Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
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Cricket format | One Day International |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
Host(s) | Malaysia |
Champions | India (2nd title) |
Runners-up | South Africa |
Participants | 16 |
Matches played | 44 |
Player of the series | Tim Southee |
Most runs | Tanmay Srivastava (262) |
Most wickets | Wayne Parnell (18) |
The 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was held in Malaysia 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 by D/L Method.
The matches took place at three locations, Kuala Lumpur, Johor and Penang. The respective venues were
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.
Pakistan (1)
Zimbabwe (8)
New Zealand (9)
Malaysia (16)