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

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tournament	United States Doug Bennett Greg Blosser Reid Cornelius Darin Dreasky Brent Gates Tyler Green Dean Haskins Charles Johnson Kiki Jones Mickey Kerns Ryan Klesko Bub Maietta Rusty Rugg Chris Sinacori Steve Solomon Scott Stahoviak Troy Tallman Pat True	Cuba	Chinese Taipei

External links

• "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