The 2012 South American Basketball Championship was the 45th edition of the

South American Basketball Championship The South American Basketball Championship, or FIBA South American Championship, is the main FIBA tournament for men's national teams from South America's region of FIBA Americas. The tournament was first played in 1930. The tournament often has ...

. Eight teams featured the competition, held in Resistencia,

Chaco Province Chaco (; Wichi: ''To-kós-wet''), officially the Province of Chaco ( es, provincia del Chaco ), is one of the 23 provinces in Argentina. Its capital and largest city, is Resistencia. It is located in the north-east of the country. It is borde ...

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from 18 to June 22 at the Stadium of

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was the defending champion. The first four places qualified for the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship, the latter of which doubled as the

FIBA Americas FIBA Americas ( es, Confederación Panamericana de Baloncesto, french: FIBA Amériques) is a zone within FIBA (International Basketball Federation). It is one of FIBA's five continental confederations. FIBA Americas is responsible for the organiz ...

qualifier for the 2014 World Championship.

Preliminary round

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout round

Fifth place match

Semifinals

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Third place match

Final

Final standings

References

External links

Official website
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