2013 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship


The 2013 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 83rd staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. The championship began on 11 April 2013 and ended on 8 September 2013.
Tipperary entered the championship as the defending champions; however, they were beaten by Limerick in the Munster semi-final.
On 8 September 2013 Waterford won the championship following a 1–21 to 0–16 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final. This was their 3rd All-Ireland title overall and their first since 1948.
Waterford's Patrick Curran was the championship's top scorer with 3-56.

Results

[Leinster Minor Hurling Championship]

First round
Second round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
'''Final'''

[Munster Minor Hurling Championship]

Quarter-finals
Play-off
Semi-finals
'''Finals'''

[Ulster Minor Hurling Championship]

Semi-finals
'''Final'''

[All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship]

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

Championship statistics

Top scorers

;Top scorer overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Patrick CurranWaterford3-566588.13
2Alan MurphyKilkenny4-455769.50
3Stephen BennettWaterford9-113884.75
4Ronan LynchLimerick2-253147.75
5Bobby DugganClare3-1625212.50
6Josh KeaneTipperary2-1622211.00
7Pa O'CallaghanCork2-1622211.00
8Conor JohnsonAntrim0-202036.66
8Dylan MurrayOffaly0-202036.66
10Evan DempseyKildare5-041928.50

;Top scorer in a single game
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1Alan MurphyKilkenny3-0615Kildare
1Josh KeaneTipperary2-0915Waterford
3Bobby DugganClare2-0814Cork
4Conor McDonaldWexford3-0413Kilkenny
5Pa O'CallaghanCork2-0612Clare
5Ronan LynchLimerick1-0912Waterford
5Patrick CurranCork0-1212Cork
8Michael KennyKilkenny3-0211Kildare
8Stephen BennettWaterford3-0211Limerick
8Evan DempseyKildare3-0211Wicklow
8Bobby DugganClare1-0811Waterford
8Patrick CurranWaterford0-1111Tipperary

Miscellaneous

  • The Munster semi-final play-off between Clare and Waterford, originally fixed for 17 April, was postponed by two weeks due to adverse weather conditions.
  • Laois qualified for the Leinster minor hurling final for the first time since 1991.
  • Waterford's Munster semi-final win was their first ever victory over Cork at a Cork venue at minor level.
  • Limerick and Waterford met in the Munster minor hurling final for the first time since 1958.
  • The semi-final between Limerick and Galway would prove to be controversial due to the incorrect disallowing of an early Limerick point by the new Hawk-Eye system. Limerick's attempts to have the results overturned due to the error were unsuccessful.