The 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was held in
Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...
from 17 February 2008 to 2 March 2008. It was the seventh edition of the
Under-19 Cricket World Cup
The Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup is an international cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council contested by national under-19 teams. First contested in 1988, as the Youth Cricket World Cup, it was not staged aga ...
. 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
Kuala Lumpur (KL), officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, is the capital city and a Federal Territories of Malaysia, federal territory of Malaysia. It is the largest city in the country, covering an area of with a census population ...
,
Johor
Johor, also spelled Johore,'' is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. It borders with Pahang, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the north. Johor has maritime borders with Singapore ...
and
Penang
Penang is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia along the Strait of Malacca. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the Malay Peninsula. Th ...
. The venues used were:
Kuala Lumpur''
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Kinrara Academy Oval
Kinrara Academy Oval was a cricket stadium located at Bandar Kinrara, Puchong, Selangor, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Constructed in 2003, it hosted its first recorded match in 2005 when Bhutan Under-17s played Kuwait Under-17s in the Asian Cric ...
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Royal Selangor Club Bukit Kiara
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Bayuemas Oval
Bayuemas Oval is a cricket stadium located in Pandamaran, Klang, Malaysia. The first recorded match on this ground was held in 2004.
The ground is designed and constructed by the New Zealand Sports Turf Institute. It features like saucer for e ...
Johor
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Johor Cricket Academy
Johor, also spelled Johore,'' is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. It borders with Pahang, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the north. Johor has maritime borders with Singapore ...
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Maktab Perguruan Temenggong Ibrahim
Penang
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Penang Sports Club
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University of Science Malaysia
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.
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
References
External links
Official Site
{{International cricket in 2007-08
ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup
Icc Under-19 Cricket World Cup, 2008
International cricket competitions in Malaysia