Jakarta Muda Indonesia listed themselves as the first club to win the prestigious Kobatama Champion title.

[citation needed] In 2003, the inaugural season of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) professional competition was held.

12 teams participated in the IBL inaugural season from 6 cities around Indonesia: Bandung, Bogor, Jakarta, Salatiga, Surabaya, and Yogyakarta.

In 2008, Garuda Bandung managed to steal the previous IBL Cup Tournament title, in 2006 and 2007 also belonged to Satria Muda.

[6] All participating club representatives also asked PT DBL Indonesia to manage and to operate the league.

Starting in 2010 until 2015, IBL, operated by DBL Indonesia, changed its name to the Indonesian National Basketball League (NBL).

[5] In 2017, the league began to allow clubs to sign foreign players limited by salary cap and height restriction regulations.