Premier Basketball League (Indonesia) Explained

Premier Basketball League (PBL)
Current Season:2013 PBL Indonesia
Sport:Basketball
Founded:1982 as KOBATAMA
Inaugural:2010-11
Motto:Reborn
Teams:8
Continent:FIBA Asia (Asia)
Champion: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

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]

List of Champions

KOBATAMA Champions

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

width=8%Yearwidth=30%ChampionsFinals Resultwidth=30%Runners-upReference
1982Indonesia Muda Jakarta83-79
1983Indonesia Muda Jakarta108-71
1984-1985Halim Kediri54-49
1988Asaba Jakarta79-71
1989Asaba Jakarta52-51
1990Pelita JayaAsaba Jakarta
(walkout)
1991-1992Pelita Jaya60-53Halim Kediri
1992-1993Asaba Jakarta56-33
1994Hadtex Bandung57-54
1995Aspac Jakarta73-70
1996Aspac Jakarta100-69
1997 Panasia Indosyntec Bandung 89-73
1998Hadtex Bandung55-45
1999Mahaka Satria Muda57-46
2000Aspac Jakarta75-66
2001Aspac Jakarta87-72
80-61
2002Aspac Jakarta67-53
68-51

PBL Champions

width=8%Yearwidth=30%ChampionsFinal Score (Single Game)width=30%Runners-upReference
2010-11Cendrawasih Papua62-56Pacific Caesar[4]
2012PIM NAD90-39Champ Bandung[5]
2013

Number of championships won by clubs

Excluding KOBATAMA era.

TeamChampionshipsRunners-up
PIM NAD 1 (2012)1 (2010-11)
Cendrawasih Papua 1 (2010-11)0
Champ Bandung 0 1 (2012)

List of MVP's

YearsPlayersTeamsReferences
2010-11
2012Muhammad Akbar Aulia Ramadhan [6]
2013

Notes and References

  1. Web site: KOBATAMA Becomes PBL . Kabarindo . 2012 . 2012-10-26 . Indonesian.
  2. Web site: Premier Basketball League 'Reborn' . Rimanews . 2012 . 2012-10-26 . Indonesian . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044018/http://rimanews.com/read/20121026/79715/premier-basketball-league-reborn . 2016-03-04 . dead .
  3. Web site: Tahun depan peserta PBL bertambah . Bolanews . 2012 . 2012-11-25 . Indonesian .
  4. Web site: Papua juara di tahun perdana. March 23, 2011. Perbasi.
  5. Web site: Kalahkan Champ, PIM NAD juara PBL 2012. November 25, 2012. Bolanews. January 17, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130117224000/http://www.bolanews.com/read/basket/basket-lain/22336-Kalahkan-Champ-PIM-NAD-Juara-PBL-2012.html. dead.
  6. Web site: Akhar Pemain Terbaik PBL 2012. November 25, 2012. Bolanews. January 17, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130117223827/http://www.bolanews.com/read/basket/basket-lain/22343-Akhar-Pemain-Terbaik-PBL-2012.html. dead.