ThePolish basketball league system, orPolish basketball league pyramid is a series ofinterconnected competitions for professional and amateurbasketball clubs inPoland. The system has ahierarchical format with apromotion and relegation system between competitions at different levels.
For the 2020–21 season, the Polish men's basketball league system is as follows:
| Level (Clubs) | League/Division | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1 (16) | Polska Liga Koszykówki (PLK) 16 teams ↓ 2 relegation | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 (16) | I Liga 16 teams ↑ 2 promotion ↓ 4 relegation | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 (51) | II Liga Group A (North-West) 12 teams | II Liga Group B (Central-East) 13 teams | II Liga Group C (South) 13 teams | II Liga Group D (South-West) 13 teams | ||||||||||||||
| Five rounds of playoffs: ↑ 4 promotion (2 finalists and the winner of the matches for 3rd place) One round of play-out: ↓ 4 relegation (each of the 4 losers) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 (78) | III Liga DZKosz. (DS,LB) 15 teams | III Liga KOZKosz. (MA,PK) 10 teams | III Liga KPZKosz. (KP,LD) 6 teams | III Liga OZKosz. (OP) 7 teams | III Liga PodkZKosz. (PK,LU) 3 teams | III Liga POZKosz. (PM,WN) 8 teams | III Liga SLZKosz. (SL) 7 teams | III Liga WOZKosz. (MZ) 14 teams | III Liga WZKosz. (WP) 10 teams | |||||||||
| Semi-finals tournaments: 24 best teams from all the groups will qualify for six semi-final's tournaments (the 4 teams in each tournament) Finals tournaments: 12 best teams of the six semi-final's tournaments (2 teams from each semi-final's tournaments) ↑ 6 promotion (2 teams from each final's tournaments) | ||||||||||||||||||
For the 2020–21 season, the Polish women's basketball league system is as follows:
| Level (Clubs) | League/Division | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (11) | Basket Liga Kobiet (BLK) 11 teams ↓ 0 or 1 relegation [league contract, 12 clubs participating is guaranteed to play provided they meet the conditions of the license (no relegations); exception: the fall in the event of two classes of one of the last places in consecutive seasons] | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 (20) | I LigaGroup A 10 teams | I LigaGroup B 10 teams | |||||||||||||||
| Four rounds of playoffs: ↑ 1 promotion (the winner of the final matches) One round of play-out: ↓ 2 relegation (each of the 2 losers) | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 (34) | II Liga North Group 5 teams | II Liga South Group A 6 teams | II Liga South Group B 6 teams | II Liga East Group 6 teams | II Liga West Group 11 teams | ||||||||||||
| Semi-finals tournaments: 8 best teams from all the groups will qualify for two semi-final's tournaments (the 4 teams in each tournament) Finals tournaments: 4 best teams of the two semi-final's tournaments (2 teams from each semi-final's tournaments) ↑ 2 promotion (2 teams from final's tournaments) | |||||||||||||||||
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