2025 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
The 2025 Munster Senior Hurling Championship was the 138th edition of the Munster Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Munster Council in 1888 and is the highest-tier of Hurling for senior county teams in Munster. It was contested by five Munster GAA county teams ranked 1–5 in the 2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.
The competition began on 19 April with the final on 7 June.
The game was level at full time and after extra time and history was made with the first-ever penalty shootout in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship, with Cork prevailing 3-2 on penalties.
Format
Group stage (10 matches)
Each team plays each other once. The 1st and 2nd placed teams advance to the Munster final and the 3rd placed team advances to the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals. All other teams are eliminated from the championship.Final (1 match)
The top 2 teams in the group stage contest this game. The Munster champions advance to the All-Ireland semi-finals and the Munster runners-up advance to the All-Ireland quarter-finals.Winner: Cork
Teams
General information
Five counties contested the 2025 Munster Senior Hurling Championship:| County | Last Championship Title | Last All-Ireland Title | Position in 2024 Championship |
| Clare | 1998 | 2024 | Runners-up |
| Cork | 2018 | 2005 | 3rd |
| Limerick | 2024 | 2023 | Champions |
| Tipperary | 2016 | 2019 | 5th |
| Waterford | 2010 | 1959 | 4th |
Group stage
Table
Source:| Team | Qualification | |||||||||
| 1 | Limerick | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5-101 | 6-81 | +17 | 5 | Advance to Munster Final |
| 2 | Cork | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9-92 | 7-93 | +5 | 5 | Advance to Munster Final |
| 3 | ' Tipperary | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7-95 | 9-92 | –3 | 5 | Advance to All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals |
| 4 | Clare ' | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8-83 | 8-89 | –6 | 3 | |
| 5 | Waterford ' | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4-88 | 3-104 | –13 | 2 |
- ' eliminated from All-Ireland championship
Stadia and Locations
Championship Statistics
Scoring events
- Widest winning margin: 16 points
- * Limerick 3-26 - 1-16 Cork
- Most goals in a match: 6
- * Clare 2-21 - 4-18 Tipperary
- Most points in a match: 51
- * Cork 4-27 - 0-24 Tipperary
- * Tipperary 1-30 - 1-21 Waterford
- Most goals by one team in a match: 4
- * Cork 4-27 - 0-24 Tipperary
- * Clare 2-21 - 4-18 Tipperary
- Most points by one team in a match: 30
- * Tipperary 1-30 - 1-21 Waterford
- Highest aggregate score: 66 points
- * Limerick 2-27 - 1-30 Cork
- Lowest aggregate score: 50 points
- *Waterford 2-23 - 0-21 Clare
- *Waterford 0-22 - 0-28 Limerick