The 2012 Hawaiian Islands Invitational was an inter-confederation

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tournament contested in February at Aloha Stadium,

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between 4 different clubs from the

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, and

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. 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: *

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–

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* Melbourne Heart FC –

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Yokohama FC is a Japanese professional football club based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club was formed by fans of Yokohama Flügels as a protest against Flügels' merger with Yokohama Marinos in 1999, becoming th ...

– J. League division 2 *

Busan IPark Busan IPark FC () is a South Korean professional football club based in Busan that competes in K League 2, the second tier of the South Korean football pyramid. They play their home games at the Busan Gudeok Stadium. Busan IPark was founded as ...

– K-League

Matches

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Venue

The venue for the Hawaiian Islands Invitational, is Aloha Stadium is a 50,000 seat, multi-use stadium in

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. It has an artificial,

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surface which replaced the original

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in 2003. It is currently hosts to the Hawaii Warriors in the

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, 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

References

External links

Hawaiian Islands Invitational Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hawaiian 2012 in American soccer 2011–12 in Australian men's soccer 2012 in Asian football American soccer friendly trophies Soccer in Hawaii 2012 in sports in Hawaii International association football competitions hosted by the United States