2000 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship 2000
Championship Details
Dates 7 June 2000 - 17 September 2000
Teams 17
All Ireland Champions
Winners Limerick (2nd win)
Captain Donncha Sheehan
Manager Dave Keane
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Galway
Manager Brendan Lynskey
Provincial Champions
Munster Limerick
Leinster Offaly
Ulster Antrim
Connacht Not Played
Championship Statistics
Matches Played 18
Top Scorer Mark Keane (3-34)
1999
2001

The 2000 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the 37th 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 7 June 2000 and ended on 17 September 2000.

The championship was won by Limerick who secured the title following a 1-13 to 0-13 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their 2nd All-Ireland title, their first since 1987.

Kilkenny were the defending champions but were defeated by Offaly in the Leinster final.

Results

Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship

Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship

Ulster Under-21 Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

Statistics

Top scorers

Overall
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 Mark Keane Limerick 3-34 40 5 8.00
2 Conor Gath Offaly 1-16 19 4 4.75
3 Damien Murray Offaly 0-16 16 4 4.00
Single game
Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition
1 Mark Keane Limerick 1-10 13 Antrim
2 David Huban Galway 3-3 12 Offaly
Mark Keane Limerick 1-9 12 Cork
4 Rory Hogan Clare 2-5 11 Kerry
5 Conor Gath Offaly 1-6 9 Laois
Paul Braniff Down 1-6 9 Derry
7 James Young Laois 1-5 8 Offaly
8 Brian Cosgrave Clare 2-1 7 Kerry
J McKenna Derry 2-1 7 Down
Alec Watt Antrim 1-4 7 Armagh
Cian Daly Dublin 1-4 7 Westmeath
Andrew Mitchell Westmeath 0-7 7 Dublin
Kevin Power Kilkenny 0-7 7 Offaly

References

  1. "Young guns grab glory for Limerick". Irish Independent. 18 September 2000. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
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