2024 IBL Indonesia

The 2024 Indonesian Basketball League (or IBL Tokopedia for sponsorship reasons) is the ninth season of Indonesian top domestic basketball league since the re-branding by Starting5. It is also the 21st IBL season overall since its establishment in 2003. The season began on January 13 and scheduled to end in August 2024 with two breaks, one in February due to the general election and FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers and another due to Eid al-Fitr and lebaran. All Indonesian cup will be started on September 22 and scheduled to end in October 6. Pelita Jaya Jakarta won both final and cup this year with their players, Anthony Beane and Brandon Jawato as the respective MVPs.
Just before the season started, the IBL made numerous adjustments to the league's rules, including introducing some new ones. The move was intended to boost the league's overall competitiveness while maintaining balance and fair competition.
For last season, the IBL used two format. In the regular season, teams were no longer divided into two divisions and were merged into one single league series format. In the playoffs, teams were playing each other in a best-of-three home-and-away format in which teams at home were playing at the venue of their own choosing.
However, for this season, the IBL announced they would ditched the series format in favor of a true home and away format for the entire season, not just in the playoffs. This format will be used next season. The format was introduced to create another revenue stream for clubs, as revenue from home games will enter right into the clubs' coffers.
Starting this season, IBL no longer held the IBL draft. As a replacement, clubs can now freely recruit rookies and foreign players without the draft. IBL also introduced some rules regarding said recruitment.
IBL permitted clubs to register up to three foreign players for the season instead of just two players last season. However, IBL introduced height restriction on foreign players. Two of them must be under 2 meters while the other one can exceed the height restriction. Clubs can now play two foreign players simultaneously on the field without minutes played limitation. IBL permitted clubs to freely change their foreign players even in the middle of the regular season. However, clubs can no longer change their foreign players in the last three weeks of the regular season before the playoffs.
IBL now recognizes that heritage and naturalized players as local players hence they no longer count as foreign players. However, clubs were not permitted to naturalize foreign players on their own, as it was Perbasi's prerogative. They can only play in the league if they are recognized by Perbasi.
As with foreign players, clubs can now freely recruit rookie players without the draft with some limitations. First, they can register up to five rookie players. Second, they can only recruit local rookie players, players coming from the clubs' region. Third, clubs can only register rookie players aged 19 and above, and if they want to register players under 19, they must come from the club's development program like an internal academy or from affiliated local clubs or academies.
To maintain competitive balance among clubs, IBL implemented a salary cap rule. The salary cap for the season is 10 billion rupiah.
14 clubs are competing this season compared to 16 clubs last season. However, there were some changes to the competing clubs.
As mentioned before, IBL introduced some changes and new rules regarding foreign players. First, the league no longer held draft so clubs must recruit foreign players on their own. Second, clubs can register up to three foreign players instead the maximum two last season. Third, two of them must be under 2 meters while the other one can exceed the height restriction. Fourth, heritage and naturalized players as local players no longer count as foreign players. Fifth, IBL permitted clubs to change foreign players mid-season without restriction. Clubs can no longer change their foreign players three weeks before playoffs.
182 matches would be played in the IBL regular season. Each team will play each other twice, once at each team's home stadium. Here is the preliminary schedule of the season. During the month of Ramadan, the matches will be played exclusively at night.
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The league announced that the 2024 IBL playoffs start on July 11. Eight teams qualified to the playoffs will play in a best-of-three home-and-away format. IBL, in collaboration with Perbasi, also announced the use of foreign FIBA-licensed referees recommended by FIBA Asia. They will work in tandem with local referees in the playoffs. The game between RANS and Prawira opened the playoffs first round.
All games were held in Hall Basket Senayan, DKI Jakarta from 22 September to 6 October 2024. Only local players participated during this preseason.
Skill-challenge champion : Abraham Wenas (Bali United Basketball)
Three-point contest champion : Jordan Adams (Dewa United Banten)
Slam-dunk contest champion : Pandu Wiguna (Prawira Bandung)
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