2008 World Junior Baseball Championship

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

2008 World Junior Baseball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	25 July – 3 August
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (5th title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Cuba
Fourth place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Games played	42

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]}