Indonesian Basketball League

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.^[1] From 2010 to 2015 it was known as the National Basketball League (NBL) and organised by DBL Indonesia.^[2] In 2016, PT Bola Basket Indonesia acquired Starting5 and after that PT Bola Basket Indonesia assigned by PP Perbasi to organised the league.^[3]

Indonesian Basketball League (IBL)

Sport	Basketball
Founded	2003; 22 years ago (2003)
First season	2003; 22 years ago (2003)
CEO	Junas Miradiansyah
Motto	#LigaKita (#OurLeague)
No. of teams	14
Country	Indonesia
Continent	FIBA Asia
Most recent champion(s)	Pelita Jaya (2024)
Most titles	Satria Muda Pertamina (11 titles)
TV partner(s)	Indonesia: Nusantara TV International: YouTube
Feeder to	Basketball Champions League Asia
Official website	iblindonesia.com
2025 IBL Indonesia

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[4][5] Aspac Jakarta succeeded in becoming the first title winner in 2003.^[6]

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.^[6]

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.^[6]

Unfortunately, the development of IBL did not go as expected. After repeatedly changing promoters, the league threatened to disband at the end of 2009.^[6]

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.^[6]

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).^[4][5] A number of changes were made, trying to increase the number of matches again, bringing the league closer to its fans.^[6]

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.^[4] IBL then began to gain momentum and garnered nationwide support year by year.^[5]

In 2017, the league began to allow clubs to sign foreign players limited by salary cap and height restriction regulations.^[4][5]

Clubs

Jakarta

Tangerang

Bogor

Rajawali Medan

Prawira Bandung

Satya Wacana

Kesatria Bengawan Solo

Bima Perkasa

Pacific Caesar

Bali United

Jakarta teams:
Amartha Hangtuah
Pelita Jaya Bakrie
Satria Muda Pertamina
Bogor teams:
Borneo Hornbills
RANS Simba Bogor
Tangerang teams:
Tangerang Hawks Dewa United Banten

Locations of 2024 IBL teams.
Red: Clubs; Blue: Region with Multiple Teams

Club	City	Homebase	Joined IBL	Head coach
Satria Muda Pertamina	Jakarta	The BritAma Arena Hall A Senayan Pertamina Arena, Simprug	2016	Youbel Sondakh
Pelita Jaya	Jakarta	Tennis Indoor Senayan	2016	Johannis Winar
Pacific Caesar	Surabaya	GOR Pacific Caesar	2016	Dhimas Aniz Setiaputra
Prawira Harum Bandung	Bandung	C-Tra Arena	2016	David Singleton
RJ Amartha Hangtuah	Jakarta	GOR Universitas Negeri Jakarta	2016	Wahyu Widayat Jati
Bima Perkasa	Yogyakarta	GOR Pancasila UGM Among Rogo Sports Hall	2016	Oleh Halim
Satya Wacana Saints	Semarang	GOR UNDIP Tembalang	2016	Jerry Lolowang
Dewa United Banten	Tangerang	Dewa United Arena	2020	Pablo Favarel
Bali United Basketball	Denpasar	GOR Purna Krida GOR Merpati	2021	I Gusti Rusta Wijaya
Kesatria Bengawan Solo	Solo	Sritex Arena	2021	Efri Meldi
Borneo Hornbills	Bogor	GOR Laga Tangkas	2022	Ismael Tan
RANS Simba Bogor	Bogor	Gymnasium Sekolah Vokasi IPB	2022	Anthony Garbelotto
Tangerang Hawks	Tangerang	Indomilk Arena Basketball	2022	Antonius Joko Endratmo
Rajawali Medan	Medan	GOR Universitas Medan	2022	Raoul Miguel Hadinoto

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)^[7]
• NSH Mountain Gold Timika (license removed by the IBL in 2023)^[8]

Draft

Years		Players	Selected by	College	IBL rookie statistics
					PPG	RPG	APG
2017	Foreign	DeChriston McKinney	CLS Knights Surabaya	Arkansas Tech University	11.3	10.6	0.6
2018	Foreign	DeAngelo Hamilton*	Satya Wacana Salatiga	Washington State University	N/A	N/A	N/A
2018	Local	Sabda Ahesa	Siliwangi Bandung	University of Notre Dame Australia	3.0	2.0	0.0
	Foreign	Martavious Irving	Siliwangi Bandung	Kansas State University	20.3	5.4	3.6
2019	Local	Nikholas Mahesa	Louvre Surabaya	Harapan Bangsa Institute of Technology	1.7	1.6	1.2
	Foreign	Savon Goodman	Louvre Surabaya	Shaw University	22.9	12.9	2.4
2020	Local	David Simeone Lavi	Bima Perkasa	PB Kumala Jaya	0.5	0.0	0.3
2021	Local	Mochammad Noval Mahadi	Tangerang Hawks	Budi Luhur University	0.5	0.0	0.3
	Foreign	Richard Ross Jr.	Tangerang Hawks	Old Dominion	16.0	9.3	2.1
2022	Local	Victor Jacob Emillio Lobbu	Bima Perkasa	Pelita Harapan University	3.97	2.06	1.81
	Foreign	Cameron Coleman	Bima Perkasa	York College	17.78	8.25	2.75

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

in the 2024 season of the IBL, the draft system would not continue.^[9]

Scoring leaders

Season	League	Name	Club	PPG
2011	NBL	Ary Chandra	Pelita Jaya Energi Mega Persada	14.1
2012		Yanuar Dwi Priasmoro	Bimasakti Nikko Steel Malang	17.3
2013		Bima Riski Ardiansyah	Bimasakti Nikko Steel Malang	16.5
2014		Merio Ferdiansyah	Stadium Jakarta	18.1
2015		Respati Ragil	Satya Wacana Salatiga	19.5
2016	IBL	Jamarr Johnson	CLS Knights Surabaya	15.2
2017		Gary Jacobs Jr.	NSH Jakarta	27.5
2018		Madarious Gibbs	Satya Wacana Salatiga	27.1
2019		Madarious Gibbs	Satya Wacana Salatiga	29.7
2020		Dior Lowhorn	Pelita Jaya Bakrie	28.3
2021		Jamarr Johnson	Louvre Dewa United	20.2
2022		Shavar Newkirk	NSH Mountain Gold	21.9
2023		Brandone Francis	Prawira Harum Bandung	23.9
2024		Michael Qualls	Borneo Hornbills	27.1

Awards

MVP/Sonny Hendrawan award

Main article: IBL Most Valuable Player Sonny Hendrawan Award

Season	Name	Club
1987	Bambang Hermansyah	Pelita Jaya Jakarta
1991	Lie Gwan Chin	Halim Kediri
2002	Denny Sumargo	Aspac Jakarta
2003	Denny Sumargo	Aspac Jakarta
2004	I Made Sudiadnyana	Bhinneka Sritex Solo
2005	Rony gunawan	Aspac Jakarta
2006	Kelly Purwanto	Pelita Jaya Esia
2008	Youbel Sondakh	Satria Muda Pertamina
2009	Youbel Sondakh	Satria Muda Pertamina
2010	I Made Sudiadnyana	Garuda Bandung
2011	I Made Sudiadnyana	Garuda Bandung
2012	Yanuar Dwi Priasmoro	Bimasakti Nikko Steel Malang
2013	Pringgo Regowo	Aspac Jakarta
2014	Ponsianus Nyoman Indrawan	Pelita Jaya
2015	Adhi Pratama Putra	Pelita Jaya
2016	Jamarr Andre Johnson	CLS Knights
2017	Arki Dikania Wisnu	Satria Muda Pertamina Jakarta
2018	Xaverius Prawiro	Pelita Jaya
2019	Kaleb Ramot Gemilang	Stapac Jakarta
2020	Abraham Damar Grahita	Indonesia Patriots
2021	Jamarr Andre Johnson	Louvre Dewa United
2022	Abraham Damar Grahita	Prawira Harum Bandung
2023	Kaleb Ramot Gemilang	Dewa United
2024	Kentrell Barkley	Kesatria Bengawan Solo

Rookie of the year

Main article: IBL Rookie of the Year

Coach of the year

Season	Name	Club
2005	Amran	Garuda Bandung
2010	Rastafari Horongbala	Pelita Jaya Energi Mega Persada
2011	Nathaniel Canson	Muba Hangtuah Sumatera Selatan
2012	Rastafari Horongbala	Aspac Jakarta
2013	Kim Dong-Won	CLS Knights Surabaya
2014	Occtaviarro Romely	JNE Bandung Utama
2015	Cokorda Raka	Satria Muda BritAma
2016	Efri Meldi	Satya Wacana Salatiga
2017	Johannis Winar	Pelita Jaya Bakrie Jakarta
2018	Wahyu Widayat Jati	NSH Jakarta
2019	Wahyu Widayat Jati	NSH Jakarta
2020	Antonius Ferry Rinaldo	NSH Jakarta
2021	David Singleton	Bima Perkasa Jogja
2022	David Singleton	Prawira Harum Bandung
2023	David Singleton	Prawira Harum Bandung
2024	David Singleton	Prawira Harum Bandung

Sixth man of the year

Season	Name	Club
2011	Rahmad Febri Utomo	CLS Knights Surabaya
2012	Arki Dikania Wisnu	Satria Muda Pertamina Jakarta
2013	Andakara Prastawa	Aspac Jakarta
2014	Ebrahim Enguio Lopez	Aspac Jakarta
2015	Rony Gunawan	Satria Muda Pertamina Jakarta
2016	Andakara Prastawa	Aspac Jakarta
2017	Arif Hidayat	CLS Knights Surabaya
2018	Andakara Prastawa	Aspac Jakarta
2019	Abraham Damar Grahita	Stapac Jakarta
2020	Arki Dikania Wisnu	Indonesia Patriots
2021	Andre Adriano	West Bandits Solo
2022	Rio Disi	West Bandits Combiphar Solo
2023	Hans Abraham	Prawira Harum Bandung
2024	Hans Abraham	Prawira Harum Bandung

Defensive player of the year

Season	Name	Club
2011	Isman Thoyib	Aspac Jakarta
2012	Yanuar Dwi Priasmoro	Bimasakti Nikko Steel Malang
2013	Dimaz Muharri	CLS Knights
2014	Dimaz Muharri	CLS Knights
2015	Ruslan Ruslan	Stadium Jakarta
2016	Firman Dwi Nugroho	Satya Wacana Salatiga
2017	Nate Maxey	Satya Wacana Salatiga
2018	C. J. Giles	Pelita Jaya Energi Mega Persada
2019	Michael Vigilance Jr.	Bogor Siliwangi
2020	Indra Muhammad	Pacific Caesar Surabaya
2021	Jamarr Johnson	Louvre Dewa United
2022	Ruslan Ruslan	NSH Mountain Gold Timika
2023	Muhammad Reza Guntara	Prawira Harum Bandung
2024	Muhammad Reza Guntara	Pelita Jaya

Finals MVP

Season	Name	Club
2005	Riko Hantono	Dell Aspac Jakarta
2013	Fandi Andika Ramadhani	Dell Aspac Jakarta
2014	Andakara Prastawa	Dell Aspac Jakarta
2015	Arki Dikania Wisnu	Satria Muda Pertamina Jakarta
2016	Jamarr Andre Johnson	CLS Knights Surabaya
2017	Martavious Irving	Pelita Jaya
2018	Jamarr Andre Johnson	Satria Muda Pertamina Jakarta
2019	Savon Goodman	Stapac Jakarta
2021	Hardianus Lakudu	Satria Muda Pertamina Jakarta
2022	Brachon Griffin	Satria Muda Pertamina Jakarta
2023	Muhammad Reza Guntara	Prawira Harum Bandung
2024	Anthony Beane	Pelita Jaya

Most improved player

Season	Name	Club
2016	Muhammad Rizal Falconi	Garuda Bandung
2017	Abraham Damar Grahita	Aspac Jakarta
2018	Nuke Tri Saputra	Pacific Caesar Surabaya
2019	Widyanta Putra Teja	Stapac Jakarta
2020	Sandy Ibrahim Aziz	Satria Muda Pertamina Jakarta
2021	Kevin Moses Poetiray	Louvre Dewa United
2022	Hengki Infandi	NSH Mountain Gold Timika
2023	Argus Sanyudy	Bima Perkasa Jogja
2024	Avin Kurniawan	Bima Perkasa Jogja

Foreign Player of the Year Award

Main article: IBL Foreign Player of the Year

All-Indonesian Cup MVP

Season	Name	Club
2016	Ponsianus Nyoman Indrawan	Pelita Jaya Energi Mega Persada
2019	Mei Joni	Stapac Jakarta
2020	Arki Dikania Wisnu	Satria Muda Pertamina Jakarta
2023	Andakara Prastawa	Pelita Jaya
2024	Brandon Jawato	Pelita Jaya

Sportsmanship award

Season	Name	Club
2011	Youbel Sondakh	Satria Muda Pertamina Jakarta
2012	Max Yanto	NSH Jakarta
2013	Max Yanto	NSH Jakarta
2014	Rony Gunawan	Satria Muda Pertamina Jakarta
2015	Andrie Ekayana	Muba Hangtuah Sumatera Selatan

References

1. "IBL - Unite For Glory" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 7 October 2019.
2. "IBL Becomes NBL" (in Indonesian). NBL Indonesia. 2010. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
3. "About - IBL". iblindonesia.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 7 October 2019.
4. "About Us - IBL". iblindonesia.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 22 November 2023.
5. Prasatya, Randy (28 April 2021). "Sejarah Evolusi IBL". detiksport (in Indonesian). detikcom. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
6. "NBLindonesia.com | Official Website of National Basketball League Indonesia". nblindonesia.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
7. "Juara Bertahan IBL Stapac Jakarta Mundur dari Musim Baru". iNews (in Indonesian). 16 August 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
8. "IBL 2024 Without NSH Mountain Gold Timika And West Bandits". VOI - Waktunya Merevolusi Pemberitaan. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
9. "Usung Format Baru IBL 2024 Makin Sengit". rri.co.id. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

External links

• IBL official website
• NBL official website under DBL Indonesia