The Indonesia Basketball League (IBL; Indonesian: Liga Bola Basket Indonesia) is the preeminent men's professional basketball league in Indonesia, founded by Indonesian Basketball Association (Perbasi) in 2003. From 2010 to 2015 it was known as the National Basketball League (NBL) and organised by DBL Indonesia. In 2016, PT Bola Basket Indonesia acquired Starting5 and after that PT Bola Basket Indonesia assigned by PP Perbasi to organised the 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)

NBL Indonesia logo

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.

印度尼西亚IBL(印尼篮球联赛)是印度尼西亚最高水平的篮球比赛。该比赛由印度尼西亚篮球协会主办,吸引了来自全国各地的顶级篮球俱乐部参与。印度尼西亚IBL每年举办一次,比赛期间持续数月。

这项比赛是印度尼西亚篮球界最重要的赛事之一,也是球迷们热切期待的盛事。参赛的球队经过激烈的选拔赛和资格赛,最终晋级到正式比赛阶段。比赛期间,球队们将在各个城市的篮球场上展开激烈的对抗,争夺冠军的荣誉。

印度尼西亚IBL不仅是一场篮球比赛,更是一场文化盛宴。比赛期间,观众们可以欣赏到高水平的篮球技艺,感受到激烈的比赛氛围。此外,比赛还提供了各种娱乐活动和表演,为观众们带来全方位的娱乐体验。

印度尼西亚IBL的成功举办不仅推动了印度尼西亚篮球事业的发展,也为年轻的篮球爱好者提供了一个展示自己才华的舞台。通过这项比赛,印度尼西亚篮球运动在国内外得到了更多的关注和认可。

无论是对于参赛球队还是对于观众来说,印度尼西亚IBL都是一场不容错过的篮球盛事。它不仅展示了印度尼西亚篮球的实力和潜力,也为篮球运动爱好者们带来了无尽的激情和乐趣。