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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