2012 Hawaiian Islands Invitational

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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)
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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.

Teams

The 4 teams accepted the invitation and contested the tournament were:

Matches

Semi-finals

Busan IPark South Korea0–0Australia Melbourne Heart
Report
Penalties
Kwang-Hee soccer ball with check mark
Dong-Min soccer ball with check mark
Jong-Won soccer ball with red X
Mota soccer ball with check mark
Fágner soccer ball with red X
Ji-Ho soccer ball with red X
Ji-Hoon soccer ball with check mark		 4–3 soccer ball with check mark Z. Walker
soccer ball with check mark Bosnjak
soccer ball with check mark Groenwald
soccer ball with red X Paterson
soccer ball with red X Trifiro
soccer ball with red X Gray
soccer ball with red X Grossman
Attendance: 7,388
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
Yokohama FC Japan2–1United States Colorado Rapids
Namba 57', 64' Report Moor 73'
Attendance: 7,388
Referee: Jair Marrufo

Third place play-off

Melbourne Heart Australia0–1United States Colorado Rapids
Report Cascio 30'
Attendance: 10,073

Final

Busan IPark South Korea3–0Japan 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 South Korea Busan IPark Japan Yokohama FC United States Colorado Rapids Australia 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. ^ "Participating Teams". 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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