Russian Professional Basketball League

Russian Professional Basketball League

The Professional Basketball League (Russian: Профессиональная баскетбольная лига (ПБЛ), Professionalʼnaya basketbolʼnaya liga), often abbreviated to the PBL, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in Russia, and the successor to the Russian Basketball Super League, which is now the second-tier division of the Russian basketball league system.

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