2012 Hawaiian Islands Invitational

The 2012 Hawaiian Islands Invitational was an inter-confederation association football tournament contested in February at Aloha Stadium, Hawaii between 4 different clubs from the United States, Japan, South Korea, and Australia. It is considered to be the successor to the now-defunct Pan-Pacific Championship.[1]

2012 Hawaiian Islands Invitational
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
DatesFebruary 23–25
Teams4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsBusan IPark (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored7 (1.75 per match)
Attendance34,922 (8,731 per match)
Top scorer(s)Hiroaki Namba (2 goals)

Teams

The 4 teams accepted the invitation and contested the tournament were:[2]

Matches

Semifinal Round
Busan IPark 0–0 Melbourne Heart Youth Team
Report
Penalties
Kwang-Hee
Dong-Min
Jong-Won
Mota
Fágner
Ji-Ho
Ji-Hoon 		4–3 Z. Walker
Bosnjak
Groenwald
Paterson
Trifiro
Gray
Grossman
Attendance: 7,388
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
Yokohama FC 2–1 Colorado Rapids
Namba  57', 64' Report Moor  73'
Attendance: 7,388
Referee: Jair Marrufo

Consolation Match
Melbourne Heart Youth Team 0–1 Colorado Rapids
Report Cascio  30'
Attendance: 10,073

Championship Match
Busan IPark 3–0 Yokohama FC
Seung-Hwan  14'
Sang-Hyub  45'
Fágner  70'		 Report
Attendance: 10,073
Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Venue
Main article: Aloha Stadium

The venue for the Hawaiian Islands Invitational, is Aloha Stadium is a 50,000 seat, multi-use stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. It has an artificial, FieldTurf surface which replaced the original AstroTurf in 2003. It is currently hosts to the Hawaii Warriors in the NCAA, and has played host to the Hawai'i Bowl since 2002. It was also the venue for the inaugural Pan-Pacific Championship in 2008.

Table
Year Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place 4th place
2012 Aloha Stadium Busan IPark Yokohama FC Colorado Rapids Melbourne Heart Youth Team

References
  1. "Rapids to participate in 2012 Hawaiian Islands Invitational". Major League Soccer. July 6, 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  2. "Participating Teams". Hawaiian Islands Invitational. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  3. "Rapids to play in Hawaii in February 2012". Colorado Rapids. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  4. "Heart To Take Part In Hawaiian Islands Invitational". Melbourne Heart Football Club. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
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