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2008 World Junior Baseball Championship
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| champion_other | |
| num_championships | 5 |
| second_other | |
| third_other | |
| fourth_other | |
| games | 42 |
| prevseason | [2006](2006-world-junior-baseball-championship) |
| nextseason | [2010](2010-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
- 5–0
- 4–1
- 3–2
- 2–3
- 1–4
- 0–5
Pool B
- 4–1
- 4–1
- 3–2
- 3–2
- 1–4
- 0–5
Knockout stage
|August 1, 2008 – 19:05|**** |2||1 |August 1, 2008 – 10:00||0||7 |August 1, 2008 – 10:00||4||5 |August 1, 2008 – 15:00||7||8 |August 2, 2008 – 19:00||1||3 |August 2, 2008 – 15:00||6||1 |August 3, 2008 – 16:30||0||7 |August 3, 2008 – 13:15|****|6||2
Fifth through eighth place
|August 2, 2008 – 19:00||9||6 |August 2, 2008 – 14:00|** **|1||0 |August 3, 2008 – 10:00 ||4||12 |August 3, 2008 – 10:00||0|****|2
Final standings
| Classification |
|---|
| 1 |
| 2 |
| 3 |
| 4 |
| 5 |
| 6 |
| 7 |
| 8 |
| 9 |
| 10 |
| 11 |
| 12 |
Awards
| Awards | Player | Most Valuable Player | Outstanding Defensive Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOR Yung-hoon Sung | |||
| KOR An Chi-hong |
| Position | Player | Catcher | First Base | Second Base | Third Base | Shortstop | Outfield | Designated Hitter | Left-handed Pitcher | Right-handed Pitcher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN Brett Lawrie | ||||||||||
| USA Jeff Malm | ||||||||||
| MEX Adán Velázquez | ||||||||||
| USA Harold Martinez | ||||||||||
| USA Nolan Fontana | ||||||||||
| KOR Jung Soo-bin | ||||||||||
| CUB Yasiel Puig | ||||||||||
| CAN Michael Crouse | ||||||||||
| KOR Oh Ji-hwan | ||||||||||
| USA Matt Purke | ||||||||||
| TPE Che-Ming Su |
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