AnWP Sports Leagues – Basketball, Ice Hockey, Handball, Rugby & More for WordPress Plugin Directory

Sports Leagues transforms WordPress into a powerful sports management platform for basketball, ice hockey, rugby, handball, volleyball, cricket, baseball, and all team sports.

Perfect for sports clubs, league administrators, team managers, coaches, and sports bloggers who need professional-grade league management without complex setup.

⚠️ Important Notes

One Sport Per Installation – Plugin configured for one sport at a time

Requires CMB2 – Free CMB2 plugin must be installed

For Soccer/Football – Use our dedicated Football Leagues plugin instead

🏀 Live Demo Sites Free Version:

🏒 Ice Hockey: Tournament | Game | Team | Player

Premium Version:

🏀 Basketball (NBA): Home | Game | Team | Player

🏈 American Football: Home | Game | Team

🏒 Ice Hockey: Tournament | Game

✨ Core Features Complete Sports Management

✅ Players – Full profiles with photos, statistics, career history, birthdays

✅ Teams – Team management with rosters, logos, social links, galleries

✅ Games/Matches – Comprehensive game data: scores, events, lineups, statistics

✅ Tournaments – Round-robin, knockout, and multi-stage competitions

✅ Standings – Automatic league table calculation with custom ranking rules

✅ Venues – Stadium/arena management with maps, photos, upcoming games

✅ Staff – Coaches, managers, support staff with profiles

✅ Officials – Referee and official tracking

Advanced Statistics Engine

📊 Custom player statistics configurator (sport-specific stats)

📊 Game-by-game player performance tracking

📊 Season aggregate statistics (automatic calculation)

📊 Team statistics and comparisons

📊 Dynamic standing table with custom columns

📊 Player position groups and stat categories

Tournament Management

🏆 Knockout stages with bracket visualization

🏆 Round-robin group stages

🏆 Multi-stage tournaments (groups → playoffs)

🏆 Custom rounds and groups

🏆 Game day organization

🏆 Tournament cloning feature

🏆 Season-based organization

Game Features

🏀 Game events timeline (goals, penalties, cards, substitutions)

🏀 Period/quarter scores

🏀 Overtime and penalty shootout support

🏀 Player lineups with positions and numbers

🏀 Missing players/injuries tracking

🏀 Photo galleries and videos

🏀 Countdown timer for upcoming games

🏀 Special status (postponed, TBD)

Flexible Display Options

📱 7 Gutenberg Blocks – Game Countdown, Tournament Header, Next Game, Last Game, Teams, Games List, Player Stats

📱 6 Shortcodes – Standings, Games, Teams, Players Stats, Tournament Header, Player

📱 9 Classic Widgets – Standing Table, Next Game, Last Game, Players Stats, Teams, Player, Birthdays, Games, Game Video

📱 101 Template Files – Fully customizable in your theme

📱 Responsive Design – Mobile-friendly layouts

Customization & Configuration

🎨 Sport Configurator with presets (Basketball, Hockey, Rugby, etc.)

🎨 Custom player positions per sport

🎨 Custom game event types (configurable icons)

🎨 WordPress Customizer integration (colors, layout options)

🎨 Custom text override (change any frontend text)

🎨 Standing table color schemes

🎨 Template override system

🎨 RTL (Right-to-Left) support

Data Management

💾 Excel-like import tool (teams, players, venues, staff)

💾 Season-specific team rosters

💾 Player ID & External ID support

💾 Bulk operations

💾 Custom database tables (optimized performance)

💾 Smart caching system

Admin Interface

🖥️ Modern Vue.js admin pages (fast, reactive)

🖥️ Intuitive game editor

🖥️ Visual tournament builder

🖥️ Statistics configurator

🖥️ Quick setup helper

🖥️ Admin dashboard with insights

Developer Friendly

🔧 100+ action/filter hooks for extensions

🔧 REST API endpoints

🔧 Template hierarchy system

🔧 WordPress Coding Standards compliant

🎯 Perfect For

Sports clubs and organizations

League administrators

Team managers and coaches

Tournament organizers

Sports news websites

Youth sports programs

Amateur and professional leagues

🚀 Supported Sports Basketball, Ice Hockey, Handball, Rugby, Volleyball, Cricket, Baseball, American Football, Water Polo, Field Hockey, Lacrosse, Futsal, and most team sports.

Not suitable for: Individual sports (tennis, golf, etc.) or combat sports (MMA, boxing). For soccer/football use Football Leagues plugin.

📚 Documentation & Support

Documentation – Comprehensive guides

New Documentation Portal (in progress)

Quick Start Guide – Get started in 10 minutes

Community Forum – Ask questions, request features, report bugs

Video Tutorials – Step-by-step visual guides

🌐 Translation Ready

Full internationalization support

Contribute translations via translate.wordpress.org

RTL (Right-to-Left) support included

Custom text override for any language

💎 Premium Version Want advanced features? Sports Leagues Premium adds:

API Data Import – Automatic data sync from api-football.com (NBA, Basketball, NFL)

Premium Layouts – Advanced display templates

Page Layout Builder – Custom page designs with tabs

Bracket View – Visual knockout stage brackets

Results Matrix – Head-to-head results table

Premium Blocks – 6 additional Gutenberg blocks

Standing Advanced – Conference/Division support, advanced columns

User Roles – Assign game edit rights to users

Auto Timezone – Visitor’s local kickoff times

Game Formation – Team formation display

Commentary Block – Live game commentary

Team Trophies – Trophy/award management

Calendar Widget – Monthly calendar view

Priority Support – Faster response times

View All Premium Features | Premium Demos

Premium Tutorials:

* Building NBA Live Scores Website

* Creating NFL Live Scores Site

🚀 SL Kit — Launch Your Sports Site in 30 Minutes Want a ready-to-use sports website without building from scratch? SL Kit is a complete WordPress starter kit that includes Sports Leagues Premium, pre-configured Kadence theme, 15+ professionally designed pages, and 100+ demo items. Import the demo, add your data, and go live.

Perfect for youth sports, amateur clubs, league administrators, and web designers who need a polished sports site fast.

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