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[4] Wikipedia - Prawira Bandung
Prawira Bandung is an Indonesian professional basketball club based in the city of Bandung, West Java province. It was founded by Lilian Wijaya in 1991 as Hadtex Indosyntec.
The club was a member of the Perbasi's top division from 1994 to 2002 and has played in the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) since 2003. They won championships in 1994, 1997, 1998, and the IBL in 2023.
History
According to the official club website, Garuda Bandung was founded in 1991 by Lilian Wijaya, and carried the name Hadtex Indosyntec. The project was a brainchild of the Board of Directors of PT Hadtex Indosyntec. In 1994 Hadtex Indosyntec joined the KOBATAMA, and they changed its name into Panasia Indosyntec in 1996. The club subsequently went into sponsorship changes. In 2004, the club was renamed Senatama Garuda Panasia, and in 2007, under new management, the club rechristened itself as Garuda Panasia Bandung. In 2008, it's sponsored by Telkom Indonesia and renamed Garuda Flexi Bandung.
Garuda Bandung reach the finals since 1994. From the 7 final stages, Garuda get the champions in 1994 (as Hadtex Indosyntec), 1997, and 1998 (as Panasia Indosyntec), and Garuda get the runner-ups in 1995, 1996, 2000 (lose to Aspac Jakarta), and 2008 (lose to Satria Muda).
PT Persib Bandung Bermartabat (PBB) bought Garuda Bandung in 2018 and changed the club's name into Prawira Bandung.
In 2023 Prawira Harum Bandung succeeded in becoming champions of the Indonesian Basketball League by defeating Pelita Jaya Bakrie Jakarta.
Garuda Bandung är ett av de mest framgångsrika lagen i Indonesiens basketliga, med tre IBL-mästerskap, 2018, 2019 och 2021. Klubben har också vunnit två IBL-cuper, 2018 och 2021, och en IBL-superkupa, 2022.
Klubben tränas för närvarande av Richard Benoit och leds av kaptenen Abraham Wenas. Några av klubbens mest kända spelare inkluderar Arki Wisnu, Diftha Pratama, Kevin Moses Poetiray och Jamarr Sanders.
Garuda Bandung har en stark fanbase över hela Indonesien och är känd för sin aggressiva spelstil och lojala supportrar. Klubben är också aktiv i samhället och deltar i olika välgörenhetsaktiviteter och ungdomsprogram.