2021 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship 2021
Championship Details
Dates30 June - 21 August 2021
Teams18
All Ireland Champions
WinnersCork (19th win)
CaptainBen O'Connor
James Dwyer
ManagerNoel Furlong
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upGalway
CaptainDiarmuid Davoren
ManagerBrian Hanley
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterKilkenny
UlsterNot Played
ConnachtNot Played
Championship Statistics
Matches Played15
Total Goals50 (3.33 per game)
Total Points493 (32.86 per game)
Top Scorer Jack Leahy (4-41)
2020
2022

The 2021 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 91st staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. The championship began on 30 June 2021 and ended on 21 August 2021.[1]

The 2021 championship was the first in over 90 years to begin before the previous year's championship had concluded. The number of participating teams also increased, with Down and Meath joining the Leinster Championship.[2] Galway entered the championship as the defending champions in search of a fifth successive title.[3]

The final, the first to be played at Semple Stadium in Thurles in over 30 years, was played on 21 August 2021 between Cork and Galway, in what was their first meeting in a final in four years. Cork won the match by 1-23 to 0-12 to claim their 19th championship title overall and their first title since 2001.[4][5]

Cork's Jack Leahy was the championship's top scorer with 4-41.

  1. ^ "GAA confirm details over 2020 and 2021 minor and U20 fixtures". Down GAA website. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Electric Ireland Leinster Minor Hurling Championship 2021". Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  3. ^ "All Ireland MHC Final: Galway retain title". GAA website. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Cork power to first minor title in 20 years with emphatic win over Galway". The 42. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Cork crush the three-in-a-row dream". Irish Times. 10 September 2001. Retrieved 11 April 2016.