3 Important Things That IBL Wants To Learn In Collaboration With B League

JAKARTA - Director of the Indonesia Basketball League (IBL), Junas Mardiansyah, revealed three important goals in collaboration with the Japanese professional basketball league, B League.

IBL and B League began their collaboration by signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the Athlete Hotel Century, Jakarta, Tuesday, December 5, 2023, afternoon WIB.

Junas said that this collaboration aims to bring things that can be learned from the B League. Later, this valuable lesson will be applied to basketball competitions in Indonesia so that the national basketball industry can develop more rapidly.

"Maybe from the previous destination, yes. You know that IBL on January 13, 2024 will start with a new format, namely home and away."

"That's one of the things we're going to do. We have a lot to do in this new format," he told the media crew at a press conference.

Junas melanjutkan format kandang-tanjung bukan satu-satu tujuan yang perlu dipelajari dari kerja sama ini. Ia mengatakan masih ada hal penting lain yang bisa diambil guna meningkatkan industri liga basket.

"First, to help the league and clubs carry out home and away formats to make them better. Then grow the interest of early childhood basketball players," he said.

"So, the plan is that in the next few years we will set up a joint camp to grow high interest in basketball in Indonesia."

"We know that Indonesia and Japan, basketball is not the number one sport. However, we have our own potential and market to build."

"Thirdly from the marketing side, we help the clubs how to manage their fans even better through home and away."

"How to manage merchandise and a better ticket system so that business goals can be achieved," he added.