The 2012 Hawaiian Islands Invitational was an inter-confederation association football tournament contested in February 2012 in the state of Hawaii, United States, 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:

Venue

The venue for the 2012 Hawaiian Islands Invitational is Aloha Stadium, a 50,000 seat multi-purpose stadium in the city of Honolulu. 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.

Honolulu
Aloha Stadium
Capacity: 50,000
Location of Hawaii in the United States.Location of the host city of the 2012 Hawaiian Islands Invitational in Hawaii.

Matches

Semi-finals

Busan IPark South Korea0–0Australia Melbourne Heart
Penalties
Kwang-Hee Dong-Min Jong-Won Mota Fágner Ji-Ho Ji-Hoon4–3Z. Walker Bosnjak Groenwald Paterson Trifiro Gray Grossman
Yokohama FC Japan2–1United States Colorado Rapids
Namba 57', 64'Moor 73'

Third place play-off

Melbourne Heart Australia0–1United States Colorado Rapids
Cascio 30'

Final

Busan IPark South Korea3–0Japan Yokohama FC
Seung-Hwan 14' Sang-Hyub 45' Fágner 70'
2012 Hawaiian Islands Invitational champions
South Korea Busan IPark 1st title

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