North American Pro Sports Teams- Lists every imaginable league that has operated in Canada and / or the United States. Grouped by city.