Menpora Hopes Proliga 2022 Becomes The Selection Event For The Hanoi SEA Games Team

Menpora Zainudin Amali (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA – The 2022 Proliga volleyball competition has made the Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora), Zainudin Amali, hopeful. He wants this event to be the selection of the Indonesian team for the 2022 SEA Games in Hanoi, Vietnam, May 12-23, 2022.

The Indonesian volleyball team's achievements are very good in the multi-pronged event throughout Southeast Asia. At the previous edition of the SEA Games in the Philippines in 2019, the men's team managed to win a gold medal after defeating the home team.

Amali hopes that Proliga can be a place to prepare a team that can maintain this achievement. He even asked the women's team to follow in the footsteps of the men's team previously.

"To the women's team, I appeal to the men's team to follow the achievements of the men's team at the Hanoi SEA Games later," Amali said as quoted by Antara on Friday, January 7.

At the previous SEA Games, the women's team had to settle for bringing home the bronze medal. At that time the gold medal was brought home by Thailand, while the silver was brought by Vietnam.

Amali officially opened the Proliga on Friday, January 7 at the Police General Kunarto's Volleyball Padepokan, Sentul, Bogor, West Java, Friday. This series of competitions opened with a match between the women's team Popsivo Polwan against Jakarta Electric PLN.

Popsivo, who has the status of defending champion, won the match. Alviodita Firlyana and her colleagues succeeded in overthrowing Jakarta Electric with a score of 3-2.

Proliga 2022, which will be participated in by a total of 11 teams, six men's teams and five women's teams each, must take place without the presence of spectators to anticipate the spread of COVID-19.

The six men's teams in question are Jakarta Pertamina Pertamax, Surabaya Bhayangkara Samator, Jakarta BNI 46, Kudus Sukun Badak, Palembang Bank Sumsel Babel, and Bogor Lavani.

The women's teams that are enlivening the Proliga this season are Jakarta Pertamina Fastron, Jakarta Electric PLN, Gresik Petrokimia Pupuk Indonesia, Jakarta Popsivo Polwan, and Bandung BJB Tandamata.