1972 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
The 1972 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 42nd staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. The championship ran from 14 May to 4 September 1972.
Cork entered the championship as the defending champions.
The [|All-Ireland final] was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 4 September 1972 between Cork and Kilkenny, in what was their sixth All-Ireland final meeting overall and a second meeting in succession. Kilkenny won the match by 8-07 to 3-09 to claim their eighth All-Ireland title overall and a first title in ten years.
Cork's Jimmy Barry-Murphy was the championship's [|Top scorer] with 11-04.
Championship statistics
Top scorers
;Overall| Rank | Player | Team | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Jimmy Barry-Murphy | Cork | 11-04 | 37 | 5 | 7.40 |
| 2 | Éamonn O'Sullivan | Cork | 7-12 | 33 | 5 | 6.60 |
| 3 | Mick McCarthy | Kilkenny | 9-03 | 30 | 4 | 7.50 |
| 4 | Billy Fitzpatrick | Kilkenny | 6-08 | 26 | 4 | 6.50 |
| 5 | Tadhg O'Sullivan | Cork | 7-03 | 24 | 5 | 4.80 |
| 6 | Pat Butler | Kilkenny | 6-02 | 20 | 4 | 5.00 |
| 7 | Bertie Óg Murphy | Cork | 3-10 | 19 | 5 | 3.80 |
| 8 | Tom Collins | Cork | 4-05 | 17 | 4 | 4.25 |
| 9 | Mick Holden | Dublin | 1-14 | 17 | 2 | 8.50 |
| 10 | Bobby Sweeney | Kilkenny | 5-01 | 16 | 4 | 4.00 |
Miscellaneous
- Cork became the first team to win seven consecutive Munster Championship titles.