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
← 2010 →

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

Group stage[]

Pool A[]

•  United States 5–0
•  South Korea 4–1
•  Australia 3–2
•  Mexico 2–3
•  Netherlands 1–4
•  Russia 0–5

Pool B[]

•  Cuba 4–1
•  Canada 4–1
•  Chinese Taipei 3–2
•  Puerto Rico 3–2
•  Italy 1–4
•  Czech Republic 0–5

Knockout stage[]

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

Fifth through eighth place[]

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

• World Junior Baseball Championship

External links[]

• IBAF official website
• International Baseball Foundation official website^{[permanent dead link]}