league, conference (noun)

The National Basketball Association is North America's professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada.

Stoke City Football Club is a football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, England.

The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League.

The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia.

The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and Canada, generally regarded as a tier below the American Hockey League.

Allsvenskan is the highest league in the league system of Swedish football.

Great Britain was one of the major national teams playing rugby league.

The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of seventeen universities in the northeastern, southeastern and midwestern United States.

The American Basketball Association was a professional basketball league founded in 1967.

is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in theJ. League Division 1. The team's name comes from the Italian word "Gamba" meaning "leg" and the Japanese, meaning "to do your best" or "to stand firm" . Located in Suita, Osaka, the team's home stadium is Osaka Expo'70 Stadium.

is a professional football club playing in Japan's football league,J. League.

is a Japanese football team which participates in the professionalJ. League.

The Midwest League is a Class A minor league baseball league which operates in the Midwestern United States.

is a professional football team playing in the JapaneseJ. League.

This article refers to the former Baseball major league that existed from 1882 to 1891.

The Russian Superleague, commonly abbreviated as Rsl, was the highest division of the main professional ice hockey league in Russia.

The American League East Division is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions.

The CAF Champions League is an annual international club football competition run by the Confederation of African Football. The top club sides from Africa's football leagues are invited to participate in this competition, which is the premier club football competition on the continent and the equivalent to the UEFA Champions League.

The California League is a Class A Advanced minor league baseball league which operates throughout the state of California.

The American Football Conference is one of the two conferences of the National Football League. The other is the National Football Conference. This conference, along with the Nfc, contains 16 teams.

The Michigan Wolverines comprise 24 varsity sports teams at the University of Michigan.

The Carolina League is a minor league baseball affiliation which operates in the South Atlantic region of the United States.

The Ekstraklasa is a Polish professional league for football clubs.

The Iran Pro League

National League A is a professional ice hockey league in Switzerland.

is a football team in theJ. League.

The Missouri Valley Conference is a college athletic conference whose members are located in the midwestern United States.

The Sun Belt Conference is a college athletic conference that has been affiliated with the Ncaa's Division I since 1976.

is a Japanese Association football club which plays in the first division of theJ. League.

The National League East Division is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions.

The National Football Conference is one of the two conferences of the National Football League. The NFC was created after the league merged with the American Football League in 1970.

The Eastern Conference is one of two conferences in the National Hockey League used to divide teams.

is aJ. League team.

The Kontinental Hockey League is an international professional ice hockey league in Eurasia founded in 2008 and ranked as the best hockey league in Europe.

The Ohio State University's intercollegiate sports teams and players are called the "Buckeyes" , and participate in the Ncaa's Division I in all sports and the Big Ten Conference in most sports.

is aJ. League football team.

The National Basketball League is Australia's top-level professional basketball competition.

The Elite Ice Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom.

is a football club that plays inJ. League.

The Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association is made up of fifteen teams, organized in three divisions of five teams each.

is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in theJ. League Division 1. The team is located in Kobe, Hygo Prefecture.

is aJ. League football club.

The Czech Extraliga is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic.

The First-Year Player Draft, also known as the Rule 4 Draft, is Major League Baseball's primary mechanism for assigning amateur baseball players, from high schools, colleges, and other amateur baseball clubs, to its teams.

The Western Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates over a wide area of the Midwestern and Western United States.

Duke University's 26 varsity sports teams, known as the Blue Devils, compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

is a Japanese professional football club based in Kyoto.

is a Japanese football club playing inJ. League Division 1. Its hometown is Tokyo prefecture.

The Northwest League of Professional Baseball is a Short-Season A classification minor league.

is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J-league Division 1. The team is located in Sapporo, on the island of Hokkaid.