2000 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

2000 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates6 May – 10 September 2000
Teams19
All-Ireland champions
Winning teamKilkenny (26th win)
CaptainWillie O'Connor
ManagerBrian Cody
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamOffaly
CaptainJohnny Dooley
ManagerPat Fleury
Provincial champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterKilkenny
UlsterDerry
ConnachtNot Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played24
Goals total66
Points total717
Top Scorer Johnny Dooley (0-41)
Player of the Year D. J. Carey
All-Star TeamSee here
1999
2001

The 2000 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (also known as the Guinness Hurling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 114th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The draw for the 2000 fixtures took place on 14 November 1999. The championship began on 6 May 2000 and ended on 10 September 2000.

Cork were the defending champions but were defeated by Offaly in the All-Ireland semi-final.[1] Carlow, New York and Westmeath fielded teams after long absences.

On 10 September 2000, Kilkenny won the championship following a 5-15 to 1-14 defeat of Offaly in the All-Ireland final.[2] This was their 26th All-Ireland title, their first in seven championship seasons. It was the third All-Ireland final to feature teams from the same province.

Offaly's Johnny Dooley was the championship's top scorer with 0-41. Kilkenny's D. J. Carey was the unanimous choice for Hurler of the Year.

  1. ^ Downey, Paddy (12 September 2003). "Keepers of September's flame". Irish Times. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  2. ^ Breheny, Martin (11 September 2000). "Goal hungry Kilkenny play Cat and mouse with Offaly". Irish Independent. Retrieved 25 July 2015.