| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 27 April - 8 September 2002 |
| Teams | 21 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winning team | Kilkenny (27th win) |
| Captain | Andy Comerford |
| Manager | Brian Cody |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Clare |
| Captain | Brian Lohan |
| Manager | Cyril Lyons |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Waterford |
| Leinster | Kilkenny |
| Ulster | Antrim |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 30 |
| Top Scorer |  Eoin Kelly (2-39) |
| Player of the Year |  Henry Shefflin |
| All-Star Team | See here |
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The 2002 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (known as the Guinness Hurling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 116th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The draws for the respective provincial championships took place on 27 October 2001.[1] The championship ran from 27 April to 8 September 2002.
Tipperary entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Kilkenny in the All-Ireland semi-final.[2]
The All-Ireland final was played on 8 September 2002 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Kilkenny and Clare, in what was their fourth championship meeting overall but their first All-Ireland final meeting in 70 years.[3] Kilkenny won the match by 2-20 to 0-19 to claim their 27th All-Ireland title overall and a first title in two years.[4][5]
Tipperary's Eoin Kelly was the championship's top scorer with 2-39.[6]
- ^ Breheny, Martin (31 October 2001). "Unfair provincial format should draw its last breath". Irish Independent. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ "Carey proves that class is permanent in Croker epic". Irish Independent. 19 August 2002. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ Breheny, Martin (20 August 2002). "Cody at odds with the odds". Irish Independent. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ "Classy Cats cream Clare". Irish Independent. 9 September 2002. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ "Cats tear Bannermen apart". Irish Examiner. 8 September 2002. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ "Eoin is top championship scorer". Irish Independent. 12 September 2002. Retrieved 17 May 2023.