IBL 2022, Pertamina Supports Pertamina's Satria Muda Basketball Team

JAKARTA, January 17, 2022 – Satria Muda Pertamina's receives its first victory on Sunday night, January 16, 2022, after defeating NSH Mountain Gold Timika in the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) 2022. Satria Muda Pertamina could suppress NSH Mountain Gold from the start to the end of the game with a striking score of 90-46.

This victory is proof that Youbel Sondakh's team always tries their best to win every match in IBL 2022.

"In terms of games, I am satisfied and proud of those who performed well, although improvements are still needed. They are still on track," said Youbel.

Youbel added that his team would continue to improve the quality of the game with various new strategies in every match to achieve the IBL 2022 champion target.

"There is still time to improve the game going forward," said Youbel optimistically.

This success received a positive response from the Vice President of Corporate Communication of Pertamina Fajriyah Usman. "We believe the Satria Muda Pertamina team can show their achievements at the IBL 2022 event as in previous years. So far, Satria Muda Pertamina has shown good achievements. This has made Pertamina provide maximum support, especially this Satria Muda Pertamina has made 11 times the title of champion of Indonesia," she said.

As is known, the Satria Muda Pertamina team has won 11 Indonesian titles, namely the 1999 Kobatama champion; champion of the Indonesian IBL 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009; Indonesian NBL champion 2010/2011, 2011/2012, and 2014/2015; and the winner of the Indonesian Basketball League 2017/2018, 2021.

Just like the previous year, Pertamina again carried the MyPertamina brand as a form of support for Satria Muda Pertamina.

According to Vice President of Corporate Communications of Pertamina, Fajriyah Usman said Satria Muda Pertamina is one of the icons that can elevate MyPertamina's branding. "We support the development of national basketball because this is a sport that is loved by young people and can be aligned with the MyPertamina application as a digital platform rolled out by the company to make it easier for young consumers to transact cashless in buying various Pertamina products," she explained.

Vice President of Basketball Operations Satria Muda Pertamina, Rony Gunawan, appreciates the trust given by Pertamina to the talented young basketball players who are members of this team. According to him, with Pertamina's support, the players will be more focused on showing their achievements. "We would like to thank Pertamina as one of the best national companies. We will try our best to provide the best for Pertamina as well as promote Indonesian basketball," he said.**