Long Suspended Animation, Indonesian Women's Basketball League Will Be Revived By PP Perbasi

PP Perbasi is ready to hold a women's basketball league which was suspended. (Photo/PP Perbasi)

JAKARTA – The national women's basketball league is ready to be held again after a long absence. The competition will be directly supervised by the Central Board of the Indonesian Basketball Association (PP Perbasi).

Perbasi has held a coordination meeting regarding the planned implementation of the women's basketball competition with club representatives on Tuesday, March 1, at the Best Western Hotel Senayan, Central Jakarta.

Club representatives who attended the meeting enthusiastically welcomed this plan. They agreed to start the women's basketball competition with a national invitational match between clubs.

"That is the basis of how we get to the real women's league because to play the women's league we need things that are more detailed, more detailed regulations," said Ketum PP Perbasi, Danny Kosasih.

Secretary General of PP Perbasi, Nirmala Dewi added, the idea of launching a women's basketball competition is part of an effort to realize the aspirations of the region, especially for competitions at the age of 19 and 23 years.

"To our women's basketball friends, this is the time we have been waiting for. Hopefully soon we will announce the competition. What is the technical schedule like through the club. Just keep practicing to prepare for the competition which will be rolled out by PP Perbasi," said Nirmala.

The owner of the Surabaya Fever women's basketball club, Christopher Tanuwidjaja admitted, reviving a competition that had died is not an easy job because many things must be prepared. However, she is happy with the plan to hold this women's basketball competition again.

"This is a new breakthrough from PP Perbasi that we will compete again. I represent Surabaya Fever very happy and hope it becomes a very good league. With a team with many winning backgrounds, we still want to be the best in Indonesia," said Christopher.

The women's basketball league in Indonesia has actually been held since 2011, but the competition came to a halt in 2017. The Srikandi Cup as a substitute tournament was also stopped in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

At that time, the Srikandi Cup manager felt unable to hold a tournament in the midst of a pandemic because it cost too much for health protocols.

The vacancy of the women's basketball competition is an obstacle for potential basketball players to channel their talents. For this reason, the idea of reviving this competition received a positive response.