| Country: | Czech Republic |
| Dates: | 17–27 July |
| Num Teams: | 7 |
| Continents: | 3 |
| Defending Champion: | United States |
| Prev Year: | 2006 |
| Medal Type: | world cup |
| Champion: | United States |
| Num Championships: | 3 |
| Second: | Japan |
| Third: | Chinese Taipei |
| Fourth: | South Korea |
| Games: | 26 |
| Mvp: |  Blake Smith |
The 2008 World University Baseball Championship was an under-23 international college baseball tournament that was held from July 17 to 27, 2008. The final game was held on July 27, 2008 in Brno, Czech Republic. It was the 4th time the University Championship took place. Czech Republic hosted the tournament and 7 nations competed, including defending champions the United States. India was originally to have participated but withdrew.
In the end, the United States won their third University Championship, over a win against runner-up Japan.[1]
| width=15px bgcolor=#98fb98 | Qualified for the semi-finals | ||
| width=15px bgcolor=pink | Did not qualify for the semi-finals |
| width=220 | Team | width=20 | W | width=20 | L | width=20 | R | width=20 | RA | width=20 | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | 6 | 0 | 59 | 13 | 1.000 | ||||||
| align=left | 5 | 1 | 55 | 21 | .833 | ||||||
| align=left | 4 | 2 | 32 | 23 | .667 | ||||||
| align=left | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | .500 | ||||||
| align=left | 2 | 4 | 46 | 22 | .333 | ||||||
| align=left | 1 | 5 | 13 | 31 | .167 | ||||||
| align=left | 0 | 6 | 2 | 103 | .000 | ||||||
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| width=25 | Rk | width=170 | Team | width=25 | W | width=25 | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Lost in the Final | |||||||
| 2 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| Failed to qualify for Final | |||||||
| 3 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Failed to qualify for the Semi-Finals | |||||||
| 5 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| 6 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| 7 | 0 | 6 | |||||