The Hawaiian Islands Invitational is an inter-confederation association football tournament that was founded in 2011, as a successor to the former Pan-Pacific Championship

Pan-Pacific Championship

The Pan-Pacific Football Championship was an inter-confederation football tournament between teams from A-League , Chinese Super League , J...

. Like it's predecessor, the tournament will consist of four teams, who will contest a knock-out style competition and will span over 3 days.

History

When the Pan-Pacific Championship

Pan-Pacific Championship

The Pan-Pacific Football Championship was an inter-confederation football tournament between teams from A-League , Chinese Super League , J...

 folded, due to financial restraints, moves were put in places to attempt to reconstruct a inter-confederation, end of season tournament that would see some of the best teams from North American, Asia, and Australia go head to head. In March, 2011, it was announced that the Hawaiian Islands Invitational would be set up, by ESPN Regional Television, Inc.

ESPN

Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....

 in co-operation with the Hawai’i Tourism Authority and Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...

.

Like the former Pan-Pacific Championships, the tournament will be held at Aloha Stadium

Aloha Stadium

Aloha Stadium is a stadium located in the Halawa CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. Currently Aloha Stadium is home to the University of Hawaii Warriors football team...

, Honolulu, and will be broadcast live on ESPN

ESPN

Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....

, and ESPNs subsidiary stations.

Inaugural competitors

For the inaugural tournament, 4 teams have been selected. The teams come from the same confederations as the former Pan-Pacific Championships, with some of the best teams from CONCACAF

CONCACAF

The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...

, and the Asian Football Confederation

Asian Football Confederation

The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...

. - Colorado Rapids

Colorado Rapids

The Colorado Rapids are an American professional soccer club based in the Denver suburb of Commerce City, Colorado which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league...

 - MLS

Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...

 - Yokohama FC

Yokohama FC

are a Japanese football club based in the city of Yokohama.-History:The club was formed in 1999, following the merger of the city's two J. League clubs, Yokohama Flügels and Yokohama Marinos the previous year. Flügels supporters, whose club was essentially dissolved, rejected the suggestion that...

 - J-League - Incheon United

Incheon United

Incheon United is a professional Korean football team currently playing in the K-League. The team's home town is Incheon, the third biggest city in the country, and the team's home stadium is the Incheon Munhak Stadium, one of the ten venues built in Korea for the 2002 FIFA World...

 - K-League

K-League

The Korea Professional Football League is South Korea's only fully professional association football league. At the top of the South Korean football league system, it is the country's highest and most prestigious level of football competition currently contested by 16 clubs.-Establishment:The...

 - Melbourne Heart FC

Melbourne Heart FC

Melbourne Heart FC is an Australian professional football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 2008, the club has competed in the A-League, the highest division of football in Australia, since its inaugural 2010–2011 season. It is the twelfth club to have played in the league...

 - A-League

A-League

The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...

Results

Year	Host		Final				Third-place match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
2012 2012 Hawaiian Islands Invitational The 2012 Hawaiian Islands Invitational will be an inter-confederation association football tournament contested in February, 2012 at Aloha Stadium, Hawaii between 4 different clubs from the United States, Japan, Korea, and Australia...	Colorado Rapids Colorado Rapids The Colorado Rapids are an American professional soccer club based in the Denver suburb of Commerce City, Colorado which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league...		TBA		TBA		TBA		TBA

External Links

• Hawaiian Islands Invitational Website