All-Ireland Under 21 Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
Founded	1964
Title holders	Galway (10th title)
First winner	Tipperary
Most titles	Cork and Kilkenny (11 titles)

The All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bord Gáis Energy Under-21 Hurling Championship) is the premier "knockout" competition for players aged between 18 and 21 in the game of hurling played in Ireland. The games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months.

Overview

The Bord Gáis Energy GAA Hurling U-21 All-Ireland Championship was created in 1964 in response to a Congress motion put forward by the Kerry County Board. Since then the competition has grown in importance and profile. The championship is run on an inter-county provincial basis with the winners from Munster, Leinster, Ulster and Connacht playing off against each other in two semi-finals. The reigning champions at this level are Galway. The 2006 final went to a replay after a last gasp Kilkenny goal earned a 2–14 to 2–14 draw. The replay ended 1–11 to 0–11.[1]

Cork in the past were the most successful team in the championship with their four-in-a-row from 1968 to 1971. The most notable feat in recent years was the Limerick three-in-a-row between 2000 and 2002. The coveted treble of winning senior, under-21 and minor titles in the same year has been achieved by Cork in 1970 and by Kilkenny in 1975 and 2003. Kilkenny repeated that feat in 2008 and also won the intermediate becoming the first county in the history of the GAA to win all four major championships in a single year. In 2009, Clare won their first ever All-Ireland under-21 title with a 0–15 to 0–14 win over Kilkenny at Croke Park.

Roll of honour

Club	Winners	Winning Years
Kilkenny	11	1974, 1975, 1977, 1984, 1990, 1994, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008
Cork	11	1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1997, 1998
Galway	10	1972, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2005, 2007, 2011
Tipperary	9	1964, 1967, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1995, 2010
Limerick	4	1987, 2000, 2001, 2002
Waterford	1	1992
Wexford	1	1965
Clare	1	2009

Year	Winner	Opponent
2011	Galway 3-14	Dublin 1-10
2010	Tipperary 5–22	Galway 0–12
2009	Clare 0–15	Kilkenny 0–14
2008	Kilkenny 2–13	Tipperary 0–15
2007	Galway 5–11	Dublin 0–12
2006	Kilkenny 2–14 1–11	Tipperary 2–14 0–11
2005	Galway 1–15	Kilkenny 1–14
2004	Kilkenny 3–12	Tipperary 1-06
2003	Kilkenny 2–13	Galway 0–12
2002	Limerick 3–17	Galway 0-08
2001	Limerick 0–17	Wexford 2–10
2000	Limerick 1–13	Galway 0–13
1999	Kilkenny 1–13	Galway 0–14
1998	Cork 2–15	Galway 2–10
1997	Cork 3–11	Galway 0–13
1996	Galway 1–14	Wexford 0-07
1995	Tipperary 1–14	Kilkenny 1–10
1994	Kilkenny 3–10	Galway 0–11
1993	Galway 2–14 2-09	Kilkenny 3–11 3-03
1992	Waterford 4-04 0–12	Offaly 0–16 2-03
1991	Galway 2–17	Offaly 1-09
1990	Kilkenny 2–11	Tipperary 1–11
1989	Tipperary 4–10	Offaly 3–11
1988	Cork 4–11	Kilkenny 1-05
1987	Limerick 2–15	Galway 3-06
1986	Galway 0–14	Wexford 2-05
1985	Tipperary 1–10	Kilkenny 2-06
1984	Kilkenny 1–12	Tipperary 0–11
1983	Galway 0–12	Tipperary 1-06
1982	Cork 0–12	Galway 0–11
1981	Tipperary 2–16	Kilkenny 1–10
1980	Tipperary 2-09	Kilkenny 0–14
1979	Tipperary 2–12	Galway 1-09
1978	Galway 3-05 3–15	Tipperary 2-08 2-08
1977	Kilkenny 2-09	Cork 1-09
1976	Cork 2–17	Kilkenny 1-08
1975	Kilkenny 5–13	Cork 2–19
1974	Kilkenny 3-08	Waterford 3-07
1973	Cork 2–10	Wexford 4-02
1972	Galway 2-09	Dublin 1–10
1971	Cork 7-08	Wexford 1–11
1970	Cork 3-08 5–17	Wexford 2–11 0-08
1969	Cork 5–13	Wexford 4-07
1968	Cork 2–18	Kilkenny 3-09
1967	Tipperary 1-08	Dublin 1-07
1966	Cork 3–12 4-09 9-09	Wexford 5-06 4-09 5-09
1965	Wexford 3-07	Tipperary 1-04
1964	Tipperary 8-09	Wexford 3-01

Sponsorship

• Erin Foods for the 2003 to 2007 championships
• Bord Gáis 2008 championship to present

See also

• All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship 2010

External links

• Official GAA website