| Type: | Minor |
| Year: | 2003 |
| Dates: | 5 April 2003 – 14 September 2003 |
| Munster: | Tipperary |
| Leinster: | Kilkenny |
| Ulster: | Antrim |
| Team: | Kilkenny |
| Titles: | 18th |
| Captain: | Richie Power |
| Manager: | Damien Brennan |
| Team2: | Galway |
| Captain2: | Niall Healy |
| Manager2: | Mattie Murphy |
| Topscorer: | Richie Power (1-29) |
| Previous: | 2002 |
| Next: | 2004 |
The 2003 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 73rd staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. The championship began on 5 April 2003 and ended on 14 September 2003.
Kilkenny entered the championship as defending champions.[1]
On 14 September 2003, Kilkenny won the championship following a 2–16 to 2–15 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final.[2] This was their 18th championship title overall and their second title in succession.
Kilkenny's Richie Power was the championship's top scorer with 1-29.
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 |
| Laois | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4-25 | 0-11 | 26 | 4 | |||||
| Carlow | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2-18 | 4-18 | -6 | 2 | |||||
| Kildare | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-17 | 4-31 | -20 | 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 |
| Westmeath | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3-26 | 4-15 | 8 | 4 | |||||
| Meath | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4-19 | 2-19 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| Wicklow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4-12 | 5-23 | -14 | 0 | |||||
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
First round
Playoffs
Semi-finals
Final
Final
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richie Power | Kilkenny | 1-29 | 32 | 4 | 8.00 | |
| 2 | Niall Healy | Galway | 1-23 | 26 | 3 | 8.66 | |
| 3 | Richie Ruth | Tipperary | 2-17 | 23 | 4 | 5.75 | |
| 4 | Declan Cordial | Offaly | 1-19 | 22 | 4 | 5.50 | |
| 5 | Bernard Gaffney | Clare | 3-10 | 19 | 3 | 6.33 | |
| 6 | Aonghus Callanan | Galway | 3-09 | 18 | 3 | 6.00 | |
| 7 | Derrick Reilly | Galway | 4-05 | 17 | 3 | 5.66 | |
| 8 | Conan Doyle | Kildare | 1-13 | 16 | 2 | 8.00 | |
| Killian Cosgrove | Westmeath | 1-13 | 16 | 3 | 5.66 | ||
| 10 | Eoin Guinan | Kilkenny | 1-13 | 15 | 4 | 3.75 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aonghus Callanan | Galway | 3-04 | 13 | Antrim |
| Niall Healy | Galway | 1-10 | 13 | Kilkenny | |
| 3 | Bernard Gaffney | Clare | 2-04 | 10 | Kerry |
| Niall Healy | Galway | 0-10 | 10 | Tipperary | |
| Richie Power | Kilkenny | 0-10 | 10 | Cork | |
| 6 | Derrick Reilly | Galway | 2-03 | 9 | Antrim |
| Conan Doyle | Kildare | 1-06 | 9 | Carlow | |
| Killian Cosgrove | Westmeath | 1-06 | 9 | Wicklow | |
| Richie Power | Kilkenny | 0-09 | 9 | Galway | |
| Declan Cordial | Offaly | 0-09 | 9 | Kilkenny |