All-Ireland Minor B Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Minor B Hurling Championship

Region	Ireland (GAA)
Number of teams	7
Current champions	Meath
Website	Official website

The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor B Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the youngest competitors (under-18) in Ireland. It is sponsored by the Electricity Supply Board and therefore officially known as the ESB GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor B Championship.[1]

The series of games are played during the month of August with the All-Ireland final being played on the last Sunday of the month. The championship has always been played on a straight knockout basis open to teams from each of the four provinces of Ireland. Teams that are deemed ineligible or "too weak" for the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship participate in the B championship.

The championship currently consists of several stages, beginning with quarter-finals and culminating in a final.

Seven teams currently participate in the championship.

List of All-Ireland finals

Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Score	Venue
1997	Kerry	4-13	Armagh	1-11
1998	Carlow	1-09	Westmeath	0-7
1999	Westmeath	2-12	Wicklow	2-06
2000	Kerry	4-12	Meath	2-13	Semple Stadium	[2]
2001	Kerry	4-12	Carlow	3-07	Semple Stadium
2002	Carlow	2-07	Meath	1-07	Seán Treacy Park
2003	Carlow	2-05	Meath	0-10	Conneff Park
2004	Carlow	3-09	Kildare	1-08		[3]
2005	Carlow	4-16	Wicklow	0-04
2006	Kerry	1-09	Westmeath	0-10	O'Connor Park	[4]
2007	Meath	3-19	Kildare	1-07	O'Connor Park	[5]
2008	Kildare	2-12	Westmeath	1-09	Semple Stadium	[6]
2009	Kerry	0-21	Westmeath	1-13	McDonagh Park	[7]
2010	Westmeath	2-12	Kildare	1-12	Páirc Tailteann	[8]
2011	Meath	2-12	Roscommon	0-10	Páirc Mhaolbhuí	[9]
2012	Kerry	4-17	Roscommon	1-07	Gaelic Grounds	[10]
2013	Kerry	1-19	Meath	3-09	Nenagh	[11]
2014	Kerry	3-18	Meath	2-15	Nenagh
2015	Kerry	6-17	Roscommon	1-08	Gaelic Grounds
2016	Kerry	4-17	Meath	3-11	Semple Stadium	[12]
2017	Meath	3-20	Down	2-19	St Tiernach's Park, Clones	[13]

References

1. "ESB to power the All-Ireland Minor Championships". RTÉ Sport. 10 August 2005. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
2. "All-Ireland glory for minor hurlers". The Kerryman. 23 September 2000. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
3. "Young hurlers claim an historic All-Ireland win". Carlow People. 6 January 2005. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
4. "Kerry crowned All-Ireland hurling champions". The Kingdom. 3 August 2006. Retrieved 23 February 2012.^[permanent dead link‍]
5. "All-Ireland title for minor hurlers". Hogan Stand website. 30 November 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
6. "Kildare defeat Westmeath to take All Ireland Minor 'B' Hurling title". Leinster Leader. 30 August 2008. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
7. "Sublime Boyle breaks Westmeath hearts to seal title for Kerry". Munster GAA website. 24 August 2009. Archived from the original on 1 November 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
8. "O'Brien leads the way as Westmeath minors claim All-Ireland B title". The Westmeath Independent. 8 September 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
9. "Meath minor hurlers deliver an All-Ireland title at the Downs". The Meath Chronicle. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
10. "Heffernan hero for mighty Kerry". The Irish Examiner. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
11. "All-Ireland MHC titles for Kerry and Mayo". Hogan Stand. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
12. "Kerry make it five titles on the trot". Irish Examiner. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
13. "MHC 'B' final: Meath withstand Down fightback". Hogan Stand. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.

External links

• Official GAA website