VIII Baseball World Junior Championship 1988

The VIII Baseball World Junior Championship 1988 was a competition for baseballers below the age of 19. It took place in December 1988 in the eastern Australian metropolis Sydney. Venues were Oriole Park in the western suburb of Auburn and the Flat Rock baseball diamond in the northern suburb of Willoughby. Among eight participants, the United States of America won the title ahead of Cuba and Chinese Taipei.

Final standings

The floodlight masts is all what remains of the Oriole Park stadium

1 United States

2 Cuba

3 Chinese Taipei

4 Australia

5 Canada

6 South Korea

7 Italy

8 China

References

• "VIII Baseball World Junior Championship 1988", Final Standings, World Baseball Softball Confederation (per 10 March 2024)
• David Rowlands: "Baseballers determined to strike it right", Sydney Morning Herald, 15 December 1988, p. 48