YOGYAKARTA In this article, the profile of the Surabaya IBL Louvre club frozen by PP Perbasi because it is indicated to have matched fixing or match fixing during the match at the 2023 ASEAN Basketball League (ABL).
This freeze includes the disallowed participation of the Louvre Surabaya club and team management in all basketball championships both nationally and internationally.
Head of PP Perbasi Danny Kosasih explained that the temporary suspension of the activities of the Surabaya Louvre is expected to help in the investigation process of alleged match-fixing of the club.
"We will conduct further investigations regarding the indications of this match fixing," Danny said, quoted from Antara.
Louvre Surabaya is a new team in the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL). This team debuted in the 2020 IBL competition with the full name Louvre Dewa United Surabaya.
Although including the new team, the basketball team based at the DBL Arena, Surabaya managed to make a brilliant record in the first season. They managed to finish in 5th position in the final standings of IBL 2020.
This cannot be separated from the steps taken by those who recruited a number of well-known basketball players such as Daniel Wenas, Dimaz Muharri, Galank Gunawan, to Wendha Wijaya.
Originally, this team nicknamed the Land Crocodile was formed in 2019. However, the Louvre is better known as the E-Sports team.
This team has flashy achievements at the national and international levels. However, the Louvre E-Sport has actually been formed since 2017. This team often participates in Mobile Legends, PUBGM, and Free Fire competitions.
In 2019, owner of the Louvre Erick Herlangga acquired one of the professional basketball teams that appeared several times at the IBL event, namely Siliwangi Bandung.
After being acquired, the name Siliwangi Bandung later changed to Louvre. Since then, the Louvre has had a license from the Indonesian Professional Basketball League.
The following are the main players for the Louvre Surabaya 2022-2023 team:
Achievements of the Surabaya Louvre IBL Team:
The Surabaya Louvre Makes A Report To The Police Regarding Match Fixing Allegations
After being frozen by Perbasi, the Louvre made a report to the Polda Metro Jaya regarding allegations of making match-fixing at the ABL 2023 event.
"Our arrival is to make a report to the police regarding violations of alleged criminal acts of article 27 paragraph 3 concerning defamation, articles 14 and 15 of Law No. 1 1946 regarding hoax news," said Louvre Surabaya attorney Rinto Wardana, according to Antara.
Rinto said the issue of arranging the Surabaya Louvre score just surfaced and came from a source that could not be validated and verified. The issue of setting the Louvre score rolled through an electronic mail which later became a chain message on the WhatsApp application.
"In the email there were allegations of match-fixing by the Louvre. Meanwhile, it cannot be verified and clarified. We suspect this email contains fake news and cannot be accounted for. We regret that this news was used as the basis for freezing the Louvre by Perbasi," said Rinto.
Louvre reported an individual named Alan who spread false news related to the issue of match-fixing via electronic mail. "The reported party is the name in the email Alan. We will make another reported after the investigation," said Rinto.
Rinto also said that the Louvre deeply regretted that the action of Perbasi which had frozen the Surabaya basketball team was only based on issues or allegations. The investigation was only carried out by Perbasi and had not yet received results, but the Surabaya Louvre had already been frozen immediately.
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