2023 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship


The 2023 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship was the 2023 installment of the annual Leinster Senior Hurling Championship organised by Leinster GAA. Kilkenny were the defending champions having defeated Galway in the [2022 Leinster GAA|Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Final|2022 final].

Format

Group stage (15 matches)

Each team plays each other once. The 1st and 2nd placed teams advance to the Leinster final and the 3rd placed team advances to the all-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals. All other teams are eliminated from the championship and the bottom placed team may face relegation to next years Joe McDonagh Cup.

Final (1 match)

The top 2 teams in the group stage contest this game. The Leinster champions advance to the All-Ireland semi-finals and the Leinster runners-up advance to the All-Ireland quarter-finals.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Joe McDonagh Cup

From Championship

Relegated to the Joe McDonagh Cup

Teams

General Information

Six counties will compete in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship:
CountyLast Championship TitleLast All-Ireland TitlePosition in 2022 Championship
Antrim——Champions
Dublin201319384th
Galway20182017Runners-up
Kilkenny20222015Champions
Westmeath——5th
Wexford201919963rd

Stadia and locations

CountyLocationProvinceStadiumCapacity
Neutral venueDublinLeinsterCroke Park82,300
AntrimBelfastUlsterCorrigan Park3,700
DublinDonnycarneyLeinsterParnell Park7,300
GalwayGalwayConnachtPearse Stadium26,197
KilkennyKilkennyLeinsterNowlan Park27,000
WestmeathMullingarLeinsterCusack Park11,500
WexfordWexfordLeinsterChadwicks Wexford Park18,000

Championship statistics

Scoring events

Miscellaneous