| Type: | Under-21 |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Dates: | 2 June – 18 September 2004 |
| Teams: | 15 |
| Munster: | Tipperary |
| Leinster: | Kilkenny |
| Ulster: | Down |
| Matches: | 14 |
| Team: | Kilkenny |
| Titles: | 9th |
| Captain: | James Fitzpatrick |
| Manager: | Martin Fogarty |
| Team2: | Tipperary |
| Captain2: | Diarmaid FitzGerald |
| Manager2: | Séamus Power |
| Topscorer: | Tony Scroope (5-20) |
| Previous: | 2003 |
| Next: | 2005 |
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.
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| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Scroope | Tipperary | 5-20 | 35 | 4 | 8.75 | |
| 2 | James Fitzpatrick | Kilkenny | 1-29 | 32 | 5 | 6.40 | |
| 3 | Kieran Murphy | Cork | 1-13 | 16 | 3 | 5.33 | |
| 4 | Eoin Clarke | Down | 3-06 | 15 | 3 | 5.00 | |
| Richie Power | Kilkenny | 1-12 | 15 | 5 | 3.00 | ||
| 6 | Willie O'Dwyer | Kilkenny | 1-11 | 14 | 5 | 2.80 | |
| 7 | J. J. McHugh | Laois | 1-10 | 13 | 1 | 13.00 | |
| Brendan McGourty | Down | 0-13 | 13 | 2 | 6.50 | ||
| 9 | Rory Jacob | Wexford | 1-08 | 11 | 2 | 5.50 | |
| 10 | Seán O'Neill | Kilkenny | 0-10 | 10 | 2 | 5.00 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J. J. McHugh | Laois | 1-10 | 13 | Kilkenny |
| 2 | Tony Scroope | Tipperary | 3-03 | 12 | Limerick |
| Tony Scroope | Tipperary | 1-09 | 12 | Down | |
| 4 | Eoin Clarke | Down | 3-02 | 11 | Derry |
| James Fitzpatrick | Kilkenny | 0-11 | 11 | Laois | |
| Brendan McGourty | Down | 0-11 | 11 | Antrim | |
| 7 | Tony Scroope | Tipperary | 1-06 | 9 | Cork |
| 8 | Karl Stewart | Antrim | 1-05 | 8 | Down |
| James Fitzpatrick | Kilkenny | 0-08 | 8 | Galway | |
| 10 | Conor Quinn | Derry | 2-01 | 7 | Down |
| Rory Jacob | Wexford | 0-07 | 7 | Offaly | |
| Kieran Murphy | Cork | 0-07 | 7 | Waterford | |
| Richie Power | Kilkenny | 0-07 | 7 | Tipperary |