JAKARTA Dewa United Banten has ambitions to hunt for the Indonesia Basketball League (IBL) title for two consecutive seasons or back-to-back after they come out as champions of the 2025 season.
The 2025 IBL title was secured by Dewa United Banten suit to beat defending champion Pelita Jaya74-73 in the third game of the final which took place at GOR Soemantri on Sunday, July 20, 2025, WIB night.
"The target is back-to-back in the future. We want to do it, really want it. We will give bonuses to Dewa United players," said Dewa United Basketball Club President Michael Oliver Wellerz alias Michael Ow.
Michael Ow, who watched the final match with the club owner, Tommy Hermawan Lo, and a member of the Jakarta DPRD, Hardiyanto Kenneth, was so moved to see Dewa United's struggle in the 2025 IBL final. Michael shed tears.
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He admitted that he was very happy because the players who believed in the Dewa United organization and were willing to start everything from scratch and then end up with a title this year.
"Kaleb came to us for the first time. He trusted us and other friends came. Finally, in 2025 we got the best results," said Michael.
Dewa United Banten made history for the first time to reach the final round of the highest level basketball competition in Indonesia and then become champions.
Pablo Favarel's men outperformed Pelita Jaya 2-1 in the match using the best of three format. They made a big comeback in the final, both on aggregate and in the third decisive game.
Dewa United lost at home in the first game from Pelita Jaya with a landslide score of 77-94. They then beat Pelita Jaya back at GMSB Kuningan with 80-75 in the second game to equalize the score.
The height of Dewa United's madness occurred in the third game. They managed to win dramatically 74-73 even though at the beginning of the fourth quarter they were still 12 points behind Pelita Jaya.
Pablo Favarel assessed that his team's success in winning the 2025 IBL could not be separated from management's foresight in bringing in winning mentality players, such as Arki Dikania Wisnu, and Hardianus Lakudu.
"I want to say one thing. Before the season starts, we have a lot of experienced players who have won. During this season, I want to say, never underestimate the spirit of a champion," said Pablo.
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