2008 World Junior Baseball Championship
# 2008 World Junior Baseball Championship

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

### Fifth through eighth place

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