2008 World University Baseball Championship

Tournament details
Country	Czech Republic
Dates	17–27 July
Teams	7
Final positions
Champions	United States (3rd title)
Runner-up	Japan
Third place	Chinese Taipei
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Games played	26
MVP	Blake Smith

The 2008 World University Baseball Championship was an under-23 international college baseball tournament that was held from July 17 to 27, 2008. The final game was held on July 27, 2008 in Brno, Czech Republic. It was the 4th time the University Championship took place. Czech Republic hosted the tournament and 7 nations competed, including defending champions the United States. India was originally to have participated but withdrew.

In the end, the United States won their third University Championship, over a win against runner-up Japan.^[1]

Round 1

Standings

Team	W	L	R	RA	PCT
United States	6	0	59	13	1.000
Japan	5	1	55	21	.833
South Korea	4	2	32	23	.667
Chinese Taipei	3	3	22	16	.500
Canada	2	4	46	22	.333
Czech Republic	1	5	13	31	.167
Lithuania	0	6	2	103	.000

Game results

July 17, 2008	Czech Republic	3 – 6	South Korea	Ostrava, Czech Republic
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July 18, 2008	South Korea	2 – 5	United States	Ostrava, Czech Republic
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July 18, 2008	Chinese Taipei	6 – 4	Canada	Brno, Czech Republic
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July 18, 2008	Czech Republic	5 – 0	Lithuania	Ostrava, Czech Republic
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July 19, 2008	Lithuania	0 – 11 (F/7)	South Korea	Ostrava, Czech Republic
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July 19, 2008	Japan	2 – 1	Chinese Taipei	Brno, Czech Republic
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July 19, 2008	United States	8 – 2	Czech Republic	Ostrava, Czech Republic
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July 20, 2008	Lithuania	1 – 30 (F/7)	United States	Ostrava, Czech Republic
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July 20, 2008	Japan	7 – 6 (F/11)	Canada	Brno, Czech Republic
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July 21, 2008	South Korea	4 – 8	Japan	Brno, Czech Republic
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July 21, 2008	Canada	25 – 0 (F/7)	Lithuania	Olomouc, Czech Republic
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July 21, 2008	Chinese Taipei	3 – 2	Czech Republic	Brno, Czech Republic
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July 22, 2008	South Korea	4 – 3	Chinese Taipei	Brno, Czech Republic
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July 22, 2008	Lithuania	0 – 25 (F/7)	Japan	Choceň, Czech Republic
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July 22, 2008	United States	4 – 3 (F/11)	Canada	Brno, Czech Republic
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July 23, 2008	Japan	3 – 9	United States	Brno, Czech Republic
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July 23, 2008	Chinese Taipei	7 – 1	Lithuania	Blansko, Czech Republic
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July 23, 2008	Canada	4 – 0	Czech Republic	Brno, Czech Republic
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July 24, 2008	United States	3 – 2 (F/11)	Chinese Taipei	Brno, Czech Republic
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July 24, 2008	Canada	4 – 5	South Korea	Olomouc, Czech Republic
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July 24, 2008	Czech Republic	1 – 10	Japan	Brno, Czech Republic
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Round 2

Semi finals

July 26, 2008	United States	3 – 0	Chinese Taipei	Brno, Czech Republic
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July 26, 2008	Japan	6 – 1	South Korea	Brno, Czech Republic
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Final round

5th place game

July 27, 2008	Canada	3 – 1	Czech Republic	Brno, Czech Republic
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Bronze medal game

July 27, 2008	Chinese Taipei	7 – 0	South Korea	Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Final

July 27, 2008	Japan	0 – 1 (F/12)	United States	Brno, Czech Republic
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Final standings

Rk Team W L 1  United States 8 0 Lost in the Final 2  Japan 6 2 Failed to qualify for Final 3  Chinese Taipei 4 4 4  South Korea 4 4 Failed to qualify for the Semi-Finals 5  Canada 3 4 6  Czech Republic 1 6 7  Lithuania 0 6

2008 World University Baseball champions  United States 3rd title