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| 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 |
The 2008 World Junior AAA Championship was held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from July 25 to August 3, 2008.
United States 5–0 South Korea 4–1 Australia 3–2
Mexico 2–3
Netherlands 1–4
Russia 0–5 Cuba 4–1
Canada 4–1
Chinese Taipei 3–2
Puerto Rico 3–2
Italy 1–4
Czech Republic 0–5| 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 | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||
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