2021 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship


The 2021 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship was the third staging of the All-Ireland Under-20 Championship and the 58th staging overall of a hurling championship for players between the minor and senior grades. The championship began on 29 June 2021 and ended on 18 August 2021.
The 2021 championship was the first to begin before the previous year's championship had concluded. Cork were the defending champions. The number of participating teams also increased, with Down and Kildare joining the Leinster Championship.
The final was played on 18 August 2021 at Semple Stadium in Thurles, between Cork and Galway, in what was their first meeting in a final in 23 years. Cork won the match by 4-19 to 2-14 to claim their 13th championship title overall and a second title in succession. It was also a 10th successive win for a Munster team in the All-Ireland final.
Kildare's Liam Dempsey was the championship's top scorer with 0-37.

Statistics

Top scorers

;Top scorers overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Liam DempseyKildare0-3737312.33
2James DugganLaois5-132839.33
3Donal O'SheaGalway2-212739.00
3Cathal O'NeillLimerick0-2727213.50
5Tadhg CuddyLaois0-252538.33
6Darragh FlynnCork1-192237.33
7Shane PunchClare1-1720211.00
8Pádraig PowerCork2-131936.33
8Jack ScreeneyOffaly0-191929.50
10Ciarán FoleyDublin1-141728.50

;Top scorers in a single game
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalOpposition
1Cathal O'NeillLimerick0-1616Cork
2James DugganLaois3-0514Westmeath
2Liam DempseyKildare0-1414Wexford
2Tadhg CuddyLaois0-1414Antrim
5Liam DempseyKildare0-1313Carlow
6Jack ScreeneyOffaly0-1212Kildare
6Darragh FlynnCork0-1212Limerick
8Jack GillenWestmeath1-0811Laois
8Shane PunchClare1-0811Kerry
8Cathal O'NeillLimerick0-1111Clare

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