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| League | ASEAN Basketball League |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | January 13, 2012–May 13, 2012 |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| ABL season | |
| Season MVP | TBD |
| ABL seasons | |
| ← 2010–11 |
2013 → |
The 2012 ASEAN Basketball League Regular Season will be 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 January 16, 2012 and will end on May 13, 2012. Three teams will debut this season: the Bangkok Cobras, the San Miguel Beermen and the SSA Saigon Heat, while the Brunei Barracudas 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.
The season was delayed until January 2012 to give way to the Southeast Asian Games. The Philippines won the men's gold medal with players with no ABL experience on the roster.
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The ABL underwent expansion with three new teams debuting. The San Miguel Beermen signed a five-year contract with the league; this is a different team from the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) team owned by San Miguel Corporation that now carries carries the Petron Blaze Boosters name. Bobby Parks was named as the head coach.[1]
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.[2] The third team to join the league was SSA Saigon Heat organized by the Saigon Sports Academy. The Heat are the first international basketball team to represent Vietnam.[3]
The Brunei Barracudas, 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.[4]
Six of the eight teams participated in the To Be Number One Basketball Challenge held in Bangkok in benefit of the victims of the 2011 Thailand floods. The San Miguel Beermen defeated the AirAsia Philippine Patriots to win the championship.[5] In 2012, the Beermen, the Patriots and the Qatari team Al -Jaysh will participate in another preseason tournament at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig.[6]
| Team | Location | Arena |
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| AirAsia Philippine Patriots | Pasig | Ynares Sports Arena |
| Bangkok Cobras | Bangkok | Chulalongkorn University Gym* |
| Chang Thailand Slammers | Bangkok | Thai-Japanese Gym* |
| Indonesia Warriors | North Jakarta | The BritAma Arena |
| SSA Saigon Heat | Ho Chi Minh City | Lanh Binh Thang Gymnasium |
| San Miguel Beermen | Pasig | Ynares Sports Arena |
| Singapore Slingers | Singapore | Singapore Indoor Stadium |
| Westports Malaysia Dragons | Kuala Lumpur | MABA Stadium |
*these are indoor arenas located adjacent to the outdoor stadiums.
| Team | GP | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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| AirAsia Philippine Patriots | 0 | ||||||
| Bangkok Cobras | 0 | ||||||
| Chang Thailand Slammers | 0 | ||||||
| Indonesia Warriors | 0 | ||||||
| SSA Saigon Heat | 0 | ||||||
| San Miguel Beermen | 0 | ||||||
| Singapore Slingers | 0 | ||||||
| Westports Malaysia Dragons | 0 |
| Home \ Away | PHI | BAN | THA | INA | SAI | SMB | SIN | MAS |
| Philippines | Jan 14 | Mar 31 | Jan 28 | Feb 1 | May 5 | Feb 5 | ||
| Bangkok | Feb 26 | Jan 21 | Feb 12 | Mar 18 | Mar 11 | Mar 14 | ||
| Thailand | Feb 18 | Mar 3 | Mar 14 | Jan 15 | Jan 29 | Feb 5 | Mar 25 | |
| Indonesia | Mar 10 | Mar 24 | Feb 1 | Feb 4 | Feb 18 | Feb 25 | Jan 21 | |
| Saigon | Mar 14 | Feb 19 | Mar 17 | Feb 11 | Jan 25 | Mar 11 | ||
| San Miguel | Jan 21 | Feb 4 | Mar 10 | Feb 29 | Mar 24 | Mar 14 | Feb 25 | |
| Singapore | Feb 12 | Jan 29 | Jan 18 | Jan 15 | Feb 1 | Apr 1 | ||
| Malaysia | Mar 17 | Feb 1 | Feb 11 | Mar 3 | Jan 28 | Jan 15 | Feb 19 |
| Home \ Away | PHI | BAN | THA | INA | SAI | SMB | SIN | MAS |
| Philippines | Apr 7 | Apr 21 | Apr 25 | Mar 3 | Apr 29 | |||
| Bangkok | Apr 15 | May 6 | Apr 25 | |||||
| Thailand | May 12 | Mar 18 | ||||||
| Indonesia | Apr 28 | Mar 31 | Apr 14 | |||||
| Saigon | Apr 1 | Apr 4 | May 6 | |||||
| San Miguel | Apr 14 | Apr 28 | Apr 22 | Apr 25 | ||||
| Singapore | Mar 25 | Apr 22 | May 13 | May 13 | ||||
| Malaysia | May 5 | Apr 21 | Apr 8 | May 9 |
Win
Win via OT
Loss
Loss via OT
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