2000 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Explained

Type:Under-21
Year:2000
Dates:7 June 2000 – 17 September 2000
Teams:17
Munster:Limerick
Leinster:Offaly
Ulster:Antrim
Matches:18
Team:Limerick
Titles:2nd
Captain:Donncha Sheehan
Manager:Dave Keane
Team2:Galway
Captain2:Stephen Morgan
Manager2:Brendan Lynskey
Topscorer: Mark Keane (3-34)
Previous:1999
Next: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.

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

On 17 September 2000, Limerick won the championship following a 1-13 to 0-13 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their second All-Ireland title and their first since 1987.

Limerick's Mark Keane was the championship's top scorer with 3-34.

Results

Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

Ulster Under-21 Hurling Championship

Semi-finals

Final

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Top scorers overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Mark KeaneLimerick3-344358.60
2Conor GathOffaly1-161944.75
3Damien MurrayOffaly0-161644.00
4David HubanGalway3-041326.50
Brian BegleyLimerick2-061252.40
Donncha SheehanLimerick2-061252.40
Alec WattAntrim2-061234.00
8Rory HoganClare2-051125.50
Andrew MitchellWestmeath0-111125.50
P FitzgeraldWaterford0-111125.50
Top scorers in a single game
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1Mark KeaneLimerick1-1013Antrim
2David HubanGalway3-0312Offaly
Mark KeaneLimerick1-0912Cork
4Rory HoganClare2-0511Kerry
5Conor GathOffaly1-069Laois
Paul BraniffDown1-069Derry
7James YoungLaois1-058Offaly
8Brian CosgraveClare2-017Kerry
J McKennaDerry2-017Down
Alec WattAntrim1-047Armagh
Cian DalyDublin1-047Westmeath
Andrew MitchellWestmeath0-077Dublin
Kevin PowerKilkenny0-077Offaly

Notes and References

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