| Championship Details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2 June – 18 September 2004 |
| Teams | 15 |
| All Ireland Champions | |
| Winners | Kilkenny (9th win) |
| Captain | James Fitzpatrick |
| Manager | Martin Fogarty |
| All Ireland Runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Tipperary |
| Captain | Diarmaid FitzGerald |
| Manager | Séamus Power |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Tipperary |
| Leinster | Kilkenny |
| Ulster | Down |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship Statistics | |
| Matches Played | 14 |
| Top Scorer |  Tony Scroope (5-20) |
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The 2004 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the 41st staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament for players under the age of twenty-one. The championship began on 2 June 2004 and ended on 18 September 2004.
Kilkenny were the defending champions.[1]
The All-Ireland final was played on 18 September 2004 at Nowlan Park in Kilkenny, between Kilkenny and Tipperary, in what was their first meeting in a final in 9 years. Kilkenny won the match by 3-21 to 1-06 to claim their 9th championship title overall and a second title in succession.[2]
Tipperary's Tony Scroope was the championship's top scorer with 5-20.
- ^ "Kilkenny on song to find their treble key". Irish Independent. 22 September 2003. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ Keys, Colm (20 September 2004). "Young Cats attain perfection". Irish Independent. Retrieved 13 May 2017.