Premier Basketball League (Indonesia)

For other organizations with a similar name, see Premier Basketball League and Premier Basketball League (South Africa).

The Premier Basketball League (formerly: Kompetisi Bola Basket Utama or Kobatama), in Indonesian: Liga Bola Basket Utama, often abbreviated to the PBL, is the pre-eminent semi-professional men's basketball league in Indonesia, competed by 8 clubs across the country. It is organised by Board of PBL Indonesia and sanctioned by Perbasi (Indonesia Basketball Association).

Premier Basketball League (PBL)

Current season, competition or edition: 2013 PBL Indonesia
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1982 as KOBATAMA
First season	2010-11
Motto	Reborn
No. of teams	8
Country	Indonesia
Continent	FIBA Asia (Asia)
Most recent champion(s)	PIM NAD (1st title in PBL)

The competition started as Kobatama in 1982. In 2010, Perbasi as the owner of this competition was no longer afford the highest amateur league. Driven by the spirit of togetherness to not suffer the same fate with KOBANITA, the KOBATAMA Council with 8 clubs participants 2009 KOBATAMA and the winner inter-club competitions 2009 National Basketball Championship Division I are determined to keep playing 2010/2011 season by forming a league to fill the void KOBATAMA named Premier Basketball League which is abbreviated PBL sanctioned by Perbasi, through decisions PERBASI Number 287/PB/XI year 2010 dated November 1, 2010 On Implementation of Appointment Letters Premier Basketball League. PBL 2010/2011 organized by the collective cost of 10 club participants, the competition uses a system of full competition two rounds with four compositions qualifying series, and the final four.^[1][2]

Current clubs

In the Premier Basketball League (PBL) third season that will unfold in the year 2013, the number of PBL team will certainly doubled, four new teams would have to make sure yourself participates.^[3]

• PIM NAD (Aceh)
• Champ Bandung
• Cendrawasih Papua
• Banyuasin (South Sumatra)
• Scorpio Jakarta (new)
• Gelora Bahari Tegal (new)

List of Champions

KOBATAMA Champions

Below is a list KOBATAMA champions from the first edition in 1982 to the last edition in 2002.

Year	Champions	Finals Result	Runners-up	Reference
1982	Indonesia Muda Jakarta	83-79	Halim Kediri
1983	Indonesia Muda Jakarta	108-71	Halim Kediri
1984-1985	Halim Kediri	54-49	Indonesia Muda Jakarta
1988	Asaba Jakarta	79-71	Halim Kediri
1989	Asaba Jakarta	52-51	Halim Kediri
1990	Pelita Jaya		Asaba Jakarta (walkout)
1991-1992	Pelita Jaya	60-53	Halim Kediri
1992-1993	Asaba Jakarta	56-33	Halim Kediri
1994	Hadtex Bandung	57-54	Aspac Jakarta
1995	Aspac Jakarta	73-70	Hadtex Bandung
1996	Aspac Jakarta	100-69	Panasia Indosyntec Bandung
1997	Panasia Indosyntec Bandung	89-73	Bhinneka Sritex Solo
1998	Hadtex Bandung	55-45	Aspac Jakarta
1999	Mahaka Satria Muda	57-46	Bhinneka Sritex Solo
2000	Aspac Jakarta	75-66	Panasia Indosyntec Bandung
2001	Aspac Jakarta	87-72 80-61	Bhinneka Sritex Solo
2002	Aspac Jakarta	67-53 68-51	Mahaka Satria Muda

PBL Champions

Year	Champions	Final Score (Single Game)	Runners-up	Reference
2010-11	Cendrawasih Papua	62-56	Pacific Caesar	[4]
2012	PIM NAD	90-39	Champ Bandung	[5]
2013	[to be determined]		[to be determined]

Number of championships won by clubs

Excluding KOBATAMA era.

Team	Championships	Runners-up
PIM NAD	1 (2012)	1 (2010-11)
Cendrawasih Papua	1 (2010-11)	0
Champ Bandung	0	1 (2012)

List of MVP's

Years	Players	Teams	References
2010-11
2012	Muhammad Akbar Aulia Ramadhan	PIM NAD	[6]
2013	TBA

References

1. "KOBATAMA Becomes PBL" (in Indonesian). Kabarindo. 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
2. "Premier Basketball League 'Reborn'" (in Indonesian). Rimanews. 2012. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
3. "Tahun depan peserta PBL bertambah" (in Indonesian). Bolanews. 2012. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved 2012-11-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. "Papua juara di tahun perdana". Perbasi. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
5. "Kalahkan Champ, PIM NAD juara PBL 2012". Bolanews. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
6. "Akhar Pemain Terbaik PBL 2012". Bolanews. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)