The Indonesia Srikandi Cup () was a basketball competition between women's clubs in Indonesia.
History
The Srikandi Cup was preceded by several Indonesian women's basketball leagues such as the Women's Premier Basketball Competition (Kobanita) and the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).
When the Women Indonesia Basketball League was put on a hiatus in 2017, the Srikandi Cup was organized as an alternative women's competition. The tournament was organized independently by its member clubs. The Indonesia women's national team's preparation for the 2017 SEA Games in Malaysia was a motivation to organize a women's competition.
The inaugural 2017 season saw the participation of eight teams. The Srikandi Cup had several minor tournaments called "series" where a champion is awarded for each before the play-off tournament. Surabaya Fever was the first overall champion. Surabaya won their second consecutive title in the 2017-18 season.
The third season of 2018–19, saw the withdrawal of Surabaya Fever after its owner Christopher Tanuwidjaja was appointed as manager of the Indonesia women's national team. The tournament shifted to a league format where each participating team meet twice in the regular season across three series before the play-offs. Merpati Bali became the only other champions by besting Sahabat Semarang in the final.
Its last season, the 2019–20 Srikandi Cup was suspended on March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The league was already financially struggling at that point. The season was officially cancelled in November 2020 with expired contracts of some players and coaching staff of the participating teams also cited as a reason.
Clubs +ClubCityJoinedLast seasonFlying Wheel MakassarMakassar20172020GMC CirebonCirebon2017–182020Merah Putih Samator JakartaJakarta20172017–18Merpati BaliBali20172020Sahabat SemarangSemarang20172020Satria SiliwangiBandung2017Surabaya FeverSurabaya20172017–18Tanago Friesian JakartaJakarta20172020Tenaga Baru PontianakPontianak20172018–19Scorpio JakartaJakarta2018–192020 Source:
List of champions Series champions Year First series Second series Third series HostChampionsHostChampionsHostChampions2017Bali Surabaya Fever Pontianak Surabaya Fever Semarang Surabaya Fever 2017–18Makassar Surabaya Fever Surabaya Surabaya Fever Jakarta Surabaya Fever 2018–19 Not awarded2020
Overall champions Year Champions Finals result Runners-up 2017Surabaya Fever64–54Sahabat Semarang2017–18Surabaya Fever61–47 Merpati Bali2018–19 Merpati Bali 66–45 Sahabat Semarang2020Cancelled
References