All-Ireland Under-20 B Hurling Championship

GAA Hurling All-Ireland Under-20 B Championship
Current season or competition:
2024 All-Ireland Under-20 B Hurling Championship
IrishCraobh Iomána Fé-20 B na hÉireann
CodeHurling
Founded1998
RegionIreland (GAA)
TrophyRichie McElligott Cup
No. of teams8
Title holders Down (2nd title)
First winner Kerry
Most titles Kerry (10 titles)
SponsorsBord Gáis Energy
TV partner(s)TG4
Official websitehttp://www.gaa.ie/

The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Under-20 (previously Under-21) B Championship, the second tier competition in hurling is an annual series of games for male players under the age of 20 and is organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The 2019 competition was the first at the Under 20 age level.

The final is currently played in April or May and the winning county receives the Richie McElligott Cup, which is named in honour of the late great Kerry stalwart Richie McElligott of the Lixnaw club and was first presented in 2015.

The championship is played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated.

Teams that are deemed ineligible or "too weak" for the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Under-20 Championship participate in the B championship. It is one of the few All-Ireland championships not to be run on a provincial basis.

Down are the current holders having beaten Roscommon in the 2024 final at Croke Park in Dublin, on a 0-20 to 0-11 scoreline.[1] It is Derry's second title at this grade, and second in three years.

The 2020 competition was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic..

Qualification

The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Under-20 B Championship features eight teams in the final tournament. Seven teams gain automatic entry to the All-Ireland quarter-final stages while the winners of the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Under-20 C Championship make up the eight quarter-final teams.

List of finals

List of All-Ireland finals

Year Date Winners Runners-up Venue Winning captain(s) Winning margin Referee
County Score County Score
2024[2] 25 May Down 0-20 Roscommon 0-11 Croke Park Michael Dorrian 9
2023[3] 6 May Derry 3-17 Roscommon 2-14 Croke Park Keelen Doherty 6
2022[4] 30 April Down 2-15 Roscommon 0-15 Breffni Park, Cavan Lukas Boyd 6
2021[5] 11 August Meath 2-19 Derry 0-19 Páirc Esler, Newry Cian Kelly 6
2020 No championship
2019[6] 3 August Kerry 3-22 Down 0-12 Páirc Tailteann, Navan Adam O'Sullivan 19
2018[7] 4 August Kerry 2-20 Derry 0-11 Nowlan Park, Kilkenny Jason Diggins 15
2017[8] 9 September Kerry 2-12 Wicklow 2-08 Semple Stadium Darragh Shanahan 4
2016[9] 10 September Meath 1-20 Mayo 0-15 Semple Stadium Jack Regan 8
2015[10] 12 September Wicklow 2-17 Meath 2-15 Semple Stadium Gavin Weir 2
2014[11] 13 September Kildare 1-14 Roscommon 1-11 Semple Stadium Gerry Keegan 3
2013 14 September Kerry 1-21 Kildare 4-10 Semple Stadium Brendan O'Leary 2
2012 15 September Roscommon 3-17 Kildare 3-16 Semple Stadium Peter Kellehan 1
2011[12] 10 September Kerry 0-16 Westmeath 1-09 Semple Stadium Jason Bowler 4
2010 11 September Kerry 0-22 Meath 0-12 Semple Stadium Shane Nolan 10
2009[13] 12 September Kerry 2-18 Roscommon 1-15 Cusack Park, Ennis Alan Kelly 6
2008[14] 13 September Carlow 2-14 Kerry 0-07 MacDonagh Park, Nenagh 13
2007[15] 5 August Roscommon 0-13 Kerry 0-08 Semple Stadium Michael Kelly 5
2006[16] 22 July Laois 6-10 Mayo 1-11 Athleague, County Roscommon 14
2005[17] 10 September Meath 1-17 Kerry 0-16 MacDonagh Park, Nenagh 4
2004[18] 3 July Laois 5-18 Donegal 0-08 Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon James Walsh 25
2003[19] 23 August Westmeath 3-10 Mayo 0-11 Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon Brendan Murtagh 8
2002[20] 24 August Kerry 3-16 Carlow 2-10 Semple Stadium Garry O'Brien 9
2001[21] 28 October Kerry 0-12 Carlow 0-10 Tipperary, County Tipperary David Slattery 2
2000 7 August Westmeath 3-19 Kerry 4-15 MacDonagh Park, Nenagh 1
1999 21 August Meath 3-10 Kerry 2-11 Toomevara, County Tipperary 2
1998[22] 30 August Kerry 3-09 Kildare 0-17 Croke Park Willie Joe Leen 1

Roll of honour

Performance by county

# Team Wins Years won
1 Kerry 10 1998, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019
2 Meath 4 1999, 2005, 2016, 2021
3 Westmeath 2 2000, 2003
Laois 2 2004, 2006
Roscommon 2 2007, 2012
Down 2 2022, 2024
7 Carlow 1 2008
Kildare 1 2014
Wicklow 1 2015
Derry 1 2023

Performance by province

# Province Titles Most recent year won
1 Leinster 11 2021
2 Munster 10 2019
3 Ulster 3 2024
4 Connacht 2 2012

Team records and statistics

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of All-Ireland titles, is as follows:

  • 1990s: 1 for Kerry and Meath
  • 2000s: 3 for Kerry
  • 2010s: 6 for Kerry
  • 2020s: 2 for Down

See also

References

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