The Algerian Basketball Women's Championship, also called the National Division 1 is the pre-eminent men's basketball league in Algeria. National 1 is contested by 12 teams, with the two lowest-placed teams relegated to the Second Division.
Basketball began before Algerian independence; there was a regional league run by the French Basketball Federation. After Algerian independence in 1962, the Algerian women's basketball championship began the same year.