The Hawaiian Islands Invitational was an inter-confederation association football tournament that was founded in 2007, as the Pan-Pacific Championship . The tournament consisted of four teams, who contested a knockout style competition that spanned three days.
7-631: When the Pan-Pacific Championship folded, due to turf issues at the Aloha Stadium , Honolulu , moves were put in place to attempt to reconstruct an 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. in co-operation with
14-529: The Hawai’i Tourism Authority and Major League Soccer . Like the former Pan-Pacific Championships, the tournament will be held at Aloha Stadium , Honolulu , and will be broadcast live on ESPN , and ESPNs subsidiary stations. The 2008 tournament was held in Aloha Stadium , Four teams were due to participate. However, the A-League was not represented by the champion team but instead by the loser of
21-515: The club reportedly declined to take part and their place in the competition was awarded to Los Angeles Galaxy . Teams from China and Korea made their debut in the tournament in the 2009 edition , which was held at the Galaxy's Home Depot Center in Carson , California . While no official statement has been issued, the tournament was not held in 2010 or 2011. In 2012, Aloha Stadium is scheduled to host
28-578: The loser of the minor semi final instead of the champion team. This was due to a scheduling conflict with the A-League Preliminary Final on February 17, followed by the Grand Final on February 24, which were moved back so as not to interfere with Australia 's 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. The fourth competitor was originally intended to be the SuperLiga champion, Pachuca , but
35-516: The minor semi-final, Sydney FC . This is due to a scheduling conflict with the Grand Final on February 24, which was moved back so as not to interfere with Australia's 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) campaign. North American SuperLiga Champions Pachuca declined to enter the tournament and were replaced with runners up Los Angeles Galaxy . The 2009 tournament was held in Home Depot Center , Four teams participated. The 2012 tournament
42-499: Was held in Aloha Stadium , Four teams were selected. The teams come from the same confederations as the former Pan-Pacific Championships, CONCACAF and AFC . Pan-Pacific Championship The Pan-Pacific Football Championship was an inter-confederation football tournament between teams from A-League ( Australia and New Zealand ), Chinese Super League ( China ), J. League ( Japan ), K-League ( Korea ), and Major League Soccer ( United States and Canada ). The event
49-512: Was underwritten by MLS and promoted through its Soccer United Marketing arm. The inaugural edition of the competition took place from February 20 to February 23, 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii . Four teams took part in the competition. Houston Dynamo qualified as MLS Cup champions, and Gamba Osaka qualified as champions of the Japanese League Cup . Australia's A-League was represented by
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