Bogor Hornbills Ready to Make History Again in the 2026 IBL Final

JAKARTA - Bogor Hornbills are ready to make history again when they appear in the 2026 Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) final match against last season's runner-up, Pelita Jaya Jakarta.

Bogor Hornbills will fight against Pelita Jaya Jakarta in the final match with a best-of-five format starting at the Soemantri Brodjonegoro Sports Arena (GOR), Kuningan, Jakarta, on Friday, June 19, 2026.

Bogor Hornbills coach, Cesar Camara Perez, said that their historic journey to reach the top of the highest level basketball league in Indonesia was not a surprise but rather the result of hard work so that they have the potential to make history in the final match.

"We are happy, we are ready for this challenge, we want to face this challenge, and most importantly we have no fear. We want to compete and we want to win," he said when met in Jakarta.

Hornbills will compete in the IBL final for the first time in the franchise's history. In addition, they also made a record by becoming the first team from Bogor in the history of the IBL to compete for the league championship title.

Cesar admitted that the challenge in the final match against Pelita Jaya Jakarta was certainly very difficult for them. He assessed that this team has all the best quality players that will definitely trouble them.

"We will face Vincent Rivaldi, Brandon Jawato, Andakara Prastawa, and Agassi Goantara. Sometimes I think and when I see their line-up, I say that this is an All-Star team, not a Pelita Jaya team," he said.

Bogor Hornbills qualified for the top party after successfully eliminating Satria Muda Pertamina Bandung with a score of 3-1 in the playoff. However, they have never won from Pelita Jaya in nine meetings since 2022 (0-9).

Meanwhile, Pelita Jaya returned to the top party after eliminating Dewa United Banten with a score of 3-1. The result was also Pelita Jaya's revenge for last year's failure to lift the title due to losing 1-2 in a best-of-three format.

This is the sixth consecutive season for Pelita Jaya to reach the top of the Indonesian Basketball League. In the previous five occasions, they lifted the title once, namely when defeating Satria Muda in the 2024 edition.