2012 ABL season
| 2012 ABL season | |
|---|---|
| League | ASEAN Basketball League |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | 13 January 2012 – 13 May 2012 |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| ABL season | |
| Season MVP | Leo Avenido (San Miguel) |
| 2011 ABL Finals | |
| Champions | Indonesia Warriors |
| Runners-up | San Miguel Beermen |
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 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, and Singapore Slingers were renamed Jobstreet.com Singapore Slingers.
The season was delayed until January 2012 to give way to the Southeast Asian Games.
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 the Petron Blaze Boosters name. Bobby Parks 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.
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