2008 Junior League World Series Explained

2008 Junior League World Series
Start Date:	August 10
End Date:	16
Champion:	--> Willemstad, Curaçao
Runner-Up1:	--> Hilo, Hawaii
Runner-Up2:	-->
Previous:	2007
Next:	2009

The 2008 Junior League World Series took place from August 10–16 in Taylor, Michigan, United States. Willemstad, Curaçao defeated Hilo, Hawaii in the championship game.

Teams

United States	International
Johnston, Iowa Johnston Central	Makati, Philippines Illam Central Asia–Pacific
Canton, Massachusetts Canton East	Coquitlam, British Columbia Coquitlam Canada
Mechanicsville, Virginia Atlee YMCA South	London, England London Area Youth EMEA
Alvin, Texas Alvin Southwest	Willemstad, Curaçao Pabao Latin America
Hilo, Hawaii Hilo West	Veracruz, Veracruz Beto Ávila Mexico

Results

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United States Pool

width=165 Team width=25 width=25 width=25 width=25 Hawaii 3 1 36 16 Iowa 3 1 30 20 Virginia 2 2 25 28 Massachusetts 1 3 17 26 Texas 1 3 20 38

width=165   – 11–3 12–0 5–7 8–6 3–11 – 2–1 12–8 13–0 0–12 1–2 – 10–4 6–8 7–5 8–12 4–10 – 1–11 6–8 0–13 8–6 11–1 –

International Pool

width=165 Team width=25 width=25 width=25 width=25 Curaçao 4 0 35 11 Mexico 3 1 21 22 Philippines 2 2 22 19 Canada 1 3 24 25 England 0 4 11 39

width=165   Canada – 0–10 14–2 6–7 4–6 10–0 – 13–4 5–2 7–5 2–14 4–13 – 3–6 2–6 Mexico 7–6 2–5 6–3 – 6–5 6–4 5–7 6–2 5–6 –

Elimination Round

Notes and References

1. 2008 Junior League Baseball World Series Tournament. http://archive.littleleague.org/series/2008divisions/jlbb/series.htm Littleleague.org