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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Rule changes

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.

Competition format

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.^[3]

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.^{[3][4][5][2][6][7]} This format will be used next season.^[4] The format was introduced to create another revenue stream for clubs, as revenue from home games will enter right into the clubs' coffers.^[3][8][9]

Players

Draft

Starting this season, IBL no longer held the IBL draft.^[7][9] As a replacement, clubs can now freely recruit rookies and foreign players without the draft.^{[9][10][11][12]} IBL also introduced some rules regarding said recruitment.

Foreign players

IBL permitted clubs to register up to three foreign players for the season instead of just two players last season.^[13][11][12] 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.^[13][12] Clubs can now play two foreign players simultaneously on the field without minutes played limitation.^[13][12] IBL permitted clubs to freely change their foreign players even in the middle of the regular season.^[12] However, clubs can no longer change their foreign players in the last three weeks of the regular season before the playoffs.^[12]

Heritage and naturalized players

IBL now recognizes that heritage and naturalized players as local players hence they no longer count as foreign players.^[13] However, clubs were not permitted to naturalize foreign players on their own, as it was Perbasi's prerogative.^[13] They can only play in the league if they are recognized by Perbasi.^[13]

Rookie players

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.^[10] Second, they can only recruit local rookie players, players coming from the clubs' region.^[10] 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.^[10]

Salary cap

To maintain competitive balance among clubs, IBL implemented a salary cap rule.^[7][9][12] The salary cap for the season is 10 billion rupiah.^[11]

Teams

14 clubs are competing this season compared to 16 clubs last season. However, there were some changes to the competing clubs.

Team changes

• Perbasi announced that they pulled out Indonesia Patriots, which consisted of mostly youth national team prospects, from the IBL.^[14][15] This was due to a new young player development program between Perbasi and the Lithuanian Basketball Federation which involves sending young Indonesian players (who would be Indonesia Patriors' players) to compete abroad, including to Lithuania.^[14][15]
• The license for NSH Mountain Gold Timika was revoked by the IBL due to the club's internal problems.^[16]
• West Bandits Solo returned its license to the IBL due to the club's internal problems. Another club from Solo, Kesatria Bengawan Solo bought West Bandits' license to play this season.^[17]
• The license for Evos Thunder Bogor was acquired by a new club based in Medan, Rajawali Medan.^[18][19] They are the only IBL club based in the island of Sumatera.^[19]

Name changes

• Elang Pacific Caesar Surabaya changed its name back to Pacific Caesar Surabaya as the partnership between them and a club from Medan, Methodist 2 Hawks, was not renewed.^[20][21]

• Bumi Borneo Basketball changed its name to Borneo Hornbills.^[22] They also chose to play their home games at GOR Laga Tangkas in Cibinong, Bogor.^[22][23] This was because facilities in Borneo were inadequate hence insufficient to fully accommodate the needs of the team.^[23] However, they hoped to be able to play in Kalimantan in the foreseeable future.^[23]
• RANS PIK Basketball moved its homebase to Bogor, West Java. They changed their name to RANS Simba Bogor to reflect said move and for sponsorship reason (Simba Cereal).^[24][25]

Venues and locations

Jakarta

Tangerang

Bogor

Rajawali Medan

Prawira Bandung

Satya Wacana

Kesatria Bengawan Solo

Bima Perkasa

Pacific Caesar

Bali United

Jakarta teams:
Amartha Hangtuah
Pelita Jaya Bakrie
Satria Muda Pertamina
Bogor teams:
Borneo Hornbills
RANS Simba Bogor
Tangerang teams:
Tangerang Hawks Dewa United Banten

Locations of 2024 IBL teams.
Red: Clubs; Blue: Region with Multiple Teams

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer
Amartha Hangtuah	Ardi Darmawan Moeljoto	Andika Supriadi Saputra	Fisyaiful Amir	Injers
Bali United	Sigit Sugiantoro	Anthony Garbelotto	Abraham Wenas	Specs
Bima Perkasa Jogja	Fika Nurazam Wirastuti	Predrag Lukić	Restu Dwi Purnomo	VNY
Borneo Hornbills	Andromeda Manuputty	Ricky Benitez	Raymond Shariputra	Stayhoops
Dewa United Banten	Zaki Iskandar	Pablo Favarel	Kaleb Ramot Gemilang	Juara
Kesatria Bengawan Solo	Arfinsa Gunawan	Efri Meldi	Kentrell Barkley	Mardani Sportindo
Pacific Caesar Surabaya	Soegiono Hartono	John Todd Purves	Gregorio Claudio Wibowo	Terra
Pelita Jaya Bakrie	Adhi Pratama Prasetyo Putra	Rob Beveridge	Andakara Prastawa	Nakara
Prawira Harum Bandung	Andri Syarel Octreanes	David Singleton	Yudha Saputera	Sportama
Rajawali Medan	A Kiat	Raoul Miguel Hadinoto	Hendra Thio	Global
RANS Simba Bogor	Andrey Rido Mahardika	Wahyu Widayat Jati	Januar Kuntara	Juara
Satria Muda Pertamina	Theodore Wira Adi	Manuel Peña Garcés	Arki Dikania Wisnu	Juara
Satya Wacana Saints Salatiga	Dodik Tri Purnomo	Jerry Lolowang	Henry Cornelis Lakay	One Stop Basketball
Tangerang Hawks	Indra Budianto	Antonius Joko Endratmo	Danny Ray	Motion Sport

Foreign and heritage players

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.^[7][12] Second, clubs can register up to three foreign players instead the maximum two last season.^[13] Third, two of them must be under 2 meters while the other one can exceed the height restriction.^[13][12] Fourth, heritage and naturalized players as local players no longer count as foreign players.^[13] Fifth, IBL permitted clubs to change foreign players mid-season without restriction.^[12] Clubs can no longer change their foreign players three weeks before playoffs.^[12]

• Players named in bold indicates the player was registered mid-season.
• Former players named in italics are players that were out of squad or left the club within the season, after the pre-season transfer window, or in the mid-season transfer window, and at least had one appearance.

Teams	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Heritage Player	Former players
Amartha Hangtuah	Nick Faust[26]	Zoran Talley Jr.[26]	Ronald Earl Delph[26]	-	-
Bali United	Xavier Cannefax[27]	Kierell Green[27]	Ryan Batte[27]	-	-
Bima Perkasa Jogja	Martyce Kimbrough[28]	Garrius Holloman[28]	Feliciano Perez Neto[28]	-	-
Borneo Hornbills	Michael Qualls[29]	Najeal Young[30]	Steve Taylor Jr.[31]	Jamarr Johnson[30]	Devondrick Walker[32] Travion Leonard[29]
Dewa United Banten	Gelvis Solano[33]	Tavario Miller[33]	Jordan Adams[33]	Lester Prosper[33]	-
Kesatria Bengawan Solo	Kentrell Barkley[34]	Jason Copman[34]	Taylor Johns[34]	-	-
Pacific Caesar Surabaya	Stephan Lane Hurt[35]	Nick Wiggins[36]	Jaylyn Richardson[37]	-	Kamani Johnson[36] Anthony January[36]
Pelita Jaya Bakrie	Thomas Robinson[38]	Malachi Richardson[38]	K.J. McDaniels[38]	Anthony Beane[38]	-
Prawira Harum Bandung	Antonio Hester[39]	Brandone Francis[40]	James Gist[41]	-	Julius Jucikas[42] Christian James[43] Dane Miller Jr.[41]
Rajawali Medan	Jabari Bird[44]	Quintin Dove[44]	Wendell Lewis[44]	-	-
RANS Simba Bogor	Malik Dunbar[45]	Le'Bryan Nash[45]	Jerome Jordan[45]	Devon van Oostrum[45]	-
Satria Muda Pertamina	Curtis Trey Davis[46]	Jarred Shaw[46]	Myke Henry[46]	Dame Diagne[46]	-
Satya Wacana Saints Salatiga	Tyree Robinson[47]	Isaac Pito Asrat[47]	Michael Henn[47]	-	-
Tangerang Hawks	Augustus Stone[48]	Xavier Alexander[48]	Amir Williams[49]	-	Nemanja Bešović[50]

Schedule

Over 240 matches would be played in the IBL regular season.^[5] Here is the preliminary schedule of the season.^[2] During the month of Ramadan, the matches will be played exclusively on the night.

Regular season

League table

Results

Playoffs

Bracket

First round

Semifinals

Final

Finals MVP

Awards