INBL

The Indian National Basketball League (INBL) is the top professional basketball league in India, organized and run by the Basketball Federation of India. (BFI)[1]

Indian National Basketball League (INBL)
Current season, competition or edition:
2022 Indian National Basketball League season
SportBasketball
Founded2021
MottoDONE. HIDING.
No. of teams9
CountryIndia

The official start has been communicated as January 2022.[2]

It does not embrace the franchise model and also has no plans to attract foreign players. It features the nine best men's and women's teams at the Senior National Championship who play each other in a home-and-away format.[1]

The league's organizer has been Headstart Arena India, a Punjab-based recreational, cultural and sporting activities company which also has business interests in Australia, has been granted a five-year license by the BFI to run the competition and also help promote the 3x3 version of the game.[1]

K. Govindaraj, BFI president, said the INBL's aim was to provide players with competitive games “every second weekend” to improve their standards and look to qualify for competitions such as the Olympics and World Cups.[1]

The INBL followed India's UBA Pro Basketball League which played out four seasons between 2015 and 2017. Yet, the UBA never took off as the Basketball Federation of India banned players participating in the UBA by not permitting them to participate in any All-India tournament, national and international tournaments.[3]

See also

References
  1. Indian National Basketball League from January 4 The Hindu, 18 November 2021. Accessed 23 February 2022.
  2. "Indian National Basketball League announced in Bengaluru-League to get underway in January 2022". India Today. 20 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  3. "BFI launch INBL (Indian National Basketball League), aim to take sport to higher standards across all formats". NBA.com. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2022.


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