2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 1
Will Davison emerged from the pit stop cycle in the race lead but was over taken by Jamie Whincup while Davison was vulnerable with cold tyres. Whincup went on to take his fifth race win of the year. Davison ran home for second with Garth Tander first Holden in third. Fourth place was Jason Richards best of season for both him and the Tasman Motorsports team. Steven Richards was fifth with Lee Holdsworth finishing sixth. Todd Kelly was well up in seventh with ninth an excellent result for Michael Caruso. Winterbottom recovered to 21st position.


2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 1
After racing was completed Holdsworth was penalised 32 seconds after contact with Rick Kelly had sent the HSV Dealer Team driver off the circuit, dropping him to effectively 18th position.


2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 2
Race 2 was held on Sunday August 3. Contact between Jason Richards and Steven Richards resulted in Jason Richards spinning in front of the field at just the second corner of the race. Russell Ingall was put out of the race after contact with Steven Richards damaged the front end of his Commodore as Richards moved right to avoid. Michael Caruso was jammed against the wall by the crashing Jason Richards. Mark Skaife was punted by another car into a wall on the inside as he tried to avoid the developing accident. The final victim was Steven Richards a broken rear axle sidelining the Falcon late in the race. The car was given a patch repair and sent out to finish the race to get some points.


2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 2
Will Davison again emerged from the pitstop cycle in the lead, this time with enough of a buffer over the second place that he raced on to take his second V8 Supercar race win. Hard-charging Mark Winterbottom blitzed the field to climb into second position after the pitstops. Garth Tander was again third ahead of teammates Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes with Rick Kelly sixth.


2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 2
Lee Holdsworth recovered from his penalty for a fine seventh position. He had been the centre of chaos on the grid after he was sent out by his team to start sixth after the Garry Rogers Motorsport team protested the validity of the overnight stewards meeting that had penalised him. He did take up 18th grid spot however and fought his way back through the field. Jason Bright finished eighth in a season best result for the struggling Britek Motorsport team.


2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 2
Shane van Gisbergen received a drive-through penalty for crossing the painted 'blend line' at pit lane exit where the pit lane blends back into the racetrack. He would later receive a second drive-through after he made a significant short-cut of the circuit after spearing off. Greg Murphy had a huge spin after contact with Michael Patrizi for which the young Ford Rising Stars Racing driver was given a drive-through penalty.


2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 3
Race 3 was held on Sunday August 3. Mark Winterbottom got the jump off the start for Race 3, and led Will Davison and Garth Tander into turn one. However Tander jumped into second place by passing Davison at turn 3 on the opening lap. At the same time as this was happening, race leader Winterbottom locked a front tyre and ran off the circuit onto the grass. Upon re-entering the track he made contact with Todd Kelly, and spun off at turn four, this time into the sand trap.


2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 3
This brought the safety car out on lap one to clear the stuck Ford Performance Racing car of Winterbottom, with Tander becoming the new race leader and Davison in second. It turned out to be a disastrous race for the Ford Performance Racing team, with Steven Richards also involved in an accident, resulting in a bent steering arm and subsequent retirement from the race.


2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 3
The order changed at the front of the field after the compulsory pitstops were complete. With Garth Tander choosing to stay out longer before taking his pitstop, Will Davison and Jamie Whincup pitted, with Whincup performing his stop one lap beforehand. When leaving the pitlane, Davison surrendered second position to Whincup, who was already on warmer tyres.


2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 3
James Courtney was one of the last of the front-runners to take his pitstop, however a drama with the left rear tyre not been put on properly during the stop resulted in the wheel falling off the car only a few metres from leaving his pitbox. This ruined Courtney's race three hopes, with the team having to use a manual jack to lift the car off the ground to get it back to the pit box.


2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 3
After his penalty earlier in the day, Lee Holdsworth recovered well, coming out in third position after pitting. Tander continued to lead the rest of the race, taking his fifth race victory for the season. The race win also bumped Tander back up into the lead position in the championship.


2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Support categories
The 2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship had four support categories.


2008 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2008 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.


2008 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results
Results compared directly with the last local election in 2007.


2008 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, Notes
• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate


2008 Wisconsin Badgers football team
The 2008 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Badgers were coached by Bret Bielema and played their home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.


2008 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Previous season
The 2007 Wisconsin Badgers football team was not expected to win the Big 10, but with a close loss to Michigan and a 38-7 blowout loss to Penn State, expectations were much lower. However, they finished with only one more loss to Big 10 champ Ohio State and managed to get an Outback Bowl bid, only to lose 21-17 to the Tennessee Volunteers, who lost the previous Outback Bowl 20-10 to the Nittany Lions.


2008 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Season Summary
Wisconsin once again got off to a fast start at 3-0. However, a horrible loss to Michigan and awful games against Ohio State, Penn State, and Iowa derailed the Badgers and sent them plunging down to 3-4 overall. An upset over ranked Illinois at home evened Wisconsin's record at 4-4, but an awful loss to Michigan State followed and the Badgers fell to 1-5 in the Big Ten almost before they could blink.


2008 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Season Summary
Wisconsin won the remainder of its conference slate against Indiana and Minnesota, but the Badgers followed that up with a decidedly below average effort and wild win over Cal Poly the next week. At the end of the season, Wisconsin was destroyed 42-13 in the 2008 Champs Sports Bowl by Florida State.


2008 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Season Summary
Overall, this was the worst Wisconsin team since the 2001 Badgers, who missed the postseason entirely after a 5-7 season. The failure of the team to live up to lofty expectations (Wisconsin was ranked 8th in the nation before a terrible loss to Michigan) fueled fan discontent, and Bret Bielema would need a much, much better 2009 season; he could not afford to coast on goodwill from his 2006 and 2007 teams.


2008 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary
The 2008 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary took place on February 19, 2008. 74 pledged delegates were at stake. The 2008 Hawaii Democratic presidential caucuses took place the same day.


2008 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary
The Wisconsin primary came after Senator Barack Obama had won the majority of delegates and votes in 8 straight primaries and caucuses; his wins in Wisconsin, and Hawaii extended his winning streak to 10 and reinforced his front-runner status.


2008 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary
In the days leading up to the primary the Hillary Clinton campaign ran television ads criticizing Obama on healthcare and for not agreeing to more candidate debates. This caused the Obama campaign to launch a response ad that mentioned the 18 debates already held and 2 more scheduled. The Clinton campaign also charged Obama using lines in a speech similar to words spoken by Massachusetts Governor and Obama friend Deval Patrick; Patrick responded by saying he and Obama often swap ideas, and that he had willingly shared lines without asking for credit to be given. Barack Obama was the winner.


2008 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary, Polls
Polls taken throughout 2007 consistently put Hillary Clinton in the lead, but during February 2008 most polls showed Barack Obama with the advantage. A Rasmussen poll taken February 13 reported that almost one-fourth of those polled said there was a good chance they might change their mind. It also found that while Clinton was doing well among women, with a 10-point advantage over Obama, Obama was polling 23 points higher than her among men.


2008 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
In the weeks and days leading up to the Wisconsin Democratic Primary, most pundits agreed that it was  Hillary Clinton's chance to halt Obama's momentum after winning contests in Washington, Louisiana, Nebraska, Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C. following Super Tuesday.


2008 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Hillary Clinton enjoyed healthy leads among white voters in previous states and hoped that winning Wisconsin or at least the white vote would allow for a victory of sorts. However, CNN Exit Polls showed that Obama won the white vote (which comprised 87% of the electorate on primary day) 54%-45%. Also, other key Clinton constituencies showed Obama making significant strides such as the female vote which split 50%-50%, the 54-65 Age Group which voted for Obama 54%-45%.


2008 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
After the victory in Wisconsin as well as Caucuses in Washington and a primary in Hawaii held on the same day gave Obama the momentum of winning 10 straight contests. The Pledged delegate standing after the Wisconsin Primary was Obama leading 1154-1011.


2008 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary
The 2008 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary was held on February 19, 2008. Polls in Wisconsin opened at 7:00 AM and closed 8:00 PM (local time)  John McCain won the primary.


2008 Wisconsin state elections
The Wisconsin spring nonpartisan general election was held April 1, 2008. Voters statewide cast ballots for Wisconsin Supreme Court and an amendment to the state Constitution.


2008 Wisconsin state elections
The Wisconsin fall partisan primary was held on September 9, 2008. Voters selected the parties' candidates for the subsequent fall general election.


2008 Wisconsin state elections
The Wisconsin fall partisan general election was held on November 4, 2008, the same date as the Federal and Congressional elections. Offices elected include half of the state's Senate seats and all of the state's Assembly seats.


2008 Wisconsin state elections, Spring nonpartisan election
Judge Michael Gableman was elected with 51% of the vote, defeating incumbent Justice Louis Butler with 49% of the vote. The heavy spending of outside interest groups in this race, including Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, has inspired some to call for reforms to Wisconsin election law and the selection of judges. The ascendancy of Michael Gabelman to the bench tilts the Court in a more conservative direction.


2008 Wisconsin state elections, Spring nonpartisan election
By a margin greater than 2-1, voters chose to amend the state's Constitution.


2008 Wisconsin state elections, Spring nonpartisan election
Partial veto. Shall section 10(1)(c) of article V of the constitution be amended to prohibit the governor, in exercising his or her partial veto authority, from creating a new sentence by combining parts of two or more sentences of the enrolled bill?


2008 Wisconsin state elections, Spring nonpartisan election
The amendment is intended to reduce the veto power of the Governor which has been historically used by governors of all parties to rework legislation.


2008 Wisconsin state elections, Fall partisan election
Voters in Wisconsin in this election cycle cast ballots for many state legislators. Senators from even-numbered districts and all assemblymen were up for election.


2008 Wisconsin state elections, Fall partisan election, Senate contests
Senate Democrats expanded the controlling majority they gained from the Republicans in the previous election cycle.


2008 Wisconsin state elections, Fall partisan election, Senate contests
Candidates listed in bold are their party's nominee for the seat. Candidates with a strike have not submitted adequate nomination documents to appear on the 2008 primary and general election ballots by the July 8th deadline. Candidates not submitting adequate nomination documents may still run write-in candidacies.


2008 Wisconsin state elections, Fall partisan election, Senate contests
† This race is yet subject to a recount. * Results are AP election night reports not yet certified by the elections board.


2008 Wisconsin state elections, Fall partisan election, Assembly contests
Assembly Republicans failed to defend their control of the house with Democrats taking the majority in the chamber for the first time in 14 years.


2008 Wisconsin state elections, Fall partisan election, Assembly contests
Candidates in bold won their primary and are their party's nominee for the indicated seat. Candidates with a strike have not submitted adequate nomination documents to appear on the 2008 primary and general election ballots by the July 8th deadline. Candidates not submitting adequate nomination documents may still run write-in candidacies.


2008 Wisconsin state elections, Fall partisan election, Assembly contests
† This race is yet subject to a recount. * Results are AP election night reports not yet certified by the elections board.


2008 Woking Borough Council election
The 2008 Woking Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2008 Woking Borough Council election, Background
13 seats were contested in the election with 42 candidates from the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Labour and United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). Labour only put forward 6 candidates, while UKIP had candidates in every ward for the first time. Since the 2007 election the Conservatives had held a majority on the council after a long period with no party holding a majority.


2008 Woking Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw the Conservatives maintain their majority on the council with 19 seats compared to 17 for the Liberal Democrats. Seven new councillors were elected after five sitting councillors stood down and 2 Liberal Democrats lost in the election. The Conservatives gained seats from the Liberal Democrats in Brookwood and Horsell West, while the Liberal Democrats won seats back in Knaphill and Maybury and Sheerwater. Overall turnout in the election at 43.46%, was almost the same as the 43.6% seen in 2007.


2008 Wokingham Borough Council election
The 2008 Wokingham Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2008 Wokingham Borough Council election, Campaign
18 seats were contested in the election with candidates from the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Labour, United Kingdom Independence Party, Green Party and British National Party standing. The leader of the council, Conservative councillor Frank Browne, was one of a number of councillors who stood down at the election. The Conservatives were defending 14 seats compared to 4 for the Liberal Democrats.


2008 Wokingham Borough Council election, Campaign
The Conservatives defended their record in running the council and committed themselves to keeping a weekly bin collection, fight to keep down the number of new houses being built in the council area and continue investing in services. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats criticised cuts in adult social care services and school maintenance funds and attacked a lack of democracy over proposed developments. Other issues raised in the election included crime and council tax increases.


2008 Wokingham Borough Council election, Election result
The election saw only one seat change hands with the Conservatives gaining Hillside from the Liberal Democrats to remain in control of the council with 44 of the 54 seats. Hillside ward had seen the former Liberal Democrat councillor, Alan Spratling, step down at the election and he was succeeded by Conservative Pauline Jorgensen, wife of another councillor for Hillside, Norman Jorgensen. The election also saw the United Kingdom Independence Party overtake Labour in the number of votes won across the council to win the third most votes. Overall turnout in the election was 38.23%.


2008 Wokingham Borough Council election, Election result
Following the election David Lee was elected as the new leader of the council to replace Frank Browne after he had stood down at the election.


2008 Wolverhampton City Council election
Elections to Wolverhampton City Council were held on 1 May 2008 in Wolverhampton, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour group lost overall control after losing eight seats across the City.


2008 Wolverhampton City Council election
Turnout across the City was 34.6%, with variations in turnout ranging from 22.1% in the Bushbury South & Low Hill ward up to 45.4% in Tettenhall Wightwick.


2008 Wolverhampton City Council election
Following the election, an alliance between the Conservative and Liberal Democrat groups was formed, ending 14 years of Labour Party rule.


2008 Wolverhampton City Council election, Composition
Due to the only Liberal Councillor officially joining the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Democrats had increased their number of Councillors in 2007 from 3 to 4.


2008 Wolverhampton City Council election, Composition
Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:


2008 Women's Asia Cup
The 2008 Women's One-Day Internationals Asia Cup was the fourth edition of the ACC Women's Asia Cup, a Women's One Day International cricket tournament organized by the Asian Cricket Council. Four teams took part in the tournament: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It was held between 2 May and 11 May 2008, in Sri Lanka. The matches were played at the Welagedara Stadium and Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium. India won the final against Sri Lanka by 177 runs.


2008 Women's Asia Cup, Tournament structure
Each side played each other two in the group stages. The top 2 teams based on points at the end of the group stages met each other in a one-off final. Each win yielded 4 points while a tie/no result yielded 2 points and Bonus yielded 1-point.


2008 Women's Australian Hockey League
The 2008 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 16th edition women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held between 24 March – 5 April 2008.


2008 Women's Australian Hockey League
WA Diamonds won the tournament for the fifth time after defeating QLD Scorchers 2–0 in the final. Canberra Strikers finished in third place after defeating NSW Arrows 2–0 in the third and fourth place playoff.


2008 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition Format
The 2008 Women's Australian Hockey League consisted of a single round robin format, followed by classification matches.


2008 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition Format
Teams from all 8 states and territories competed against one another throughout the pool stage. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top four ranked teams progressed to the semi-finals, while the bottom four teams continued to the classification stage.


2008 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition Format, Point Allocation
All matches had an outright result, meaning drawn matches were be decided in either golden goal extra time, or a penalty shoot-out. Match points were be as follows:


2008 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition Format, Point Allocation
· 3 points for a win· 1 points to each team in the event of a draw· 1 point will be awarded to the winner of the shoot-out· 0 points to the loser of the match


2008 Women's Australian Hockey League, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 144 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match.


2008 Women's Bandy World Championship
The 2008 Women's Bandy World Championship took place in Borlänge, Grängesberg and Karlsbyheden, Sweden, between 13 and 16 February. It was the fourth Women's Bandy World Championship in bandy. Sweden won the final against Russia 5-2 and became world champions for the fourth time. Finland won the bronze final 5-3 against Norway.


2008 Women's Baseball World Cup
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2008 Women's Baseball World Cup
The 2008 IBAF Women's Baseball World Cup was held in Botchan Stadium at Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan and won by Japan.


2008 Women's British Open
The 2008 Women's British Open was held 31 July to 3 August at the Old Course of Sunningdale Golf Club in Sunningdale, Berkshire, England, west of London. It was the 32nd Women's British Open and the eighth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. Sunningdale hosted its fourth Women's British Open and its third as an LPGA major.


2008 Women's British Open
Jiyai Shin shot a final round 66 (−6) to win her first major championship, three strokes ahead of runner-up Yani Tseng. Shin won the title again in 2012, while Tseng won consecutive titles in 2010 and 2011.


2008 Women's British Open
It was the final major for 2003 champion Annika Sörenstam, who finished a dozen strokes back.


2008 Women's British Open, Field
1. Top 15 players from the 2007 championship. Lorena Ochoa (champion), Maria Hjorth, Jee Young Lee, Reilly Rankin, Se Ri Pak, Ji Eun-hee, Miki Saiki, Paula Creamer, Linda Wessburg, Catriona Matthew, Inbee Park, Mhairi McKay, Yuri Fudoh, Na On Min, Brittany Lincicome


2008 Women's British Open, Field
2. Top 10 players from the Ladies European Tour as specified by the Rolex Rankings. Helen Alfredsson, Minea Blomqvist, Laura Davies, Louise Friberg, Sophie Gustafson, Suzann Pettersen, Song Bo-bae, Annika Sörenstam, Lindsey Wright


2008 Women's British Open, Field
3. Top 30 players from the LPGA Tour as specified by the Rolex Rankings. Shi Hyun Ahn, Nicole Castrale, Na Yeon Choi, Laura Diaz, Natalie Gulbis, Hee-Won Han, Juli Inkster, Jeong Jang, Cristie Kerr, Christina Kim, In-Kyung Kim, Mi-Hyun Kim, Brittany Lang, Seon Hwa Lee, Ai Miyazato, Angela Park, Stacy Prammanasudh, Morgan Pressel, Angela Stanford, Sherri Steinhauer, Yani Tseng, Momoko Ueda, Karrie Webb


2008 Women's British Open, Field
4. Top 25 players in the 2008 Ladies European Tour Order of Merit who have not been specified yet. Maria Boden, Stacy Bregman, Becky Brewerton, Anne-Lise Caudal, Martina Eberl, Nikki Garrett, Lisa Hall, Felicity Johnson, Ludivine Kreutz, Diana Luna, Paula Martí, Joanne Mills, Gwladys Nocera, Marta Prito, Melissa Reid, Marianne Skarpnord, Lisa Holm Sorensen, Louise Stahle, Maria Verchenova, Johanna Westerburg, Amy Yang, Emma Zackrisson, Veronica Zorzi


2008 Women's British Open, Field
5. Top 40 players from the 2008 LPGA Tour Money List not already specified. Kyeong Bae, Irene Cho, H.J. Choi, Diane D'Alessio, Allison Fouch, Sandra Gal, Russy Gulyanamitta, Johanna Head, Rachel Hetherington, Katherine Hull, Karine Icher, Soo-Yun Kang, Young Kim, Carin Koch, Kelli Kuehne, Candie Kung, Meena Lee, Leta Lindley, Teresa Lu, Meg Mallon, Jill McGill, Kristy McPherson, Janice Moodie, Becky Morgan, Ji Young Oh, Hee Young Park, Jane Park, Alena Sharp, Karin Sjödin, Kris Tamulis, Wendy Ward, Sun Young Yoo, Heather Young


2008 Women's British Open, Field
6. Top 5 players from the Japan LPGA Tour in 2008. Yukari Baba, Ji-Hee Lee, Eun-A Lim, Sakura Yokomine


2008 Women's British Open, Field
7. Winners of LPGA and Ladies European Tour tournaments in 2008 who have not been specified yet. Trish Johnson


2008 Women's British Open, Field
8. Winners of the 2007 LPGA, Korean LPGA Tour, Japan LPGA Tour, and Ladies European Tour money lists who have not been specified yet. Jiyai Shin


2008 Women's British Open, Field
9. Past ten winners of the Women's British Open. None not already specified.


2008 Women's British Open, Field
10. Past five winners of the U.S. Women's Open. None not already specified.


2008 Women's British Open, Field
11. Past five winners of the Kraft Nabisco Championship. Grace Park


2008 Women's British Open, Field
12. Past five winners of the LPGA Championship. None not already specified.


2008 Women's British Open, Field
13. Winner of the Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup. None not already specified.


2008 Women's British Open, Field
14. Top 5 finishers from the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic who are not otherwise exempt. Moira Dunn, Shanshan Feng, Katie Futcher, Paige Mackenzie, Gloria Park


2008 Women's British Open, Field
15. The 2008 Ladies British Amateur champ, the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur champ, the 2007 European Ladies Amateur champ (if all have not turned pro before championship). Caroline Hedwall (a), Anna Nordqvist (a), Maria José Uribe (a)


2008 Women's British Open, Field
16. Players successful in Final Qualifying (28 July)Liz Bennett (a), Erica Blasberg, Krystle Caithness (a), Rebecca Coakley, Claire Coughlan-Ryan, Stefani Croce, Naomi Edwards (a), Tanya Elosegui Mayor, Lora Fairclough, Martina Gillen, Lydia Hall (a), Leah Hart, Samantha Head, Kiran Matharu, Anja Monke, Lee-Ann Pace, Margherita Rigon, Iben Tinning, Marjet van der Graff.


2008 Women's British Open, Course layout
Previous lengths of the course for the Women's British Open (since 2001):


2008 Women's British Open, Round summaries, First round
The first round lead belonged to 48-year-old Juli Inkster at 65 (−7), as 64 players broke par. One stroke back were seven players at 66 (−6): Momoko Ueda, Laura Diaz, Johanna Head, Yuri Fudoh, Ji Young Oh, Jiyai Shin, and Stacy Prammanasudh. Four players were tied at two shots off the pace, including the 2004 champion at Sunningdale; Karen Stupples. Many well-known players stood at 69 (−3), including number-one ranked player Lorena Ochoa, Natalie Gulbis, and last week's Evian Masters winner Helen Alfredsson. However, many other top-ranked or well-known players struggled with their rounds, including Cristie Kerr at 71 and Paula Creamer, Karrie Webb, and Annika Sörenstam at even-par 72.


2008 Women's British Open, Round summaries, Second round
Friday's low round of 65 (−7) belonged to Kerr, who jumped into a tie for fourth at 136 (−8). First-round leader Inkster shot a 70 for 135 (−9) and in sole possession of third place. The co-leaders after 36 holes were Fudoh and Shin; each shot 68 to improve to 134 (−10).


2008 Women's British Open, Round summaries, Second round
Amateurs: Nordqvist (−1), Uribe (+1), Bennett (+2), Feng (+2), Gal (+3), Edwards (+4), Hall (+8), Caithness (+11), Hedwall (+11).


2008 Women's British Open Squash Championship
The 2008 Women's British Open Squash Championship was held at the Echo Arena in Liverpool from 6 to 12 May. Nicol David won the event for the third time, beating Jenny Duncalf in the final.


2008 Women's County Championship
The 2008 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 12th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to August and saw 31 county teams and teams representing Scotland and Wales compete in a series of divisions. Sussex Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, achieving their fourth title.


2008 Women's County Championship, Competition format
Teams played matches within a series of divisions with the winners of the top division being crowned County Champions. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side.


2008 Women's County Championship, Competition format
The championship works on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:


2008 Women's County Championship, Competition format
Win: 20 points. Tie:  16 points. Loss : Bonus points. Abandoned or No Result: 6 points. Cancelled No Play: 10 points.


2008 Women's County Championship, Competition format
Up to four batting and four bowling points were available to the losing side only, or both sides in an incomplete match.


2008 Women's County Championship, Teams
The 2008 Championship was divided into five divisions: Divisions One to Four with four teams apiece and Division Five with 17 teams split across four regional groups.


2008 Women's County Championship, Teams
Teams in the top four Divisions played each other twice, and teams in Division Five played each other once.


2008 Women's County Championship, Division Five
Due to restructuring of the Championship to expand the number of teams per division in 2009, the winners of the Division Five groups went into a play-off to determine promotion: the top two were promoted to Division Three, whilst the bottom two would form Division Four along with the four second-placed Division Five teams.


2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier
The 2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier was an eight-team tournament held in South Africa in February 2008 to decide the final two qualifiers for the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup. South Africa and Pakistan qualified, with the hosts beating Pakistan in the final.


2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Pre-tournament
The 2007 tournament was due to be played in Lahore, Pakistan in November 2007 but was postponed owing to the state of emergency in Pakistan, and subsequently shifted to South Africa, where was played in February 2008. The eight participating teams were divided into two groups. Group A featured South Africa, Bermuda, Papua New Guinea, Netherlands and Group B  featured Ireland, Pakistan, Zimbabwe and Scotland.


2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Regional qualification
Unlike in 2003, four teams had to qualify for the tournament. Ireland and South Africa qualified automatically as they played in the previous World Cup, the Netherlands and Scotland qualified automatically as the only remaining European teams.


2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Regional qualification, Africa
The African leg of qualifying was a four team round-robin tournament played in Nairobi, Kenya in December 2006. Participating teams were Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe won all three of their games and qualified for the main tournament.


2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Regional qualification, Americas
The Americas leg of qualifying was a three match series between Bermuda and Canada, played at Beacon Hill Park in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in September 2006. Canada won the first match, but Bermuda came back to win the remaining two and thus qualify for the main tournament.


2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Regional qualification, Asia
The Asian leg of qualifying was a three match series between Pakistan and Hong Kong, played in Lahore, Pakistan in September 2006. Pakistan won all three matches, two by over 200 runs, thus qualifying for the main tournament.


2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Regional qualification, East-Asia/Pacific
The East-Asia/Pacific leg of qualifying was a three match series between Japan and Papua New Guinea, played in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea in September 2006. Papua New Guinea won all three matches, thus qualifying for the main tournament.


2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Regional qualification, Europe
Whilst Ireland, the Netherlands and Scotland are all already in the main tournament, all three teams will play against an England Development XI in the Women's European Championship in 2007, with the final group of the Netherlands and Scotland dependent on their position in this tournament.


2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Finals
The 2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Finals took place in Winterthur, Switzerland from 8 to 12 October 2008.


2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Finals
The 2008 EuroFloorball Cup marks the second year in which the new name for the tournament was used (previously known as the European Cup). The tournament also marks its 16th year.


2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Finals
The IFF decided that the tournament would revert to its original format, and would take place during one calendar year, instead of two.


2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Finals, Qualification Format
Since the top 4 nations at the 2007–08 Women's EuroFloorball Cup were from Switzerland, Sweden, the Czech Republic, and Norway, the top team in that country automatically qualifies, as well as the reigning champion. 5 teams in total receive automatic qualification.


2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Finals, Qualification Format
Since 5 of the 8 spots are filled, the other 3 need to be decided using regional qualification. In Group C, the runners-up to the top team in Switzerland, Sweden, the Czech Republic, and Norway play for a spot in the finals. In Groups A and B, the teams are split into regions: West Europe and East Europe, respectively. The winning team in each group advances to the finals, making the total number of teams eight.


2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Finals, Qualification Format
To be eligible to take part in the 2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup, teams that take place in regional qualification must capture the national title in floorball in their country. If that team does not register, then the second-place team can register, and so forth.


2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Finals, Qualifying Venues
Group A qualifications for Western Europe took place in Frederikshavn, Denmark from 14 to 16 August 2008


2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Finals, Qualifying Venues
Group B qualifications for Eastern Europe took place in Bratislava, Slovakia from 27 to 31 August 2008.


2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Finals, Qualifying Venues
Group C qualifications took place in Helsinki, Finland from 22 to 24 August 2008.


2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying
The 2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Qualifying rounds took place over 14 to 31 August 2008 in three different host nations. The winner of each group advanced to the 2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Finals, where they had a chance to win the EuroFloorball Cup for 2008. A total of fifteen teams played in the qualifying rounds, all from different countries.


2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying
The 2008 EuroFloorball Cup marks the second year in which the new name for the tournament was used (previously known as the European Cup). The tournament also marks its sixteenth year.


2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying
The IFF decided that the tournament will revert to its original format, and will take place during one calendar year, instead of two.


2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying, Qualification format
Since the top four nations at the 2007–08 Women's EuroFloorball Cup were from Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic, the top team in that country automatically qualify for the finals, as well as the reigning champion. Five teams in total receive automatic qualification.


2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying, Qualification format
Since five of the eight spots are filled, the other three need to be decided using regional qualification. In Group C, the runners-up to the top team in Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic play for a spot in the finals. In Groups A and B, the teams are split into regions: West Europe and East Europe, respectively. The winning team in each group advances to the finals, making the total number of teams eight.


2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying, Qualification format
To be eligible to take part in the 2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup, teams that take place in regional qualification must capture the national title in floorball in their country. If that team does not register, then the second-place team can register, and so forth.


2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying, Qualifying venues
Group A qualifications for Western Europe will take place in Frederikshavn, Denmark from 13 to 17 August 2008.


2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying, Qualifying venues
Group B qualifications for Eastern Europe will take place in Bratislava, Slovakia from 27 to 31 August 2008.


2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying, Qualifying venues
Group C qualifications will take place in Porvoo, Finland from 22 to 24 August 2008.


2008 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship
The 2008 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championships was the 14th edition of the Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship, an under 21 women's field hockey tournament. It was held in Lille, France, from 20–26 July 2008.


2008 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship
Germany won the tournament for the eighth time after defeating the Netherlands 2–1 in the final. England won the bronze medal, defeating Belarus 5–2 in the third place playoff.


2008 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship, Participating nations
Alongside the host nation, 7 teams competed in the tournament.


2008 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship, Results, Classification round, Fifth to eighth place classification
Points earned in the preliminary round are carried over into Pool C.


2008 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
The 2008 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships were held in the Greenbank Sports Academy in Liverpool, England from August 4 to 8. This was the 3rd edition of this annual competition, and was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.


2008 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
80 fighters representing 17 federations competed in 13 weight divisions. Turkey returned to top spot on the medals table with 4 gold and 4 bronze medals. Host country England won her first gold medals in these competitions, as did Ireland in the person of 60 kg World Champion Katie Taylor.


2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship
The 2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship was the twelve edition of the  bi-annual event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The event took place in the Aquatic Centre Málaga in Málaga, Spain from July 5 to July 12, 2008.


2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship, Final ranking
Valentina Vorontsova, Natalia Shepelina, Ekaterina Prokofyeva, Sofia Konoukh, Alena Vylegzhanina, Nadezda Glyzina, Ekaterina Pantyulina, Evgenia Soboleva, Oleksandra Karpovich, Olga Belyaeva, Elena Smurova, Olga Turova, Evgeniya ProtsenkoHead Coach: Alexander Kleymenov.


2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship squads
This article shows all participating team squads at the 2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship.


2008 Women's Four Nations Cup
The 2008 Women's Four Nations Cup was the inaugural Hockey Four Nations Cup, an international women's field hockey tournament, consisting of a series of test matches. It was held in Germany, from July 4 to 6, 2018, and featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey.


2008 Women's Four Nations Cup, Competition format
The tournament featured the national teams of India, South Korea, the United States, and the hosts, Germany, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. Three points were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.


2008 Women's Four Nations Cup, Officials
The following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:


2008 Women's Four Nations Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 43 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 7.17 goals per match.


2008 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 2008 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 16th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held between 17 and 25 May 2008 in Mönchengladbach, Germany.


2008 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
Argentina won the tournament after 7 years for the second time after defeating Germany 6–2 in the final.


2008 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, Umpires
Below are the 8 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:


2008 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 58 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.22 goals per match.


2008 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy
The 2008 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy was the third edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The RaboTrophy was held in Rotterdam from 24 to 28 June 2008, and featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey.


2008 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy
The Netherlands won the tournament for the second time, defeating Great Britain 5–0 in the final.


2008 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy
The tournament was held in conjunction with the Men's FIH Champions Trophy.


2008 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy, Competition format
The four teams competed in a pool stage, played in a single round robin format. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top two teams contested the final, while the remaining teams played off for third place.


2008 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy, Officials
The following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:


2008 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy, Statistics, Final standings
As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2008 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 33 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 4.12 goals per match.


2008 Women's Hockey Setanta Sports Trophy
The 2008 Women's Hockey Setanta Sports Trophy was the second edition of the Setanta Sports Trophy, a women's field hockey tournament. It was held in Dublin, Ireland, from June 11 to 15, 2008, and featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey.


2008 Women's Hockey Setanta Sports Trophy, Competition format
The tournament featured the national teams of Germany, Great Britain, South Africa, and the hosts, Ireland, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. Three points were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.


2008 Women's Hockey Setanta Sports Trophy, Officials
The following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:


2008 Women's Hockey Setanta Sports Trophy, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 24 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.


2008 Women's Hockey South American Championship
The 2008 Women's Hockey South American Championship was the second edition of the South American Championship. It was held between 30 March and 6 April 2008 in Montevideo, Uruguay.


2008 Women's Hockey South American Championship
Argentina won the tournament for the second time, defeating Chile 5–1 in the final. Uruguay won the bronze medal after defeating Brazil 2–0 in the third place match.


2008 Women's Hockey South American Championship, Umpires
The following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:


2008 Women's Hockey South American Championship, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 119 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 6.61 goals per match.


2008 Women's Indoor Pan American Cup
The 2008 Women's Indoor Pan American Cup was the 4th edition of the Indoor Pan American Cup, an indoor hockey competition. The tournament was held in San Juan, Argentina, from 19–23 November.


2008 Women's Indoor Pan American Cup
Argentina won the tournament for the first time, defeating the United States 4–2 in the final. Mexico won the bronze medal after defeating Peru 1–0 in the third place match.


2008 Women's Indoor Pan American Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 93 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.65 goals per match.


2008 Women's Junior South American Volleyball Championship
The 2008 Women's Junior South American Volleyball Championship was the 19th edition of the tournament, organised by South America's governing volleyball body, the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV). It was held in Chosica and Callao, Lima, Peru.


2008 Women's Junior South American Volleyball Championship, Competing nations
The following national teams qualified, they were seeded according to how they finished in the previous edition of the tournament:


2008 Women's Junior World Handball Championship
The 2008 Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the tournament and took place in Macedonia from 21 July to 3 August 2008.


2008 Women's Junior World Handball Championship
Germany won the gold medal match by defeating Denmark 25-23 while South Korea got the bronze medal.


2008 Women's Junior World Handball Championship, Hosting rights and draw
Macedonia won the hosting rights to host the 2008 edition at an IHF congress in April 2007. The draw for the 2008 edition was held on May 18, 2008 at SRC Kale in Skopje with the twenty teams being drawn in four groups of five. Three weeks before the championship began, Uruguay withdrew from the competition as they was replaced by Chile.


2008 Women's National Invitation Tournament
The 2008 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) was a single-elimination tournament of 48 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2008 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. The 40th annual tournament was played from March 19, 2008 to April 5, 2008, entirely on campus sites. The highest ranked team in each conference that did not receive a bid to the NCAA Tournament received an automatic bid to this tournament. The remaining slots were filled by the WNIT Selection Committee. Marquette defeated Michigan State 81–66 to win the tournament.


2008 Women's National Invitation Tournament, Seeding
Teams are not seeded in the WNIT. Rather, teams are placed into one of three tiers. Teams in the upper tier are spread around the bracket as best as possible, although not every upper tier team receives a first round bye. Lower tier and middle tier teams tend to meet in the first round, while upper tier teams will usually play winners of first-round games in the second round. The organizers attempt to bracket the first two rounds based on geography. The location of games is determined in part by seed, but also by facility availability and other factors.


2008 Women's Pan-Am Junior Championship
The 2008 Women's Junior Pan-Am Championship was the 6th edition of the Women's Pan American Junior Championship. It was held from 6 to 12 October 2008 in Mexico City, Mexico.


2008 Women's Pan-Am Junior Championship
The tournament served as a qualifier for the 2009 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup, held in Boston, United States in August 2009.


2008 Women's Pan-Am Junior Championship
United States won the tournament for the 1st time, defeating Chile 2–1 in the final. Argentina won the bronze medal by defeating Mexico 8–0 in the third and fourth place playoff.


2008 Women's Pan-Am Junior Championship, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 139 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.95 goals per match.


2008 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
The 2008 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the seventh edition of the annual Women's Volleyball Tournament, played by twelve countries from May 30 to June 7, 2008 in Mexicali and Tijuana, Mexico. The intercontinental event served as a qualifier for the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix in Tokyo, Japan.


2008 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, Competing Nations
Argentina Costa Rica Dominican Republic Mexico Trinidad and Tobago United States


2008 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup squads
This article shows all participating team squads at the 2008 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, held from May 30 to June 7, 2008 in Mexicali and Tijuana, Mexico.


2008 Women's Rugby League World Cup
The 2008 Women's Rugby League World Cup was the third staging of the Women's Rugby League World Cup since its inauguration in 2000, and the first since the 2003 tournament. The tournament was held in Australia from 6 November, culminating in the final between Australia and New Zealand on 15 November. It was held at Stockland Park alongside the Police World Cup. Eight teams took part including defending champions New Zealand.


2008 Women's Rugby League World Cup, Final
The final was held at Suncorp Stadium on 15 November.


2008 Women's Six Nations Championship
The 2008 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2008 RBS Women's 6 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the seventh series of the rugby union Women's Six Nations Championship. England comfortably won a third successive Grand Slam—the first time this had been achieved in the Women's Six Nations. However, after a good start against Wales it was not quite as easily won as in the previous year, with Italy, Scotland and Ireland all scoring tries against the champions, something that only France managed in 2007.


2008 Women's Six Nations Championship
While the England win was predictable it was Ireland that surprised many. Historically one of the weakest nations in the tournament, they only went down to narrow defeats to England, France, and Wales, while recording wins over both Italy and Scotland. The result was probably their best ever tournament performance.


2008 Women's Six Nations Championship
The decline of Scottish women's rugby, on the other hand, continued. Though their performance against England showed hope for improvement, two successive defeats in two years to Ireland meant that Scotland ranked for the first time below the Irish, while defeat to Italy—the Italians' first ever Six Nations win—was the final blow in a disastrous campaign.


2008 Women's Six Nations Championship
France—on paper the second best side in the event—were distinctly unimpressive, going down to their largest home defeat to England before losing to Wales for the second time in three years, the result being only third place. Wales, on the other hand, recovered from an English drubbing in the first game to finish in a well-deserved runners-up position.


2008 Women's Six Nations Championship
Finally, the Italians surprised everyone with their Scottish win, following a campaign that had not appeared competitive in its first four games.


2008 Women's World Open Squash Championship
The 2008 Women's World Open Squash Championship is the women's edition of the World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place at the National Squash Centre in Manchester, England from 11 to 19 October 2008.


2008 Women's World Open Squash Championship, Draw and results
Note: * Q = Qualifier, * WC = Wild Card, * w/o = Walkover, * r = Retired


2008 Women's World Team Squash Championships
The 2008 Women's World Team Squash Championships is the women's edition of the 2008 World Team Squash Championships organized by the World Squash Federation, which serves as the world team championship for squash players. The event were held in Cairo, Egypt and took place from November 30 to December 6, 2008. The tournament was organized by the World Squash Federation and the Egyptian Squash Association. The Egypt team won his first World Team Championships beating the English team in the final.


2008 Women's World Team Squash Championships, Participating teams
A total of 19 teams competed from all the five confederations: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. For China, it was their first participation at a world team championship.


2008 Women's Youth World Handball Championship
The 2008 Women's Youth World Handball Championship was the 2nd edition of the tournament and took place in the Bratislava, (Slovakia) from 11–20 July 2008.


2008 Women's Youth World Handball Championship, Awards
Players - Tatiana Khmyrova, Ksenia Milova, Snezhana Makhneva, Irina Nikitina, Olga Luzinova, Anna Sen, Ksenia Makeeva, Nadezda Potapenko, Elena Konova, Irina Astashova, Ekaterina Yatsenko, Daria Mochalova, Polina Dikalo, Valentina Goncharova Officials: A - Viacheslav KirilenkoB - Robert MinabutdinovC - Boris KrasnovD - Andrey Kalnoy


2008 Worcester City Council election
The 2008 Worcester City Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Worcester District Council in Worcestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2008 Worcester City Council election, Campaign
Before the election the Conservatives ran the council as a minority administration, and required one extra seat in order to win a majority. They had lost their majority after Labour gained a seat from them in a by-election in 2007. 12 seats were up for election with 5 Conservative, 4 Labour, 2 independent and 1 Liberal Democrat seats being contested. The Conservatives only contested 10 of the 12 seats after they decided not to oppose the two independents who were up for re-election in Nunnery and St John wards, however both they and the independent councillors denied that any deal had been done.


2008 Worcester City Council election, Campaign
Three members of the Shadow Cabinet, including the Shadow Chancellor George Osborne, visited Worcester to campaign for the Conservatives.


2008 Worcester City Council election, Election result
The results saw the council remain without any party having a majority with the Conservatives continuing to run the administration. They had come within 28 votes of winning in Arboretum ward but Labour's Joy Squires held the seat.


2008 Worcester City Council election, Election result
The Green Party contested ten of the twelve seats, falling back slightly overall from 9.2 to 8.5% of the vote. Its claim of 10% related to the seats it contested. While it failed to win a seat, its best results were in the Rainbow Hill and Cathedral wards, where it scored 23.3 and 18.6% respectively.


2008 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The 2008 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held in the indoor arena in Berlin, Germany, on 9 and 10 February 2008. The Dutch skaters Paulien van Deutekom and Sven Kramer became world champions.


2008 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Women's championships, Allround results
NQ = Not qualified for the 5000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)DQ = disqualified


2008 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Men's championships, Allround results
NQ = Not qualified for the 10000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)DQ = disqualified


2008 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Rules
All 24 participating skaters are allowed to skate the first three distances; 12 skaters may take part on the fourth distance. These 12 skaters are determined by taking the standings on the longest of the first three distances, as well as the samalog standings after three distances, and comparing these lists as follows:


2008 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering
The 2008 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering was the fourth World Championship of Ski Mountaineering sanctioned by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions (ISMC), held in Portes du Soleil, Switzerland, from February 23 to February 29, 2008.


2008 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering
About 450 athletes of 29 nations participated. Compared to the former world masterships a long distance race was added.


2008 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering, Results, Individual
List of the best 10 participants by gender (incl. "Espoirs" level):


2008 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering, Results, Relay
List of the best 10 relay teams by gender (some teams included "Espoirs" level athletes):


2008 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering, Results, Team
event held in Pointe de l'Au on February 26, 2008


2008 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering, Results, Team
List of the best 10 relay teams by gender (some teams included "Espoirs" level athletes):


2008 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering, Results, Vertical race
List of the best 10 participants by gender (incl. "Espoirs" level):


2008 World Club Challenge
The 2008 Carnegie World Club Challenge was contested between Super League XII champions, the Leeds Rhinos and National Rugby League season 2007 premiers, the Melbourne Storm. For the fifth consecutive year the English home team defeated their Australian counterparts.


2008 World Club Challenge, Qualification, Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos qualified through being the 2007 Super League champions, defeating St. Helens 33 - 6 in the Grand Final.


2008 World Club Challenge, Qualification, Melbourne Storm
Melbourne Storm clinched the 2007 National Rugby League title in a 34 - 8 belting of Manly, earning them a place in the World Club Challenge.


2008 World Club Challenge, Qualification, Melbourne Storm
Melbourne played a warm-up game against National League One teamHalifax.


2008 World Club Challenge, Match details
The match was played in wintry conditions on Friday evening, 29 February, four rounds into the 2008 Super League competition and one week before the start of NRL season 2008.


2008 World Club Challenge, Match details
33,204 spectators turned out at Elland Road, in Leeds for a hard-fought, low-scoring match in which each side scored a try apiece, with Leeds ultimately coming out winners, due largely to the kicking of Kevin Sinfield. The win meant the English champions side defeated their Australian counterparts for the fifth consecutive year.


2008 World Club Challenge, Match details
Many experts blamed the result happened due to Melbourne Storm's loss of many key players which were: Cameron Smith (Captain, Hooker, Australian Test Player), Greg Inglis (Five-Eighth/Centre, Australian Test Player), Matt King (Centre/Wing, Australian Test Player), Ben Cross (Prop, State of Origin NSW Player) and Michael Crocker (Second-row Australian Test Player)


2008 World Cup (men's golf)
The 2008 Omega Mission Hills World Cup took place from 27 November to 30 November at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China. It was the 54th World Cup. 28 countries competed and each country sent two players. The team purse was $5,000,000 with $1,600,000 going to the winner. The Swedish team of Robert Karlsson and Henrik Stenson won the tournament. This was the second time that Sweden won the World Cup.


2008 World Cup (men's golf), Qualification and format
The leading 18 available players from the Official World Golf Ranking on 1 September 2008 qualified. These 18 players then selected a player from their country to compete with them. The person they pick had to be ranked within the top 100 on the Official World Golf Ranking as of 1 September. If there was no other player from that country within the top 100 then the next highest ranked player would be their partner.


2008 World Cup (men's golf), Qualification and format
If there was no other available player from that country within the top 500, then the exempt player could choose whoever he wants as long as they are a professional from the same country. World qualifiers were held in September and October. Nine countries earned their spot in the World Cup, three each from the European, Asian, and South American qualifiers. The host country, China, rounded out the field.


2008 World Cup (men's golf), Qualification and format
The event is a 72-hole stroke play team event with each team consisting of two players. The first and third days are four-ball play and the second and final days are foursomes play.


2008 World Cup of Pool
The 2008 World Cup of Pool was the third edition of the tournament. The event was held again in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from October 7–11, 2008.


2008 World Cup of Pool, Final
The American duo of Rodney Morris and Shane Van Boening beat the English team of Daryl Peach and Mark Gray with 11–7 to win the first championship for United States.


2008 World Deaf Football Championships
The 2008 World Deaf Football Championships were the first edition of the international competition of deaf football national men's and women's teams. They were organized by the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (CISS), and were held in Patras, Greece between 1-12 July 2008. In the men's championship, Germany won the title for the first time, defeating Turkey in the final, France became bronze medalist before the Umited States. In the women's championsip, Russia  won the title for the first time, defeating Germany in the final, England became bronze medalist before South Africa.


2008 World Enduro Championship
The 2008 World Enduro Championship was the 19th season in the FIM World Enduro Championship. The season consisted of eight events and 16 races.


2008 World Enduro Championship
Last season's Enduro 2 champion, Honda's Mika Ahola, took his second world championship title now racing in the Enduro 1 class. In the Enduro 2 class, Yamaha's Johnny Aubert won his first world championship, becoming the first racer to defeat Juha Salminen since the 1998 season. With nine wins, Salminen broke compatriot Kari Tiainen's record (77) for most wins in the series. In Enduro 3, KTM's Samuli Aro became the sixth enduro rider to win five world championship titles.


2008 World Fencing Championships
The 2008 World Fencing Championships were held at the Olympic Green Convention Center in Beijing, China. The event took place from April 18 to April 20, 2008. It had men's team foil and women's team épée, both of which were not held at the 2008 Summer Olympics.


2008 World Field Archery Championships
The 2008 World Field Archery Championships were held in Llwynypia & Cardiff, Wales. The qualifying took place in the village of Llwynypia and the final field was situated at the St Fagans National History Museum in Cardiff.


2008 World Figure Skating Championships
The 2008 World Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition in the 2007–08 figure skating season. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event was held at the Scandinavium arena in Gothenburg, Sweden from March 16 to 23.


2008 World Figure Skating Championships, Qualification
The competition was open to skaters from ISU member nations who had reached the age of 15 by July 1, 2007. The corresponding competition for younger skaters was the 2008 World Junior Championships.


2008 World Figure Skating Championships, Qualification
Based on the results of the 2007 World Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria.


2008 World Figure Skating Championships, Qualification
Due to the large number of entries at the World Championships, only the top 24 single skaters and top 20 pairs advanced to the free skating after the short program. In ice dancing, the top 30 couples in the compulsory dance advanced to the original dance, and the top 24 couples after the original dance advanced to the free dance.


2008 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes
Dan Zhang / Hao Zhang from China set a new world record of 74.36 points under the ISU Judging System for pairs' short program.


2008 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes
European champion ice dancers Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin (RUS) withdrew before the event due to an injury to his knee. They were replaced by Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev. Four Continents and Grand Prix Final bronze medalist Evan Lysacek withdrew before the event due to injury. He was replaced by US pewter medalist Jeremy Abbott.


2008 World Figure Skating Championships, Results, Men
Jeffrey Buttle was the sixth Canadian man to win the world title. His win set off a controversy because he did not attempt a quadruple jump. Brian Joubert the silver medalist criticized the system for producing a winner who did not complete or attempt a quadruple jump. This set off the first of many debates on the value of the quads and what men's figure skating should be about that would culminate in the 2010 Olympic Quadruple jump controversy.


2008 World Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ladies
Carolina Kostner led the short program with 64.28 points, just 0.18 points higher than Mao Asada who was in second. Kim Yuna fell on her triple Lutz, leaving her in fifth place after the short program. Kim managed a clean free skate, earning the top score of 123.38 points. However, that was insufficient to make up for the short program. Kostner received negative grade of execution on five of her seven jumping passes but still managed the third highest free score. Asada, one of two women attempting the triple Axel in the competition, fell during the takeoff of the axel, but still managed to do two triple-triples and score 1.46 points higher than Kostner, securing the gold medal. Silver went to Kostner and Kim received the bronze medal.


2008 World Figure Skating Championships, Multiple spots for 2009 Worlds
The following countries have earned more than one entry to the 2009 World Championships based on performance at the 2008 World Championships.


2008 World Grand Prix (darts)
The 2008 Sky Poker World Grand Prix was the eleventh World Grand Prix darts tournament held by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held from 6–12 October 2008 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland. The event featured a tournament record prize fund of £250,000 with £50,000 going to the winner.


2008 World Grand Prix (darts)
Phil Taylor won his eighth Grand Prix title with a 6-2 victory over Raymond van Barneveld in the final watched by 355,000 viewers. James Wade was the defending champion, however lost 2-1 to Tony Eccles in the first round.


2008 World Grand Prix (darts), Format
All legs were 501 points double-in double-out format. The first round games were best of three sets. Second round games were best of five sets, the quarter finals best of seven sets, the semi finals best of nine sets, and the final was best of eleven sets. All sets were best of five legs/first to three legs.


2008 World Grand Prix (darts), Prize money
A tournament record prize fund of £250,000 was available to the participants, divided based on the following performances:


2008 World Grand Prix (darts), Qualification
The field of 32 players was mostly made up from the top sixteen players in the  on September 21, following the two Players Championship events at the Newport Center in Newport, Wales. The top eight from these rankings were also the seeded players. The remaining sixteen places went to the top twelve non-qualified players from the , and then to the top four non-qualified residents of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland from the 2008 Players Championship Order of Merit who have competed in at least six Players Championship events.


2008 World Grand Prix (darts), Television coverage and sponsorship
The sponsorship for the tournament was Sky Bet who had sponsored the event since 2004, however one of its brands, Sky Poker, was the new title sponsor.


2008 World Indoor Bowls Championship
The 2008 World Indoor Bowls Championships  was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton on Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 08-27 January 2008. The event was sponsored by Potters Holidays. Alex Marshall won the men's singles defeating Ian Bond in the final achieving a record fifth title. Despite the fact that a women's singles tournament was held Ceri Ann Davies was also permitted to compete in the men's singles competition.


2008 World Interuniversity Games
The 2008 World Interuniversity Games were the tenth edition of the Games (organised by IFIUS, and were held in Budapest, Hungary, from October 6 to October 10, 2008.


2008 World Interuniversity Games, Hosting
With Budapest as host city, 2008 marked the first time the Games took place outside Western Europe. The host of 2008 was the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME).


2008 World Interuniversity Games, Competitions
Teams participated in seven competitions (four sports). For the first time the Basketball Women competition was held.


2008 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
The 2008 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship was held at California State University in Long Beach, California, United States.


2008 World Judo Open Championships
The 2008 World Judo Open Championships were held at Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan in Levallois-Perret, France, 20 and 21 December 2008.


2008 World Junior A Challenge
The 2008 World Junior A Challenge was an international Junior "A" ice hockey tournament hosted by Hockey Canada. The 2008 World Junior A Challenge was hosted by the Canadian City of Camrose, Alberta from November 1 to November 9, 2008 at the Edgeworth Centre. The opening ceremony included a performance from Tom Cochrane.


2008 World Junior A Challenge, Teams
Same as the 2007 World Junior A Challenge, the 2008 edition will include Belarus, Canada East and West, Germany, Russia, and the United States. Slovakia, again, is not competing and has not since the 2006 World Junior A Challenge.


2008 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Exhibition
Only three exhibition games were scheduled for prior to the 2008 WJAC tournament. On October 29, Canada West challenged the varsity team from Augustana University College. The West defeated Augustana 9-2. The same night, Canada East played the varsity team from Portage College. The East was victorious, taking the game 7-1. Two nights later, Canada East and Canada West met in Camrose for an exhibition rematch of the 2006 and 2007 tournament finals. The East took the game 4-2.


2008 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Round Robin
On November 2, the tournament kicked off with the opening game between Belarus and defending 2-time champion Canada West. The West went up early 2-0 only to have Belarus take one back late in the first frame. The West entered the second period with a 2-1 lead only to give up costly goals 13 seconds and 28 seconds into the frame—leading to a Belorussian 3-2 lead. Around two minutes later the Canadians came back to tie the game at 3's. There was no scoring during the rest of regulation. Overtime was uneventful, so the game went to a shootout. Belarus' Bialinski stopped all three penalty shots, while Canada's Bodnarchuk let in his first, shot by Yauheni Salamonau, and stopped his second. The result was a 4-3 upset victory for a Belorussian squad that had only won once in its last 8 WJAC games.


2008 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Round Robin
The early game on November 3 was between the Germans and Canada East. After giving up a goal 49 seconds into the game to Germany, the East team scored 3 goals in the first period and never looked back in a 6-3 victory. The Germans looked solid in the game despite only having won a single WJAC game in eight tried entering the game. In the late game, the Russians faced Belarus. Riding the momentum of 4 early goals in the first and second, the Russians cruised to their first win of the tournament, 10-4. The loss was on the heals of a Belorussian upset of the two-time defending champion Canada West and gives the West a chance at first with a big enough win over the Russians in their final game of the round robin.


2008 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Round Robin
On November 4, the Germans set the stage for the second massive upset of this World Junior A Challenge. The Americans, playing their first game of the tournaments, led 1-0 after the first and 2-0 early in the second period. That is when the bottom dropped out. Germany started scoring and just did not stop. In the end, the Germans scored 5 unanswered goals and won the game 5-2. The Germans finish the round robin with a win and a loss, awaiting the outcome of the November 5 game between the Americans and Canada East.


2008 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Round Robin
In the late game, Canada West was triumphant over the Russian squad, overcoming an early deficit to win the game 5-2. This win gives all three teams in Pool A a 1-1 record, but because Canada West's loss was in overtime they clinch the tie-breaker and get a bye past the quarter-final.


2008 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Round Robin
The single November 5 game was between Canada East and the Americans. It would close out the round robin. The Americans came out on fire and defeated the East 5-3. This left each team in Pool B with a 1-1-0 record. Because of goal differential, Canada East still won first place and the United States had to settle on third place behind the Germans.


2008 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Quarter-final
In the first quarter-final, Pool A's second seed Russia took on Pool B's third seed the United States. The Americans put the boots to the Russians early, building up a 5-0 lead by the midway point of the game. Russia potted two quick goals at the end of the second period, but like the first, the third was all USA with three more insurance markers. The Americans crushed the Russians 8-2. The Americans move on to the semi-final against Canada East while the Russians are relegated to the 5th place match.


2008 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Quarter-final
The second quarter-final was won on the heroics of Siarhei Drozd whose natural hat trick gave the Belorussians enough momentum to survive a late German onslaught and win the game. The Germans fall back to the 5th place game against the Russians, while the Belorussians will meet Canada West in the second semi-final.


2008 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, 5th Place and Semi-final
The Russians found themselves in the 5th place match for the first time in their WJAC history, against the Germans who hold a win over the Americans - the team that eliminated Russia from medal contention. All this did not matter though, as the Russians dismantled the Germans with an 8-2 victory to close out the tournament on a winning note.


2008 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, 5th Place and Semi-final
In the first semi-final, Canada East was up against the only team to defeat them so far in the 2008 WJAC - the Americans. This would be no day for revenge as the United States upended the Eastern squad 5-1 in front of 1525 fans. For the first time in WJAC, there will be no All-Canada final as Canada East is left competing for Bronze. The United States will compete for Gold for the first time, as last year at their first WJAC they won Bronze.


2008 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, 5th Place and Semi-final
The second semi-final pitted Canada West against the only team to defeat them so far in the tournament, Belarus. The West led 1-0 after the first and Belarus tied the score 1-1 early in the second. The Canadians then battened down the hatches and scored 2 more goals to close out the period and another insurance marker in the third to win 4-1. The Belorussians move to the Bronze medal game against Canada East, while Canada West goes to their third straight Gold medal game at the WJACs.


2008 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Bronze and Gold
In the Bronze Medal game, Canada East competed against Belarus. The Belorussians were no match for the Canada East squad who crushed Belarus 9-1. After two consecutive Silvers in WJAC-event, the Canada East squad settles for Bronze in 2008.


2008 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Bronze and Gold
The Gold Medal game was between two tough squads: the United States and Canada West. The Canada West team were the two-time defending Gold medalists, while the Americans were 2007 Bronze Medalists who just got done manhandling Russia and Canada East to get to the Gold Medal match. In the end, it was barely a contest - led by Tournament MVP Mike Cichy, the Americans walked all over Canada West to win the Gold with a 7-1 score.


2008 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Belarus
Players: Vitali Bialinski, Valeri Bojarskih, Kiryl Brykun, Pavel Dashkou, Siarhei Drozd, Nikolai Goncharov, Aleh Haroshka, Ilya Kaznadzei, Andrei Kolasau, Dzmitry Korabau, Aliaksei Kuveka, Vitali Marchanka, Uladzimir Mikhailau, Anatol Panou, Pavel Razvadouski, Yauheni Salamonau, Illa Shinkevitch, Yahor Stsiapanau, Mikalai Susla, Ihar Varashylau, Dzmitry Verameichyk, Dzmitry Volkau, Aliaksandr Yeronau, Aliaksandr Zhuk


2008 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Belarus
Staff: Vaily Spiridonov, Pavel Perapekhin, Vasilij Pankov, Vyatcheslav Gusov, Ihar Karachun, Heorhi Zatkouski, Dzmitry Klaskouski, Sergei Opimakh


2008 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada East
Players: Braden Birch, Nick D'Agostino, Dustin Darou, Scott Dawson, Jordan Escott, Jeremy Franklin, Andrew Hare, Zach Hervato, Stephen Horyl, Pierre-Luc Lacombe, Jacob Laliberté, Greg Miller, Marty O'Grady, David Pacan, Brandon Pirri, David Pratt, Jeremy Price, Ben Sexton, Shawn Sirman, Reilly Smith, Lindsay Sparks, Mike Wills


2008 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada East
Staff: Mark Grady, Patrice Bosch, Troy Ryan, Marty Abrams, Brent Ladds, Bob Baird, Darren Allan


2008 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada West
Players: Andrew Bodnarchuk, Tommy Brown, Aaron Dell, Tanner Fritz, Kevin Genoe, Derek Grant, Matt Grassi, Tim Hayduk, James Kerr, Scott Macaulay, Michael MacDonald, Matt Mackay, Andrew MacWilliam, Denver Manderson, Curtis McKenzie, Dylan Olsen, Brodie Reid, Derek Rodwell, Justin Schultz, Jaden Schwartz, Rylan Schwartz, Steven Seigo, Travis Statchuk, Cole Wilson, Michael Young


2008 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada West
Staff: Boris Rybalka, Dwight McMillan, Rylan Ferster, Ken Miske, Brent Sawchuk, Norm Zunti, Leonard Strandberg, Kim Davis


2008 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Germany
Players: Sinan Akdag, Dominik Bielke, Benedikt Bruckner, Maximilian Englbrecht, Jerome Flaake, Andreas Gawlik, Patrick Geiger, Martin Hinterstocker, André Huebscher, Markus Keller, Conor Morrisson, Florian Muller, Marco Nowak, Alexander Oblinger, Daniel Oppolzer, Patrick Pohl, Steven Rupprich, Toni Ritter, Gregor Stein, Soren Sturm, Dominic Walsh, Daniel Weiss, Marc Wittforth, David Wolf


2008 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Germany
Staff: Ernst Hofner, Jeffrey Tomlinson, Wolfgang Fischer, Jorg Lochbihler, Michael Pfuhl


2008 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Russia
Players: Sergey Barbashev, Roman Berdnikov, Georgy Berdyukov, Igor Bobkov, Stanislav Bocharov, Anton Burdasov, Alexander Burmistrov, Sergey Chvanov, Georgy Dulnev, Kirill Kabanov, Stanislav Kalashnikov, Dmitry Kanifadin, Alexander Karpushkin, Anton Kavera, Maxim Kitsin, Yevgeni Kuznetsov, Kirill Lebedev, Vladimir Malinovsky, Dmitry Orlov, Nikita Pivtsakin, Eduard Reyzvikh, Dmitry Shikin, Stanislav Solovyev, Vladimir Tarasenko, Semen Valuyskiy, Kirll Yuryev, Pavel Zotov, Vitaly Zotov


2008 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Russia
Staff: Vladimir Plyuschev, Sergey Petrenko, Igor Ostapchuk, Dmitry Kondrashin, Oleg Kuchenev, Alexey Sasin, Alexander Shapiro


2008 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, United States
Players: Josh Balch, Josh Birkholz, Greg Burke, Rocco Carzo, Mike Cichy, Matt Donovan, David Gerths, Seth Helgeson, Joe Howe, Danny Kristo, Nick Larson, Mike Lee, Dave Makowski, Lee Moffie, John Moore, Pat Mullane, Maxim Nicastro, Nick Oddo, Darren Rowe, Craig Smith, Matt White


2008 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, United States
Staff: Mark Carlson, Bliss Littler, Todd Knott, Darrin Flinchem, Todd Klein, David Peck, Marc Boxer


2008 World Junior Baseball Championship
The 2008 World Junior AAA Championship was held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from July 25 to August 3, 2008.


2008 World Junior Canoe Slalom Championships
The 2008 ICF World Junior Canoe Slalom Championships were the 12th edition of the ICF World Junior Canoe Slalom Championships. The event took place in Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic from 25 to 27 July 2008 under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation (ICF).


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics
The 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2008 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Bydgoszcz in Poland at the Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium between 8 and 13 July 2008. Previously Bydgoszcz hosted the 1999 World Youth Championships.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics
The United States topped the medal table with 17 medals overall, including 11 golds, ahead of Germany and Kenya.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics, Participation
According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, 1408 athletes from 165 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
The men's 10,000 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 9 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres walk
The men's 10,000 metres walk event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres walk, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 9 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 75 athletes from 60 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11, 12 and 13 July. 99.0 cm (3'3) (junior implement) hurdles were used.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 65 athletes from 45 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 10 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 25 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 10 and 11 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 58 athletes from 44 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 10 and 13 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4x100 metres relay event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11 and 12 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 85 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4x400 metres relay event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 12 and 13 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 101 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 58 athletes from 42 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 9, 10 and 11 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 46 athletes from 31 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 13 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8, 9 and 11 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 35 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon
The men's decathlon event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 9 and 10 July. Junior implements were used, i.e. 99.0cm (3'3) hurdles, 6kg shot and 1.75kg discus.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw
The men's discus throw event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 9 July. A 1.75kg (junior implement) discus was used.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw
The men's hammer throw event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 10 and 12 July. A 6 kg (junior implement) hammer was used.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
The men's high jump event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11 and 13 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw
The men's javelin throw event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 9 and 11 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump
The men's long jump event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 9 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 10 and 12 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put
The men's shot put event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 July. A 6 kg (junior implement) shot was used.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 10 and 11 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres walk
The women's 10,000 metres walk event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 9 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres walk, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 33 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres
The women's 100 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 9 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 65 athletes from 45 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 10, 11 and 12 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 41 athletes from 33 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11 and 13 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres
The women's 200 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 10 and 11 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 51 athletes from 34 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres
The women's 3000 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 12 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
The women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 10 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
The women's 4x100 metres relay event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11 and 12 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 94 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The women's 4x400 metres relay event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 12 and 13 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 63 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 39 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 9, 10 and 11 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
The women's 5000 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 12 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8, 9 and 11 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 31 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw
The women's discus throw event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11 and 13 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw
The women's hammer throw event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 9 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon
The women's heptathlon event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11 and 12 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump
The women's high jump event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 10 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 33 athletes from 27 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw
The women's javelin throw event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 10 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump
The women's long jump event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11 and 12 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault
The women's pole vault event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 9 and 11 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put
The women's shot put event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 9 and 10 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump
The women's triple jump event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 10 July.


2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.


2008 World Junior Curling Championships
The 2008 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 1 to 9 at the Ishallen in Östersund, Sweden.