2004 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship


The 2004 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the 41st staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament for players under the age of twenty-one. The championship began on 2 June 2004 and ended on 18 September 2004.
Kilkenny were the defending champions.
The All-Ireland final was played on 18 September 2004 at Nowlan Park in Kilkenny, between Kilkenny and Tipperary, in what was their first meeting in a final in 9 years. Kilkenny won the match by 3-21 to 1-06 to claim their 9th championship title overall and a second title in succession.
Tipperary's Tony Scroope was the championship's top scorer with 5-20.

Results

[Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship]

Quarter-final
Semi-finals
'''Final'''

[Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship]

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
'''Final'''

[Ulster Under-21 Hurling Championship]

Semi-final
'''Final'''

[All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship]

Semi-finals
'''Final'''

Championship statistics

Top scorers

;Top scorers overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Tony ScroopeTipperary5-203548.75
2James FitzpatrickKilkenny1-293256.40
3Kieran MurphyCork1-131635.33
4Eoin ClarkeDown3-061535.00
4Richie PowerKilkenny1-121553.00
6Willie O'DwyerKilkenny1-111452.80
7J. J. McHughLaois1-1013113.00
7Brendan McGourtyDown0-131326.50
9Rory JacobWexford1-081125.50
10Seán O'NeillKilkenny0-101025.00

;Top scorers in a single game
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalOpposition
1J. J. McHughLaois1-1013Kilkenny
2Tony ScroopeTipperary3-0312Limerick
2Tony ScroopeTipperary1-0912Down
4Eoin ClarkeDown3-0211Derry
4James FitzpatrickKilkenny0-1111Laois
4Brendan McGourtyDown0-1111Antrim
7Tony ScroopeTipperary1-069Cork
8Karl StewartAntrim1-058Down
8James FitzpatrickKilkenny0-088Galway
10Conor QuinnDerry2-017Down
10Rory JacobWexford0-077Offaly
10Kieran MurphyCork0-077Waterford
10Richie PowerKilkenny0-077Tipperary