Aspac, Siliwangi to open Kobatama

Aspac, Siliwangi to open Kobatama

BANDUNG (JP): A match between former champion Aspac of Jakarta
and home favorite Siliwangi will kick off the new season for the
Kobatama national basketball league in the Pajajaran Sports Hall
here on Wednesday.

The two clubs will join Ades Satria Muda, Pelita Bakrie and IM
Texmaco in the four-day tournament, which serves as one of the
league's two opening legs.

The other leg will be played in Surakarta, Central Java, from
Oct. 21 to Oct. 25. It will feature defending champion Panasia
Indosyntec of Bandung, Bhinneka of Surakarta, Surabaya's CLS and
Pacific and Bima Sakti from Malang in East Java.

The league champion will receive the President's Cup and Rp 15
million (US$1,360) in prize money, while the runner-up will earn
half of that purse. The third placed team will bag Rp 3.75
million. (43/lnt)