Basketball is a sport played both indoors and outdoors in Australia. Basketball remains one of the most popular participation sports in Australia, having a larger participation base than Cricket, Rugby league and Rugby union. In Victoria, it is experiencing a large participation boom for youths and is the largest participation sport in that state.It was one of the most popular spectator sports in the early to mid-1990s, however its spectator popularity has hugely declined since then. Australia has produced several professional basketballers for major overseas leagues.