Premier Basketball League (Indonesia)

Premier Basketball League (PBL)

Current season, competition or edition: 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]

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

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
1982	IM Jakarta
1990	Pelita Jaya
1991	Pelita Jaya
1999	Satria Muda Mahaka
2005	PIM NAD

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

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. 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.