Limerick won the game by 0-30 to 0-19 to claim their second All-Ireland title in three years.[7][8][9]
Background
The championship was delayed due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games. This was the latest the final had taken place in a year since 1924, when the All-Ireland hurling final took place on 14 December.[10]
Waterford had not won the All-Ireland since 1959 (61 years) and had only appeared in three finals in the interim (1963, 2008 and 2017).[11]
This was the third final in the previous four years not to involve one of the Big Three (Cork, Kilkenny, Tipperary) — the 2017 (Galway—Waterford) and 2018 (Limerick—Galway) finals also did not involve them.
This was the third final in which both the teams were from the province of Munster, with the first two being in 1997 (Clare—Tipperary) and 2013 (Clare—Cork).
This was only the third All-Ireland final in history in which neither team scored a goal, the first two being in 1999 and 2004.
Gls: P Horgan 1 (f). Pts: P Horgan 8 (3f); S Kingston 4; S Harnedy 2; M Coleman 2 (1 sideline), B Cooper 2, C Lehane 2; C Joyce 1, D Dalton 1, A Cadogan 1.
Gls: C Lyons 1. Pts: S Bennett 12 (12f); A Gleeson 3, D Hutchinson 3, J Barron 3; C Lyons 2; S McNulty 1, K Moran 1, K Bennett 1, J Prendergast 1, P Curran 1.
Gls: D Hutchinson 2, J Fagan 1. Pts: S Bennett 10 (7f); K Bennett 3; D Hutchinson 2, A Gleeson 2, C Gleeson 2, J Barron 2, N Montgomery 1, C Lyons 1, P Curran 1, T de Burca 1, D Lyons 1, J Fagan 1.
Gls: S Bennett 1, D Lyons 1. Pts: S Bennett 10 (6fs), A Gleeson 4; C Lyons 2, J Prendergast 2, D Hutchinson 2, N Montgomery 2; S McNulty 1, J Barron 1, J Fagan 1, I Daly 1, T de Búrca 1.
Pts: A Gillane 12 (9f, 1 65); G Hegarty 5; T Morrissey 4; P Casey 3, K Hayes 3, D Byrnes 3; G Mulcahy 2; C Lynch 1, D Hannon 1, S Flanagan 1, P Ryan 1.
Gls: J Morris 1, J McGrath 1. Pts: J Forde 10 (10f); N McGrath 2; J Morris 1; B Maher 1; N O'Meara 1; M Breen 1; A Flynn 1.
Gls: A Gillane 2 (1 pen); S Flanagan 1. Pts: A Gillane 6 (5f); D Byrnes 3 (2f); T Morrissey 2; G Hegarty 2; W O'Donoghue 2; C Lynch 2; G Mulcahy 2; S Flanagan 1; P Casey 1; D Reidy 1; P Ryan 1.
On 4 December 2020, the officials were chosen for the final by the GAA, with Tipperary's Fergal Horgan being named as the referee in what would be his second senior final after being the referee in 2017. Colm Lyons from Cork was named as standby referee, with the other linesman being Paud O'Dwyer from Carlow and the sideline official Seán Cleere from Kilkenny.[14]
Jubilee team
The Clare team that won the 1995 All-Ireland Final were remembered before the match to mark 25 years. There was no traditional walk out and parade due to COVID-19 restrictions but the Clare captain of 1995 Anthony Daly was present to place the Liam MacCarthy Cup in front of the Hogan Stand before the match.[15]
