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KOMPAS.com – Basketball is one of the most popular sports and is also very popular in a number of countries around the world, including Indonesia.

In Indonesia, basketball is no less popular than badminton and football.

The current basketball competition in Indonesia is the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL).

On the world stage, the most famous basketball competition is the National Basketball Association (NBA) which is a professional basketball league in North America (United States and Canada).

Meanwhile, on the international stage, the famous basketball competition is the FIBA ​​Basketball World Cup or the Basketball World Cup.

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Behind the popularity of basketball today, it turns out that basketball has a long history.

Quote from Encyclopedia Britannica (2015), basketball was invented by James Naismith on December 1, 1891. At that time, James Naismith was working as a sports instructor for the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA).

Around this time, Naismith created and designed a sport that could be played in winter. Naismith’s idea at this time ultimately created a game of basketball that can be played by all circles to this day.

The first basketball game was played in 1891 in the United States. At that time, fishing baskets were used as basketball hoops for basketball games.

So, don’t be surprised if the game of basketball originated in the United States.

The first game that became the origin of the game of basketball is increasingly prevalent throughout the region of the United States.

Eventually, many organizations or individuals asked Naismith to provide a copy of his rules that Naismith wrote on January 15, 1892.

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Basketball has also grown in terms of membership and court size.

In 1894, the number of basketball players was five players with a field area of ​​167.2 square meters.

This number continued to change until 1897, it was decided if the number of basketball players was five people on a team.

Basketball is not only known in its home country, namely the United States, but is also spreading and is increasingly recognized by citizens outside of the United States.

The French began to recognize basketball in 1893. The British got to know it in 1894. The game continued to spread to Australia, China, India and Japan.

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In 1906, the fishing basket was replaced by a metal hoop with a real net. In addition, the back panel of the basketball hoop was also introduced that year.

Meanwhile, the development of basketball in the sports world is developing rapidly. The National Basketball Association was formed on June 6, 1946, making basketball increasingly known to citizens of the world.

Started from the Perbasi page, the spread of basketball from the United States to countries in East Asia played a role in bringing the sport to the country.

In the 1920s, basketball was introduced to Indonesia by the Dutch and introduced by migrants from China bringing the basketball developed over two decades to their home country.

The nomads then formed their own communities, including creating schools for basketball to grow rapidly in the community schools they founded.

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In these schools, basketball has become one of the compulsory sports that all students must play. So it’s no surprise that these schools still have basketball courts.

Entering the era of the 1930s, basketball associations began to form in major cities of Indonesia such as Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung, Semarang, Yogyakarta and Medan.

These large cities became the center of the establishment of basketball associations.

In Semarang, for example, in 1930, there were associations such as Chinese English School, Tionghwa Hwee, Fe Leon Ti Yu Hui and Pheng Yu Hui (Friends). Sahabat is a club of Sony Hendrawan (Liem Tjien Sion), one of the legends of Indonesian basketball.

Then, after the proclamation of independence on August 17, 1945, basketball began to be widely known in cities that became the base of wrestling, such as Yogyakarta and Solo.

During the PON (National Sports Week) I (1948) in Solo, basketball was played for the first time at the national level.

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