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{{short description|Annual under-17 hurling competition}}
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{{Infobox GAA tournament
| name                 = GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship
| currentlyrunning     = [[2025 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship]] 
| image                = All-Ireland Minor Championships logo.jpg
| caption              = 
| irish                = Craobh Iomána Mionúr na hÉireann
| code                 = [[Hurling]]
| founded              = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1928}}
| abolished            = 
| region               = {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Ireland]]
| trophy               = Irish Press Cup
| teams                = 5
| title holders        = [[File:Colours of Waterford.svg|border|20px]] [[Waterford GAA|Waterford]] 
| currentordinal       = 4
| super                = th
| most titles          = [[File:Colours of Tipperary.svg|border|20px]] [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
| mostordinal          = 22
| sponsors             = [[Electric Ireland]]
| motto                = This is major
| tv                   = [[TG4]]
| website              = [http://www.gaa.ie Official website]
}}
The '''GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship''' (known for sponsorship reasons as the '''[[Electric Ireland]] GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship''') is an annual [[Inter county|inter-county]] [[hurling]] competition organised by the [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling competition for male players under the age of 17 in [[Ireland]] and has been contested every year - except for a three-year absence during [[The Emergency (Ireland)|the Emergency]] - since [[1928 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|1928]].

The final, currently held on the third Sunday in August, is the culmination of a series of games played during July and August, with the winning team receiving the Irish Press Cup. The qualification procedures for the championship have changed several times throughout its history. Currently, qualification is limited to teams competing in the [[Leinster Minor Hurling Championship|Leinster]] and [[Munster Minor Hurling Championship|Munster Championship]]s as well as [[Galway GAA|Galway]]. Having previously been played on a [[Single-elimination tournament|straight knockout]] basis, the championship has incorporated a [[Round-robin tournament|round robin]] since [[2018 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|2018]].

Five teams currently participate in the All-Ireland Championship, with the most successful teams coming from the provinces of [[Province of Leinster|Leinster]] and [[Province of Munster|Munster]]. [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]], [[Cork GAA|Cork]] and [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] are considered "[[Big Three (hurling)|the big three]]" of hurling. They have won 63 championships between them.

The title has been won by 10 different teams, all of whom have won the title more than once. The all-time record-holders are Tipperary, who have won the championship on 22 occasions. [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] are the [[2024 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|current champions]].

==History==
===Creation===

Since [[1887 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1887]] the [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|All-Ireland Senior Championship]] had provided inter-county games for adult males. This was supplemented by the creation of the [[All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship|All-Ireland Junior Championship]] in [[1912 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship|1912]] which provided a springboard to develop players before progressing to senior level. The All-Ireland Minor Championship was the third championship to be created and was aimed at developing younger players who were under the age of 18.

===Beginning===

The inaugural All-Ireland Championship in [[1928 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|1928]] used a provincial format. 12 teams contested the respective championships in [[Leinster Minor Hurling Championship|Leinster]] and [[Munster Minor Hurling Championship|Munster]], with [[Cork GAA|Cork]] and [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]] emerging as the respective champions. There were no representatives in [[Connacht Minor Hurling Championship|Connacht]] or [[Ulster Minor Hurling Championship|Ulster]].

Cork and Dublin contested the first All-Ireland Championship match - the delayed final - on Sunday 1 September 1929 at [[Croke Park]], [[Dublin]]. After a draw on the first day, Cork won the All-Ireland final replay on 27 October 1929 to take the title.

===Development===

The first two All-Ireland Championships featured the [[Munster Minor Hurling Championship|Munster]] and [[Leinster Minor Hurling Championship|Leinster]] champions facing off in the All-Ireland final. The [[Ulster Minor Hurling Championship|Ulster Championship]] was introduced in the 1930 necessitating the need for an All-Ireland semi-final to be introduced. The [[Connacht Minor Hurling Championship|Connacht]] champions qualified for the first time in 1931, with the four provincial winners participating in two All-Ireland semi-finals. Over time the Leinster and Munster teams grew to become the superpowers of the game, as [[Gaelic football]] was the more dominant sport in Ulster and Connacht. After some time [[Galway GAA|Galway]] became the only credible team in Connacht and was essentially given an automatic pass to the All-Ireland semi-final every year. This knock-out system persisted for nearly 60 years and was considered to be the fairest system as the All-Ireland champions would always be the only undefeated team of the year.

In the mid-1990s the [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] looked at developing a new system whereby a defeat in the championship for certain teams would not mean an immediate exit from the Championship. In the [[1997 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|1997 championship]] the first major change in format arrived when the 'back-door system' was introduced. This new structure allowed the defeated Munster and Leinster finalists another chance to regain a place in the All-Ireland semi-finals. [[Clare GAA|Clare]] and [[Offaly GAA|Offaly]] were the first two teams to benefit from the new system when they qualified for the first All-Ireland quarter-finals. Clare subsequently became the first team to win the All-Ireland Championship through the 'back-door' after a 1-11 to 1-09 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final.

===Age reduction===

On 26 January 2008, a radical motion was brought before a special Congress in an effort to combat player burnout. It was proposed to merge the existing [[All-Ireland_Under-20_Hurling_Championship|Under-21]] and Minor championships to create a new All-Ireland Under-19 Hurling Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/merge-needs-simple-majority-1.931241|title=Merge needs simple majority|date=23 January 2008|publisher=Irish Times|access-date=15 July 2015|first=Ian|last=O'Riordan}}</ref> This motion was defeated by 115 votes to 58.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2008/0126/227297-under19/|title=GAA delegates reject U-19 proposal|date=26 January 2008|publisher=RTÉ Sport|access-date=15 July 2015}}</ref>

In an effort to combat player burnout, a new proposal to change the championship from an under-18 competition to an under-17 one was introduced by GAA Director-General [[Páraic Duffy]] at Congress on 26 February 2016. The motion was narrowly passed by a 68.2% majority.
Cork in 2017 won the inaugural Minor U17 All Ireland Championship Final defeating Dublin in Croke Park 1-19 to 1-17. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/county-minor-grade-set-to-change-from-u18-to-u17-384384.html|title=County minor grade set to change from U18 to U17|date=27 February 2016|publisher=Irish Examiner|access-date=15 July 2016|first=John|last=Fogarty}}</ref>

===Team dominance===

Since the beginning the championship has been dominated by [[Cork GAA|Cork]], [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] and [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]. As of 2019, they have won a combined total of 59 of the 89 championship titles. These three teams began their hegemony by winning 12 of the first 14 championship titles between 1928 and 1941.

Cork and Tipperary set the first championship record during this time by becoming the first two teams to win three successive All-Ireland Championships. [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]] became the first team outside of the "[[Big Three (hurling)|big three]]" to win successive All-Ireland Championships in 1945 and 1946.

Tipperary dominated the post-[[The Emergency (Ireland)|Emergency]] era by contesting 15 of the 18 All-Ireland finals between 1945 and 1962, including six-in-a-row between 1952 and 1957. They claimed a further eight All-Ireland Championships during this time. After Kilkenny became the third team to win three successive All-Ireland Championships between 1960 and 1962, [[Wexford GAA|Wexford]] won their only three All-Ireland Championships between 1963 and 1968 as Cork reemerged to dominate the fifteen-year period between 1964 and 1979. During this time they claimed eight All-Ireland Championships from 12 final appearances. Kilkenny also reestablished themselves as the standard bearers of the Leinster Championship during this time and won five All-Ireland Championships from 12 final appearances between 1969 and 1984.

The 1980s saw [[Galway GAA|Galway]] and [[Offaly GAA|Offaly]] claim their first All-Ireland Championships, while [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]] secured the Centenary-year title after a lapse of nearly 30 years.

Galway emerged as the most dominant team of the 21st century. Between 1999 and 2020 they claimed 11 All-Ireland Championships from 15 final appearances, including an historic 4-in-a-row from 2017 to 2020, being the first county to every achieve such a feat.

==Current format==
===Championship===
There are eight teams in the All-Ireland Championship. During the course of a championship season (from May to June) seven games are played comprising two preliminary quarter-finals, two quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hoganstand.com/Article/Index/329435|title=Congress: Structural changes made to All-Ireland minor championships|date=30 September 2023|work=Hogan Stand|accessdate=29 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gaa.ie/news/special-congress-votes-in-changes-for-all-ireland-minor-championships/#:~:text=From%20the%202024%20season%2C%20the,beat%20in%20the%20provincial%20finals.|title=Special Congress votes in changes for All-Ireland minor championships|date=30 September 2023|work=GAA website|accessdate=29 December 2023}}</ref>

===Qualification and progression===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=2|
!Teams entering in this round
!Teams advancing from previous round
|-
!colspan=2|Preliminary<br>quarter-finals<br />(4 teams)
|
*Beaten Leinster semi-finalists
*Munster 3rd and 4th-placed teams
|
|-
!colspan=2|Quarter-finals<br />(4 teams)
|
*Leinster runners-up
*Munster runners-up
| 
*2 winners from the preliminary quarter-finals
|-
!colspan=2|Semi-finals<br />(4 teams)
|
*Leinster champions
*Munster champions
| 
*2 winners from the quarter-finals
|-
!colspan=2|Final<br />(2 teams)
| 
|
*2 winners from the semi-finals
|}

==Trophy and medals==

At the end of the All-Ireland final, the winning team is presented with a trophy. The ''Irish Press'' Cup is held by the winning team until the following year's final. Traditionally, the presentation is made at a special rostrum in the Ard Chomairle section of the Hogan Stand where GAA and political dignitaries and special guests view the match.

The cup is decorated with ribbons in the colours of the winning team. During the game the cup actually has both teams' sets of ribbons attached and the runners-up ribbons are removed before the presentation. The winning captain accepts the cup on behalf of his team before giving a short speech. Individual members of the winning team then have an opportunity to come to the rostrum to lift the cup.

On 30 August 1949, [[The Irish Press|The Irish Press Ltd.]] announced that they had presented a silver cup to the [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] to mark the 21st anniversary of the All-Ireland Championship. The cup is modelled on an ancient [[Celts|Celtic]] [[mether]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/whats-in-a-name-trophies-reveal-intriguing-histories-200763.html|title=What's in a name? Trophies reveal intriguing histories|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=14 July 2012|access-date=25 January 2017|first=Denis|last=Hurley}}</ref> The cup was first presented to [[John O'Grady (hurler)|John O'Grady]] of [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] in [[1949 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|1949]].

In accordance with GAA rules, the Central Council awards up to twenty-six gold medals to the winners of the All-Ireland final. The medals are 9 carat gold and depict the design of the GAA. Trophies are awarded to the All-Ireland runners-up.

==Roll of honour==

{| class=wikitable
|-
!No.
!Team
!Wins
!Years won
!Losses
!Years lost
|-
|rowspan=1 align=center|1
|bgcolor=gold|[[File: Colours of Tipperary.svg|20px|border]] [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
|bgcolor=gold|22
|bgcolor=gold|1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1996, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2016, 2022, 2024
|13
|1935, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1987, 1991, 1999, 2002, 2015
|-
|rowspan=1 align=center|2
|bgcolor=gold|[[File: Colours of Kilkenny.svg|20px|border]] [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
|bgcolor=gold|21
|bgcolor=gold|1931, 1935, 1936, 1950, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2014
|25
| 1930, 1932, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1948, 1949, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1995, 1998, 2004, 2009, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2024
|-
|rowspan=1 align=center|3
|bgcolor=gold|[[File: Colours of Cork.svg|20px|border]] [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
|bgcolor=gold|20
|bgcolor=gold|1928, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1951, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2017, 2021
|12
|1936, 1966, 1968, 1975, 1977, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1994, 2000, 2007, 2017
|-
|rowspan=1 align=center|4
|bgcolor=gold|[[File: Colours of Galway.svg|20px|border]] [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
|bgcolor=gold|14
|bgcolor=gold|1983, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
|21
|1931, 1933, 1941, 1947, 1951, 1955, 1958, 1970, 1973, 1981, 1982, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2021, 2023
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|5
|bgcolor=gold|[[File: Colours of Dublin.svg|20px|border]] [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]]
|bgcolor=gold|4
|bgcolor=gold|1945, 1946, 1954, 1965
|6
|1928, 1952, 1953, 1983, 2011, 2012
|-
|bgcolor=gold|[[File: Colours of Waterford.svg|20px|border]] [[Waterford GAA|Waterford]]
|bgcolor=gold|4
|bgcolor=gold|1929, 1948, 2013, 2025
|1
|1991
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center|7
|bgcolor=gold|[[File: Colours of Limerick.svg|20px|border]] [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]]
|bgcolor=gold|3
|bgcolor=gold|1940, 1958, 1984
|5
|1963, 1965, 2005, 2014, 2016
|-
|bgcolor=gold|[[File: Colours of Wexford.svg|20px|border]] [[Wexford GAA|Wexford]]
|bgcolor=gold|3
|bgcolor=gold|1963, 1966, 1968
|3
|1967, 1980, 1985
|-
|bgcolor=gold|[[File: Colours of Offaly.svg|20px|border]] [[Offaly GAA|Offaly]]
|bgcolor=gold|3
|bgcolor=gold|1986, 1987, 1989
|1
|2022
|-
|rowspan=1 align=center|10
|bgcolor=gold|[[File: Colours of Clare.svg|20px|border]] [[Clare GAA|Clare]]
|bgcolor=gold|2
|bgcolor=gold|1997, 2023
| 3
| 1989, 2010, 2025
|-
| rowspan=3 align=center| 11
| [[File: Colours of Laois.svg|20px|border]] [[Laois GAA|Laois]]
|0
|—
| 2
| 1934, 1964
|-
| [[File: Colours of Meath GAA.svg|20px|border]] [[Meath GAA|Meath]]
|0
|—
| 1
| 1929
|-
| [[File: Colours of Antrim.svg|20px|border]] [[Antrim GAA|Antrim]]
|0
|—
| 1
| 1940
|}

==List of finals==

===Recent finals===

{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Winners
!Score
!Runners-up
!Score
!Venue
!Winning Captain
!Ref
|-
| 1966<br />(R)
| [[Wexford GAA|Wexford]]
| 6–07  (25)<br />6–07  (25)
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| 6–07  (25)<br />1–08  (11)
| [[Croke Park]]<br />[[Croke Park]]
| Pat Bernie
|-
| 1967
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| 2–15  (21)
| [[Wexford GAA|Wexford]]
| 5–03  (18)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Pat Moylan (Cork hurler)|Pat Moylan]]
|-
| 1968
| [[Wexford GAA|Wexford]]
| 2–13  (19)
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| 3–07  (16)
| [[Croke Park]]
| Tom Byrne
|-
| 1969
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| 2–15  (21)
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 3–06  (15)
| [[Croke Park]]
| Seán Collins
|-
| 1970
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| 5–19  (34)
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 2–09  (15)
| [[Croke Park]]
| Pat Kavanagh
|-
| 1971
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| 2–11  (17)
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 1–11  (14)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Séamus Coughlan]]
|-
| 1972
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 8–07  (31)
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| 3–09  (18)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Brian Cody]]
|-
| 1973
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 4–05  (17)
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 3–07  (16)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Kevin Robinson (hurler)|Kevin Robinson]]
|-
| 1974
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| 1–10  (13)
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 1–08  (11)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Billy Geaney]]
|-
| 1975
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 3–19  (28)
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| 1–14  (17)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Harry Ryan (hurler)|Harry Ryan]]
|-
| 1976
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
| 2–20  (26)
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 1–07  (10)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Joe Hogan (hurler)|Joe Hogan]]
|-
| 1977<br />(R)
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 4–08  (20)<br />1–08  (11)
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| 3–11  (20)<br />0–09  (9)
| [[Croke Park]]<br />.
| [[Seán Fennelly]]
|-
| 1978
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| 1–15  (18)
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 1–08  (11)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[P. Murphy]]
|-
| 1979
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| 2–11  (17)
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 1–09  (12)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Christy Coughlan]]
|-
| 1980
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
| 2–15  (21)
| [[Wexford GAA|Wexford]]
| 1–10  (13)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Jim Maher (hurler)|Jim Maher]]
|-
| 1981
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 1–20  (23)
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 3–09  (18)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[E. Kennedy]]
|-
| 1982
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
| 2–07  (13)
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 0–04  (4)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[John Kennedy (hurler)|John Kennedy]]
|-
| 1983
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 0–10  (10)
| [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]]
| 0–07  (7)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Anthony Cunningham]]
|-
| 1984<br />(R)
| [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]]
| 1–14  (17)<br />2–05  (11)
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 3–08  (17)<br />2–04  (10)
| [[Semple Stadium]]<br />[[Semple Stadium]]
| [[Anthony O'Riordan]]
|-
| 1985
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| 3–10  (19)
| [[Wexford GAA|Wexford]]
| 0–12  (12)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[M. O'Mahony]]
|-
| 1986
| [[Offaly GAA|Offaly]]
| 3–12  (21)
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| 3–09  (18)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[M. Hogan]]
|-
| 1987
| [[Offaly GAA|Offaly]]
| 2–08  (14)
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
| 0–12  (12)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[T. Moylan]]
|-
| 1988
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 3–13  (22)
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| 0–12  (12)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Patsy Brophy]]
|-
| 1989
| [[Offaly GAA|Offaly]]
| 2–16  (22)
| [[Clare GAA|Clare]]
| 1–12  (15)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Brian Whelahan]]
|-
| 1990<br />(R)
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 3–14  (23)<br />3–16  (25)
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| 3–14  (23)<br />1–11  (14)
| [[Croke Park]]<br />[[Semple Stadium]]
| James McDermott
|-
| 1991
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 0–15  (15)
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
| 1–10  (13)
| [[Croke Park]]
| D. O'Neill
|-
| 1992
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 1–13  (16)
| [[Waterford GAA|Waterford]]
| 2–04  (10)
| [[Croke Park]]
| Conor O'Donovan
|-
| 1993
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 1–17  (20)
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 1–12  (15)
| [[Croke Park]]
| S. Doyle
|-
| 1994
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 2–10  (16)
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| 1–11  (14)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Greg Kennedy (hurler)|Greg Kennedy]]
|-
| 1995
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| 2–10  (16)
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 1–02  (5)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Brian O'Keeffe]]
|-
| 1996<br />(R)
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
| 0–20  (20)<br />2–14  (20)
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 3–11  (20)<br />2–12  (18)
| [[Croke Park]]<br />[[Croke Park]]
| [[William Maher (hurler)|William Maher]]
|-
| 1997
| [[Clare GAA|Clare]]
| 1–11  (14)
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 1–09  (12)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[John Reddan]]
|-
| 1998
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| 2–15  (21)
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 1–09  (12)
| [[Croke Park]]
| Cathal McCarthy
|-
| 1999
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 0–13  (13)
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
| 0–10  (10)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[John Culkin (hurler)|John Culkin]]
|-
| 2000
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 2–19  (25)
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| 4–10  (22)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Richie Murray]]
|-
| 2001
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| 2–10  (16)
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 1–08  (11)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Tomás O'Leary]]
|-
| 2002
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 3–15  (25)
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
| 1–07  (10)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Michael Rice (hurler)|Michael Rice]]
|-
| 2003
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 2–16  (22)
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 2–15  (21)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Richie Power (hurler, born 1985)|Richie Power]]
|-
| 2004<br />(R)
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 3–12  (21)<br />0–16  (16)
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 1–18  (21)<br />1–12  (15)
| [[Croke Park]]<br />[[O'Connor Park]]
| [[John Lee (hurler)|John Lee]]
|-
| 2005
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 3–12  (21)
| [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]]
| 0–17  (17)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Andrew Keary]]
|-
| 2006
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
| 2–18  (24)
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 2–07  (13)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Joey McLoughney]]
|-
| 2007
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
| 3–14  (23)
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| 2–11  (17)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Brendan Maher]]
|-
| 2008
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 3–06  (15)
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 0–13  (13)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Thomas Breen (hurler)|Thomas Breen]]
|-
| [[2009 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|2009]]
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 2–15 (21)
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 2–11 (17)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Richie Cummins]]
|-
| [[All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship 2010|2010]]
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 2–10 (16)
| [[Clare GAA|Clare]]
| 0–14 (14)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Cillian Buckley]]
|-
| [[All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship 2011|2011]]
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 1–21 (24)
| [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]]
| 1–12 (15)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Shane Moloney]]
|-
| [[All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship 2012|2012]]
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
| 2–13  (19)<br />2–18  (24)
| [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]]
| 1–16  (19)<br />1–12  (15)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Bill Maher (hurler)|Bill Maher]]
| <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/winters-digs-out-dubs-207026.html|title=Winters digs out Dubs|date=10 September 2012|access-date=10 September 2012|publisher=Irish Examiner}}</ref>
|-
| [[All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship 2013|2013]]
| [[Waterford GAA|Waterford]]
| 1–21 (24)
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 0–16 (16)
| [[Croke Park]]
| Kevin Daly
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/waterford-beat-galway-all-ireland-minor-hurling-final-1074442-Sep2013/|title=Waterford end 65-year wait for All-Ireland minor title|date=8 September 2013|publisher=The 42|access-date=30 July 2018|first=Paul|last=Fennessy}}</ref>
|-
| [[2014 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|2014]]
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 2–17 (23)
| [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]]
| 0–19 (19)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Darragh Joyce]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/majestic-john-walsh-inspires-kilkenny-to-a-21st-minor-title-30567900.html|title= Majestic John Walsh inspires Kilkenny to a 21st minor title |date=8 September 2014|work=Irish Independent|access-date=10 September 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[2015 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|2015]]
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 4–13 (25)
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
| 1–16 (19)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Seán Loftus (hurler)|Seán Loftus]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/jeffrey-lynskeys-young-galway-confound-critics-352431.html|title=Jeffrey Lynskey's young Galway confound critics|date=7 September 2015|work=Irish Examiner|access-date=8 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
| [[2016 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|2016]]
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
| 1–21 (24)
| [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]]
| 0–17 (17)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Brian McGrath (hurler)|Brian McGrath]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/redemption-as-powerful-premier-get-hands-on-cup-419377.html|title=Redemption as powerful Premier get hands on cup|date=4 September 2016|work=Irish Examiner|access-date=6 September 2016}}</ref>	
|-
| [[2017 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|2017 U18]]
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 2–17 (23)
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| 2–15 (21)
| [[Croke Park]]
| [[Darren Morrissey]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/hurling/galway-youngsters-add-to-the-silverware-458295.html|title= Galway youngsters add to the silverware|date=4 September 2017|publisher=Irish Examiner|access-date=6 September 2017}}</ref>
|-
| [[2018 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|2018]]
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 0–21 (21)
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 0–14 (14)
| [[Croke Park]]
| Seán Neary
| <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.the42.ie/galway-kilkenny-all-ireland-minor-final-4189660-Aug2018/|title =Perfect start to the day for Galway as minors collect third All-Ireland hurling crown in four years|date=19 August 2018|work=The 42|access-date=31 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[2019 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|2019]]
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 3–14 (23)
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 0–12 (12)
| [[Croke Park]]
| Ian McGlynn
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/electric-ireland-mhc-final-impressive-galway-triumph/|title =Electric Ireland MHC Final: Impressive Galway triumph|date=18 August 2019|publisher=GAA website|access-date=3 September 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[2020 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|2020]]
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 1-17 (20)
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 1-14 (17)
| [[O'Moore Park|MW Hire O'Moore Park]]
| Adam Nolan
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/all-ireland-mhc-final-galway-retain-title/|title =All Ireland MHC Final: Galway retain title|date=10 July 2021|publisher=GAA website|accessdate=10 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[2021 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|2021]]
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| 1-23 (26)
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 0-12 (12)
| [[Semple Stadium]]
| Ben O'Connor<br />James Dwyer
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.the42.ie/cork-minor-hurling-galway-5528771-Aug2021/|title =Cork power to first minor title in 20 years with emphatic win over Galway|date=21 August 2021|publisher=The 42|accessdate=21 August 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[2022 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|2022]]
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
| 1-17 (20)
| [[Offaly GAA|Offaly]]
| 1-16 (19)
| [[Nowlan Park]]
| 
| 
|-
| [[2023 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|2023]]
| [[Clare GAA|Clare]]
| 2-22 (28)
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| 4-11 (23)
| [[Semple Stadium]]
|
|
|-
| [[2024 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|2024]]
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
| 2-17 (23)
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| 3-12 (21)
| [[Nowlan Park]]
|
|
|-
| [[2025 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|2025]]
| [[Waterford GAA|Waterford]]
| 1-18 (21)
| [[Clare GAA|Clare]]
| 0-11 (11)
| [[Semple Stadium]]
|
|
|}

===All-time record===

{|class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:#069; color:white;" | Year
! style="background:gold;" | Winner
! style="background:silver;" | Opponent
|-
| 1965
| [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]] 4–10
| [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]] 2–7
|-
| 1964
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]] 10–7
| [[Laois GAA|Laois]] 1–4
|-
| 1963
| [[Wexford GAA|Wexford]] 6–12
| [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]] 5–9
|-
| 1962
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] 3–6
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] 0–9
|-
| 1961
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] 3–13
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] 0–15
|-
| 1960
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] 7–12
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] 1–11
|-
| 1959
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] 2–8
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] 2–7
|-
| 1958
| [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]] 5–8
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]] 3–10
|-
| 1957
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] 4–7
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] 3–7
|-
| 1956
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] 4–16
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] 1–5
|-
| 1955
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] 5–15
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]] 2–5
|-
| 1954
| [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]] 2–7
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] 2–3
|-
| 1953
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] 8–6
| [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]] 3–6
|-
| 1952
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] 9–9
| [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]] 2–3
|-
| 1951
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]] 4–5
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]] 1–8
|-
| 1950
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] 3–4
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] 1–5
|-
| 1949
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] 6–5
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] 2–4
|-
| 1948
| [[Waterford GAA|Waterford]] 3–8
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] 4–2
|-
| 1947
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] 9–5
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]] 1–5
|-
| 1946
| [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]] 1–6
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] 0–7
|-
| 1945
| [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]] 3–14
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] 4–6
|-
| 1944
| Suspended
|
|-
| 1943
| Suspended
|
|-
| 1942
| Suspended
|
|-
| 1941
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]] 3–11
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]] 1–1
|-
| 1940
| [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]] 6–4
| [[Antrim GAA|Antrim]] 2–4
|-
| 1939
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]] 5–2
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] 2–2
|-
| 1938
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]] 7–2
| [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]] 5–4
|-
| 1937
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]] 8–5
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] 2–7
|-
| 1936
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] 2–4
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]] 2–3
|-
| 1935
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] 4–2
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] 3–3
|-
| 1934
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] 4–3
| [[Laois GAA|Laois]] 3–5
|-
| 1933
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] 4–6
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]] 2–3
|-
| 1932
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] 8–6
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] 5–1
|-
| 1931
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] 4–7
| [[Galway GAA|Galway]] 2–3
|-
| 1930
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] 4–1
| [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] 2–1
|-
| 1929
| [[Waterford GAA|Waterford]] 5–0
| [[Meath GAA|Meath]] 1–1
|-
| 1928
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]] 1–8 7–6 (R)
| [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]] 3–2 4–0 (R)
|}

==Managers==
{{See also|List of hurling managers}}
[[Manager (Gaelic Games)|Managers]] in the All-Ireland Championship are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and sourcing of players from the club championships. Their influence varies from county-to-county and is related to the individual county boards. The manager is assisted by a team of two or three selectors and an extensive backroom team consisting of various coaches. Prior to the development of the concept of a manager in the 1970s, teams were usually managed by a team of selectors with one member acting as chairman.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Winning managers
|-
!Manager
!Team
!Wins
!Winning years
|-
|[[File:Colours of Cork.svg|20px|border]] [[Michael O'Brien (hurling manager)|Michael O'Brien]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[Cork GAA|Cork]]
|style="text-align:center;"|6
|1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1979
|-
|[[File:Colours of Galway.svg|20px|border]] [[Mattie Murphy]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[Galway GAA|Galway]]
|style="text-align:center;"|6
|1992, 1994, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011
|-
|[[File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg|20px|border]] Liam Barron
|style="text-align:center"|[[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
|style="text-align:center;"|3
|1990, 1991, 1993
|-
|[[File:Colours of Galway.svg|20px|border]] [[Jeffrey Lynskey]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[Galway GAA|Galway]]
|style="text-align:center;"|3
|2015, 2017, 2018
|-
|[[File:Colours of Offaly.svg|20px|border]] [[Pad Joe Whelehan]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[Offaly GAA|Offaly]]
|style="text-align:center;"|2
|1986, 1987
|-
|[[File:Colours of Galway.svg|20px|border]] John Hardiman
|style="text-align:center"|[[Galway GAA|Galway]]
|style="text-align:center;"|2
|1999, 2000
|-
|[[File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg|20px|border]] Richie Mulrooney
|style="text-align:center"|[[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
|style="text-align:center;"|2
|2008, 2010
|-
|[[File:Colours of Galway.svg|20px|border]] [[Brian Hanley]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[Galway GAA|Galway]]
|style="text-align:center;"|2
|2019, 2020
|-
|[[File:Colours of Cork.svg|20px|border]] [[Johnny Clifford]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[Cork GAA|Cork]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|1985
|-
|[[File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg|20px|border]] Brendan O'Sullivan
|style="text-align:center"|[[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|1988
|-
|[[File:Colours of Offaly.svg|20px|border]] [[Pat Moylan (Offaly hurler)|Pat Moylan]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[Offaly GAA|Offaly]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|1989
|-
|[[File:Colours of Cork.svg|20px|border]] [[Jimmy Barry-Murphy]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[Cork GAA|Cork]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|1995
|-
|[[File:Colours of Tipperary.svg|20px|border]] [[Dinny Cahill]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|1996
|-
|[[File:Colours of Clare.svg|20px|border]] Kevin Kennedy
|style="text-align:center"|[[Clare GAA|Clare]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|1997
|-
|[[File:Colours of Cork.svg|20px|border]] [[Denis Burns]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[Cork GAA|Cork]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|1998
|-
|[[File:Colours of Cork.svg|20px|border]] [[John Considine (hurler)|John Considine]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[Cork GAA|Cork]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|2001
|-
|[[File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg|20px|border]] Nicky Cashin
|style="text-align:center"|[[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|2002
|-
|[[File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg|20px|border]] [[Damien Brennan]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|2003
|-
|[[File:Colours of Tipperary.svg|20px|border]] [[Liam Sheedy]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|2006
|-
|[[File:Colours of Tipperary.svg|20px|border]] [[Declan Ryan (hurler)|Declan Ryan]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|2007
|-
|[[File:Colours of Tipperary.svg|20px|border]] [[William Maher (hurler)|William Maher]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|2012
|-
|[[File:Colours of Waterford.svg|20px|border]] Seán Power
|style="text-align:center"|[[Waterford GAA|Waterford]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|2013
|-
|[[File:Colours of Limerick.svg|20px|border]] Brian Ryan
|style="text-align:center"|[[Limerick GAA|Limerick]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|2014
|-
|[[File:Colours of Tipperary.svg|20px|border]] [[Liam Cahill]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|2016
|-
|[[File:Colours of Cork.svg|20px|border]] Noel Furlong
|style="text-align:center"|[[Cork GAA|Cork]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|2021
|}

==Records and statistics==

===By decade===
The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:

* 1920s: 1 each for Cork (1928) and Waterford (1929)
* 1930s: 4 for Tipperary (1930-32-33-34)
* 1940s: 2 for Tipperary (1947–49)
* 1950s: 6 for Tipperary (1952-53-55-56-57-59)
* 1960s: 3 each for Kilkenny (1960-61-62), Wexford (1963-66-68) and Cork (1964–67-69)
* 1970s: 5 for Cork (1970-71-74-78-79)
* 1980s: 3 for Offaly (1986-87-89)
* 1990s: 3 for Kilkenny (1990-91-93) and Galway (1992-94-99)
* 2000s: 4 for Galway (2000-04-05-09)
* 2010s: 5 for Galway (2011-15-17-18-19)

===Gaps===

Longest gaps between successive All-Ireland titles:
* 65 years: Waterford (1948-2013)
* 26 years: Limerick (1958-1984)
* 20 years: Cork (2001-2021)
* 19 years: Waterford (1929-1948)
* 18 years: Limerick (1940-1958)
* 17 years: Tipperary (1959-1976)
* 14 years: Kilkenny (1936-1950)
* 14 years: Tipperary (1982-1996)
* 13 years: Tipperary (1934-1947)
* 13 years: Cork (1951-1964)

===Top scorers===
====By year====

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Year
!Top scorer
!Team
!Score
!Total
|-
|1986
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Dan O'Connell (hurler)|Dan O'Connell]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Cork GAA|Cork]]
|9-02
|29
|-
|1987
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Declan Pilkington]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Offaly GAA|Offaly]]
|2-28
|34
|-
|1988
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Brian Cunningham (hurler)|Brian Cunningham]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Cork GAA|Cork]]
|3-29
|38
|-
|1989
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Johnny Dooley]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Offaly GAA|Offaly]]
|
|
|-
|1990
|style="text-align:left;"|Damien Fleming
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Cork GAA|Cork]]
|7-27
|48
|-
|1991
|style="text-align:left;"|[[P. J. Delaney (hurler, born 1973)|P. J. Delaney]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
|2-29
|35
|-
|1992
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Paul Flynn (Waterford hurler)|Paul Flynn]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Waterford GAA|Waterford]]
|6-25
|43
|-
|1993
|style="text-align:left;"|Ollie O'Connor
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
|5-35
|50
|-
|1994
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Brian O'Driscoll (hurler)|Brian O'Driscoll]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Cork GAA|Cork]]
|0-26
|26
|-
|1995
|style="text-align:left;"|Stephen Phillips
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Dublin GAA|Dublin]]
|2-24
|30
|-
|1996
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Eugene O'Neill (hurler)|Eugene O'Neill]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
|3-48
|57
|-
|1997
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Henry Shefflin]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
|5-20
|35
|-
|1998
|style="text-align:left;"|Leon O'Connell
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Wexford GAA|Wexford]]
|3-37
|46
|-
|1999
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Eoin Kelly (Tipperary hurler)|Eoin Kelly]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
|1-21
|24
|-
|2000
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Brian Carroll (hurler)|Brian Carroll]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Offaly GAA|Offaly]]
|2-39
|45
|-
|2001
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Kieran Murphy (Sarsfields hurler)|Kieran Murphy]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Cork GAA|Cork]]
|5-38
|53
|-
|2002
|style="text-align:left;"|Richard Flynn
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Wexford GAA|Wexford]]
|4-23
|35
|-
|2003
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Richie Power (hurler, born 1985)|Richie Power]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
|1-29
|32
|-
|2004
|style="text-align:left;"|Darragh Hickey
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
|4-29
|41
|-
|2005
|style="text-align:left;"|Eoin Ryan
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Limerick GAA|Limerick]]
|4-40
|52
|-
|2006
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Richie Hogan]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
|5-38
|53
|-
|2007
|style="text-align:left;"|Ryan Clifford
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Cork GAA|Cork]]
|5-30
|45
|-
|2008
|style="text-align:left;"|Michael O'Hanlon
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Wexford GAA|Wexford]]
|3-37
|46
|-
|2009
|style="text-align:left;"|[[John O'Dwyer]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
|4-37
|49
|-
|2010
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Niall Arthur]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Clare GAA|Clare]]
|0-50
|50
|-
|2011
|style="text-align:left;"|Mattie Lennon
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Armagh GAA|Armagh]]
|4-25
|37
|-
|2012
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Bobby Duggan]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Clare GAA|Clare]]
|3-49
|58
|-
|2013
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Patrick Curran (hurler)|Patrick Curran]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Waterford GAA|Waterford]]
|3-56
|65
|-
|2014
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Alan Murphy (hurler)|Alan Murphy]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
|3-46
|55
|-
|2015
|style="text-align:left;"|Andrew Gaffney
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
|1-38
|41
|-
|2016
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Rory O'Connor (hurler)|Rory O'Connor]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Wexford GAA|Wexford]]
|3-33
|39
|-
|2017
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Brian Turnbull]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Cork GAA|Cork]]
|1-51
|54
|-
|2018
|style="text-align:left;"|Conor Kelly
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
|'''2-72'''
|'''78'''
|-
|2019
|style="text-align:left;"|Billy Drennan
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
|2-66
|72
|-
|2020
|style="text-align:left;"|Lochlainn Quinn
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Offaly GAA|Offaly]]
|1-42
|45
|-
|2021
|style="text-align:left;"|Jack Leahy
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Cork GAA|Cork]]
|4-41
|53
|}

====In finals====

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Final
!Top scorer
!Team
!Score
!Total
|-
|[[2012 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|2012]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[John McGrath (Tipperary hurler)|John McGrath]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Limerick GAA|Limerick]]
|1-11
|14
|-
|[[2013 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|2013]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Patrick Curran (hurler)|Patrick Curran]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Waterford GAA|Waterford]]
|1-07
|10
|-
|[[2014 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|2014]]
|style="text-align:left;"|John Walsh
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
|2-05
|11
|-
|[[2015 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|2015]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Evan Niland]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Galway GAA|Galway]]
|0-09
|9
|-
|[[2016 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|2016]]
|style="text-align:left;"|Brian Ryan
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Limerick GAA|Limerick]]
|0-11
|11
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2017 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|2017]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Jack Canning]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Galway GAA|Galway]]
|2-02
|rowspan=2|10
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Brian Turnbull]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Cork GAA|Cork]]
|1-07
|-
|[[2018 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|2018]]
|style="text-align:left;"|Donal O'Shea
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Galway GAA|Galway]]
|0-10
|10
|-
|[[2019 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|2019]]
|style="text-align:left;"|Seán McDonagh
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Galway GAA|Galway]]
|2-08
|14
|-
|[[2020 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|2020]]
|style="text-align:left;"|Liam Collins
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Galway GAA|Galway]]
|1-07
|10
|-
|[[2021 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|2021]]
|style="text-align:left;"|Jack Leahy
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Cork GAA|Cork]]
|0-07
|7
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150709133417/http://www.gaa.ie/about-the-gaa/gaa-history/rolls-of-honour/ Official GAA Roll of Honour]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110701003934/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/minor_hurl_roh.html RTE Roll of Honour]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111126130849/http://www.gaainfo.com/roh.php Roll of Honour on www.gaainfo.com]

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{{Minor Championships}}
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