Premier Basketball League (Indonesia)

Premier Basketball League (PBL)
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2013 PBL Indonesia
Sport Basketball
Founded 1982 as KOBATAMA
Inaugural 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 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 champion in 20 editions from 1982 to last in 2002, but most of the data is unknown.

Year Champions Finals Result Runners-up Reference
1982IM Jakarta
1990Pelita Jaya
1991Pelita Jaya
1999Satria Muda Mahaka
2005PIM NAD

PBL Champions

Year Champions Final Score (Single Game) Runners-up Reference
2010-11Cendrawasih Papua 62-56Pacific Caesar[4]
2012PIM NAD 90-39Champ 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 PIM NAD [6]
2013TBA

References

  1. "KOBATAMA Becomes PBL" (in Indonesian). Kabarindo. 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
  2. "Premier Basketball League 'Reborn'" (in Indonesian). Rimanews. 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
  3. "Tahun depan peserta PBL bertambah" (in Indonesian). Bolanews. 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
  4. "Papua juara di tahun perdana". Perbasi. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
  5. "Kalahkan Champ, PIM NAD juara PBL 2012". Bolanews. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
  6. "Akhar Pemain Terbaik PBL 2012". Bolanews. Retrieved November 25, 2012.


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