IBL Is Much More Observational To The 2025 Season

JAKARTA The Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) has much more mature preparations to face the second year of the home-coming match format in the 2025 season.

Director of IBL, Junas Miradiarsyah, during a Bank Mandiri Cooperation with the Indonesian Basketball League in Jakarta on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, said that currently all preparations were going well.

"This second year we are better prepared. There are 14 teams with 14 fields. There are also several new stadiums that have been prepared and interestingly for the long term teams are starting to think about making their own venues," said Junas.

The home-and-away format of the highest level of the Indonesian basketball league was first used last season. The implementation of this format makes the competition time run much longer.

Junas explained that the long competition journey that took place in many cities made the economic impact of the competition felt by the wider community.

"IBL decided to maintain this format because we believe that this format has a broad impact on the community, not only about the match, but also the economy," said Junas.

IBL 2025 will receive support from Bank Mandiri. This collaboration is a form of Bank Mandiri's commitment to advancing Indonesia's sports achievements, especially basketball.

President Director of Bank Mandiri, Darmawan Junaidi, hopes that this collaboration and support can score a good competition so that Indonesian basketball is much more competitive at large levels.

"We hope that through this collaboration, IBL will further develop and be able to produce talented athletes who can make Indonesia proud in the international arena," he said.

Bank Mandiri will be actively involved in sustainable programs aimed at strengthening the national basketball ecosystem, from coaching young athletes to community development.

In addition, they will also support the promotion and implementation of the 2025 IBL and provide easy access for fans to get match tickets through the Sukha feature in the Livin' by Mandiri application.

Junas is optimistic that this collaboration will be able to make a real contribution to IBL's progress, motivate players to continue to excel, and create a positive impact on the development of national basketball.

"Recently, the support from Bank Mandiri is very significant to make our league more advanced. Cooperation events are also impossible for us to run without Perbasi's support," said Junas.

The IBL 2025 officially rolled out on January 11, 2025. This event will last for more than six months with a total of 203 matches being held.

IBL 2025 will be enlivened by the presence of six local naturalized players who are ready to compete and improve the quality of the game in the league.

They areung Prosper (Dewa United Banten), Jamarur Andre Johnson (Prawira Bandung), Jerome Anthony Beane Jr. (Pelita Jaya Jakarta), Jarron Crump (Satria Muda Pertamina Jakarta), Serigne Modou Kane (Satya Wacana Salatiga), and Ebrahim Lopez Enguio (Tangerang Hawks).