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 country	United States
Dates	February 23–25
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Busan IPark (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	7 (1.75 per match)
Attendance	34,922 (8,731 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hiroaki Namba (2 goals)
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Teams

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

•   Colorado Rapids^[3] – MLS
•   Melbourne Heart FC Youth Team^[4] – A-League
•   Yokohama FC – J. League division 2
•   Busan IPark – K-League

Matches

Semifinal Round

February 23

6:00pm UTC−10

Busan IPark	0–0	Melbourne Heart Youth Team
Penalties
Kwang-Hee   Dong-Min   Jong-Won   Mota   Fágner   Ji-Ho   Ji-Hoon	4–3	Z. Walker   Bosnjak   Groenwald   Paterson   Trifiro   Gray   Grossman

Aloha Stadium, Hawaii

Attendance: 7,388

Referee: Hilario Grajeda

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February 23

8:30pm UTC−10

Yokohama FC	2–1	Colorado Rapids
Namba   57', 64'	Report	Moor   73'

Aloha Stadium, Hawaii

Attendance: 7,388

Referee: Jair Marrufo

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Championship Round

Consolation Match

February 25

5:00pm UTC−10

Melbourne Heart Youth Team	0–1	Colorado Rapids
		Cascio   30'

Aloha Stadium, Hawaii

Attendance: 10,073

Referee: Ricardo Salazar

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Championship Match

February 25

7:30pm UTC−10

Busan IPark	3–0	Yokohama FC
Seung-Hwan   14' Sang-Hyub   45' Fágner   70'

Aloha Stadium, Hawaii

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 July 7, 2011.
2. . Hawaiian Islands Invitational. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
3. "Rapids to play in Hawaii in February 2012". Colorado Rapids. July 7, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
4. "Heart To Take Part In Hawaiian Islands Invitational". Melbourne Heart Football Club. July 7, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}

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