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{{Infobox international baseball tournament
| tourney_name = World Junior Baseball Championship
| year = 2008
| image = 2008 World Junior Baseball Championship (emblem).jpg
| size = 175px
| country = Canada
| dates = 25 July – 3 August
| num_teams = 12
| defending_champion_other = {{bbu|18|KOR}}
| prev_year = 2006
| champion_other = {{bbu|18|KOR}}
| num_championships = 5
| second_other = {{bbu|18|USA}}
| third_other = {{bbu|18|CUB}}
| fourth_other = {{bbu|18|AUS}}
| medal_type = world minor
| games = 42
| prev_edition = [[2006 World Junior Baseball Championship|2006]]
| next_edition = [[2010 World Junior Baseball Championship|2010]]
}}
The '''2008 World Junior AAA Championship''' was held in [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]], from July 25 to August 3, 2008.

==Group stage==
===Pool A===
*{{bbu|18|USA}} 5–0
*{{bbu|18|KOR}} 4–1
*{{bbu|18|AUS}} 3–2
*{{bbu|18|MEX}} 2–3
*{{bbu|18|NED}} 1–4
*{{bbu|18|RUS}} 0–5

===Pool B===
*{{bbu|18|CUB}} 4–1
*{{bbu|18|CAN}} 4–1
*{{bbu|18|TPE}} 3–2
*{{bbu|18|PUR}} 3–2
*{{bbu|18|ITA}} 1–4
*{{bbu|18|CZE}} 0–5

==Knockout stage==
{{Round8-with third
<!--quarter finals  -->
|August 1, 2008 – 19:05|'''{{bbu|18|AUS}}''' |2|{{bbu|18|CAN}}|1
|August 1, 2008 – 10:00|{{bbu|18|PUR}}|0|'''{{bbu|18|USA}}'''|7
|August 1, 2008 – 10:00|{{bbu|18|TPE}}|4|'''{{bbu|18|KOR}}'''|5
|August 1, 2008 – 15:00|{{bbu|18|MEX}}|7|'''{{bbu|18|CUB}}'''|8
<!--semi finals  -->
|August 2, 2008 – 19:00|{{bbu|18|AUS}}|1|'''{{bbu|18|USA}}'''|3
|August 2, 2008 – 15:00|'''{{bbu|18|KOR}}'''|6|{{bbu|18|CUB}}|1
<!--final  -->
|August 3, 2008 – 16:30|{{bbu|18|USA}}|0|'''{{bbu|18|KOR}}'''|7
<!--third place  -->
|August 3, 2008 – 13:15|'''{{bbu|18|CUB}}'''|6|{{bbu|18|AUS}}|2
}}

===Fifth through eighth place===
{{Round4-with third|RD1=Classification round|RD2=Fifth place|Consol=Seventh place
<!--Date-Time|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--Classification round  -->
|August 2, 2008 – 19:00|'''{{bbu|18|CAN}}'''|9|{{bbu|18|PUR}}|6
|August 2, 2008 – 14:00|'''{{bbu|18|TPE}} '''|1|{{bbu|18|MEX}}|0
<!--Fifth place  -->
|August 3, 2008 – 10:00 |{{bbu|18|CAN}}|4|'''{{bbu|18|TPE}}'''|12
<!--Seventh place -->
|August 3, 2008 – 10:00|{{bbu|18|Puerto Rico}}|0|'''{{bbu|18|Mexico}}'''|2
}}

==Final standings==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable" font-size: 90%;
|-
! colspan=2 | Classification
|- bgcolor=gold valign="top"
|1 || '''{{bbu|18|KOR}}'''
|- bgcolor=silver
|2 || {{bbu|18|USA}}
|- bgcolor=cc9966
|3 || {{bbu|18|CUB}}
|-
| 4 || {{bbu|18|AUS}}
|-
| 5 || {{bbu|18|TPE}}
|-
| 6 || {{bbu|18|CAN}}
|-
| 7 || {{bbu|18|MEX}}
|-
| 8 || {{bbu|18|PUR}}
|-
| 9 || {{bbu|18|NED}}
|-
| 10 || {{bbu|18|ITA}}
|-
| 11 || {{bbu|18|CZE}}
|-
| 12 || {{bbu|18|RUS}}
|}
{{col-2}}
{{winners|bb|2008 World Junior Baseball champions|KOR|5th}}
{{col-end}}

==See also==
*[[World Junior Baseball Championship]]

==External links==
*[http://www.ibaf.org/ IBAF official website]
*[http://www.internationalbaseball.ca/Edmonton International Baseball Foundation official website]{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}


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[[Category:2008 in baseball|World Junior Baseball Championship, 2008]]
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