2008 World Junior Baseball Championship

2008 World Junior Baseball Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Canada
Dates 25 July – 3 August
Teams 12
Defending champions  South Korea (2006)
Final positions
Champions
 South Korea (5th title)
Runner-up
 United States
Third place
 Cuba
Fourth place  Australia
Tournament statistics
Games played 42
2006
2010

The 2008 World Junior AAA Championship was held in Edmonton, Canada from July 25 through August 3, 2008.

Group stage

Pool A

Pool B

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
August 1, 2008 – 19:05        
 Australia Australia  2
August 2, 2008 – 19:00
 Canada Canada  1  
 Australia Australia  1
August 1, 2008 – 10:00
   United States United States  3  
 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico  0
August 3, 2008 – 16:30
 United States United States  7  
 United States United States  0
August 1, 2008 – 10:00
   South Korea South Korea  7
 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei  4
August 2, 2008 – 15:00
 South Korea South Korea  5  
 South Korea South Korea  6 Third place
August 1, 2008 – 15:00
   Cuba Cuba  1  
 Mexico Mexico  7  Cuba Cuba  6
 Cuba Cuba  8    Australia Australia  2
August 3, 2008 – 13:15

Fifth through eighth place

Classification round Fifth place
August 2, 2008 – 19:00
 Canada Canada  9  
 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico  6  
 
August 3, 2008 – 10:00
     Canada Canada  4
   Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei  12
Seventh place
August 2, 2008 – 14:00 August 3, 2008 – 10:00
 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei  1  Puerto Rico Puerto Rico  0
 Mexico Mexico  0    Mexico Mexico  2

Final standings

Classification
1  South Korea
2  United States
3  Cuba
4  Australia
5  Chinese Taipei
6  Canada
7  Mexico
8  Puerto Rico
9  Netherlands
10  Italy
11  Czech Republic
12  Russia

 2008 World Junior Baseball Champions 

South Korea
5th title

See also

External links

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