Perbasi Please Pelita Jaya And Prawira Harum Can Make History At BCL 2024

The press conference of Pelita Jaya Jakarta and Prawira Harum Bandung (VOI/Cosmas Kopong Beda).

JAKARTA The Indonesian Basketball Association (Perbasi) hopes that Pelita Jaya Jakarta and Prawira Harum Bandung can pass through the qualifying round and make history of qualifying for the 2024 Basketball Champions League Asia (BCL Asia).

The two teams will represent Indonesia in the tournament. Their struggle will begin with the qualifying round which will take place in Mongolia and Indonesia.

Prawira Harum Bandung and Pelita Jaya Jakarta were chosen to represent Indonesia because they are the 2023 IBL winners and runners-up.

"We really hope that these two teams can represent Indonesia (in Basketball Champions League) and give the best performances at this event," said Secretary General of Perbasi, Nirmala Dewi, in Jakarta, Saturday, March 23, 2024, evening WIB.

The first qualifying round will take place in Ulaanabaatar, Mongolia, on April 3-7, 2024. Furthermore, the second qualification will be held in Jakarta on April 23-26, 2024.

To pass the qualifying round, Prawira Harum Bandung joined Group A with representatives from Malaysia (NS Matrix Deals), Hong Kong (Hong Kong Eastern), and runners-up in Mongolian competitions.

Meanwhile, Pelita Jaya will compete in Group B against representatives of Thailand (Hi-Tech Basketball Club), champions of the Mongolian competition, and Singapore (Adroid Club).

"These two teams competed in BCL Asia for the first time. This is a new history. We follow and host. So, we can make this history a good and sweet history for us to remember with another achievement for Indonesia this year," said Nirmala.

In the first qualifying round in Mongolia, each team will play three matches. Group A and B's first place will automatically qualify for the second qualifying round in Jakarta.

Meanwhile, second and third place in each group will meet again cross-legged to compete for tickets to the second qualifying round in Jakarta.

Thus, there are four teams competing in Jakarta to compete for tickets to BCL Asia 2024. The two best will qualify to compete with winning teams in each country, such as South Korea, Japan, China, and the Philippines.