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        "msgid": "kobatama-season-due-to-start-late-august-1447893297",
        "date": "1999-08-06 00:00:00",
        "title": "Kobatama season due to start late August",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Kobatama season due to start late August JAKARTA (JP): The National basketball league (Kobatama) will tip off its season on Aug. 31, with games scheduled to run until Dec. 5, organizers said. \"This year there are more Kobatama matches than last year... The matches will be divided into six legs plus the Laga Bintang (All-Star Game) and Final Four,\" Doddie Gambiro, an official from the Indonesian Basketball Association, said on Wednesday.",
        "content": "<p>Kobatama season due to start late August<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): The National basketball league (Kobatama) will<br>\ntip off its season on Aug. 31, with games scheduled to run until<br>\nDec. 5, organizers said.<\/p>\n<p>\"This year there are more Kobatama matches than last year...<br>\nThe matches will be divided into six legs plus the Laga Bintang<br>\n(All-Star Game) and Final Four,\" Doddie Gambiro, an official from<br>\nthe Indonesian Basketball Association, said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Doddie said the first games would be held in Cirebon from<br>\nAug. 31 to Sept. 5, and continue on to Malang (Sept. 11 to Sept.<br>\n16), Surabaya (Sept. 29 to Oct. 6), the All-Star Game in<br>\nYogyakarta (Oct. 10), Jakarta (Oct. 19 to Oct. 24), Solo (Oct. 27<br>\nto Nov. 1), Bandung (Nov. 13 to Nov. 20) and the Final Four (Dec.<br>\n4 and Dec. 5).<\/p>\n<p>Teams in the Kobatama are divided into two groups. The first<br>\ngroup comprises Panasia Indosyntec, Pacific Bank Swadesi, Cahaya<br>\nLestari Surabaya, Bima Sakti Nikko Steel and Bhinneka. The<br>\nsecond group is made up of Aspac, Indonesia Muda Texmaco, Mahaka<br>\nSatria Muda and Siliwangi.<\/p>\n<p>Doddie also said no foreign players would be in the league<br>\nthis year.<\/p>\n<p>\"We want to show that our local players can play, and it is<br>\nexpensive to bring in foreign players now,\" Doddie said.<\/p>\n<p>Kobatama matches will be broadcast by private television<br>\nstation SCTV on Thursdays and Saturdays.<\/p>\n<p>SCTV will also broadcast highlights from the games and other<br>\nshows related to the league.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers will give a total of Rp 100 million to be divided<br>\nby the teams in the league. Another Rp 100,000 will be awarded to<br>\neach team's Most Valuable Player.<\/p>\n<p>Doddie hoped the league would be able to attract spectators.<\/p>\n<p>\"Most of the spectators will come from the young people. We<br>\nhope older people will also watch the games,\" Doddie said.<\/p>\n<p>Mahaka Satria Muda coach Eric Tohir was enthusiastic about<br>\nhis team's chances of winning the title this year.<\/p>\n<p>\"I know it will be difficult, but I am confident my team can<br>\nwin the Kobatama.\" (lnt)<\/p>",
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