It was organized by the Asian Cricket Council and the tournament took place at Guangzhou, China.

All the matches were played at the Guanggong International Cricket Stadium, the venue for the cricket tournament in 2010 Asian Games.

Eight teams competed in the tournament which was played from 24 to 31 October 2012.

The teams were divided into two groups where matches were played in a round-robin format.

The two best placed teams from each group progressed to the two-round knock-out stage.