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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22League+system%22">"League system"</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22League+system%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22League+system%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22League+system%22+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22League+system%22">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22League+system%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A <b>league system</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Hierarchy" title="Hierarchy">hierarchy</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sports_league" title="Sports league">leagues</a> in a sport. They are often called <b>pyramids</b>, due to their tendency to split into an increasing number of regional divisions further down the system. League systems of some sort are used in many sports in many countries. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=League_system&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league" title="Rugby league">rugby league</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_games" title="Gaelic games">Gaelic games</a>, league systems are usually connected by the process of <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">promotion and relegation</a>, in which teams from a lower division who finish at the top of the standings in their league are promoted (advanced to the next level of the system) while teams who finish lowest in their division are relegated (move down to a lower division). This process can be automatic each year, or can require playoffs. </p><p>In North America, league systems in the most popular sports do not use promotion or relegation. Most <a href="/wiki/Professional_sports" title="Professional sports">professional sports</a> are divided into <a href="/wiki/Major_professional_sports_leagues_in_the_United_States_and_Canada" title="Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada">major</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minor_league" title="Minor league">minor leagues</a>. <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">Baseball</a> and association football (known as soccer in North America) have well-defined pyramid shapes to their minor league hierarchies, each managed by a governing body (<a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">Minor League Baseball</a>, an organization under the authority of the <a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_Baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioner of Baseball">Commissioner of Baseball</a>, governs baseball leagues; the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Soccer_Federation" title="United States Soccer Federation">United States Soccer Federation</a> designates the American soccer pyramid.) <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">Ice hockey</a>'s professional minor league system is linear, with one league at most of the four levels of the game; the ice hockey league system in North America is governed by <a href="/wiki/Collective_bargaining_agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Collective bargaining agreement">collective bargaining agreements</a> and affiliation deals between the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">NHL</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">AHL</a> and <a href="/wiki/ECHL" title="ECHL">ECHL</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Gridiron_football" title="Gridiron football">Gridiron football</a> does not operate on a league system. Different professional leagues play by <a href="/wiki/List_of_gridiron_football_rules" title="List of gridiron football rules">very different sets of rules</a> in different seasons (the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a> plays 11-a-side on a 100-yard field in autumn and early winter, the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Football_League" title="Canadian Football League">CFL</a> uses 12-a-side on a 110-yard field in summer and early fall, while <a href="/wiki/Arena_football" title="Arena football">arena football</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Indoor_American_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Indoor American football">minor indoor leagues</a> each play 8-a-side on a 50-yard field in the spring and early summer). There have been attempts at forming true minor leagues for the professional game (most recently with the <a href="/wiki/XFL_(2020)" class="mw-redirect" title="XFL (2020)">XFL</a> in 2020); none so far have been able to balance the major leagues' requests with the ability to maintain financial solvency. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Impact">Impact</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=League_system&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Impact"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>League systems can have a negative effect on competitive balance, particularly in European professional football.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=League_system&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tournament#Group_tournaments" title="Tournament">Group tournaments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_sports_leagues" title="List of professional sports leagues">List of professional sports leagues</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=League_system&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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href="/wiki/Moroccan_football_league_system" title="Moroccan football league system">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Mozambique#League_system" title="Football in Mozambique">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_football_league_system" title="Nigerian football league system">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_R%C3%A9union#League_system" title="Football in Réunion">Réunion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe#League_system" title="Football in São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Seychelles#League_system" title="Football in Seychelles">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Somalia#League_system" title="Football in Somalia">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_African_football_league_system" class="mw-redirect" title="South African football league system">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisian_football_league_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunisian football league system">Tunisia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/CONCACAF" title="CONCACAF">CONCACAF</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Anguilla#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Anguilla">Anguilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Antigua_and_Barbuda#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Aruba#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Aruba">Aruba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_the_Bahamas#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in the Bahamas">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Barbados#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Barbados">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Belize#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Belize">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Bermuda#League_system" title="Football in Bermuda">Bermuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Bonaire#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Bonaire">Bonaire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_the_British_Virgin_Islands#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in the British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_soccer_league_system" title="Canadian soccer league system">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_the_Cayman_Islands#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in the Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Costa_Rica#League_system" title="Football in Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Cuba#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Cuba">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Cura%C3%A7ao#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Curaçao">Curaçao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_the_Dominican_Republic#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in the Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_El_Salvador#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in El Salvador">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_French_Guiana#League_system" title="Football in French Guiana">French Guiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Guadeloupe#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Guatemala#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Guatemala">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Haiti#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Haiti">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honduran_football_league_system" title="Honduran football league system">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaican_football_league_system" title="Jamaican football league system">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Martinique#League_system" title="Football in Martinique">Martinique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_football_league_system" title="Mexican football league system">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Montserrat#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Montserrat">Montserrat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Nicaragua#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Panama#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Panama">Panama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rican_football_league_system" title="Puerto Rican football league system">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Saint Kitts and Nevis">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Saint_Martin#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Saint Martin">Saint Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Sint_Maarten#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in Sint Maarten">Sint Maarten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago_football_league_system" title="Trinidad and Tobago football league system">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands#League_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football in the Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_soccer_league_system" title="United States soccer league system">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soccer_in_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands#League_system" title="Soccer in the United States Virgin Islands">United States Virgin Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/CONMEBOL" title="CONMEBOL">CONMEBOL</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Argentine_football_league_system" title="Argentine football league system">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolivian_football_league_system" title="Bolivian football league system">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_football_league_system" title="Brazilian football league system">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilean_football_league_system" title="Chilean football league system">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colombian_football_league_system" title="Colombian football league system">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecuadorian_football_league_system" title="Ecuadorian football league system">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paraguayan_football_league_system" title="Paraguayan football league system">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peruvian_football_league_system" title="Peruvian football league system">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruguayan_football_league_system" title="Uruguayan football league system">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_football_league_system" title="Venezuelan football league system">Venezuela</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Oceania_Football_Confederation" title="Oceania Football Confederation">OFC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_French_Polynesia#League_system" title="Football in French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_New_Caledonia#League_system" title="Football in New Caledonia">New Caledonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_football_league_system" title="New Zealand football league system">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soccer_in_Papua_New_Guinea#League_system" title="Soccer in Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuvaluan_football_league_system" title="Tuvaluan football league system">Tuvalu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Albania#League_system" title="Football in Albania">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Andorra#League_system" title="Football in Andorra">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Armenia#League_system" title="Football in Armenia">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Austria#League_system" title="Football in Austria">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_football_league_system" title="Azerbaijani football league system">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Belarus#League_system" title="Football in Belarus">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_football_league_system" title="Belgian football league system">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_football_league_system" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina football league system">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_football_league_system" title="Bulgarian football league system">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_football_league_system" title="Croatian football league system">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cypriot_football_league_system" title="Cypriot football league system">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_football_league_system" title="Czech Republic football league system">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_football_league_system" title="Danish football league system">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_football_league_system" title="English football league system">England</a> (<a href="/wiki/Women%27s_football_in_England" title="Women's football in England">women's</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Estonia#The_league_system" title="Football in Estonia">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_the_Faroe_Islands#League_System" title="Football in the Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_football_league_system" title="Finnish football league system">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_football_league_system" title="French football league system">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Georgia_(country)#Domestic_competition" title="Football in Georgia (country)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_football_league_system" title="German football league system">Germany</a> (<a href="/wiki/German_women%27s_football_league_system" title="German women's football league system">women's</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Gibraltar#League_system" title="Football in Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_football_league_system" title="Greek football league system">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_football_league_system" title="Hungarian football league system">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandic_football_league_system" title="Icelandic football league system">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland_football_league_system" title="Republic of Ireland football league system">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israeli_football_league_system" title="Israeli football league system">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_football_league_system" title="Italian football league system">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Kazakhstan#League_system" title="Football in Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Kosovo" title="Football in Kosovo">Kosovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Latvia#League_system" title="Football in Latvia">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Liechtenstein#Domestic_football" title="Football in Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Lithuania#League_system" title="Football in Lithuania">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_football_league_system" title="Luxembourg football league system">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maltese_football_league_system" title="Maltese football league system">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Moldova#League_system" title="Football in Moldova">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Montenegro#League_system" title="Football in Montenegro">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_football_league_system" title="Dutch football league system">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_North_Macedonia#League_system" title="Football in North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_football_league_system" title="Northern Ireland football league system">Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_football_league_system" title="Norwegian football league system">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_football_league_system" title="Polish football league system">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_football_league_system" title="Portuguese football league system">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_football_league_system" title="Romanian football league system">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Russia#League_system" title="Football in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_San_Marino#League_system" title="Football in San Marino">San Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_football_league_system" title="Scottish football league system">Scotland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Draft:Scottish_women%27s_football_league_system" title="Draft:Scottish women's football league system">women's</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_football_league_system" title="Serbian football league system">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_football_league_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Slovak football league system">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Slovenia#League_system" title="Football in Slovenia">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_football_league_system" title="Spanish football league system">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_football_league_system" title="Swedish football league system">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_football_league_system" title="Swiss football league system">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_football_league_system" title="Turkish football league system">Turkey</a> (<a href="/wiki/Women%27s_football_in_Turkey" title="Women's football in Turkey">women's</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_football_league_system" title="Ukrainian football league system">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_football_league_system" title="Welsh football league system">Wales</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Continental</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_professional_club_basketball_system" title="European professional club basketball system">Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_American_professional_club_basketball_system" title="South American professional club basketball system">South America</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/French_basketball_league_system" title="French basketball league system">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_basketball_league_system" title="German basketball league system">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_basketball_league_system" title="Greek basketball league system">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_basketball_league_system" title="Hungarian basketball league system">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandic_basketball_league_system" title="Icelandic basketball league system">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_basketball_league_system" title="Italian basketball league system">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_basketball_league_system" title="Japanese basketball league system">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_basketball_league_system" title="Polish basketball league system">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_basketball_league_system" title="Russian basketball league system">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_basketball_league_system" title="Serbian basketball league system">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_basketball_league_system" title="Spanish basketball league system">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_basketball_league_system" title="Turkish basketball league system">Turkey</a></li></ul> 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