Indonesian Basketball League

History

Origin

Basketball has a long history in Indonesia. Noted since the 1930s, although not yet officially an independent country, several cities in Indonesia have their own local clubs.

Although it does not yet have a national sports parent, at the time of the holding of the first National Sports Week held in Solo in 1948, basketball had become one of the sports branches that was contested and was received quite lively both in terms of participants and spectators. Three years after, on 23 October 1951, Perbasi was born.

Following the results of the VIII Congress in 1981, Perbasi finally organised a competition between basketball clubs in Indonesia which are the highest competition followed by big clubs from the islands of Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan and Sulawesi. 3 April 1982 is a historic date for the basketball world in Indonesia. On that day, the match between the Rajawali Jakarta club against the Sinar Surya Yogyakarta Spirit marked the start of the first Main Basketball Competition (Kobatama) as well as the first step in the long history of the competition of top clubs in Indonesia. Jakarta Muda Indonesia listed themselves as the first club to win the prestigious Kobatama Champion title. Kobatama as an amateur basketball competition rolled out for 20 years and continued until it stopped in 2010.

Founding: IBL started (2003–09)

In 2003, the inaugural season of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) professional competition was held. 12 teams participated in the IBL inaugural season from 6 cities around Indonesia: Bandung, Bogor, Jakarta, Salatiga, Surabaya, and Yogyakarta. The league was organized independently by Perbasi until 2010. Aspac Jakarta succeeded in becoming the first title winner in 2003.

In 2004, Satria Muda emerged as a new force to get rid of Aspac in the grand final and appear as a champion. Aspac won the title of champion again in 2005. The following years (2006–09) belonged to Satria Muda Jakarta.

In addition to the annual regular competition, IBL also holds an IBL Cup Tournament at the beginning or end of the season. In 2009, Satria Muda Jakarta defeated Pelita Jaya Jakarta in the final held at GOR C-Tra Arena Bandung. In 2008, Garuda Bandung managed to steal the previous IBL Cup Tournament title, in 2006 and 2007 also belonged to Satria Muda.

Unfortunately, the development of IBL did not go as expected. After repeatedly changing promoters, the league threatened to disband at the end of 2009.

Under DBL: NBL (2010–15)

All participating club representatives also asked PT DBL Indonesia to manage and to operate the league. Previously, DBL Indonesia was considered to be successful in managing the Development Basketball League (DBL), the largest student basketball league in Indonesia, which in 2010 had expanded to 21 cities in Indonesia, followed by around 25,000 players and officials.

To restore the prestige of this professional league, re-branding is inevitable. Starting in 2010 until 2015, IBL, operated by DBL Indonesia, changed its name to the Indonesian National Basketball League (NBL). A number of changes were made, trying to increase the number of matches again, bringing the league closer to its fans.

''IBL Reborn'' (2015–present)

In 2015, Perbasi chose Starting5 to be the league operator. Dubbed the 'IBL Reborn', the league's name was change back to IBL from NBL. IBL then began to gain momentum and garnered nationwide support year by year.

In 2017, the league began to allow clubs to sign foreign players limited by salary cap and height restriction regulations.

Clubs

Tangerang teams:

Jakarta teams:

Bogor teams:

Former clubs

• Louvre Surabaya (merged with Dewa United in 2021, the license now under Dewa United)
• JNE Bandung (rename to JNE Siliwangi Bandung in 2016, Siliwangi Bandung in 2017, rename to Siliwangi Bogor in 2018, rename to Evos Thunder Bogor in 2021, the license now under Rajawali Medan)
• West Bandit Solo (withdrew in 2023, the license now under Kesatria Bengawan Solo)
• Stapac Jakarta (withdrew in 2020)
• CLS Knights Surabaya (withdrew in 2018)
• Stadium Jakarta (withdrew in 2017, merged with Aspac)
• NSH Mountain Gold Timika (license removed by the IBL in 2023)

Championship history

Draft

Note : *The player didn't play in IBL Seasons

in the 2024 season of the IBL, the draft system would not continue.

Scoring leaders

Awards

Local MVP/Sonny Hendrawan award

Main article: IBL Most Valuable Player Sonny Hendrawan Award

League Most Valuable Player Award

Main article: IBL Foreign Player of the Year

Rookie of the year

Main article: IBL Rookie of the Year

Coach of the year

Sixth man of the year

Defensive player of the year

Finals MVP

Most improved player

All-Indonesian Cup MVP

Sportsmanship award

References

References

1. "IBL - Unite For Glory".
2. (2010). "IBL Becomes NBL". NBL Indonesia.
3. "About - IBL".
4. "About Us - IBL".
5. Prasatya, Randy. (2021-04-28). "Sejarah Evolusi IBL". [[Detik.com.
6. "NBLindonesia.com {{!}} Official Website of National Basketball League Indonesia".
7. (2019-08-16). "Juara Bertahan IBL Stapac Jakarta Mundur dari Musim Baru".
8. (2023-12-04). "IBL 2024 Without NSH Mountain Gold Timika And West Bandits".
9. (29 November 2023). "Usung Format Baru IBL 2024 Makin Sengit". rri.co.id.