| Date | 11 November 2000 - 12 November 2000 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams |  Connacht Leinster Munster Ulster | ||
| Champions | Munster (42nd title) Fergal Ryan (captain) | ||
| Runners-up | Leinster Willie O'Connor (captain) | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 3 | ||
| Goals scored | 11 (3.67 per match) | ||
| Points scored | 78 (26 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Joe Deane (1-11) | ||
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The 2000 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 73rd series of the inter-provincial hurling Railway Cup.[1] Three matches were played between 11 November 2000 and 12 November 2000 to decide the title. It was contested by Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster.
Connacht entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Munster at the semi-final stage.
On 12 November 2000, Munster won the Railway Cup after a 3-15 to 2-15 defeat of Leinster in the final at Nowlan Park, Kilkenny.[2] It was their 42nd Railway Cup title overall and their first title since 1997.
Munster's Joe Deane was the Railway Cup top scorer with 1-11.
- ^ Neville, Conor (12 December 2016). "The fall and fall of the Railway Cup". ball.ie. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ "Munster Railway Cup-winning teams". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 27 December 2018.