2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup Explained

2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup
Administrator:International Cricket Council
Cricket Format:Limited-overs (50 overs)
Tournament Format:Round-robin and Knockout
Host: Malaysia
Count:2
Participants:16
Matches:44
Player Of The Series: Tim Southee
Most Runs: Tanmay Srivastava (262)
Most Wickets: Wayne Parnell (18)
Previous Year:2006
Previous Tournament:2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup
Next Year:2010
Next Tournament:2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup

The 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was held in Malaysia from 17 February 2008 to 2 March 2008. It was the seventh edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup. The opening ceremony took place on 15 February 2008. The final was played between South Africa and India, which India won by 12 runs on the Duckworth–Lewis method.

Venues

The matches took place at three locations: Kuala Lumpur, Johor and Penang. The venues used were:

Kuala Lumpur

Johor

Penang

Squads

See main article: 2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads.

Groups

The league stage of the tournament consisted of four groups of four teams each. Each team would play once with every team in the group. The groups would be stationed at their respective venues for the group stage. The figures in brackets indicate respective seedings.

width=25%Group Awidth=25%Group Bwidth=25%Group Cwidth=25%Group D
(1)
(8)
(9)
(H) (16)
(2)
(7)
(10)
(15)
(3)
(6)
(11)
(14)
(4)
(5)
(12)
(13)
width=25%Johorwidth=25%Kuala Lumpurwidth=25%Penangwidth=25%Kuala Lumpur

Group stage

Group A

All matches start at 0200 UTC.

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Group B

All matches started at 0200 UTC.

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Group C

All matches start at 0200 UTC.

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Group D

All matches start at 0200 UTC.

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Quarter-finals

Super Quarter-finals

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Plate Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

Super Semi-finals

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5th Place Semi-Finals

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Plate Semi-finals

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13th place Semi-finals

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Finals

13th Place Final

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Plate Final

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Fifth-place final

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Final

Final standings

Position Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16 (H)

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