1988 Youth Cricket World Cup 1988 Youth Cricket World Cup The 1988 McDonald's Bicentennial Youth World Cup was an international cricket tournament played in Australia from 28 February to 13 March 1988. Sponsored by McDonald's, it was the inaugural edition of what is now the Under-19 Cricket World Cup, and formed part of the celebrations for the Australian Bicentenary. The tournament was primarily organised by the Australian Cricket Board (ACB), with only limited oversight from the International Cricket Conference (ICC). Eight teams participated, with the seven Test-playing ICC members joined by a composite team of players from ICC associate members. Australia defeated Pakistan in the
1988 Summer Olympics version was called Hosuni. The name "Hodori" was chosen from 2,295 suggestions sent in by the public. It is a compound of "ho", the Sino-Korean bound morpheme for "tiger" (appearing also in the usual word "horangi" for "tiger"), and "dori", a diminutive for "boys". The 1988 Games were covered by the following broadcasters: 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad (Korean: ; ), was an international multi-sport event celebrated from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. In the Seoul Games, 159 nations were represented by a total