Championship Details | |
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Dates | 14 May – 5 September 1972 |
Teams | 15 |
All Ireland Champions | |
Winners | Kilkenny (8th win) |
Captain | Brian Cody |
All Ireland Runners-up | |
Runners-up | Cork |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Cork |
Leinster | Kilkenny |
Ulster | Down |
Connacht | Not Played |
Championship Statistics | |
Matches Played | 14 |
Total Goals | 120 (8.57 per game) |
Total Points | 215 (15.35 per game) |
Top Scorer | Jimmy Barry-Murphy (11-04) |
← 1971 1973 → |
The 1972 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 42nd staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. The championship ran from 14 May to 4 September 1972.
Cork entered the championship as the defending champions.[1][2]
The All-Ireland final was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 4 September 1972 between Cork and Kilkenny, in what was their sixth All-Ireland final meeting overall and a second meeting in succession. Kilkenny won the match by 8-07 to 3-09 to claim their eighth All-Ireland title overall and a first title in ten years.[3][4]
Cork's Jimmy Barry-Murphy was the championship's Top scorer with 11-04.