Appearing In The 2022 Proliga, BSB Will Be Strengthened By Volleyball Players From Brazil And Labeled With The National Team

JAKARTA - The Palembang volleyball club, Bank Sumsel Babel (BSB) officially introduced 17 players who will participate in the Proliga 2022 event in January. In that squad, BSB will be strengthened by players from Brazil and a row of players labeled with the national team.

"In navigating the 2022 Proliga, BSB has a new team composition. Since June 2021, 15 local players and two Brazilian players have been training together since early December 2021," said Achmad Syamsudin in his remarks quoted from Antara.

In the team launching which took place online on Thursday, December 30, BSB revealed the composition of the new players in the form of two foreign players from Brazil, namely, Caio Oliveira and Sergio Luiz Felix Junior.

As for the composition of local players, there are players who are subscribed to the national team, such as I Putu Randu Wahyu Pradana and Bastian Tamtomo Putra. The two players successfully brought Indonesia to win a gold medal at the 2019 Philippines SEA Games.

Randu himself strengthened BSB after leaving Jakarta BNI 49 in the 2020 season. Meanwhile, Bastian Tamtomo in the 2020 season strengthened Lamongan Sadang MHS.

In addition to the names above, there are also other names such as Abdurrachman Sidiq, Eko Permana Putra, Hayun Muhammad, I Made Adhi Suartama, I Made Vandim Sanjaya, and Ahmad Faisal Arifin.

Then there were Ibn Qurniadi, I Nyoman Julianta, I Gede Wirayudha, Adi Putra Firmansyah, Gunawan Saputra, Sandi Akbar, and Dedi Maryanto. Will appear in the 2022 Proliga competition, these players will be under the direction of coach Putut Marhaento.

BSB itself is one of the strong teams in the 2022 Preliga event. Since its debut in 2009 BSB has won twice, in 2011 and 2013 respectively.

As for the last season, 2020, BSB managed to enter the final four with Jakarta BNI 46, Jakarta Pertamina Energi, Bhayangkara Surabaya Samator. However, the competition has not been completed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Proliga 2022 will be followed by 11 teams and will start rolling at the General Police Kunarto Sentul Volleyball Padepokan, Bogor on 7 January-27 March 2022.