Indonesia men's national basketball team

Indonesia Indonesia
FIBA ranking77 Decrease 2 (15 August 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1953
FIBA zoneFIBA Asia
National federationPERBASI
CoachMiloš Pejić
Nickname(s)The Patriots
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
World Cup
AppearancesNone
Asia Cup
Appearances18
MedalsNone
SEABA Championship
Appearances10
Medals Gold: 1996
Silver: 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017
Bronze: 1994

The Indonesia men's national basketball team represents the Republic of Indonesia in international basketball competitions. The governing body of the team is the Persatuan Bola Basket Seluruh Indonesia (Indonesian Basketball AssociationPERBASI).[2]

Its biggest success was the gold medal at the 1996 South East Asian Championship. Team Indonesia is one of the major teams in Southeast Asia. The team finished among the top-four teams in Asia at the 1967 Asian Basketball Championship. At the 1996 SEABA Championship, Indonesia was the dominant country and won the gold medal.[citation needed]

At the 1997 SEA Games in Jakarta, Indonesia failed to get a medal. Then, two years later Indonesia won the bronze medal at the Brunei 1999 SEA Games.[3]

Indonesia participated at the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship as well, which was held 6–16 August 2009, in Tianjin, China. They were able to qualify for the said tournament by placing second in the 2009 SEABA Championship held from 6–9 June 2009.[4] At the FIBA Asia Championship, only the top 3 qualified for the World Basketball Championships.[5] For these events, the head coach of the team was Rastafari Horongbala.[6]
At the FIBA Asia Championship 2009, Indonesia finished 15th, leaving behind Sri Lanka.[7] On individual performances, Kelly Purwanto and Isman Thoyib finished among the tournament's top performers. Purwanto finished in the top ten in steals per game, Thoyib finished in the top ten in blocks per game.[8] Indonesian basketball-icon Mario Wuysang was not able to represent his country at that event due scheduling conflicts (the final four of the Indonesian IBL was scheduled about the same time as this Asian Championship).

Indonesia co-hosted the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup along with Philippines and Japan although its national team did not finish at least among the top eight in the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup and failed to qualify.[9]

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. ^ FIBA National Federations – Indonesia, fiba.com, accessed 4 September 2010.
  3. ^ Ibl Legends : Johannis Winar Beruntung Dibimbing Para Senior IBL 9 August 2020, accessed 2 February 2022.(in Indonesian)
  4. ^ "SEABA: Pilipinas repeat, defeats Indonesia 98-68". interbasket.net. 9 June 2009.
  5. ^ "INA / SRI – Indonesia avoid wooden spoon". fiba.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016.
  6. ^ FIBA Team Home Page – Indonesia Archived 9 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine, fiba.com, accessed 5 December 2010.
  7. ^ "FIBA.com: 2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Men". fiba.com. Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  8. ^ "FIBA.com: 2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Men Top players". fiba.com. Archived from the original on 29 August 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  9. ^ Danartikanya, Anindhya (19 July 2022). "Gagal Lolos ke FIBA World Cup 2023, Pelatih Timnas Basket Indonesia: Tak Perlu Sedih". Bola.net (in Indonesian).