The 2008
ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup
The ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup is an international cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) contested by national under-19 teams. First contested in 1988, as the Youth World Cup, it was not staged again u ...
was held in
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
from 17 February 2008 to 2 March 2008. 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
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Johor
Johor (; ), also spelled as Johore, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. Johor has land borders with the Malaysian states of Pahang to the north and Malacca and Negeri Sembilan ...
and
Penang
Penang ( ms, Pulau Pinang, is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the Malay ...
. 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 Cri ...
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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 in season 2004.
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Johor
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Johor Cricket Academy
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Maktab Perguruan Temenggong Ibrahim
Penang
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Penang Sports Club
Penang Sports Club is a private members sports club and cricket ground, established in the year 1936. It is located in the city of Georgetown covering a land area of about . The ground has hosted cricket matches for Malaya and then Malaysia.
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Universiti Sains Malaysia ( 'Science University of Malaysia'; abbreviated as USM) is a public research university in Malaysia. Founded on 1 June 1969 as a statutory body with its own constitution, it is among the oldest institutes of higher l ...
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
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Final standings
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