Perbasi hopes Prawira Harum can qualify for Round 2 of BCL Asia 2024

Jakarta, Beritasatu.com – The Central Management of the All-Indonesian Basketball Association (PP Perbasi) hopes that the Prawira Harum Bandung team can catch up with Pelita Jaya Jakarta who have qualified for the 2024 Basketball Champions League (BCL) Asia 2nd round.

It is planned that round 2 of the 2024 Basketball Champions League (BCL) Asia qualification will be held in Jakarta, 23-26 April.

“Pelita Jaya will definitely pass. “We pray for Prawira Harum Bandung to be able to follow suit and qualify,” said PP Perbasi Ketum Danny Kosasih when confirmed by journalists, Saturday (6/4/2024).

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He invited all Indonesian basketball fans to provide support for whoever represents Indonesia in the next round of BCL Asia.

Pelita Jaya has confirmed itself to qualify after scoring two wins in the Group B qualifier at the UG Arena Ulaanbataar Mongolia. First, they beat Thailand's representative, Hi-Tech Basketball Club with a score of 99-81 on April 3 2024.

Then in the second match they beat Ulaanbataar XAC Broncos 89-83 in a match which took place on April 4.

Pelita Jaya has locked in tickets for the second round of BCL Asia 2024 qualification with the status of winner of group B. Pelita Jaya's opponents in the second round of BCL Asia 2024 qualification are still waiting for the final standings of group B and group A.

Pelita Jaya still has one match left in the first round of BCL Asia 2024 qualifying. The opponent is the caretaker of group B Android Club who represents Singapore. This match will take place at UG Arena Ulaanbataar at 14.00 WIB.

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Another Indonesian representative in BCL Asia is still struggling to qualify for the second round, namely Prawira Harum Bandung. Prawira Harum Bandung's progress to the second round of BCL Asia 2024 qualification was hampered after suffering a defeat to Hong Kong Eastern 79-74 in the second match of Group A.

Prawira still has a chance to follow Pelita Jaya to Jakarta with a clean sweep of victory in the next match.

There were 4 teams participating in the second round of the BCL Asia 2024 qualification which took place in Jakarta. They are the champions of group A and group B. Then the two winning teams from the cross-match between groups 2 and 3.

“As the host of the second round, we are really looking forward to our two representatives passing the second round of the BCL Asia Qualifications and hope to secure tickets to BCL Asia 2024,” explained the Secretary General of PP Perbasi, Nirmala Dewi.

According to him, it would be a matter of pride for Indonesia if the Indonesian representatives were able to maintain their chances of getting to the main round of BCL Asia 2024. From this qualifying round, two tickets to BCL Asia 2024 are available.

In BCL Asia 2024, the two teams that pass this qualifying phase will compete with representatives from Japan, South Korea, China, the Philippines and the best representatives from the West Asia Super League. A total of 8 teams will compete again for the title as the best club in Asia.