LavAni Determined To Make History Of Three-time Concrete Proliga Champions

Jakarta LavAni Allobank, defending champion of Proliga (Instagram/@lavani.forever).

JAKARTA The defending champion of Proliga, Jakarta LavAni Allobank, is determined to defend the title and at the same time score the history of winning three consecutive times.

LavAni's manager, Roy Makpal, said that this wish would not be easy to realize because competition in the 2024 Proliga must be very tight.

"We from LavAni aim to complete the title as well as make history. However, it will be very difficult," Roy said at a press conference at SCTV Tower, Monday, April 22, 2024, evening WIB.

LavAni, who is a club owned by the former President of the Republic of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, is the champion in the two latest editions, namely 2022 and 2023.

Since it started in 2002, not a single club has won the Proliga three times in a row. Therefore, if the winner of this year then LavAni automatically became the first club to do it.

"We from LavAni have made maximum preparations. In this preparation, it is a little different because it is constrained by the fasting month," said Roy.

"However, it is not an obstacle. Our goal is big, namely to want LavAni to win the 2024 Proliga title."

"We will try to get a hat trick. The preparation of other teams is certainly good, but LavAni will fight," said Roy.

The defending champions will play their first match against the newcomer team, Jakarta Garuda Jaya, on Thursday, April 25, 2024, at the Amongrogo Sports Hall, Yogyakarta. The match will be the opening match for the 2024 Proliga.

LavAni will navigate the 2024 Proliga season with two foreign players. Both are Renan Zanatta Buiatti from Brazil and Mohammadreza Beik from Iran.

"Foreign players have fixed from Brazil, Renan, and another from Iran. Both of them will already play from the first round," said Roy.

PLN Mobile Proliga 2024 will be held in nine cities. The cities are Yogyakarta, Semarang, Palembang, Gresik, Bandung, Malang, Pontianak, Kediri, and Solo.

Yogyakarta, Semarang, and Palembang will host regular rounds I (April 25-12 May 2024), then Gresik for regulars I and II (May 16-19 2024), then Bandung, Malang, and Pontianak for regulars II (6-23 June 2024).

Meanwhile, Kediri and Solo are for Final Four (4-14 July 2024). The competition then closed the Grand Final match which took place in Yogyakarta on 20 and 21 July 2024.

However, for the Grand Final match, there are plans to be moved to the Indonesia Arena. If you refer to the final schedule, it turns out that the arena is not used for other events, it will most likely be used for the 2024 Proliga final.