# Sports in Indonesia

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Sports in Indonesia are popular from both the participation and spectating aspect. Some popular sports in Indonesia are football, futsal, basketball, volleyball, badminton, and the native Indonesian martial art pencak silat. Badminton is arguably Indonesia's most successful sport. Indonesia has won gold medals in badminton in every Olympic Games since the sport was first introduced to the Olympics in 1992, with the exception of two, at the 2012 and 2024 Summer Olympics, although in latter Games, Indonesia clinched a gold medal for the first time in sport climbing and weightlifting, respectively. Indonesia became the first grand winner in Badminton Olympics back then 1992. Indonesia regularly participates in the Thomas Cup, Uber Cup, and Sudirman Cup badminton championships, then became the first nation in history to complete those three titles. Indonesia also regularly participates in regional multi-events sport, such as the Southeast Asian Games, Asian Games, and Olympic Games. Indonesia is one of the major sport powerhouses in the Southeast Asian region, winning the Southeast Asian Games 10 times since 1977.
Sporting events in Indonesia are organised by the Indonesian National Sport Committee (Komite Olahraga Nasional Indonesia or KONI). The organisation, along with the Indonesian government, have set the National Sports Day on 9 September. Indonesia hosts the National Sports Week (Pekan Olahraga Nasional) multi-sport event every four years. Athletes from all provinces of Indonesia participate in this event, with hosting tally are distributed among Indonesian provinces.

## History
### Ancient era

In traditional Indonesian culture, there is no actual concept for physical exercise as the counterpart of modern sport. Native Indonesians usually linked the physical activities to tribal practices; mainly for ritual, art, physical fitness and martial purposes. The war dances and ritual combat among Indonesian tribes are the earliest example of ritualised physical exercise in Indonesia. Some of native Indonesian rituals are resembling sport, such as lompat batu (leaping the stone) tradition among Nias male youth as part of coming of age ritual, that resembles hurdling and long jump in athletics. Also Madurese karapan sapi and Minang pacu jawi (bull racing) that are similar to chariot race. Dragon boat, canoe and kayak race are virtually everyday activities among Indonesians that lives on the bank of major rivers or on distant islands.
In the 9th century the images of archery, described as princely court activities among nobility in ancient Java, can be found on bas-reliefs of Javanese candis. Archery is suggested as one of Indonesia's classical sport, and one of its famous rendering came from Prambanan temple as part of Ramayana story and later rendered as one of the icon of the Jakarta's 1962 Asian Games, also as the symbol of Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.
Pencak silat is the example of Indonesian native martial art that turned into competitive combat sport. Several Indonesian dances demonstrated repetitive movements that similar to physical exercise. Indonesian traditional social dances such as poco-poco dance from North Sulawesi and sajojo from Papua are adopted as senam kesegaran jasmani (musical calisthenics) today popular across Indonesia.

### Modern era

The modern concept of sport was introduced during colonial Dutch East Indies period. During these times football and badminton has reached Indonesia and become popular sport among Indonesian people ever since. After Indonesian independence, National Sports Committee of Indonesia was established in 1946 to unite the various satellite sports associations that was created within the regencies, then sports facilities were constructed in Indonesia, such as Ikada Stadium (1951—1962). During Sukarno reign, there is a desire to utilise sport as the means for uniting Indonesian people, establishing national pride as well as promoting sports in Indonesia. As the result the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium surrounded by sporting complex facilities were constructed in 1962 to host the fourth Asian Games held in Jakarta. Today in international stage, Indonesia is successful in badminton and also has been one of the major multi-event sports powerhouse in Southeast Asia.

## Sports known in Indonesia

Many sports were imported, some were developed from native Indonesian traditional sports and became popular in Indonesia.

### Badminton

Badminton is Indonesia's most successful sport, described by the New York Times as "part of the national identity". Indonesia has won gold medal in badminton in every Olympic Games since the sport was first introduced to the Olympics in 1992, except for two, in 2012 and 2024. In 1992, it came from Alan Budikusuma in men's singles, and Susi Susanti in women's singles. In 1996, Ricky Subagja and Rexy Mainaky got the gold medal in men's doubles. In 2000, Candra Wijaya and Tony Gunawan won the gold medal in men's doubles. In 2004, Taufik Hidayat won a gold medal in men's singles. In 2008, Indonesia won a gold medal through men's doubles, Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan. In 2016, Indonesia won a gold medal through mixed doubles, Liliyana Natsir and Tontowi Ahmad. In 2020, Indonesia won a gold medal through women’s doubles, Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu.
Indonesian badminton athletes have played in various international badminton tournaments in Indonesia, China, Korea, Denmark, Malaysia, India, Japan, England and many other tournaments, including Summer Olympics ever since the sport was introduced as a demonstration sport in the 1972 Summer Olympics and its official introduction in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Rudy Hartono is an Indonesian legendary badminton player, who has succeeded to win All England titles seven times in a row.
Out of all participating nations, Indonesia won the most titles in the Thomas Cup (World Men’s Team Badminton Championships), winning 14 titles in 29 appearances. In addition to that, Indonesia has won the Uber Cup (World Women’s Team Badminton Championships) 3 times and Sudirman Cup (World Mixed Team Badminton Championships) once. Indonesia also held its own international badminton tournament, the most prestigious is Indonesia Open that has been held annually since 1982 and Indonesia Masters which has been held since 2010.

### Football

Football has become one of the most popular sports in Indonesia since the country's independence, even though it had virtually no presence in the country before then. in Indonesia, this phenomenon is most often ascribed to general worldwide popularity of the sport, which carried over into Indonesia following its rapid urbanization. It is played widely, both professionally and as recreation. Liga Indonesia, the Indonesian domestic league is widely popular. Some of the major teams include: Persib Bandung, Persebaya Surabaya, PSM Makassar, PSMS Medan, Persija Jakarta, PSIS Semarang, Sriwijaya FC, Persipura Jayapura, Bali United and Arema Malang. The national body is the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI).
The Indonesian football league started around 1930 in the Dutch colonial era. In 1993, PSSI combined the existing Perserikatan, an amateur competition, and Galatama, a semi-professional league, to be a single professional competition for Indonesian football clubs, known as the Indonesian Football League (Liga Indonesia). Starting from 2008–09 season onwards, the competition format changed into a more common system that is also being used in most European football leagues by adding a fully professional league by banning local government's funding, the Indonesia Super League (now Liga 1).
On the international stage, Indonesia experienced limited success despite being the first Asian team to qualify for the FIFA World Cup in 1938 as Dutch East Indies. In 1956, the football team played in the Olympics and played a hard-fought draw against USSR. On the continent level, Indonesia won the bronze medal once in football in the 1958 Asian Games. Indonesia's first appearance in Asian Cup was back in 1996. The Indonesian national team has since qualified for the Asian Cup five times, in 2000, 2004, 2007, 2023, and 2027, moving through next stage only once, in 2023.

### Basketball

Basketball is one of the most popular sports especially among Indonesian youth. The Indonesia Basketball League (IBL) or Liga Bola Basket Indonesia is the pre-eminent men's basketball league in Indonesia, competed by 160 clubs across the country. The competition started as Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) in 2003. In 2010, Perbasi appointed DBL Indonesia to handle the competition and changed the league's name to National Basketball League (NBL). The name changed back to IBL after Starting5 took over as the new league operator in 2015.
The Indonesia men's national basketball team's biggest success has been gold at the 1996 Southeast Asian Basketball Championship and the 2021 SEA Games.
Indonesia hosted the official 2022 Asian Basketball Championship and the country co-hosted the 2023 Basketball World Cup, together with the Philippines and Japan. Although lately basketball has been proven as the most famous sport. Several matches were played in Jakarta at the newly build Indonesia Arena inside the GBK sports complex.
Additionally, a whole basketball league is dedicated to junior and senior students throughout Indonesia. This league is called DBL, which stands for Development Basketball League.

### Volleyball

Volleyball in Indonesia has been played since the Dutch colonial era. After being played as an official sport at the 1951 National Sports Week, the Indonesian Volleyball Federation was formed in 1955 and became the parent sport of volleyball in Indonesia. Until now, volleyball has become one of the popular sports played by the Indonesian people, both as study material at school, to fill their free time, and as a means of competition. The volleyball competition in Indonesia has been running, at least since the 1980s, as a professional competition for domestic volleyball athletes. Indonesia men's national volleyball team has also made several achievements in international competitions.

### Futsal

Futsal is popular in Indonesia, with arenas in every city. Although futsal is relatively young in the country, it has become more popular due to the Indonesia Futsal Federation (Federasi Futsal Indonesia, FFI) which oversees the Indonesia national futsal team, and the local professional futsal league for both men and women. While the FFI is effectively a member of PSSI, they have relative autonomy in terms of futsal governance in Indonesia.

### E-sports

There is a significant competitive video game scene in Indonesia. The first esports tournament in the country was a Super Mario Bros. competition, held in Surabaya in 1989. Many tournaments have sprung up since then, especially for online games such as StarCraft, Quake III, Age of Empires II, and Counter-Strike. The esports scene in Indonesia received a significant boost when the country hosted the 2018 Asian Games, which included esports as a demonstration event. There are also major tournaments for mobile games such as Vainglory and Mobile Legends held in Jakarta. More recently, Indonesia hosted the third and final Major of the Dota Pro Circuit season, the Bali Major 2023.

### Extreme sports

Extreme sports in Indonesia is increasing popularity such as BMX, Climbing and Surfing.

#### Climbing

Climbing is the most popular extreme sports in Indonesia including Sport climbing and the most popular type of climbing is Competition climbing.
In the 2024 Summer Olympics, Veddriq Leonardo won the Olympic gold medal for speed climbing and became first non-Badminton athlete from Indonesia to win the Gold Medal.

#### Surfing

Surfing in Indonesia is a small minority sport, the most popular Indonesian area for surfing are at Pangandaran, Banyuwangi, Lombok, and Bali. The most famous surfer from Indonesia right now is Dede Suryana.

### Pencak silat

Silat is an Indonesian native martial art, and pencak silat is an umbrella term for the indigenous martial arts created in Indonesia. The leading organisation of pencak silat in Indonesia is IPSI (Ikatan Pencak silat Indonesia meaning Organization for Indonesian pencak silat). The liaison body for international pencak silat is the International Pencak Silat Association or PERSILAT (Persekutuan Pencak Silat Antara Bangsa). There is many perguruan (schools) and styles of pencak silat in Indonesia.
Pencak silat has become one of sporting event in Pekan Olahraga Nasional and Southeast Asian Games with Indonesia as appear as one of the leading force in this sport. This martial art sport is also popular in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

### Cycling

Indonesia host some international road cycling tours; such as the annual Tour de Indonesia, Tour de Singkarak and Tour de East Java. Inspired by European Tour de France, these tours is one of the esteemed cycling event in Southeast Asian region and has attracted local as well as foreign cycling teams. Tour d'Indonesia usually started in Jakarta, across inland Java all the way eastward to Bali, while Tour de Singkarak is held in West Sumatra touring around Lake Singkarak. In track cycling numbers, Indonesia is also one of the strongest in the region and often won gold medals in Southeast Asia Games. Indonesia have world class velodromes in Rawamangun, Jakarta; and Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan, hailed as one of the best velodrome in Southeast Asia.
For non-athlete common Indonesians, riding bicycle is considered as the mode of transportation as well as a recreational and leisure sport. It is quite popular in Indonesia, especially during Car-Free Days in several cities. During weekends, especially around Saturday and Sunday morning, cyclist flocking Jakarta's main avenue such as Jalan Thamrin and Jalan Sudirman that is closed from cars, municipal authorities invited locals to have their sports and activities on the street. The Bike-to-Work community was established in Indonesia in 2005 to promote cycling as a cheap, healthy, and environment friendly mode of transportation to the workplace.
Extreme cycling, such as Mountain biking and urban Freestyle BMX is also popular among youth in main cities of Indonesia.

### Boxing

Boxing is a popular combative sport spectacle in Indonesia. Some famous Indonesian boxers include Ellyas Pical, three times IBF Super flyweight champion; Nico Thomas, Muhammad Rachman, and Chris John.

### Sepak takraw

Sepak takraw spread from China to the Indonesian archipelago, the game is believed to have evolved from cuju, a game similar to association football that was used as military training. In Indonesia, Sepak Takraw is also known as Sepak Raga in the local language in Indonesia. In Sulawesi, the traditional Bugis football game is called "Raga" (the player is called "Pa'Raga"). Some of the men playing the "Raga" circle in a group, the ball is passed from one to the other and the man who kicks the highest ball is the winner. "Raga" is also played for fun by demonstrating several tricks, such as kicking the ball and placing it on the player's head with the handle of the tengkolok bugis (Bugis headgear similar to a Malay tanjak).
After Sepak takraw was developed into modern competitive sport in 1940s with exact rules and scoring systems, Indonesia has become one of major sepak takraw power in the region, competing against Thailand and Malaysian teams.

### Motorsport

Motorsport in not a common sport in Indonesia, but there are some notable Indonesian motorsport competitors. For example, Rio Haryanto was the first Indonesian driver who competed in Formula One for Manor Racing at the 2016 Formula One Season, Sean Gelael is an ex Formula Two driver and is now competing in World Endurance Championship for United Autosport, Mario Aji is Indonesian Moto2 driver for Idemitsu Honda Team Asia. Indonesia also held some races for Formula E at Jakarta International e-Prix Circuit and MotoGP at Mandalika International Street Circuit.

## Sports leagues in Indonesia

| Football  Liga 1  Liga 1 Putri | Basketball  Indonesian Basketball League |
| Futsal  Indonesia Pro Futsal League  Indonesia Women's Pro Futsal League | Volleyball  Men's Proliga  Women's Proliga |

## Competitions

The Pekan Olahraga Nasional (National Sports Week) are held every four years. Indonesia also participates in international sporting events such as the Olympic Games (see Indonesia at the Olympics). the Asian Games and the South East Asian Games (SEA Games). 2018 Asian Games was held at Jakarta, Palembang, and some other venues in the provinces of West Java and Banten.

### All time medal count

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Summer Olympic Games | 10 | 14 | 16 | 40 |
| Summer Paralympic Games | 7 | 15 | 19 | 41 |
| Summer Youth Olympic Games | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| World Games | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| FISU World University Games (Summer) | 7 | 6 | 14 | 27 |
| World Beach Games | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| INAS Global Games | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Asian Games | 98 | 130 | 264 | 492 |
| Asian Para Games | 76 | 93 | 110 | 279 |
| Asian Beach Games | 42 | 28 | 53 | 123 |
| Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games | 16 | 16 | 42 | 74 |
| Asian Youth Games | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Asian Youth Para Games | 36 | 23 | 23 | 82 |
| Asia Pacific Deaf Games | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| Islamic Solidarity Games | 56 | 78 | 88 | 222 |
| SEA Games | 1,980 | 1,876 | 1,970 | 5,826 |
| ASEAN Para Games | 861 | 710 | 534 | 2,150 |
| ASEAN School Games | 268 | 319 | 284 | 817 |
| Defunct games |||||
| GANEFO | 21 | 25 | 35 | 81 |
| Afro-Asian Games | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Women's Islamic Games | 24 | 20 | 6 | 50 |
| FESPIC Youth Games | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Archery World Cup | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| World Athletics U20 Championships | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sudirman Cup | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 |
| Thomas Cup | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Uber Cup | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| BWF World Championships | 23 | 20 | 37 | 80 |
| BWF World Junior Championships | 10 | 30 | 39 | 79 |
| Karate World Championships | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| World Karate Championship Junior | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| IFSC Climbing World Championships | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| IFSC Climbing World Cup | 18 | 22 | 21 | 61 |
| World Surfing Games | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| World Aquatics Swimming World Cup | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| World Junior Taekwondo Championships | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| World Weightlifting Championships (T) | 5 | 11 | 10 | 26 |
| World Weightlifting Championships (B+S) | 16 | 24 | 31 | 71 |
| IWF World Cup | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| World Wushu Championships | 15 | 13 | 18 | 46 |
| Asian Athletics Championships | 1 | 9 | 9 | 19 |
| Asian Marathon Championships | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Asian Junior Athletics Championships | 2 | 10 | 13 | 25 |
| Asian U18 Athletics Championships | 5 | 1 | 11 | 17 |
| Badminton Asia Championships | 34 | 31 | 76 | 141 |
| Badminton Asia Men's Team | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Badminton Asia Women's Team | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Badminton Asia Mixed Team | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Badminton Asia Junior Championships | 16 | 13 | 58 | 87 |
| FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| FIBA 3x3 U17 Asia Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| AFC U-20 Asian Cup | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| IFSC Climbing Asian Championships | 28 | 19 | 18 | 65 |
| IFSC Climbing Asian Cup | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| SEABA Championship | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| AFF Futsal Championship | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| AFF U-23 Championship | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| ASEAN U-19 Boys Championship | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| SEA V.League | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
* until 2024

### Hosted sporting events

| Year | Event | Sport | Location | Date | Date | Status |
| Year | Event | Sport | Location | Start | End | Status |
| 1961 | Thomas Cup | Badminton | Jakarta | Jun 1 | Jun 11 | International |
| 1962 | Asian Games | Multi-sport event | Jakarta | Aug 24 | Sep 4 | Continental |
| 1963 | GANEFO | Multi-sport event | Jakarta | Nov 10 | Nov 22 | International |
| 1967 | Thomas Cup | Badminton | Jakarta | May 31 | Jun 10 | International |
| 1971 | Asian Badminton Championships | Badminton | Jakarta | Aug 13 | Aug 21 | Continental |
| 1972 | Badminton World Invitational Championships | Badminton | Jakarta | | | International |
| 1974 | Badminton World Invitational Championships | Badminton | Jakarta | | | International |
| 1975 | Uber Cup | Badminton | Jakarta | | Jun 6 | International |
| 1977 | Asian Amateur Boxing Championships | Amateur boxing | Jakarta | Oct 13 | Oct 20 | Continental |
| 1979 | Thomas Cup | Badminton | Jakarta | Jun 1 | Jun 2 | International |
| 1980 | IBF World Championships | Badminton | Jakarta | May 27 | Jun 1 | International |
| 1981 | World Lifesaving Championships | Lifesaving | Bali | May 1 | May 3 | International |
| 1981 | Asian Judo Championships | Judo | Jakarta | Jul 15 | Jul 18 | Continental |
| 1986 | Thomas & Uber Cup | Badminton | Jakarta | Apr 22 | May 4 | International |
| 1986 | FESPIC Games | Multi-sport event | Surakarta | Aug 31 | Sep 7 | Continental |
| 1987 | Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships | Table tennis | Kediri | Nov 14 | Nov 21 | Continental |
| 1988 | Asian Invitational Badminton Championships | Badminton | Bandar Lampung | Nov 6 | Nov 10 | Continental |
| 1989 | Sudirman Cup | Badminton | Jakarta | May 24 | May 29 | International |
| 1990 | World Badminton Grand Prix Finals | Badminton | Denpasar | Dec 12 | Dec 16 | International |
| 1992 | IBF World Junior Championships | Badminton | Jakarta | Nov 8 | Nov 14 | International |
| 1993 | ABC Championship | Basketball | Jakarta | Nov 12 | Nov 21 | Continental |
| 1994 | Thomas & Uber Cup | Badminton | Jakarta | May 10 | May 21 | International |
| 1994 | ATP Tour World Championships | Tennis | Jakarta | Nov 21 | Nov 27 | International |
| 1995 | World Archery Championships | Archery | Jakarta | Aug 1 | Aug 6 | International |
| 1996 | SEABA Championship | Basketball | Surabaya | Nov 24 | Dec 1 | Regional |
| 1997 | Badminton World Cup | Badminton | Jakarta | Aug 20 | Aug 24 | International |
| 2000 | Asian Athletics Championships | Athletics | Jakarta | Aug 28 | Aug 31 | Continental |
| 2000 | World Pencak Silat Championships | Pencak silat | Jakarta | Nov 14 | Nov 19 | International |
| 2004 | Thomas & Uber Cup | Badminton | Jakarta | May 7 | May 16 | International |
| 2004 | ASEAN University Games | Multi-sport event | Surabaya | Dec 5 | Dec 12 | Regional |
| 2007 | AFC Asian Cup | Association football | Jakarta Palembang | Jul 7 | Jul 29 | Continental |
| 2006 | BIMP-EAGA Friendship Games | Multi-sport event | Makassar | Nov 24 | Nov 26 | Regional |
| 2008 | Thomas & Uber Cup | Badminton | Jakarta | May 11 | May 18 | International |
| 2008 | Asian Beach Games | Multi-sport event | Bali | Oct 18 | Oct 26 | Continental |
| 2008 | IPSC Handgun World Shoot | Shooting | Bali | Oct 22 | Nov 1 | International |
| 2009 | SEABA Championship | Basketball | Medan | Jun 6 | Jun 9 | Regional |
| 2009 | Asian Cycling Championships | Cycling | Tenggarong Samarinda | Aug 14 | Aug 20 | Continental |
| 2009 | WTA Tournament of Champions | Tennis | Bali | Nov 4 | Nov 8 | International |
| 2009 | Asian Archery Championships | Archery | Denpasar | Nov 16 | Nov 21 | Continental |
| 2010 | Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship | Volleyball | Gresik | Jun 26 | Jul 4 | Continental |
| 2010 | WTA Tournament of Champions | Tennis | Bali | Nov 4 | Nov 7 | International |
| 2010 | Asian Development Tour – Bali Open | Golf | Bali | Nov 6 | Nov 6 | International |
| 2011 | Asian Development Tour – Taman Dayu Championship | Golf | Surabaya | Jul 7 | Jul 7 | International |
| 2011 | SEA Games | Multi-sport event | Jakarta Palembang | Nov 11 | Nov 22 | Regional |
| 2011 | ASEAN Para Games | Multi-sport event | Surakarta | Dec 15 | Dec 20 | Regional |
| 2012 | Asian Aerobic Gymnastics Championships | Aerobic gymnastics | Palembang | Oct 18 | Oct 19 | Continental |
| 2013 | SEABA Championship | Basketball | Medan | Jun 20 | Jun 23 | Regional |
| 2013 | AFF U-19 Youth Championship | Association football | Sidoarjo Gresik | Sep 9 | Sep 22 | Regional |
| 2013 | Islamic Solidarity Games | Multi-sport event | Palembang | Sep 22 | Oct 1 | International |
| 2014 | SEABA Cup | Basketball | Batam | May 21 | May 23 | Regional |
| 2014 | SEABA Championship for Women | Basketball | Semarang | May 26 | May 29 | Regional |
| 2014 | SEABA Under-18 Championship for Women | Basketball | Semarang | May 26 | May 29 | Regional |
| 2014 | IFSC Climbing Asian Championships | Sport climbing | Lombok | Oct 1 | Oct 3 | Continental |
| 2014 | ASEAN University Games | Multi-sport event | Palembang | Dec 11 | Dec 21 | Regional |
| 2015 | Asian Women's Handball Championship | Handball | Jakarta | Mar 14 | Mar 23 | Continental |
| 2015 | Asian Baseball Cup (Eastern Division) | Baseball | Jakarta | May 3 | May 8 | Continental |
| 2015 | BWF World Championships | Badminton | Jakarta | Aug 10 | Aug 16 | International |
| 2015 | World Paragliding Accuracy Championships | Paragliding | Puncak | Aug 11 | Aug 16 | International |
| 2015 | Asian Canoe Sprint Championships | Canoeing | Palembang | Nov 4 | Nov 8 | Continental |
| 2015 | World Wushu Championships | Wushu | Jakarta | Nov 14 | Nov 18 | International |
| 2015 | Badminton Asia U17 & U15 Junior Championships | Badminton | Kudus | Oct 7 | Oct 11 | Continental |
| 2015 | Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold | Badminton | Malang | Dec 1 | Dec 6 | International |
| 2016 | SEABA Under-18 Championship | Basketball | Medan | Apr 23 | Apr 28 | Regional |
| 2016 | TAFISA World Sport for All Games | Multi-sport event | Jakarta | Oct 6 | Oct 12 | International |
| 2016 | Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold | Badminton | Balikpapan | Sep 6 | Sep 11 | International |
| 2016 | World Pencak Silat Championships | Pencak silat | Denpasar | Dec 3 | Dec 8 | International |
| 2016 | BIMP-EAGA Friendship Games | Multi-sport event | Samarinda | Dec 7 | Dec 10 | Regional |
| 2016 | South East Asian Table Tennis Championships | Table tennis | Makassar | Dec 21 | Dec 24 | Regional |
| 2017 | Asian Men's Volleyball Championship | Volleyball | Gresik | Jul 24 | Aug 1 | Continental |
| 2017 | Asian Women's Youth Handball Championship | Handball | Jakarta | Aug 20 | Aug 28 | Continental |
| 2017 | BWF World Junior Championships | Badminton | Yogyakarta | Oct 9 | Oct 22 | International |
| 2018 | Asian Men's Softball Championship | Softball | Jakarta | Apr 23 | Apr 28 | Continental |
| 2018 | Asian Junior Gymnastics Championships | Artistic gymnastics | Jakarta | Apr 25 | Apr 28 | Continental |
| 2018 | Asian Sailing Championship | Sailing | Jakarta | Jun 24 | Jun 30 | Continental |
| 2018 | AFF Women's Championship | Association football | Palembang | Jun 30 | Jul 13 | Regional |
| 2018 | AFF Futsal Club Championship | Futsal | Yogyakarta | Jul 15 | Jul 21 | Regional |
| 2018 | Badminton Asia Junior Championships | Badminton | Jakarta | Jul 14 | Jul 22 | Continental |
| 2018 | AFC Futsal Club Championship | Futsal | Yogyakarta | Aug 1 | Aug 12 | Continental |
| 2018 | Asian Games | Multi-sport event | Jakarta Palembang | Aug 18 | Sep 2 | Continental |
| 2018 | Asian Para Games | Multi-sport event | Jakarta | Oct 6 | Oct 13 | Continental |
| 2018 | AFC U-19 Championship | Association football | Jakarta | Oct 18 | Nov 4 | Continental |
| 2018 | AFF Futsal Championship | Futsal | Yogyakarta | Nov 5 | Nov 11 | Regional |
| 2018 | South East Asian Table Tennis Championships | Table tennis | Bali | Nov 15 | Nov 18 | Regional |
| 2018 | AFF Beach Soccer Championship | Beach soccer | Bali | Nov 18 | Nov 24 | Regional |
| 2019 | ASEAN School Games | Multi-sport event | Semarang | Jul 17 | Jul 25 | Regional |
| 2019 | Asian Track Cycling Championships | Track cycling | Jakarta | Jan 9 | Jan 13 | Continental |
| 2019 | Asian Table Tennis Championships | Table tennis | Yogyakarta | Sep 15 | Sep 22 | Continental |
| 2019 | IFSC Climbing Asian Championships | Sport climbing | Bogor | Nov 6 | Nov 10 | Continental |
| 2021 | BWF World Tour Finals | Badminton | Bali | Dec 1 | Dec 5 | International |
| 2022 | ISSF Grand Prix | Shooting | Jakarta | Feb 8 | Feb 18 | International |
| 2022 | Men's AHF Cup | Field hockey | Jakarta | Mar 11 | Mar 20 | Continental |
| 2022 | MotoGP World Championship | Motorcycle racing | Lombok | Mar 20 | Mar 20 | International |
| 2022 | Men's Hockey Asia Cup | Field hockey | Jakarta | May 23 | Jun 1 | Continental |
| 2022 | World Surf League | Surfing | Banyuwangi | May 28 | Jun 6 | International |
| 2022 | ASEAN Para Games | Multi-sport event | Surakarta | Jul 30 | Aug 6 | Regional |
| 2022 | FIBA Asia Cup | Basketball | Jakarta | Jul 12 | Jul 24 | Continental |
| 2022 | Asia Rugby Sevens Series Trophy | Rugby sevens | Jakarta | Aug 6 | Aug 7 | Continental |
| 2022 | UCI Mountain Bike World Cup | Cycling | Palangka Raya | Aug 28 | Aug 28 | International |
| 2022 | World Junior Wushu Championships | Wushu | Tangerang | Dec 5 | Dec 11 | International |
| 2022 | Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy | Figure skating | Jakarta | Dec 7 | Dec 11 | Continental |
| 2023 | ISSF World Cup | Shooting | Jakarta | Jan 27 | Feb 7 | International |
| 2023 | Formula 1 Powerboat World Championship | Boat racing | Lake Toba | Feb 23 | Feb 26 | International |
| 2023 | IFSC Climbing World Cup | Sport climbing | Jakarta | May 6 | May 7 | International |
| 2023 | Asian Men's Beach Handball Championship | Beach Handball | Bali | Mar 10 | Mar 19 | Continental |
| 2023 | Asian Women's Beach Handball Championship | Beach Handball | Bali | Mar 10 | Mar 19 | Continental |
| 2023 | Formula E World Championship | Auto racing | Jakarta | Jun 3 | Jun 4 | International |
| 2023 | Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup | Volleyball | Gresik | Jun 18 | Jun 25 | Continental |
| 2023 | AFF U-19 Women's Championship | Association football | Palembang | Jul 5 | Jul 15 | Regional |
| 2023 | Badminton Asia Junior Championships | Badminton | Yogyakarta | Jul 7 | Jul 16 | Continental |
| 2023 | SEA Men's V.League – First Leg | Volleyball | Bogor | Jul 21 | Jul 30 | Regional |
| 2023 | SEA Age Group Swimming Championships | Swimming | Jakarta | Aug 24 | Aug 26 | Regional |
| 2023 | FIBA Basketball World Cup | Basketball | Jakarta | Aug 25 | Sep 10 | International |
| 2023 | MotoGP World Championship | Motorcycle racing | Lombok | Oct 15 | Oct 15 | International |
| 2023 | Asian Sport Climbing Olympic Qualifier | Sport climbing | Jakarta | Nov 9 | Nov 12 | Continental |
| 2023 | UCI MTB Eliminator World Championships | Cycling | Palangka Raya | Nov 12 | Nov 12 | International |
| 2023 | FIFA U-17 World Cup | Association football | Jakarta Bandung Surabaya Surakarta | Nov 10 | Dec 2 | International |
| 2023 | Aquabike World Championship | Boat racing | Lake Toba | Nov 23 | Nov 26 | International |
| 2024 | Asian Rifle/Pistol Championships | Shooting | Jakarta | Jan 8 | Jan 17 | Continental |
| 2024 | AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup | Association football | Bali | Apr 7 | Apr 20 | Continental |
| 2024 | Badminton Asia Junior Championships | Badminton | Yogyakarta | June 28 | Jul 7 | Continental |
| 2024 | MotoGP World Championship | Motorcycle racing | Lombok | Sep 29 | Sep 29 | International |