The 2012 ASEAN Basketball League season was the third season of competition of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) since its establishment. A total of eight teams will compete the league. The regular season will begin on 16 January 2012 and will end on 13 May 2012. Three teams will debut this season: the

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and the SSA Saigon Heat, while the

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team took a leave of absence. Satria Muda BritAma was renamed into the Indonesia Warriors, while the Westports KL Dragons were renamed as the Westports Malaysia Dragons, and

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were renamed Jobstreet.com Singapore Slingers. The season was delayed until January 2012 to give way to the

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Preseason

The ABL underwent expansion with three new teams debuting. The

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signed a five-year contract with the league; this is a different team from the

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(PBA) team owned by

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that now carries the

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name.

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was named as the head coach. Bangkok Basketball Holdings were the second team to join the league. The team will be the second Thai team, after the defending champions Chang Thailand Slammers. The third team to join the league was SSA Saigon Heat organised by the Saigon Sports Academy. The Heat are the first international basketball team to represent Vietnam. The

, a team that has failed to make it to the playoffs in the league's first two seasons, has decided not participate in the 2012 season. While no reason was given, the team has heavily relied on its starting five, who are all imports, to play the game in its entirety. Six of the eight teams participated in the To Be Number One Basketball Challenge held in

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in benefit of the victims of the

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. The San Miguel Beermen defeated the

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to win the championship. In 2012, the Beermen, the Patriots and the Qatari team Al -Jaysh will participate in another preseason tournament at the

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Arenas

*these are indoor arenas located adjacent to the outdoor stadiums.

Standings

Results

*Score of the home team is listed first. *In case where a game went into

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, the number of asterisks denotes the number of overtime periods played.

First and second round

Third round

Statistical leaders

Playoffs

Semifinals

The semi-finals is a best-of-three series, with the higher seeded team hosting game 1, and 3 if necessary.

Finals

The finals is a best-of-three series, with the higher seeded team hosting game 1, and 3 if necessary. The two teams already qualified for the

2012 FIBA Asia Champions Cup The FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2012 was the 23rd staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the international basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament was held in Beirut, Lebanon in October 15–22, 2012. Qualification According to the ...

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. However the two teams ultimately did not took part.

References

External links

Official website
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