| Type: | Minor |
| Year: | 2002 |
| Dates: | 13 April – 8 September 2002 |
| Munster: | Tipperary |
| Leinster: | Kilkenny |
| Ulster: | Antrim |
| Team: | Kilkenny |
| Titles: | 17th |
| Captain: | Michael Rice |
| Manager: | Nicky Cashin |
| Team2: | Tipperary |
| Captain2: | Patrick McCormack |
| Manager2: | Paddy McCormack |
| Topscorer: | Richard Flynn (4-23) |
| Previous: | 2001 |
| Next: | 2003 |
The 2002 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 72nd staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship. The championship began on 14 April 2002 and ended on 8 September 2002.
Cork entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Galway in the All-Ireland quarter-final.[1]
On 8 September 2002, Kilkenny won the championship after a 3-15 to 1-07 defeat of Tipperary in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park.[2] This was their 17th championship title overall and their first title since 1993.
Wexford's Richard Flynn was the championship's top scorer with 4-23.
Group A
| Team | Matches | Score | Pts | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=45 | For | width=45 | Against | width=30 | Diff |
| Offaly | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13-48 | 1-11 | 73 | 6 | |||||
| Kildare | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4-31 | 11-21 | -11 | 4 | |||||
| Meath | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5-21 | 5-30 | -9 | 2 | |||||
| Westmeath | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3-14 | 8-52 | -53 | 0 | |||||
Group B
| Team | Matches | Score | Pts | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=45 | For | width=45 | Against | width=30 | Diff |
| Carlow | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9-45 | 2-23 | 43 | 5 | |||||
| Dublin | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8-46 | 3-20 | 41 | 5 | |||||
| Laois | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7-38 | 3-26 | 24 | 2 | |||||
| Wicklow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0-06 | 16-66 | -108 | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
Final
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Semi-final
Final
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Flynn | Wexford | 4-23 | 35 | 4 | 8.75 | |
| 2 | Pat Shortt | Tipperary | 5-17 | 32 | 5 | 6.40 | |
| 3 | Richie Power | Kilkenny | 1-24 | 27 | 4 | 6.75 | |
| 4 | Trevor Ivors | Tipperary | 6-06 | 24 | 5 | 4.80 | |
| 5 | Michael Naughton | Cork | 2-16 | 22 | 5 | 4.40 | |
| Karl English | Carlow | 1-19 | 22 | 3 | 7.33 | ||
| 7 | James Fitzpatrick | Kilkenny | 2-14 | 20 | 4 | 5.00 | |
| Michael Griffin | Dublin | 1-17 | 20 | 5 | 4.00 | ||
| 9 | Michael Ralph | Carlow | 4-07 | 19 | 4 | 4.75 | |
| 10 | Paul Kehoe | Carlow | 2-12 | 18 | 4 | 4.50 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pat Shortt | Tipperary | 3-07 | 16 | Kerry |
| 2 | Paul Kehoe | Carlow | 2-09 | 15 | Wicklow |
| 3 | Michael Ralph | Carlow | 4-02 | 14 | Wicklow |
| 4 | Richard Flynn | Wexford | 2-07 | 13 | Carlow |
| 5 | Kenneth Burke | Galway | 2-05 | 11 | Kilkenny |
| Stephen Clynch | Meath | 1-08 | 11 | Westmeath | |
| 7 | Richard Flynn | Wexford | 0-10 | 10 | Tipperary |
| 8 | Richard Butler | Cork | 2-03 | 9 | Clare |
| Trevor Ivors | Tipperary | 2-03 | 9 | Cork | |
| Pat Shortt | Tipperary | 1-06 | 9 | Limerick | |
| Michael Dwane | Offaly | 1-06 | 9 | Westmeath | |
| Pat Kirby | Limerick | 0-09 | 9 | Tipperary |