Munster Under-21 Football Championship

Munster Under-21 Championship
Founded	1962
Title holders	Cork (26th title)
First winner	Kerry
Most titles	Cork (26 titles)

The Munster Under-21 Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition for players aged between 18 and 21 in the game of Gaelic football played in the province of Munster, in Ireland.

The series of games are organised by the Munster council of the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months.

The winners represent Munster in the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship semi-finals. Cork and Kerry have the best records of any counties in both the provincial and national competition.

The winning trophy, Corn na Casca, was presented by the Munster Council in 1966 to commemorate the jubilee of the 1916 Rising.

Tipperary are the current Munster Under-21 Champions. They defeated the reigning champions, Cork (who were bidding for five titles in a row) on 09/04/2015 at Semple Stadium, Thurles.

Top winners

	Team	Wins	Years won
1	Cork	26	1963, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1994, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
2	Kerry	25	1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2008
2	Tipperary	2	2010, 2015
3	Limerick	1	2000
	Waterford	1	2003

Roll of honour

Year	Winner	Opponent
2016[1]	Cork 3-9	Kerry 1-14
2015[2][3]	Tipperary 1-15	Cork 3-8
2014[4][5]	Cork 1-18	Tipperary 3-8
2013[6]	Cork 1-17	Tipperary 0-9
2012[7]	Cork 2-12	Kerry 1-14
2011	Cork 2-24	Kerry 0-8
2010	Tipperary 1-7	Kerry 1-6
2009	Cork 1-9	Tipperary 2-5
2008	Kerry 0-15	Tipperary 2-7
2007	Cork 3-19	Tipperary 3-12
2006	Cork 4-14	Waterford 1-6
2005	Cork 1-14	Limerick 1-11
2004	Cork 0-13	Kerry 0-12
2003	Waterford 2-8	Kerry 1-9
2002	Kerry 3-15	Clare 2-11
2001	Cork 1-12	Limerick 0-8
2000	Limerick 0-7	Waterford 0-4
1999	Kerry 1-10	Cork 0-7
1998	Kerry 3-10	Tipperary 1-11
1997	Kerry 2-11 0-12 (R)	Cork 3-8 1-7 (R)
1996	Kerry 3-14	Clare 0-6
1995	Kerry 1-21	Waterford 2-5
1994	Cork 2-11	Waterford 0-4
1993	Kerry 1-21	Waterford 3-5
1992	Kerry 3-12	Cork 1-8
1991	Kerry 1-8	Cork 0-10
1990	Kerry 2-9	Cork 0-9
1989	Cork 3-15	Clare 1-7
1988	Kerry 0-14	Clare 2-6
1987	Kerry 0-7 0-15 (R)	Tipperary 0-7 1-11 (R)
1986	Cork 0-8	Tipperary 0-7
1985	Cork 1-18	Clare 1-7
1984	Cork 1-18	Limerick 0-4
1983	Kerry 1-10	Cork 0-12
1982	Cork 2-12	Kerry 0-4
1981	Cork 0-11	Kerry 0-6
1980	Cork 3-15	Clare 0-4
1979	Cork 1-11	Clare 1-9
1978	Kerry 0-14	Cork 0-9
1977	Kerry 2-8	Cork 0-8
1976	Kerry 2-16	Cork 1-6
1975	Kerry 0-17	Waterford 1-5
1974	Cork 3-5	Kerry 1-10
1973	Kerry 2-12	Cork 1-12
1972	Kerry 1-11	Cork 2-7
1971	Cork 1-10	Waterford 2-5
1970	Cork 5-12	Clare 1-7
1969	Cork 1-14	Kerry 1-11
1968	Kerry 5-7	Clare 2-9
1967	Kerry 2-12	Clare 1-7
1966	Kerry 3-8	Cork 0-14
1965	Cork 2-14	Tipperary 1-6
1964	Kerry 0-15	Tipperary 1-2
1963	Cork 2-3	Kerry 1-4
1962	Kerry 2-7	Cork 1-4

References

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3. "Premier County claim Munster glory as Cork’s five-in-a-row bid falls just short". Irish Examiner. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
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