Premier Basketball League (Indonesia)

Premier Basketball League (PBL)
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2013 PBL Indonesia
SportBasketball
Founded1982 as KOBATAMA
First season2010-11
MottoReborn
No. of teams8
Country Indonesia
ContinentFIBA Asia (Asia)
Most recent
champion(s)
PIM NAD (1st title in PBL)

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).

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

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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

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KOBATAMA Champions

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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

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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

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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

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

References

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  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)